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 > > _______________________________________________ > > LinuxUsers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LinuxUsers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > > > > -- > "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to > be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." > -Roger Penrose > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
