Topic: Gimp 2

[ober]

I was going to go the "pirate" route and download a copy of PS... but I ran across a link for Gimp this morning and I thought I'd give it a chance.  Seems to be alright, but I'm not a huge fan of the interface so far.  Too many windows opening up everywhere and not enough simple wizards for things like resizing/exporting, etc.  I'm used to Corel, which sucks, but I'm willing to give this a good shakedown.

Thoughts from anyone else that has used it?  Is it worth the time to learn it?

[drakkenkorin]

>>Too many windows opening up everywhere and not enough simple wizards for things like resizing/exporting, etc.<<

WERD!

that's why i don't use it for anything else but resizing images.  took me like 2 hrs to figure that part out, so i can only guess how long it'll take me to learn how to do anything else in it!

[ober]

Yeah, I think saving your soul is WORTH THE TIME!

ROFL.... you're so funny, ethic

[Perspective]

I know a couple of people who use GIMP for professional use, and they love it. It definately takes some getting used to though. I use it for my image manipulation needs, but that's usually nothing more than resizing or cropping.

[hans]

I've used GIMP for quite some time now and once you get over the learning curve it's an excellent product. I even got my non-tech brother using it.

Check this out for a how-to:
http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/

[Steve]

PS > Gimp

[hans]

Yeah, but Gimp is legally free.
So it's more like:

Gimp < PS

ober, you might try looking into GimpShop too. It's gimp but tweaked to be more similar to PhotoShop.

Or some other solutions:
http://www.osalt.com/photoshop

[ober]

Thanks tgm.  I'm not really partial to PS, since I've never actually used it.

[Steve]

if you have never used PS then getting used to gimp wont be too bad. But someone like me whos been using ps from day one, i HATE gimp

[hans]

i HATE gimp

But how do you really feel?

[Steve]

i really really really hate IT