Open, edit and save Photoshop's native PSD file format with GIMP.

Because photographers often need to do repeatable actions to large groups of images, this feature alone is worth its weight in gold.ħ. Batch processing through automated actions is far superior in GIMP. Open source architecture means anyone can modify the core code and develop plugins and new features, you don't need to be approved by Adobes' development team.Ħ. The physical layout of the screen is similar to that of Photoshop, but is also customizable and flexible to fit your needs.ĥ. Because of this it's bloated with features and functions most photographs don't want or need. Photoshop was actually created as a piece of software intended for graphics and photographic editing, never just digital photo editing. It will install on nearly any hardware running Mac, Windows or even Unix!Ĥ. GIMP on the other hand is amazingly fast and stable. Photoshop is extremely resource intensive, it will run on older hardware but it's not optimized to and will be sluggish and slow. Not only does the install go much quicker, but it takes up far less hard drive making it the perfect image editing software for laptops and netbooks where hard drive space may be at a premium.ģ. GIMP is a much smaller install, about 20x smaller then Photoshop. Photoshop costs upwards of $700 for a single license! The old saying stays true, if it's free it's for me.Ģ. Starting with the most obvious and possibly most important, GIMP is free.

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