hackitlinux.com— Check-out GimpShop it is similar to Photoshop. It started as a Mac OS X application but since it is open source it was easily ported to other platforms such as Windows, Solaris and of course Linux.
Feb 8, 2007View in Crawl 4
There are some people whose persistent use of the GIMP taught them that the UI plugin GIMPShop uses actually reduces productivity, especially when working on multiple images on a large desktop. Mind you, I grew up on software whose UI was Photoshop-like, but now that I judge these paradigms side by side, I actually favour the GNU Image Manipulation Program. Many people dismiss the GIMPjust because of habits and stubborn reluctance to change for the better.
If you already know how to use Photoshop, this could make it easier to switch. Of course, if you know Photoshop and own a copy there isn't much of a reason to switch in the first place. Learning curves = lost time.
You can make it look like Photoshop, but that doesn't make it Photoshop. The GIMP doesn't have CMYK support which more or less knocks it out of the contention as a Photoshop replacement. Don't get me wrong - I like the GIMP. I used it to make the backgrounds on my Beryl cube. It just isn't suitable for prepress work.
schestowitzFeb 8, 2007
There are some people whose persistent use of the GIMP taught them that the UI plugin GIMPShop uses actually reduces productivity, especially when working on multiple images on a large desktop. Mind you, I grew up on software whose UI was Photoshop-like, but now that I judge these paradigms side by side, I actually favour the GNU Image Manipulation Program. Many people dismiss the GIMPjust because of habits and stubborn reluctance to change for the better.
Closed AccountFeb 8, 2007
Or you could just LEARN HOW TO USE GIMP.
sanguinemoonFeb 8, 2007
I've tried Gimpshop on PCBSD, but I have to say that I prefer the GIMP's interface to Gimpshop's
aldenhgFeb 8, 2007
If you already know how to use Photoshop, this could make it easier to switch. Of course, if you know Photoshop and own a copy there isn't much of a reason to switch in the first place. Learning curves = lost time.
aldenhgFeb 8, 2007
You can make it look like Photoshop, but that doesn't make it Photoshop. The GIMP doesn't have CMYK support which more or less knocks it out of the contention as a Photoshop replacement. Don't get me wrong - I like the GIMP. I used it to make the backgrounds on my Beryl cube. It just isn't suitable for prepress work.
thekidderFeb 8, 2007
Personally, the main thing I'm waiting for from GIMP is GEGL - <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEGL.">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEGL.</a> This will make GIMP much more powerful as well as enable the addition of colorspaces such as CMYK.