Gimp or Photoshop? (Which one's better?)

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What should I use? Gimp or Photoshop? I don't care about the price of the software. I just want to know which of the two programs functions better.

Thanks.

Well, PS is overall the MUCH better programme. I have both installed on my machine, and I often jump between the two to get things done.

I've had problems with GIMP recognising my tablet, so PS is definitely superior in that sense.

GIMP is a wonderful programme, it does an amazing job with multi-layered items, and also with ease of use, but PS is ultimately more powerful.

Get both! It costs the same as buying PS alone

Even though they have many of the same filters and functions, PS will usually render them MUCH FASTER than GIMP. So if patience isn't one of your virtues, you'll probably end up using PS more than GIMP. GIMP still has a few features that PS doesn't though.

Personally, I love the GIMP. But then again, I've never used Photoshop before so...

Gimp, it's much faster to use

I use Gimp because Photoshop is too expensive and it doesn't work in Linux. But if I had the money, I would get a $20,000 Mac Pro and boot every OS that I can get my hands on and still use the Gimp because I'm used to it.

Gimp will dent your hard drive less. Which also means that you'll have more ram to play with images. And it starts faster.

I have been using "Gimp" a little bit lately and I find that it has most of the useful features that "Adobe Photoshop" has. There is one feature that "Gimp" is lacking though. Does it have a "history brush" (or something equivalent) like "Adobe Photoshop" has? I find that the "history brush" tool in "Adobe Photoshop" is highly useful.

there's also gimpshop http://www.gimpshop.com/

95% of the time, I use gimp. The only thing I need photoshop for is the magnetic lasso tool (the best alternative in gimp isn't all that great)

Gimp is great since its free, so people wanting more from it shouldn't complain, although I prefer Photoshop which has better features and seems to be easier to use then Gimp.

When it comes to paint/graphics, there are a lot of capable apps out there. You need to decide to use sensible file formats but other than that, it doesn't really matter which app you use, so long as it can do the job.

Since paint packages are somewhat more difficult to change to/from, I'd recommend that you stick to whatever you know best.