Takes some getting use to but it is very powerful and I currently use it side by side with photoshop (GIMP has some interesting features not in CS3) I want to say thanks for the people that toil over these free programs.
I haven't touched the GIMP in a while, but when I did it was woefully lacking in every department. As a hobbiest application, I'd recommend it over Photoshop Elements, but I've never seen a reason to use it instead of Photoshop.
I like GIMP (Score:5, Insightful)
Takes some getting use to but it is very powerful and I currently use it side by side with photoshop (GIMP has some interesting features not in CS3)
I want to say thanks for the people that toil over these free programs.
Re: (Score:1)
What does the GIMP have that Photoshop doesn't?
I haven't touched the GIMP in a while, but when I did it was woefully lacking in every department. As a hobbiest application, I'd recommend it over Photoshop Elements, but I've never seen a reason to use it instead of Photoshop.
Re:I like GIMP (Score:5, Informative)
It has nice scripting and batch capabilities, if you're dorky enough to like script-fu or Python. Ars had a nice review of 2.6.4 recently:
http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/01/gimp-2-6-review.ars [arstechnica.com]
They compare it to photoshop and list a few areas where they think it is ahead. The last page has a set of good/bad/ugly bullet points.