GIMP VS PhotoShop
Time-Nuts--
John De Armond said:
RE: Gimp. I wouldn't foist that crap off on my
worst enemy. Whomever conceived that user interface
had to be stoned. Bad stoned.
Someone has written a revised menu structure for GIMP
that matches the user interface in Photoshop...
It is called "Gimpshop" and is supposed to make it much
easier for PhotoShop users to transition to The Gimp
(and easier for Gimp users to follow PhotoShop tutorials).
According to the description on the website:
GIMPshop is a modification of the free/open source GNU Image
Manipulation Program (GIMP), intended to replicate the
feel of Adobe Photoshop. Its primary purpose is to make
users of Photoshop feel comfortable using GIMP.
It shares all GIMP's advantages, including the long feature
list and customisability, while addressing some common
criticisms regarding the program's interface: GIMPshop
modifies the menu structure to closely match Photoshop's,
adjusts the program's terminology to match Adobe's, and,
in the Windows version, uses a plugin called 'Deweirdifier'
to combine the application's numerous windows in a similar
manner to the MDI system used by most Windows graphics
packages. While GIMPshop does not support Photoshop
plugins, all GIMP's own plugins, filters, brushes, etc.
remain available.
Due to the changes to the interface, many Photoshop
tutorials can be followed in GIMPshop unchanged, and
most others can be adapted for GIMPshop users with
minimal effort.
I have installed Gimpshop, but not had a chance to try
it out to see how well it compares to Photoshop CS3 which
is currently my most used image processor software.
Mike Baker
I happen to like the way Gimp is laid out, but I can
see how others might not... I am more of a function over
appearance sort of guy. The Gimp is so much more powerful
than Adobe Photoshop that it compelled me to learn its way of
doing things. It is a WordPerfect vs Word kind of difference
in my view.
Like most open source software, turning The Gimp into
a clone of Adobe Photoshop is simply a matter of changing
the "skin", a trivially easy thing to do... The whole gimp
user interface is just a little XML code. Anyone care to
speculate on how easy it would be to make Adobe Photoshop
work and look like the Gimp? Or to make Microsoft Word work
and look like WordPerfect? Or for that matter, make Microsoft
Vista look and work like KDE or Gnome?
-Chuck Harris
Michael Baker wrote:
Time-Nuts--
John De Armond said:
RE: Gimp. I wouldn't foist that crap off on my
worst enemy. Whomever conceived that user interface
had to be stoned. Bad stoned.
Someone has written a revised menu structure for GIMP
that matches the user interface in Photoshop...
It is called "Gimpshop" and is supposed to make it much
easier for PhotoShop users to transition to The Gimp
(and easier for Gimp users to follow PhotoShop tutorials).
From: Chuck Harris cfharris@erols.com
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] GIMP VS PhotoShop
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:48:29 -0500
Message-ID: 4774FEAD.6000506@erols.com
I happen to like the way Gimp is laid out, but I can
see how others might not... I am more of a function over
appearance sort of guy. The Gimp is so much more powerful
than Adobe Photoshop that it compelled me to learn its way of
doing things. It is a WordPerfect vs Word kind of difference
in my view.
Like most open source software, turning The Gimp into
a clone of Adobe Photoshop is simply a matter of changing
the "skin", a trivially easy thing to do... The whole gimp
user interface is just a little XML code. Anyone care to
speculate on how easy it would be to make Adobe Photoshop
work and look like the Gimp? Or to make Microsoft Word work
and look like WordPerfect? Or for that matter, make Microsoft
Vista look and work like KDE or Gnome?
-Chuck Harris
Yes, yes, yes... but how will GIMP/Photoshop/VFSH improve my stability and
accuracy? Except for allowing me to fiddle with the graphs to display better
values than I actually acheive.
Cheers,
Magnus
Well it can get rid of that nasty nose hair on that favorite photo, or
replace that lazy eye with one from the other side :).
-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces@febo.com] On
Behalf Of Magnus Danielson
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:01 AM
To: time-nuts@febo.com
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] GIMP VS PhotoShop
Yes, yes, yes... but how will GIMP/Photoshop/VFSH improve my stability and
accuracy? Except for allowing me to fiddle with the graphs to display better
values than I actually acheive.
Cheers,
Magnus
Magnus Danielson wrote:
Yes, yes, yes... but how will GIMP/Photoshop/VFSH improve my stability and
accuracy? Except for allowing me to fiddle with the graphs to display better
values than I actually acheive.
Oh, I think it can be more useful to precision time and frequency
measurement than just cheating.
How are you planning on documenting your experimental setups? Any
photographs needed? Yes? Well, The Gimp will help you to properly
size them, add any measurement legends and titling, and to improve
poor photographic technique.
The Gimp is a great help in managing illustrations used in scholarly
papers.
Improving your stability and accuracy is all about standing on the
shoulders of others, and innovating from that high platform.
If you cannot present your results to others in a clear and understandable
format, then everybody loses.
-Chuck Harris
Just to throw another wrench in the gears.. I've become fond of
paint.net http://www.getpaint.net/
Michael Baker wrote:
Time-Nuts--
John De Armond said:
RE: Gimp. I wouldn't foist that crap off on my
worst enemy. Whomever conceived that user interface
had to be stoned. Bad stoned.
Someone has written a revised menu structure for GIMP
that matches the user interface in Photoshop...
It is called "Gimpshop" and is supposed to make it much
easier for PhotoShop users to transition to The Gimp
(and easier for Gimp users to follow PhotoShop tutorials).
According to the description on the website:
GIMPshop is a modification of the free/open source GNU Image
Manipulation Program (GIMP), intended to replicate the
feel of Adobe Photoshop. Its primary purpose is to make
users of Photoshop feel comfortable using GIMP.
It shares all GIMP's advantages, including the long feature
list and customisability, while addressing some common
criticisms regarding the program's interface: GIMPshop
modifies the menu structure to closely match Photoshop's,
adjusts the program's terminology to match Adobe's, and,
in the Windows version, uses a plugin called 'Deweirdifier'
to combine the application's numerous windows in a similar
manner to the MDI system used by most Windows graphics
packages. While GIMPshop does not support Photoshop
plugins, all GIMP's own plugins, filters, brushes, etc.
remain available.
Due to the changes to the interface, many Photoshop
tutorials can be followed in GIMPshop unchanged, and
most others can be adapted for GIMPshop users with
minimal effort.
I have installed Gimpshop, but not had a chance to try
it out to see how well it compares to Photoshop CS3 which
is currently my most used image processor software.
Mike Baker
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