Thats why someone made GimpShop, which is GIMP with the Photoshop layout.
-Chris


On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Jesus Noland <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I don't have an alternate solution but I will say after using Photoshop for a 
> time and moving over to GIMP, its not easy. The way they designed their 
> navigation for simple things such as moving different layers, adding effects, 
> or just simply adding text add to some frustrating times as you try and get 
> used to GIMP. So if you really are ready to use GIMP try picking up a good 
> book or looking at some video tutorials online to just learn the UI. 
> Personally GIMP can match Photoshop in a lot of features that a web developer 
> might need in editing/creating pictures but I still prefer Photoshop over 
> GIMP because of the UI.
>
>
> Clowkun aka Mr. Noland
>
>
> --- On Thu, 9/24/09, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> From: Chris Penn <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [LinuxUsers] Photoshop alternative
> To: "SoCal LUG Users List" <[email protected]>
> Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009, 11:35 PM
>
> I agree with Chris,  Gimp is the best alternative to photoshop, and
> you can run it on several platforms.  I actually prefer Gimp over
> photoshop.  There is no real alternative to Illustrator yet, however
> inkscape is the closest FOSS choice.  There are some alternative
> vector graphics apps that cost money, but i have never tried them.
>
> A second option is running Photoshop and illustrator in wine or
> CrossOver Linux (http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxlinux/).  I
> have setup photoshop and Illustrator successfully with wine and
> crossover in the past.  CrossOver is a bit easier to use.  The
> downside of using wine or CrossOver is that the newest versions of
> windows apps will sometimes not work depending how long the community
> has had to work the  bugs out.
>
> Chris...
>
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Chris Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Are you sure you need "the power of Photoshop"? Most people don't need all 
> > the stuff in Photoshop. GIMP is the best known open source program that 
> > competes against Photoshop. If on the windows side ( maybe Linux if it runs 
> > using mono), check out Paint.NET.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On Sep 24, 2009, at 7:13 PM, Paul Saenz <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > I know that there are many alternative Open Source apps for Photoshop, but 
> > unless someone actually has experience with those alternatives, there would 
> > be no way of knowing which one is most powerful. I am wondering if anyone 
> > on the list has experience with any Open Source apps that would do the same 
> > thing as Photoshop basically. My question is: Which apps are the most 
> > powerful, which are best designed for web app, and which are most similar 
> > to Photoshop?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Paul
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