![]() Of course, GIMP comes with plugins of its own. There is no planned support for Photoshop's plugins, and there probably never be. Heavy plugin users on Photoshop will have to forget their plugins on GIMP. Even so, it is an extra level of complexity, having to use two separate programs to have full RAW support. UFRaw is an excellent converter that even has some of the Adobe Camera Raw capabilities. Anyone working with RAW files must download a converter such as UFRaw. ![]() RAW supportįor professional photographers, the fact that GIMP doesn't include built-in RAW processing might be a deal breaker. We will find, of course, an undo function, but nothing like Photoshop's History and the History Brush, so it's harder to backtrack on any possible mistakes. GIMP's support for scripting is much wider than Photoshop's. There are however some Generic Graphics Library (GEGL) scripts that can perform similar operations. We won't find 3D commands in GIMP, like those found in the Extended and Creative Cloud editions of Photoshop. In GIMP, we need to create a complete image layer to apply a new filter without touching the original image, and change the layer's opacity or blend mode to get the result we want. Photoshop's Adjustment Layers, are a lightweight way to make non-destructive changes in pictures. Text input is basic, compared to the effects and transformations Photoshop offers. What is GIMP missing, compared to PhotoshopĪpart from the shortcuts, which is easily solvable, there are some things a professional used to Photoshop might miss. ![]() So, apart from the unofficial workaround, it's doubtful GIMP will ever get integrated Photoshop shortcuts. The basic explanation he offers in the same thread is that the two apps " are two different mindsets". During the 2.7 dev cycle, however, they decided to get rid of that file. What's surprising is that changing the shortcuts was a conscious decision of the development team, even though the did consider using Photoshop shortcuts for a while.īack in 2011, Alexandre Prokoudine, who has worked on the development team of GIMP, said on that he had created a file that matched Photoshop CS4's shortcuts. ![]() In any case, there is an informal way to replace GIMP's shortcut scheme with Photoshop's, using an alternative menurc file. They will have to re-learn all the new keyboard shortcuts of GIMP, to reach the same level of expertise. Keyboard shortcuts are crucial to a professional, as they are faster than clicking every tool or sifting through the menus. So, somebody who was trained or worked extensively with Photoshop will be in trouble. L won't open the Lasso, but the blend tool. ![]() Pressing Z will activate the zoom tool, but S won't select the clone stamp, but the smudge tool. What is tough in this case, though, is that most of Photoshop's keyboard shortcuts won't work on GIMP. It's good that there are plenty of tutorials available on the Internet.įor people familiar with Photoshop, they will find similar menus on GIMP, with a few differently placed options, and a large percentage of Adobe's functionality. It is a rich and complex program, that has way more options than a beginner can handle. Of course, we can re-arrange the panels to create our own, personalized workspace.Ī valid criticism for GIMP is that it has a somewhat steep learning curve.Ī person that has never used a Photoshop-level program is thrown into the deep end with GIMP. ![]()
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