--- Kalle Ounapuu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been using Photoshop for a bunch of years and > only recently used GIMP a few times at work. > > Having access to Photoshop and being comfortable > with it, I have no reason to use GIMP. The times I > have used it, I was a bit annoyed by the > interface... how there is no main window that > contains everything. As well, some of the > organization of menus seemed odd.
I also use both Photoshop and Gimp and agree that Potoshop is more user friendly. The lack of a main window in Gimp seems to be a major irritation for new users. That you see all the icons and open windows behind your canvas could be annoying. I've never understood myself why developers haven't designed a main window for Gimp yet. As far as I know Gimp is the only app that uses this non-standard interface. Are you aware that Gimpshop, now uses Photoshop-like menu structure? The time when I choose Gimp over Photoshop is when I create special effects and textures. Here Gimp clearly bits Photoshop. Especially when you combine the filter effects with Script-fu. Of course, you can always buy extra filters for Photoshop but here I am comparing the default settings. > More control over chunks in PNG files. What's your problem with Gimp's png output. > In terms of editing, layers, and effects... nothing > beats Photoshop. I agree. jozsefmak > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Kent Tong > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 11:11 PM > To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu > Subject: [Gimp-user] Disadvantage of GIMP when > compared to Photoshop > > > Hi, > > We're an organization promoting open source in > Macau. We're considering > whether to organize some training courses on GIMP or > not. Before that, > we'd like to evaluate how powerful GIMP is when > compared to Photoshop. > We're not insisting that it must be as powerful as > Photoshop. We just > need a clear idea on its power. > > As I'm not a graphics guy, I've got a colleague to > do some initial > evaluation. As my colleague has a strong photoshop > background but is > just getting started with GIMP, I'd like to have the > confirmation from > someone like you with strong GIMP experience. So, > would you please > comment on my colleague's finding below? Thanks in > advance! > > Disadvantage of GIMP > - Text tool > -- Can't display Chinese in the "GIMP Text Editor" > -- Can't control indivitual text format in the same > Text. (The format applies to > the whole text) > -- Compare to PhotoShop, creating text effect is > difficult. Photoshop built in > text effects. GIMP can only use the filter or > script-fu to create effect. > -- Compare to PhotoShop, text effect will still be > apply even the Text is > changed. But you need to do everything again if you > text need to be changed. > -- Can't display Chinese font in the font selection > list. > > - Layers control > -- Can't display Chinese in the Layer. > -- Compare to PhotoShop, managing the layers is not > that easy. You can define > layers to groups in Photoshop. You can even target > an action to a group. No > group idea in GIMP. > > > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu > http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu > http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
