Re: [Gimp-user] Asking for comparison to Photoshop, pretty please!

[Ross Martinek <triarius att net>]

Mark is correct. I was a Photoshop user for years. Now I use GIMP, which has some similarities, especially in 
superficial appearance, to PS. This causes problems for those who switch from one to the other. For example, 
the paintbrush tool would seem, at first, very similar in both apps, but it isn’t, and the differences will 
catch you.

The programs have some of the same capabilities, but they are implemented differently. Each has some 
capabilities, or better capabilities, than the other. 

What I would do is look at the manuals for each, concentrating on the capabilities you would need most, and 
making the comparison that way. For me, Adobe just got too greedy, and GIMP has all the capabilities I need. 
Perhaps that is the question you should ask: What capabilities that I need are best implemented in each 
program? No “review” you can read in less than an hour is likely to give you that.

The Book of GIMP, by LeCarme and Delvare, written for an earlier version than the current one, may be 
available in a local library, and if you are already familiar with PS, should provide you with a better idea 
of how GIMP handles things you want to do.

Ross


> On Dec 22, 2020, at 11:17 AM, gimp-users mbourne spamgourmet com wrote:
>
> Δημήτρης Γιάννος via gimp-user-list wrote:
> >   Oh, I also forgot the part about Photoshop being available for Tablets
> > and phones. Could there be similar plans for GIMP?
>
> There's an entry on the FAQ about the lack of Android/iOS support:
> https://www.gimp.org/docs/userfaq.html#will-you-release-gimp-for-android-or-ios-devices
>
> I can't really help with a comparison.  I only use GIMP occasionally, mostly for fairly basic things, and 
> have never used Photoshop.
>
> I'd guess part of the problem with comparisons is that someone who uses Photoshop all the time (so already 
> has a license for it) can just download GIMP for free, give it a go for a few hours and write a comparison. 
>  But they'd perceive GIMP as difficult to use because it's not the same as Photoshop and they haven't got 
> used to the differences. On the other hand, someone who happily uses GIMP all the time, and is really 
> familiar with all its features, isn't so likely to pay for Photoshop just to compare it to GIMP.  But if 
> they did, they'd probably encounter similar difficulties with Photoshop.  There may well be some reviews 
> out there written by people who do use both regularly and can make a fair comparison, but the difficulty 
> would be finding them (and knowing that you've found them!)
>
> -- 
> Mark.
>
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