Windows 10: Photoshop (and Ex Photoshop) users try The GIMP

Hi folks

especially since Photoshop became "subscription" I'd suggest if you want something that has improved beyond all recognition recently, is Free, available on Windows and Linux (and Macbooks too I think) have a look at the GIMP.

Has things like layers, filters effects etc etc

While it won't replace a professional photographers need for something like photoshop it will probably suffice for serious amateur "shooters"

I'm quite impressed with recent versions

I'm using it on a Linux VM -- well worth a look at -- and it is downloadable for Windows as well. Same GUI etc.





I still also have the last non subscription version of PS CS6 13.0.1 for comparison but I'm getting very impressed with the GIMP -- also needs a bit of "learning time" too.

(I HATE mobile phone cameras --that's not photography -- those things are just for taking snaps / recording an accident etc etc).

Cheers
jimbo

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Photoshop users Good free alternative GIMP

Hi folks

I really dislike this trend of software going Monthly subscription -- it's too easy to end up at the end of each month with zillions of direct debits on Bank etc - hideous way to manage your money actually and expensive too.

Adobe has long since gone Monthly Sub -- but if you are still using a very old version of Photoshop and want something almost equivalent but newer then The GIMP is unbelievably good value for money (FREE) and runs on Windows, Mac, Linux. Any photoshop user should be able to handle this program quite easily. There's not much in Photoshop that this program doesn't have.

GIMP - Downloads

Great program

Cheers
jimbo

 

Photoshop users Good free alternative GIMP

As a long time serious user of Photoshop & lightroom The $10 a month for the Photographic Option is the best thing that's happened for me, the user; rather than having to pay hundreds of Dollars for the new package every couple of years you pay a regular small amount that gives you many updates to keep the product current (and ever improving), and for less cost than the previous system over the old upgrade cycle.

Yes if you buy a copy of software and keep it in use long after it's "use by date" the old system works out cheaper but the software industry is too dynamic to make this a viable option to me

Also, of course, Experience with Photoshop is considered a saleable commodity in the job market, which is not true of the competition

Gimp is great for what it is but is not a serious competitor for Photoshop In my professional opinion

 

Photoshop users Good free alternative GIMP

Photoshop is the best thing out there, but all I am using is Paint.Net, I tried The Gimp and found it not much better than Paint.Net if at all.