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Anyone use the GNU GIMP program?  Any thoughts on it?

is this a pulp fiction thread?  :p

I've used gimp a few times, i'm far from an expert though.

No, just too cheap to spring for Photoshop yet.

It works well enough; Tis a bit different than what I got used to (PhotoPaint 12--a photoshop styled app), but in the same some features seem to give a better result (thinking the mosaic filter I believe).

But, er, it works, it's a GNU program so um, less ask more experience? I.e. there really is no reason not to (as I see it of course) try it out first hand.

I thought 'gimp' was an especially supple audio cord (usually a mic cord).

"Hey, look!  Sticking my oar in turns the topic off course!"

=K

I use GIMP...  probably more often than my copy of Photoshop.  My only complaint is that it's got a very mac feel with all the floating panes.  Stuck on something, Tekla?

No just playing around.  I looked at Lightroom, but its a bit spendy until I can get something shooting at at least 12megapix in RAW format.

Quote from: tekla on May 24, 2009, 02:54:07 PM
No just playing around.  I looked at Lightroom, but its a bit spendy until I can get something shooting at at least 12megapix in RAW format.

journeyed.com.  sign up for a free noncredit class at CCSF... get cheap software.

I use both Photoshop 3 and GIMP on my iMac, and while GIMP does lack some of the bells and whistles of PS3 I find myself using GIMP more often.  I like it's interface and ease of use.

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I'm running Paint.net after repeated frustrations trying to install gimp. I blame my own lack of tech savvyness ofcourse.

Quote from: Miniar on May 24, 2009, 05:23:35 PM
I'm running Paint.net after repeated frustrations trying to install gimp. I blame my own lack of tech savvyness ofcourse.

GIMP has install glitches if you're running Vista and low on RAM.  Lags and dies somewhere around "Installing fonts...", if memory serves.

I use The GIMP fairly often, but mostly to crop and resize; I'm really not much on after-editing.  My main exception is making the images from my fisheye lens rectilinear, and I use another piece of software for that.

After trying to download photoshop free (yes, I'm a awful pirate), I finally got GIMP, and have been very satisfied with it. Totally recommend it, but you do need to have plenty of time on your hands to learn how to use everything.

SD

I use gimp and I'm fine with it. I get better as time passes.

I also have paint.net and inkscape. They are free too.  I use some free serif software called drawplus and 3dplus. 

I tend to work in several programs. I think it's a sickness; the kind they don't allow you out on weekends at the sanitarium for.

I use the free irfanview too.

You'll probably do well with gimp or paint.net.

Quote from: Sebastien on May 24, 2009, 08:31:09 PM
Totally recommend it, but you do need to have plenty of time on your hands to learn how to use everything.

QFT

I use GIMP and Paint.NET
But for my pixel art, I use the image editor that's built into a program called Game Maker.

I use Gimp extensively. Airbrush and smudge are a must. Layers, alpha channel, text, resize, rotate, and crop.

My avatar is an example of what Gimp can do. I airbrushed out a shoe and the floor, and fixed several edges of objects. Then added a transparent layer of raindrops.

This text below is filled with a pattern that I filtered from a telescopic image of the spicules on the sun, then changed the hue and saturation to make the raspberry color.

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3663%2F3561355539_b09de77317_m.jpg&hash=5c69f9ac92beb7b5423824772cf19030118318c8)

Finally remembered something I briefly used several years ago.  For those familiar with PhotoShop, you may want to check out GIMPshop.  It's The GIMP with the user interface reworked to behave more like PhotoShop.

I use GIMP exclusively, as I don't have anything running either MS-Windows or OS X.  I know it comes a bit short compared to Photoshop, but for anything I ever do (usually just crop/resize and curves, honestly), it's perfect.  But I hate the interface!!  All these panels and windows and panes just floating around, it's like trying to herd cats in zero gravity!

Quote from: Burgundy on May 25, 2009, 12:48:38 AM
I know it comes a bit short compared to Photoshop,

I have yet to have someone explain exactly what they think PhotoShop has that Gimp doesn't. With all that Gimp does, I don't mind herding the cats around the screen.

Thanks everyone, and keep it up, I enjoy and and working through the info.  I only work with one image at a time, so perhaps that will make it a bit easier.

I have a small portfolio at the Flicker site below that might give some indication of what I'm shooting.  I have a few examples of each, the flowers, the reflections, the 2,000 plus shots I have of the Warfield and Fillmore, and the odd things that interest me - if that helps.

Quote from: Lisbeth on May 25, 2009, 12:58:07 AM
I have yet to have someone explain exactly what they think PhotoShop has that Gimp doesn't. With all that Gimp does, I don't mind herding the cats around the screen.

I don't have a lot of experience, but a few really useful things come to mind:

- The healing tools, which magically blend away blemishes in a photograph using the surrounding colours and texture.  Works for anything, including portraits!!

- The history brush, which lets one paint in parts of an image from a previous point in history.

- Adjustment layers:  I can assign a specific set of adjustments to a pseudo-layer, say, a colour correction, then go work on the base image and whatever adjustments I made will automatically be applied.

I'm sure there's more, that's just what comes to mind at the moment.  Certainly nothing against GIMP, since it's open and free, but for some people, it's a deal-breaker.

   ~ Burgundy ~

I've used GIMP quite a lot and it's a primary tool in my toolkit.  All the fundamentals you need are there, however PhotoShop sets the trend with the convenience and manipulation functions, then GIMP has to catch up.

There are some tutorials out there for GIMP users but the resources aren't as rich as they are for PhotoShop (and translating a PS tutorial to GIMP as you read isn't easy unless you're intimately familiar with both...which I'm not).

Unless you're going to be doing a lot of hardcore manipulation, GIMP should be more than sufficient in the value-for-money department :)

I have to add, I don't produce digital art. I use paint.net for  some small post-scan-adjustments, and playing around.
I do not own a tablet.
I'm an old fashioned artist.. the kind that believes that if your hands are clean, you're not doing it right ;)

Quote from: Miniar on May 25, 2009, 07:12:34 AM
[...] the kind that believes that if your hands are clean, you're not doing it right ;)

Sage words that apply to many of my favorite activites :D

I use both Gimp and Pain.net.  I find Gimp is a bit challenging to learn, but maybe it's just me.  But it definitely does some very cool things.

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fganjataz.com%2F01smileys%2Fimages%2Fsmileys%2FloopyBlonde-blinking.gif&hash=4545ddf8251cf9c32ae6074d56e48bc34a755857)Kristi

Gave up PS for GIMP a long time ago and have not looked back. I know of entire art departments that have converted over as well.

I use mine for some photography and also a bit of digital art. It took me awhile to get the layout down to where I liked it. Love so many filters and plugins that are out there and it was great when I could stop converting the adobe brushes manually and just dump them in the brushes folder.

I wasn't impressed with Gimp, it just felt very foreign to me, but I have been using Photoshop for years.

You may want to check out Paint Shop Pro, that used to be quite good and a lot cheaper.

Quote from: Leslie Ann on May 26, 2009, 01:26:55 AM
it just felt very foreign to me

Understandable. Adobe is an American company and Gimp was developed in Europe.