Gimp vs Photoshop

[CW Jones]

I started w gimp then moved to ps elements 7. I wouldn't trade ps 7 for the world.

Bet you would trade it for CS5 lol

 

[Garbz]

I started w gimp then moved to ps elements 7. I wouldn't trade ps 7 for the world.

Bet you would trade it for CS5 lol

In a heartbeat. But would you trade it AND $699US for CS5? I'm willing to bet the number of people here who have actually paid for CS5 out of their own pockets is very slim.

 

[CW Jones]

I started w gimp then moved to ps elements 7. I wouldn't trade ps 7 for the world.

Bet you would trade it for CS5 lol

In a heartbeat. But would you trade it AND $699US for CS5? I'm willing to bet the number of people here who have actually paid for CS5 out of their own pockets is very slim.

I got CS4 at my student discount, and because it was less than 1 month before they announced CS5 I was able to get CS5 for free. It was funny that I did a download for CS4 and for CS5 they sent me the box haha

 

[Lipoly]

GIMP suffers from a complete lack of 16bit colour support. That's the only issue. If you're doing RAW editing make sure you have your exposure nailed as close as possible in UFRAW before the file is opened in GIMP to make sure you don't end up losing too much quality as a result of your edits.

For minor editing there's no issue, but if you're a heavy wedding photographer type psycho editor then GIMP is not sufficient in my opinion.

I believe GIMP 2.6 may have added support for this. GIMP - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (See GEGL section)

"...as of the 2.6 release GIMP can use GEGL to perform high bit depth color operations"

 

[KmH]

I started w gimp then moved to ps elements 7. I wouldn't trade ps 7 for the world.

Bet you would trade it for CS5 lol

In a heartbeat. But would you trade it AND $699US for CS5? I'm willing to bet the number of people here who have actually paid for CS5 out of their own pockets is very slim.

I did, but only had to pay the upgrade price. Plus I ordered it through the NAPP member link and got a further 15% discount, so CS5 cost me $169.15 USD plus shipping for the disc.

 

[boatswife]

Bet you would trade it for CS5 lol

In a heartbeat. But would you trade it AND $699US for CS5? I'm willing to bet the number of people here who have actually paid for CS5 out of their own pockets is very slim.

I did, but only had to pay the upgrade price. Plus I ordered it through the NAPP member link and got a further 15% discount, so CS5 cost me $169.15 USD plus shipping for the disc.

This is how I bought mine too. Adobe ran a $199 special upgrade to CS3 for PE users a couple years ago. Then I bought the upgrade to CS5 for $199. I could never afford it at the normal price.

 

[Green Li]

You should probably try GIMP and don't spend any money yet. If you grow out of it you can always buy Photoshop.
Also, GIMP is cross platform. It works for Windows, Mac, Linux....

 

[ivomitcats]

I use Gimp and Cs5 both. I prefer CS5 for photo editing and Gimp for graphic design, for whatever reason.

 

[Garbz]

I believe GIMP 2.6 may have added support for this. GIMP - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (See GEGL section)

"...as of the 2.6 release GIMP can use GEGL to perform high bit depth color operations"

Read the rest too: "The Generic Graphics Library (GEGL) was first introduced as part of GIMP on the 2.6 release of GIMP. This initial introduction does not yet exploit all of the capabilities of GEGL" ... "When fully integrated, GEGL will allow GIMP to have a higher color bit depth and also a better non-destructive work-flow."

And from the website: "By default the legacy 8bit code paths are still used, but a curious user can turn on the use of GEGL for the color operations with Colors / Use GEGL"


32bit image support in GIMP is sketchy and experimental at best. So far only chunks of the underlying processing system have been ported and a handful of tools. The default (stable) process by which GIMP opens 16bit files is to convert to 8bit straight up.

 

[stephras07]

Sorry - I was offline for a couple days to spend some quality time with my hubby (he was only home for a week before the ship pulled out again).

I totally don't understand the technical stuff you guys are talking about (still new to all of this - planning on taking some courses soon through NYIP). I did end up downloading Gimp, haven't had much time or concentration to really play with it.

 

[Garbz]

Ignore the technical mumbo jumbo and have fun. The technical stuff can come later

 

[stephras07]

 

[BananaRepublic]

I really want to get photoshop 7 (I found a copy on ebay for $80 new), can't afford the CS versions, and haven't heard the best things about Photoshop Elements (correct me if I'm wrong!)

My husband really wants me to just get Gimp, which is a free, Mac version of Photoshop (according to him).

I do use Mac, but I know that Photoshop makes mac editions as well.

I would love any thoughts about any of these programs!

I use Affinity, a British alternative to PS, I find it very user friendly as they built from scratch within the last few years, unlike PS were Adobe just throw a new bucket of paint over rotten furniture to make it shiny. Its not free but is much cheaper at 50 Euro, $75 perhaps and thats a once off payment. You can try a month or 10 days free and theres plenty of there own online tutorials.

 

[Original katomi]

Hi welcome
You mentioned photoshop elements
I use the version 9 or PSE9
I just a hobby photographer but I do put the limits of kit and programs and has found that whilst PSE 9 has it limits I have been able to work around them
And as no body has mentioned it have a look at info on lossless and lossy file extension that is for example tiff vs jpg
The jpg will compress the photo file and loose info each time tiff does not
Jpg is like photocopying a photocopy over and over in time you will notice the loss of detail
There are a number of sites that can explain I just put in. Tiff vs jpg and got about 20 sites pop up
Whatever program you get you will soon find out if it’s for you
Maybe if I was not so far into photography I would try the free programmes first making a list of both good and bad points and where I wanted more.
When I say I push the limits I have produced a #latest size# 72 inch panorama
I do big prints that I have printed on banner material that I then display outside
Sometimes so that others can see the images other times it just on the fence so that when I am sat washing up I have a nice pic to look at out of the kitchen window. And oh yes I even took 2 one meter long images into the hospital and
And hung them up for my wife to look at when she was ill
Well hope this helps and has not just swamped you in info

 

[Dao]

hum ... this thread is 10 years old. Most of the discussion were outdated...