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| Newer page: | version 8 | Last edited on Monday, July 14, 2003 1:49:21 pm | by PhilMurray | Revert |
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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?
PhotoShop is superior because:
-* Better support for commercial printing (ie, supports different printer colorspaces and white temperatures
)
+* 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 brush support
* Better support for tablets like Wacom, or Aiptek (__very__ important for artists)
-* PDF import/export support, this is important as almost ALL printers/design houses/magazines/publications
only accept material in PDF format. PhotoShop also gets the reproduction right.
-* Integrates with AdobeIllustrator (when working with illustrators, or
scaleable vector graphics)
+* PDF import/export support, this is important as lots
only accept/prefer
material in PDF format. PhotoShop also gets the reproduction right.
+* 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
-* Supports hardware Gamut
* 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, and quite possibly will be so for eternity
+* The best Unsharp Mask ever known to man, used lots in Photo retouching/preparation
(Remove the above as TheGimp gets better)
TheGimp is superior because:
