Gimp vs Photoshop

[AustinSchuh]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

If you are making logos I cannot urge you enough to use Inkscape, a free vector graphics program.

I second that. My brother used Inkscape this summer at his job for creating logos after finding it online, and it was an awesome tool for the job. I am pretty sure that he views it as on the same level as Adobe Illustrator in terms of capability, which is saying something.

[Cow Bell Solo]

I have used both, and personally would prefere the GIMP. I can find that most of the functions that you are going to use can be done with both. I will agree that sometimes with the GIMP it can be hard to know exactly on how to do it. All of the photos and images on our team website, this year and last years website(which I don't have currently up(last years)), were edited using the GIMP. For what you can do with both I would say go with the GIMP as it is free. Also my avatar was made with the GIMP(I know that it isn't that good as I threw that together in a second), and also the animation that I had before using (it was a robot that came in off screen and removed the red X when a picture is unable to load in windows, for those that might of seen it before). Okay now time for me to be quiet and and let you choose.

[Lilszamora]

I'll be sure to check out inkscape, but I've been doing pretty well with gimp, even got a new logo for our team in the works with it, but I'll see if inkscape can do any better

[Nica F.]

I used to use Gimp at school, seeing it was always installed on the school laptops and it was good for doing pretty general things such as free transforming, basic picture alterations, and a lot of other things. I personally went online and looked for "how to's" if I got stuck but really need to do something and GIMP was the only thing available. I survived for a year on the team designing things on GIMP after getting used to the program.

Photoshop is so so so great though. You can do so much on it and is much more flexible with scans and major alterations, and of course graphic design. Overall it blows GIMP out of the water, but you're paying for the quality. It's not cheap but definitely worth it. After a year of GIMP we actually invested in putting photoshop on one mac for me to use and it did me good, and made my life so much better when it came to making logos, working on banners, etc etc. Photoshop is worth its price if you are going to use it and you figure out how to use the functions.

[ebarker]

The Adobe Creative Suite is an awesome piece of software.

If you purchase it you are almost certainly eligible for the educational discount.

Unfortunately the new suite is significantly more expensive even with the discount.

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

If you are making logos I cannot urge you enough to use Inkscape, a free vector graphics program. Logos should be done in vector format, it will save you if you try to get them printed.

Originally Posted by Lilszamora

I'll be sure to check out inkscape, but I've been doing pretty well with gimp, even got a new logo for our team in the works with it, but I'll see if inkscape can do any better

I couldn't agree more with Andrew's statement.

I have been in the print business for a very long time and I can't state more emphatically that logos should be done in vector format.

[Tommy F.]

I use Gimp for just about everything I do.

I also have Photoshop, but my only main use for Photoshop is mainly for cropping things with its awesome crop tools, but other than that, I prefer using Gimp, and it does just about everything Photoshop can do.

[ratdude747]

Originally Posted by 7h0m54

I use Gimp for just about everything I do.

I also have Photoshop, but my only main use for Photoshop is mainly for cropping things with its awesome crop tools, but other than that, I prefer using Gimp, and it does just about everything Photoshop can do.

Agreed. Not to mention Gimp (and inkscape) are Linux compatible, which for me is a plus since Linux is my preferred OS.

gimp is a bit harder to use at first but it also allows easier access to the basic nuts and bolts of things.

[KelliV]

I used both while in college on various projects and personally prefer Photoshop. It is much more intuitive than GIMP and interfaces better with video editing software than GIMP does. Photoshop also generates better effects and will come out with a cleaner product, keep in mind that GIMP's products are great and clean, Photoshop's just look better in large format.

I know photoshop comes with a large price tag but it is a great tool for students to have experience with prior to going to college and would be a great addition to your teams media/marketing side. FIRST encourages engineering students to get hands on with industry standard equipment, it should encourage non-engineering students to use industry standard programs as well.

[davidthefat]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP8c2R8YEb4

[xSAWxBLADEx]

paint.net has a easier UI than GIMP (to me anyways), and its freeware you should really check it out.

[Tristan Lall]

Another vote for Paint.net and Inkscape, mostly because they're free, and secondarily because they're pretty good. (I haven't actually used GIMP, so I don't have an opinion on it.)

Incidentally, I've never seen a good explanation of why Photoshop still uses a scratch disk, rather than using Windows NT's own perfectly good memory management. (A pox on archaic memory management techniques, I say.) That fact always makes me wary of what lurks within Photoshop's codebase.

[jodytamibooth88]

GIMP is free which is always a good thing. not to mention it can fairly compete with PS in terms of photo editing capabilities. i would not spend alot of money for additional features the PS can do but if you got money to burn, then why not.

[alphonsoferrell]

I guess it differs with each one's preference and experience. I, for one, prefer PS since I have using it for years. I was introduced to GIMP just a couple of months ago. I would prefer the one that I am already comfortable with, which in this case Photoshop. In short, those new to both PS and GIMP will have a harder time to choose.

[404'd]

In my opinon, Photoshop is better. The UI is much easier to use once you learn it, it has more advanced tools, and a really big community. But Photoshop could be overkill for very simple stuff.

If you would only use the program once, i would use GIMP, Photoshop might not be worth the money needed to purchase it