Gimp or Photoshop

[Sam1]

Which do you use to design and why? I personally stick with Gomp, mostly because of the expense of photoshop and the fact I don't spend much time on graphics work- so I don't need it. What about you?

 

[xpl0iter]

Same here. PS is expensive. I dont't need it asI am not that much into graphics work.

 

[Sam1]

Some people seem to have a nac for it, I suppose you gain experience over time too.

 

[Alex1]

I use Photoshop CS3. I used to use GIMP until I actually tried using Photoshop and from then on it was too good to be without.

 

[Martee]

I use Photoshop CS5, I've tried GIMP but i just didn't like it and considering i take a Graphics unit at College currently, PS is more suited for my needs really.

 

[Sam1]

I have used photoshop a bit before, its a lot better than gimp- its just the price of it.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I purchased PhotoShop CS5 (full) for a little over $200.00 via a college student discount

I like it a lot and have learned graphic design pretty quickly. GIMP has never really done much for me but I still recommend it to others who cannot afford or don't want to purchase PS.

 

[Sam1]

I wonder if there is something that doesn't cost as much as photoshop but is almost as good......

 

[Alex1]

Well, you can always get Photoshop for free... It's just not... legally, haha.

 

[Sam1]

Yep pretty much, of course I know how to do that but sometimes it's just nicer to be legal.

 

[xpl0iter]

Hehe, legal photoshop would be hard thing to see where I live!

 

[Martee]

It's a hard thing to see anywhere lol. I know of alot of people at my college who study graphics and went the naughty way! Including myself.

 

[Gamrpro]

I'm going with Photoshop all the way! It's clean and simple. It's also quite easy to learn

 

[Martee]

Very true Gamr, Photoshops UI is very friendly even for a newbie!

 

[hashif]

I am using photoshop cs3..its great design software ..

 

[Sam1]

Hehe, legal photoshop would be hard thing to see where I live!

It's so expensive that you'd find almost everyone except for proper web designers or wealthier people or clueless people use nulled.... Currently I don't though.....

 

[flame]

i use something called photo pos pro which is freeware and supposed to be similar to photoshop - as i havent used photoshop i cannot comment but if someone else familar with it wants to take a look?

 

[Hotmess]

I don't, I leave the designing for the experts but I have Grimp installed on my laptop, it can't hurt.

I have used photobucket to edit existing images. Does that count?

 

[Marc]

Which do you use to design and why? I personally stick with Gomp, mostly because of the expense of photoshop and the fact I don't spend much time on graphics work- so I don't need it. What about you?

Yeah, if you do not do much graphic designs, then it's recommended not to purchase PhotoShop, I personally prefer PhotoShop to GIMP. I prefer PS's tools to GIMP's own. It requires you to learn everything to get started with doing more advanced work (I'm talking about non-basics). I'm still a PhotoShop newbie but I'm still improving each day I open the program,

I have used photobucket to edit existing images. Does that count?

Nope. PhotoBucket isn't PhotoShop,

Hehe, legal photoshop would be hard thing to see where I live!

Ditto!

 

[Hotmess]

It isn't but it gets job done lol

I use it because it is the layman graphic tool out there