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pinochio · 2010-01-10 13:25:13

I as thinkning bout downloading GIMP, but I was wondering if it was good...

Wolfie1996 · 2010-01-10 13:34:56

Yes. My latest project contains 3 bits of art created in GIMP (the last 3). You can animate .gifs with it, which is an added bonus, and you have all the tools (I think) of Photoshop. Plus there is a pen in the shape of a pepper! lol It can detect pen pressure (when using a tablet) and velocity. You can use it with or without a tablet, and it still gives good effects. It's a little difficult to understand, but it's quite easy to use after you know what most of the tools do. smile

pinochio · 2010-01-10 13:36:51

Wolfie1996 wrote:
Yes. My latest project contains 3 bits of art created in GIMP (the last 3). You can animate .gifs with it, which is an added bonus, and you have all the tools (I think) of Photoshop. Plus there is a pen in the shape of a pepper! It can detect pen pressure (when using a tablet) and velocity. You can use it with or without a tablet, and it still gives good effects. It's a little difficult to understand, but it's quite easy to use after you know what most of the tools do.

Thanks for telling me that, I think I will download it now!

Wolfie1996 · 2010-01-10 13:38:37

pinochio wrote:
Wolfie1996 wrote:
Yes. My latest project contains 3 bits of art created in GIMP (the last 3). You can animate .gifs with it, which is an added bonus, and you have all the tools (I think) of Photoshop. Plus there is a pen in the shape of a pepper! It can detect pen pressure (when using a tablet) and velocity. You can use it with or without a tablet, and it still gives good effects. It's a little difficult to understand, but it's quite easy to use after you know what most of the tools do.
Thanks for telling me that, I think I will download it now!

You're welcome smile

MyRedNeptune · 2010-01-10 13:40:05

It's good, but the learning curve is somewhat steep for those who are inexperienced in digital art. ^^

Kileymeister · 2010-01-10 13:45:47

Its great, but a tad complicated. That's why I stick to Paint.net. Its effective AND simple.

adriangl · 2010-01-10 13:59:21

It is really good but it you are not experienced with creating digital art, it will be hard to learn.

Greatdane · 2010-01-10 14:06:42

If you are a newbie to graphics creating, then use Paint.NET, because you just know how to use it instantly somehow. tongue

illusionist · 2010-01-10 14:11:40

GIMP is free and it pwns Photoshop. tongue

funkymonkey · 2010-01-10 14:18:11

do they have paint.NET for macs?

Greatdane · 2010-01-10 14:19:28

funkymonkey wrote:
do they have paint.NET for macs?

Thinking of getting it? tongue

No, they don't. Maybe I'll dig around and see what I'll get.

You can use something called Paintbrush. Search it.

Wolfie1996 · 2010-01-10 14:22:15

Greatdane wrote:
If you are a newbie to graphics creating, then use Paint.NET, because you just know how to use it instantly somehow.

I am relatively new to electronic graphic design, but I think that you should begin as you mean to go forward. Paint.NET is kind of weird for me hmm

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Greatdane · 2010-01-10 14:28:12

funkymonkey wrote:
do they have paint.NET for macs?

Or use the Pixelmator free trial. It is the best program ever in existence.

MyRedNeptune · 2010-01-10 14:32:23

illusionist wrote:
GIMP is free and it pwns Photoshop.

Now go and tell that to a designer! :-D

DavidTy · 2010-01-10 14:41:42

Yes, it is extreamly good and usefull.
To give you a basic idea of GIMP's capabilities here are a few simple examples of what I have done GIMP.

I also believe Nate3D uses GIMP for all of his logo requests.

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Morphed · 2010-01-10 15:35:37

Oh yes! I love it! It's also good for professional animation, which I do once in a while.

And BTW to DavidTy I think Nate3D uses cooltext. tongue

technoman · 2010-01-10 15:43:30

Gimp is the free version of Photoshop, so yes it is good. It is extremely powerful and sometimes prefer it over Photoshop CS4 Extended Version.

JoseLGonzalez · 2010-01-10 15:44:27

noooooo

adriangl · 2010-01-10 15:49:46

JoseLGonzalez wrote:
noooooo

What do you mean? After a tutorial or two, it is as simple as any other program. It is better because it is a lot more options than Paint and Paint.NET.

Solarx · 2010-01-10 15:53:09

adriangl wrote:
JoseLGonzalez wrote:
noooooo
What do you mean? After a tutorial or two, it is as simple as any other program. It is better because it is a lot more options than Paint and Paint.NET.

exactly...And if you get stuck, look at a tutorial or ask for help in the forums like I did!

roll

cheddargirl · 2010-01-10 15:58:22

Having used both GIMP and Photoshop before, I would have to say GIMP is pretty good. However, I will warn that learning how to use GIMP will be a bit of a steep learning curve - read through some GIMP tutorials first before diving right in. wink

jacool · 2010-01-10 16:21:17

Yes, GIMP is really good, as others have stated it can be quite hard to learn, but fortunately there are many tutorials on the Internet if you want to learn it quickly.
And if you don't like it you could always uninstall it.

funkymonkey · 2010-01-10 16:25:16

Greatdane wrote:
funkymonkey wrote:
do they have paint.NET for macs?
Thinking of getting it?

No, they don't. Maybe I'll dig around and see what I'll get.

You can use something called Paintbrush. Search it.

yeah but paintbrush is reallly bad, i think

pinochio · 2010-01-10 17:03:55

Thanks for all the advice!

Mr_X · 2010-01-10 17:28:35

illusionist wrote:
GIMP is free and it pwns Photoshop.

Wrong.
If you've tried photoshop before Gimp, then you can see photoshop is way better and the transition is horrible

I'm speaking from personal experience
I downloaded Gimp on Friday, and I've learned to use most of it but photoshop still pwns it

Don't get me wrong, Gimp is good, but it's basically photoshop with less features

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