My sis has Photoshop but when I insert the disc into my comp it turned slower, so I got GIMP x3

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Gimp's a real swine to learn if you're familiar with Photoshop, and I speak from experience, because you have to unlearn not just the interface, but even the peculiarities of that interface. Certain universal behaviours have to be unlearned, and then you have to learn a new behaviour.

That said, GIMP is a free, powerful graphics program and I advocate it if only because it shows that a professional-level suite of tools should not, in fact cost you a few thousand dollars.

Wait, a new graphics program is hard to learn if you're already familiar with a similar but different graphics program? Gosh, a surprise there Note that you're saying that because you're familiar with Photoshop, which is exactly my point. If you'd started with GIMP instead of Photoshop, you'd say the same thing in reverse! XP

Also, you're taking the wrong meaning from my words. I'm simply speaking in a comparative sense; every program has a learning curve of some kind, and I meant only to say that the GIMP's was no worse than Photoshop's (personally I think it's easier, and I did have some PS experience before GIMP), which is almost universally considered "acceptable".

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Mm. You had some PS experience. But you hated the program. Indeed, if I recall correctly, before you ever started on PS, you were thoroughly entrenched in the use of... what was it called... that program that came with your scanner?

Regardless, Gimp does have a steep learning curve, and I would actually hazard it's higher than Photoshop's. Photoshop's interface is professionally designed to be intuitive, and some of the options on GIMP still baffle me. I don't have specific examples, because I'm not familiar enough with the program to say, but regardless.

PS has a learning curve, but not much of one. Ultimately, PS is pretty easy to pick up and dork with if you just want to rotate/skew/muck around with your photos. When you want to do something truly ridiculous, like pen art or Dillonesque multilayered professional art, it's harder.

In GIMP's case, I feel the interface impedes the early use. It's hard to use GIMP for the basic stuff; to the point where I use MSPaint for them on my computer, simply because it's easier. I'm sure, that were I more familiar with GIMP, I wouldn't need to do that. But the barrier of entry is much higher, in my opinion, even ignoring my past experience with PS.

Experience with PS makes GIMP harder to learn, I have no doubt. I keep wanting d and ctrl-d to do the things I'm used to them doing (even though it has been literally FOUR YEARS since I used Adobe Photoshop for any artwork!), and my frustration with Gimp for Not Being Photoshop is distinct. But I'm also annoyed that Gimp is, in fact, Not MSPaint. That's a pretty damning feeling - the idea that windows comes packaged with something that does the trick better.

I didn't use notepad for anything when I had emeditor. Now that emeditor is nagging me whenever I load it up, I keep creeping back to notepad.

Also, I suck at the DA Interface.

Yes, and I chose to keep using it over Photoshop partially because of the learning curve. I gave it up for the GIMP because the GIMP was easier to learn (and for the record, is nothing like the program I was using).

I would hazard you're a bad judge of how high the GIMP's learning curve is in comparison to Photoshop, since you were thoroughly into PS before you tried the GIMP. I don't think you can judge fairly from that perspective.

I also think you're wrong about using GIMP to do the basic stuff. I'm not sure why you found it difficult; the tools are right there, named in a fairly standard fashion, and function exactly as you would expect. I really want to know what you can supposedly do more easily in Paint, because I can't begin to imagine how that clumsy piece of crap could ever measure up; the functionality of Paint is so incredibly limited that acheiving the same effects in GIMP is a trifle, even for beginners. Yes, I'm claiming that, because I was a beginner once (and like you, I was used to another program), and I never had a damn spot of trouble with anything so simple that it could have been done with Paint.

What I will give you is that Paint loads faster (along with its LAME AIDS).

I call you on the four years, too - you used Photoshop not last year, to try vector-inking on a piece of Exalted fan art. But I digress.

I think you ought to bite your tongue on the "Windows comes packaged with something that does the trick better", too, because I don't think you can even vaguely claim that's correct. Anything Paint can do, GIMP can do about a gajillion times better. I can't believe you're even beginning to compare them on any level other than simplicity.

As for EmEditor, uninstall it and install the free one in my storage space. You've got the shareware version.

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OMG I SAY THAT ALL THE TIME. THIS STAMP IS PERFECT FOR ME. Now to win a subby....XD If I ever get a sub, I guarantee I will be using this

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You're my hero. I try telling people that Gimp can do anything Photoshop can and they don't believe me just because it's free and obviously nothing free can do that much cool stuff.

:me luvs gimp:

Am totally stealing this

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I'm sure Photoshop is a swine to learn if you're coming from Gimp and have to unlearn all that too

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