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| Newer page: | version 11 | Last edited on Monday, July 14, 2003 6:26:30 pm | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
| Older page: | version 2 | Last edited on Friday, July 26, 2002 11:28:26 pm | by GreigMcGill | Revert |
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What MicrosoftWindows users call their version of TheGimp. ;)
Seriously though, it is WellUsedRhetoric that PhotoShop is far superior to TheGimp.
Can some knowledgeable graphics person who is v. familiar with both packages please explain why this is so?
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+PhotoShop is superior because:
+* Better support for colour reproduction/commercial printing (ie, supports different printer colorspaces).
+* It's interface is less clumsy than [TheGimp]s retarded RightClick interface
+* Layers implementation is more intuitive and flexible
+* Very good path support
+* Adjustable color reproduction
+* Better support for tablets like Wacom, or Aiptek (__very__ important for artists)
+* PDF import/export support, this is important as lots only accept/prefer material in PDF format. PhotoShop also gets the reproduction right. (Gimp 1.2 can import PDFs, although only as a bitmap - you can't edit the text. Gimp 1.2 can't save as PDF, although it can as Postscript which can easily be turned into PDF)
+* Integrates with AdobeIllustrator (scaleable vector graphics, useful!)
+* Better filter (and 3rd party filter) support
+* Way better text support (although, TheGimp is very slowly getting better at this)
+* Comes with ImageReady for making animated [GIF]s and the likes, much much easier/cleaner/quicker than making animated [GIF]s in TheGimp
+* Processing speed
+* History and Actions
+* Much better optimized [GIF] output support, much smaller file sizes and color reproduction at small palette sizes.
+* "Save for web" feature, I use this at least ten times a day and can't live without it
+* Slices
+* The best Unsharp Mask ever known to man, used lots in Photo retouching/preparation
+* Really easy and powerfull Macro Recorder
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+(Remove the above as TheGimp gets better)
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+TheGimp is superior because:
+* ScriptFu (write your own filters). perl gimp module means you can completely script arbitrary sequences of actions in gimp from perl. It talks to an existing gimp process via sockets, so it's fast.
+* It's OpenSource (and free $$)
+* Huge range of export/import filters, however misses some more commercial formats that PhotoShop doesn't.
+* Supports 24-bit w/ Alpha channel [PNG]s properly, PhotoShop had some issues with these prior to version 7.
+* Supports [MNG]s, basically an animated [GIF] but using the [PNG] format for it's frames. You can do some cool stuff with the Alpha channel in [MNG]s
