truehacker.blogspot.com— Most people under estimate the power of GIMP. Read these tutorials and you will know GIMP is more powerful than most people think.
Dec 4, 2006View in Crawl 4
Linux hackers unite!Sorry to say it to all you pale ponytailed kids, but GIMP sucks, and Blender should be systematically deleted from existence for UI crimes against humanity. Open-source is cool and all, but these apps never will be.
to the folks saying GIMP isn't powerful because it's like an old version of Photoshop... I ask you to consider which is more important to making photoshop a "powerful" program for professional users. Snazzy filters? Or support for alpha channels? Liquify or curves? Blending effects or ink effects?GIMP is perfectly capable of professional-looking work. The question is: Is the user?
I work with Photoshop daily and have tested waters with GIMP every now and then. At home my workstation actually runs Linux, so it's not that I would not wish to use GIMP.But really, those that say the interface complaints only come from Phtososhop users should get a reality check. I am sure there are people who genuinely like GIMP and the interface, but some usability studies ought to be done. And also to form a stand if GIMP is for hobbyist or for professionals. If for hobbyist, I could just shut up. I take the stance it thinks to be a proffessional tool, given all the glory it has received.There are things that are unquestionably more usable in Photoshop, colour management as one major area. To me personally even a bigger deal is the speed and the ability to learn. With GIMP, it feels that you are re-learning all the time, things are found from illogical places. And I hear the same from less (graphics-wise) professional Linux gurus around here. The interface windows fight you, you have a lot of wasted screen space, menu widths are inconsistent, labels look and feel as if some are just hacked together. And this is not even mentioning that in actual use, in the simple things that you do all the time, PS feels (since I have no proof) much more efficient and I get so much more done with it that it is actually cheaper than GIMP. Yes, GIMP may be free, but for me PS is cheaper still. Some of that comes from being used to PS, but somehow I have found it much more easy to switch between Maya and XSI than with GIMP and Photoshop. Surely that tells something.There is also a simlar debate about ZBrush interface, for those whore are interested. Many seem to be willing to prefer more traditional and easier UI and thus invest to another program for the mere merit of it being easier and thus faster to use (not all agree with this either).I don't expect GIMP to be a Photoshop clone, it needs not to be. But what really irks me is the denial of the developers that there is something wrong with the interface and lack of any will to actually listen the userbase they seem to wish to associate with. The general developer attitude has put me down from really giving them any feedback for that matter, it only seems to get labeled as whining from a Photoshop user.
somerandomnerdDec 4, 2006
Lets see;ellipse tool,hold CTRL,draw circle...That would be "none", wouldn't it?
bryceman111Dec 4, 2006
Links to try GIMPshop...<a class="user" href="http://plasticbugs.com/index.php?p=241">http://plasticbugs.com/index.php?p=241</a> ...For Windows: <a class="user" href="http://blog.yumdap.net/archives/20-GIMPshop-for-Windows.html">http://blog.yumdap.net/archives/20-GIMPshop-for-Windows.html</a>
crizoDec 4, 2006
You can do the same in photoshop.Alt + Mouse Wheel zoomsSpace + Mouse pans
xenoploidDec 4, 2006
Linux hackers unite!Sorry to say it to all you pale ponytailed kids, but GIMP sucks, and Blender should be systematically deleted from existence for UI crimes against humanity. Open-source is cool and all, but these apps never will be.
decoherenceDec 5, 2006
to the folks saying GIMP isn't powerful because it's like an old version of Photoshop... I ask you to consider which is more important to making photoshop a "powerful" program for professional users. Snazzy filters? Or support for alpha channels? Liquify or curves? Blending effects or ink effects?GIMP is perfectly capable of professional-looking work. The question is: Is the user?
decoherenceDec 5, 2006
this is why we still have windows! ;)
bluetideDec 5, 2006
I work with Photoshop daily and have tested waters with GIMP every now and then. At home my workstation actually runs Linux, so it's not that I would not wish to use GIMP.But really, those that say the interface complaints only come from Phtososhop users should get a reality check. I am sure there are people who genuinely like GIMP and the interface, but some usability studies ought to be done. And also to form a stand if GIMP is for hobbyist or for professionals. If for hobbyist, I could just shut up. I take the stance it thinks to be a proffessional tool, given all the glory it has received.There are things that are unquestionably more usable in Photoshop, colour management as one major area. To me personally even a bigger deal is the speed and the ability to learn. With GIMP, it feels that you are re-learning all the time, things are found from illogical places. And I hear the same from less (graphics-wise) professional Linux gurus around here. The interface windows fight you, you have a lot of wasted screen space, menu widths are inconsistent, labels look and feel as if some are just hacked together. And this is not even mentioning that in actual use, in the simple things that you do all the time, PS feels (since I have no proof) much more efficient and I get so much more done with it that it is actually cheaper than GIMP. Yes, GIMP may be free, but for me PS is cheaper still. Some of that comes from being used to PS, but somehow I have found it much more easy to switch between Maya and XSI than with GIMP and Photoshop. Surely that tells something.There is also a simlar debate about ZBrush interface, for those whore are interested. Many seem to be willing to prefer more traditional and easier UI and thus invest to another program for the mere merit of it being easier and thus faster to use (not all agree with this either).I don't expect GIMP to be a Photoshop clone, it needs not to be. But what really irks me is the denial of the developers that there is something wrong with the interface and lack of any will to actually listen the userbase they seem to wish to associate with. The general developer attitude has put me down from really giving them any feedback for that matter, it only seems to get labeled as whining from a Photoshop user.
abhidutDec 15, 2006
hmm...nice tutorial!!!