Has anyone here used Gimp?

Hi everyone,

I am wondering if any of you have used Gimp? I installed it and playex around with it for a bit. I must admit I am still learning how to use it.

If you have used it, what do you like or dislike about it?

i have only used it maybe once or twice on linux i have never tried it on windows i might have to one of these day.

Nope I have never used it. Is it like photoshop or something?

GIMP is a free program ..photoshop needs money
 If your system is lower than 16 bits, then use GIMP as it supports even 8 bit system
another positive is it can handle just about any format you want ...bmp,gif,jpeg,pdf,png,svg,tiff
negative is no 16-bit per channel color support

skouliki wrote:GIMP is a free program ..photoshop needs money
 If your system is lower than 16 bits, then use GIMP as it supports even 8 bit system
another positive is it can handle just about any format you want ...bmp,gif,jpeg,pdf,png,svg,tiff
negative is no 16-bit per channel color support

Have you ever used Gimp Skouliki?

now me i have used Gimp and i plan on getting it to have some fun with it

no i had it on my pc but i never use it
after i while i delete it

I installed it and played around with it for a few hours and haven't touched it since. I do plan to eventually learn to use it, but it is not at the top of priority list at the moment.

Between Gimp and Photoshop, obviously Photoshop is the better software if you can afford it. If you can't afford it or just want to play around with doing graphic design for fun, then Gimp is the next best thing since it is 100% free and open source. Gimp has most of the basic tools you would need and alot are similar to what Photoshop has so.

Never used Gimp but it certainly seems like a great program.

gimp is a good program i used it when i have dabbed with linux it has some good features in it if you don't want to pay for photo shop and i have used that too but an older version of it that my Late cousin had bought and paid for back in the day but gimp is good if you want to just play around and stuff.

@BlackScorpion have you ever used Gimp, or have you only ever used Photoshop?

I have also not used this program, and will need a lesson as how it works. I am NOT interested in using the program at the present time however.

Gimp was mainly a Linux only program art until a couple of years ago when they did a version for windows it comes pre installed on any linux distro but for windows you have to download it i'm planning on installing it on Windows 10 to mess with it a bit

DJAaronRadio wrote:Gimp was mainly a Linux only program art until a couple of years ago when they did a version for windows it comes pre installed on any linux distro but for windows you have to download it i'm planning on installing it on Windows 10 to mess with it a bit

It's a great software though for a freebie.

bgradionetwork wrote:@BlackScorpion have you ever used Gimp, or have you only ever used Photoshop?

I've used both, i prefer to use Photoshop though.

Yeah Photoshop is the Rolls Royce of the photo editing industry, but for poor folks like me, we can use Gimp for free and be able to use the most important features of Photoshop.

Thank heavens for open source program development!

and Gimp is free i might add i have used Photo shop when my Late Cousin had a Copy of it for XP since he already had a serial Key for it it was the most fun at the time Gimp has the same features as photo shop and it don't cost a Dime

No I haven't used it before. I only heard it about it now

DJAaronRadio wrote:and Gimp is free i might add i have used Photo shop when my Late Cousin had a Copy of it for XP since he already had a serial Key for it it was the most fun at the time Gimp has the same features as photo shop and it don't cost a Dime

Well it has some of the important features of Photoshop anyway.

You don't really need Photoshop, there is also Pixlr Online Editor which has lot of the features we use in photoshop, and best of all it is also FREE and better then GIMP.

anything better then Gimp i think not frank it's almost like saying that an online editor is better then photo shop it's like comparing apple to microsoft and Linux for that matter same goes with image editing software to me i would still go with the Old Image editing software cuz that's just me.

BlackScorpion wrote:You don't really need Photoshop, there is also Pixlr Online Editor which has lot of the features we use in photoshop, and best of all it is also FREE and better then GIMP.

Thanks for sharing I will have to look into that. Is it open source?

I believe there is also an ancient version of Photo that is now free also, but it is so old it is barely functional on new machines and the tools are primitive. You would be better off using Gimp then it. I believe it's Adobe CS 3 (with Photoshop 3).

DJAaronRadio wrote:anything better then Gimp i think not frank it's almost like saying that an online editor is better then photo shop it's like comparing apple to microsoft and Linux for that matter same goes with image editing software to me i would still go with the Old Image editing software cuz that's just me.

You should try it out first ,  then compare, i do some of my editing in it , when i m not at my main computer, It will never be as goos as Photoshop but it does very well, what you need to do in regards to editing and manipulating images.

bgradionetwork wrote:

Thanks for sharing I will have to look into that. Is it open source?

I believe there is also an ancient version of Photo that is now free also, but it is so old it is barely functional on new machines and the tools are primitive. You would be better off using Gimp then it. I believe it's Adobe CS 3 (with Photoshop 3).

Don't know if it open source, but it does work well. As far as Photoshop 3, that thing is so old , your lucky it even opens up..

Yep and sometimes it doesn't BlackScorpion .

i think i like gimp better then what's out there now since i did dab with it on Linux and i still plan on dabbing with it on windows a bit