Great thing about GIMP is that it allows the ferociously interested young minds who have not touched Photoshop but love to tinker with images a path to get involved in imaginative editing. I have no use for it, but watched the whole presentation just for the calming effect of Deke's voice ;) It's a noble thing you do for learners Deke, extending yourself out into the wilderness like this, with all the same grace & style and subtle comedy of a Photoshop tutorial.
You should include full disclosure that it's actually NOT ready. From the site: "So, what exactly is a “release candidate” (RC)? A release candidate is something that might be ready to be GIMP 3.0, but we want the larger community to test it first and report any problems they find."
Deke! You are hilarious! Thank you for showing us GIMP! I found out about it from your Newsletter and subbed here instantly while laughing at your descriptions! You’ve been doing a great job for years bro bro!
The interface broke my head just from watching this video. 30 days of testing Gimp seems to be a punishment and I feel with you. Free stuff is fine and nice of everyone involved in the making, but if I had to work with this, I'd turn into a serial killer or crazy maga hat maniac.
I have Gimp, Photoshop, Affinity, and Krita, and I always go back to Gimp, even in professional applications. The interface is better and more intuitive, the menus are more organized, and there is no AI bloat. Trying to do the same things in Photoshop takes me ages longer, and even in a workstation, Photoshop frequently crashes for me, even trying to do relatively simple things.
I am also a huge fan of GIMP and Inkscape over Photoshop and Illustrator. I use Linux as my daily driver, so it was the obvious choice for me and theres never been anything I can't do in GIMP/Inkscape. If there is, I just write a Python script to do it myself instead of paying for a subscription.
Yes gimp might look complicated,old and absolutely outdated at first glance; but once you get used to it it's kind of like riding a riding a manual car: you go fast and know the tools automatically. I personally like the fact the interface stays the same each year because like that you don't have to keep learning how to use new tools and features (that instead sometimes happens with Photoshop).Yes I know it might take 120 steps just to curve a text around a circle,but once you get used to using gimp it all just gets automatic. Last of all I think the fact you can literally run it even on grandma's shitbox without much lag is really nice,and the fact that it doesn't ask you to connect to the internet every now and then to check if you're paying you monthly load of cash to Adobe.
Thre great things about GIMP is it can open a lot of image formats especially the new image formats before Photoshop can, like for example webp which now PS can open but not the AVIF image format currently which only GIMP does for now
Considering the time between upgrades GIMP will never reach the level of Photoshop or Affinity Photo, though many good intentions have been put into it. I have tried to become friend with this 'photoshop alternative' and I would rather pay for Affinity Photo for the rest of my life than waste more time on the outlandish shortcuts and unexpected routines in GIMP. That said, the free Darktable (replacing ACR) is a darling, even better than Adobe.
The best alternatives to Photoshop is not GIMP but rather Affinity Photo. Its because Affinity Photo interface looks way better and well organized compared to this GIMP software.
Watch the works of 'Codingcreator', 'Angela Cooper Hanley', 'Geo Sam', 'Johan Brits', 'eleathyra', 'JVarts', 'La Guarida del Pirata', 'PIX Cores', etc., all of whom use GIMP.
Great thing about GIMP is that it allows the ferociously interested young minds who have not touched Photoshop but love to tinker with images a path to get involved in imaginative editing. I have no use for it, but watched the whole presentation just for the calming effect of Deke's voice ;) It's a noble thing you do for learners Deke, extending yourself out into the wilderness like this, with all the same grace & style and subtle comedy of a Photoshop tutorial.
Just use photopea
Gimp is respected and king in its own sphere. It's my first program. But I saw your Affinity photo tutorial and shifted, but I will never delete GIMP.
Yes you will. For the record in what sphere is GIMP King?
"Respected", are you sure?
GIMP 3.0 RC is available for download already. "Adjustment layers" included.
You should include full disclosure that it's actually NOT ready.
From the site: "So, what exactly is a “release candidate” (RC)? A release candidate is something that might be ready to be GIMP 3.0, but we want the larger community to test it first and report any problems they find."
@@johnsmith1474 I wouldn't want to scare away newcomers, the RC disclaimer is hard to miss on the site. GIMP 3.0 can use the exposure.
gimp(and darktable) badly needs that 'blender 2.8' moment
this is what happens when it's only devs working on this and no one is an actual artist to guide the ux and UI of it all
Deke! You are hilarious! Thank you for showing us GIMP! I found out about it from your Newsletter and subbed here instantly while laughing at your descriptions! You’ve been doing a great job for years bro bro!
The interface broke my head just from watching this video. 30 days of testing Gimp seems to be a punishment and I feel with you. Free stuff is fine and nice of everyone involved in the making, but if I had to work with this, I'd turn into a serial killer or crazy maga hat maniac.
That's the rub, you spend hours learning it, only to relearn Photoshop, which is $10 a month.
@@johnsmith1474 Or Affinity Photo, which is $70, once.
😂 so you mean over 50% of the US population?
I have Gimp, Photoshop, Affinity, and Krita, and I always go back to Gimp, even in professional applications. The interface is better and more intuitive, the menus are more organized, and there is no AI bloat. Trying to do the same things in Photoshop takes me ages longer, and even in a workstation, Photoshop frequently crashes for me, even trying to do relatively simple things.
I am also a huge fan of GIMP and Inkscape over Photoshop and Illustrator. I use Linux as my daily driver, so it was the obvious choice for me and theres never been anything I can't do in GIMP/Inkscape. If there is, I just write a Python script to do it myself instead of paying for a subscription.
I actually prefer the interfaces of both MS PowerPoint and GIMP to those of Adobe Photoshop, Affinity Photo/Designer, Krita, etc. To each his own.
GIMP still Gimping along. As ever _the_ prime example of why you pair engineers with designers.
I'm never touching that interface, sorry Gimp team but work on your interface, it's 2025 almost.
Yup its hella ugly
I think GIMP needs to get a very good UX designer to work on the interface for them because that is so crazy and awful too.
Yes gimp might look complicated,old and absolutely outdated at first glance; but once you get used to it it's kind of like riding a riding a manual car: you go fast and know the tools automatically. I personally like the fact the interface stays the same each year because like that you don't have to keep learning how to use new tools and features (that instead sometimes happens with Photoshop).Yes I know it might take 120 steps just to curve a text around a circle,but once you get used to using gimp it all just gets automatic. Last of all I think the fact you can literally run it even on grandma's shitbox without much lag is really nice,and the fact that it doesn't ask you to connect to the internet every now and then to check if you're paying you monthly load of cash to Adobe.
very cool deke. thanks
If you work on an old computer like mine, beware that using Foreground Selection would crash your computer.
Thre great things about GIMP is it can open a lot of image formats especially the new image formats before Photoshop can, like for example webp which now PS can open but not the AVIF image format currently which only GIMP does for now
Considering the time between upgrades GIMP will never reach the level of Photoshop or Affinity Photo, though many good intentions have been put into it. I have tried to become friend with this 'photoshop alternative' and I would rather pay for Affinity Photo for the rest of my life than waste more time on the outlandish shortcuts and unexpected routines in GIMP. That said, the free Darktable (replacing ACR) is a darling, even better than Adobe.
Same with me. I had to give a lot of time to create a RUclips thumbnail on GIMP.
The best alternatives to Photoshop is not GIMP but rather Affinity Photo. Its because Affinity Photo interface looks way better and well organized compared to this GIMP software.
GIMP has way more blend modes than both Photoshop and Affinity Photo. Not to mention, the in-paint selection tool in Affinity Photo is terrible.
Yup. Affinity is the best alternative. And if u want a straight up copy of photoshop get photopea as its literally 1:1 the same
GIMP is nowhere near Photoshop. Even the shortcut is really awful!!! They have not also tried to make the interface looks presentable too.
For what you’re spending to get it, they should do so much better!!!!!
Gimp has the worst ui ux out of any program i've ever seen, it's not wroth anyone's time imo.
I keep hearing that "I can do anything in GIMP that you do in Photoshop." Whatever they're smoking, it must be good...
Chicken shade is what they smoke.😂
Watch the works of 'Codingcreator', 'Angela Cooper Hanley', 'Geo Sam', 'Johan Brits', 'eleathyra', 'JVarts', 'La Guarida del Pirata', 'PIX Cores', etc., all of whom use GIMP.
What they mean is anything THEY can do, which is not much.
@@johnsmith1474 LoL.