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Introduction to GIMP image editing tool with simple demos

IMHO - never try to work with the GIMP. I had the experience with it under Linux and Windows 7. Program is definitely terrible. All stuff that I may do in the Photoshop in a several seconds it takes to do sometimes up to half an hour.

NEVER EVER touch any Adobe Product they are rubbish and wreck your computer.

I know people who say that and they prefer to use a different Image Editing Tool as well.

Just because you personally like something and use it regularly only means that you are familiar with it not that its better or worse than anything else.

Col

I've been using GIMP for many years now, and once you get the hang of layer-based image editing, there really isn't much that you can't accomplish by using GIMP. As someone who also owns Adobe Photoshop, I never use it because I find GIMP's interface much more intuitive (and less bloated), and it offers the same functionality (that I need) offered by Photoshop. Plus, GIMP is open-source, and I am a big fan and advocate of any OSS offering.

I'd also like to add an endorsement for the open-source program Inkscape, for anyone needing to do vector graphic editing (instead of raster graphics, which is what GIMP does). I use Inkscape instead of Adobe Illustrator for the same reasons mentioned above, and was able to create a 3' x 4' sign for our horse farm with the program, and had no problems in terms of compatibility with the sign company's software, printing hardware, etc.

Photoshop and GIMP, now I know I've not used every esoteric option both have available, but for what the vast majority of people use the software for, I've found GIMP just as easy to use as Photoshop 5 was and easier than some of the later versions of Photoshop, and a damn sight cheaper.

I have used Gimp for years, it was originally recommended to me by a designer and I have never looked back. Took me a while to understand it fully but once I got the hang of it it became very easy.

Gimp has been around for a while now. This is old news...why not write about new emerging robust image editing tools that can be used on tablets both android or ipad...I need some comparison please.

I have tried GIMP a number of times, starting many years back, in the 1990s.
While it may be the best thing ever created next to sliced bread, I never liked the user interface. So I always uninstalled it just days after installation. I have found its interface to be frustrating.
I have not bothered with it in the past five or more years, so I don't know how much the interface has changed, if any. I'll give it another try, though.
Adobe photo editing programs would never be allowed to reside on any of my machines. I'm not a fan of Adobe or their over-priced products.
My favorite graphics program since the days of DOS has been Paintshop Pro (PSP). I liked the program better before Corel acquired JASC, when it was a much smaller package.
However, the latest editions, like X4 and X5 (I am on version 14, or X4 now) have some great features that I do like.
PSP is inexpensive, by comparison. I only paid about $20 for my full copy (on clearance) when the new version came out, and the package included a free copy of WinZip Pro 15, to my pleasant surprise (although I'm a WinRAR fan).
I am not associated with any company or entity that makes or sells such programs, so I think I can recommend PSP based on my own experience with it since 1989 or early 1990, and I have used each & every version of it, from the start to X4.

I would also agree that Corel kind of screwed it up. It is still usable but not nearly as friendly and small as before Corel stepped in.

I'm not a professional photographer, nor do I do a lot of image editing. At $500 - $900 for Photoshop, the price is prohibitive for me. I'm kind of in the position of a person who drive four miles to the grocery store twice a week -- I really don't need a the power of a Maserati, and can't afford it anyway. GIMP's free, it works well, and it has more features than I'll ever use. My thanks to all those who are smart enough to create, and generous enough to publish freely, open source software like GIMP.

Hi Jennifer, if you want a comparison of tools to use "why not write about new emerging robust image editing tools that can be used on tablets", Why don't you write an article describing what you know about them, and ask for feedback.

I'll bet that you get lots.

MadsMad Dad