Photoshop vs GIMP: A Complete Comparison

It's time for an in-depth comparison of Photoshop and GIMP! In this video, I go over my strengths and weaknesses for the two best photo editing and photo manipulation programs on the planet. I talk about which software is best for professional photographers, as well as which is better for beginner photo editors or photo retouchers. I cover the best or most popular tools, including selection tools, and the photo editing tools found in each.
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Photoshop Intro - 1:32
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Photoshop Strengths - 3:17
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Photoshop Weaknesses - 10:51
GIMP Weaknesses - 12:23
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[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Learn GIMP in 25 minutes with this tutorial (2021)! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z36vn4NmhM54odk

[@keihan5]

I've used Paint Shop Pro (Since it's early JASC days in the early '90s... yeah on Windows 3.1!), GIMP and Photoshop. Currently I am using Corel Paint Shop Pro 2020. I don't require most of the features that even Paint Shop Pro offers, but curious as to what your thoughts are on Paint Shop Pro or if you have ever had the opportunity to use it. In the past, I have also used many porfessional Photoshop plugins with Paint Shop Pro.

[@LsdRaccoon]

Photoshop would have been the greatest thing ever if it was still a one time purchase and doesn’t make you pick the option between rent or photoshop

[@ahvertex3424]

It also would have been the most pirated thing ever

[@LsdRaccoon]

@@ahvertex3424 it is anyway

[@ahvertex3424]

@Plazma Dolphin it's just easier for people to create pirated versions if it's one time

[@goutamsandiliyaroy2246]

Ur rent is $ 9.99/m ?

[@user-in1gv1uh2v]

@@ahvertex3424 Thanks to their stupid monthly subscription they gave people more of a reason to pirate it.

[@imyasharya]

Hmmm... I remember once my friend saying, 'I photoshopped this image in GIMP'

[@enzo_gd]

This is the best advertisement slogan GIMP could ever make use of !

[@imyasharya]

@@enzo_gd haha... That would be crazy... 'GIMP: An open source alternative to Photoshop your photos'

[@briandelamere8468]

Bet you Googled that joke on Bing!

[@theoriginalcoolkid]

@@briandelamere8468 You can't Google a joke on bing.... (we so hm eo)

[@dofk]

the original cool kid he was making a joke based of the original comment

[@aebious8886]

My professor used your video for her college class and now I have to write a 400 page about this. Just wanted to let you know

[@katt0906]

LMAO

[@borlani]

Use a very large font and add plenty of illustrations.

[@ahmd09]

Or write 1 big letter on each page.

[@Youmu_Konpaku_]

What the heck???

[@Spidey1297]

400 Pages…..🥲

[@NeilRoy]

I think I'll start using "this image has been GIMPed" from now on. We need to get the ball rolling on that.

[@ADeeSHUPA]

uP

[@Orebrey]

That's so clever! I'm going to use that too!

[@eastereg7838]

This.

[@stefankruger9547]

count me in, spread the word! if people ask whats gimping, it's like photoshopping but better

[@jasonfanclub4267]

I read somewhere that the Gimp development team only consist of a few people around 4-6. It could be much more but even it is open source they need money to grow and create a better product. Blender is a good example since they started a development two years ago they were able to hire 10 fulltime developers and they are able to release a lot of quality updates every week

[@laurentvj]

Yes, a difference thus: the blender team create almost everything from scratch, even their gui, which is coded in opengl, a very low level library. Gimp resuses some open source libraries like GTK+, meaning that a lot of people besides the gimp team did something for the program. For example, tablet support is (mostly) implemented by GTK team and not the gimp programmers. This is one of the main benefit of open source technology.

[@jasonfanclub4267]

@@laurentvj great, good to know!

[@CounterFlow64]

It's also that adobe aggressively patent many features in photoshop, making it quite literally illegal for GIMP to compare in many areas, especially in convenient object selection.

[@theseangle]

@@CounterFlow64 bruh why is this even patentable lol? It's the neural network adobe sensei that has learnt to select objects. That's all. And now nobody has rights to make another neural network that could learn how to select objects?

[@CounterFlow64]

@@theseangle I don't think they use a neural network for smart object selection, they use it for the new smart filters, like the aging filter. Luckily, that isn't patentable. Well, it may be, but open source software like style-GAN has already been doing amazing things like this for a few years, although they aren't very user friendly to set up. Adobe's object selection patent is utter insanity, but as a huge company, they have the legal resources to be granted patents that would other-vice be rejected. Writing a patent application is an art, it needs to be as broad as possible as to cover a super wide area, so that the company can use this to threaten other firms. At the same time, it needs to consist of many bogus fancy words that describe a simple feature. If it sounds complex enough, the patent clerk will probably accept it. Talk about "promoting innovation and useful arts".

[@valentinapolo796]

I started with Gimp bc i didn't had money for photoshop or another art program. I have to say that i used it for 4 years and i still love it. I even used it for an art piece for my final exam. It's a really good free program

[@rahxephon76]

I'm enjoying your Gimp course on Udemy after that I'll start the Darktable course. One tip, your laptop ventilator is killing your plant 😁.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

I like your style - the laptop ventilator is what's killing my plant, not my improper care of the plant. Also, thanks for taking the course, and I hope you enjoy the Darktable course!

[@cleanlens]

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[@spacecreative386]

@@DaviesMediaDesign place link .. i am from bangladesh

[@jadenguyen7432]

Wow, i had no idea GIMP was even still around! I haven't used it since 2002. I'll definitely be downloading it tomorrow.

[@ChozoSR388]

Oh, yeah, I've been using GIMP for the past decade or so now. Just keeps getting better and better, too. Edit: The only issue I've noticed so far, and this has apparently been a bug since 2.10.14, is that with the Lighting Effects filter (especially in 2.10.22), if you try to use channel information as a bump source, the plugin immediately crashes. Not ideal, but a somewhat easy (though slightly inconvenient) stop-gap fix is to keep a 32-bit version (say 2.6.10 or later) installed alongside your 64-bit installation of GIMP.

[@tyler-qr5jn]

Gosh, I was born in 2002...

[@Helz777]

Me too.

[@jadenguyen7432]

@@tyler-qr5jn rough.

[@HarshJain-it2bg]

@@jadenguyen7432 what is going on here

[@rustamnizam4428]

Very good comparison 👌. I can sense that slowly but surely GIMP and Inkscape are on the rise and beginning to give some competition to Photoshop and Illustrator, thanks to channels like yours. Thanks a lot.

[@nicholasbrown5013]

I had a pretty rough time with Inkscape. Affinity designer is well worth the $50 one time fee.

[@ShFred]

And there's Blender as a replacement for Premiere Pro.

[@cittleskum]

@@ShFred and reaper for adobe audition

[@GraveUypo]

i've used inkscape for a years but quite honestly it's just inferior to every alternative. everything i did took twice as long to do and sometimes didn't come out as good.

[@Rand0mN0rwegianGuy]

@@ShFred or Davinci Resolve!

[@ElleCoyote]

I just stopped my yearly rental of Adobe CC because the most recent update did weird things on my older Mac. That drove me to try GIMP after hearing about it for many years, and I am very pleased, though I am still learning about the features. I am a visual artist with a low budget.

[@bobby9192]

Dude, make a photopea account. It is literally free photoshop online. Amazing. Gimp is irritating as hell even after using it for years

[@testacals]

@@bobby9192 if you use photogimp ui there isn't anything irritating with it

[@bobby9192]

@@testacals selecting and deselecting marquee and pasting selected area into its own layer is a nightmare, that’s just the beginning

[@jerraalmonte8528]

I'm poor & needed something to exercise to preserve my skills, could'nt afford the monthly subscription. hopefully gimp will help me.

[@RudyLouieTayong]

learn gimp, i use photoshop and gimp, they are both powerful. and when u do video for free use DaVinci Resolve 16.

[@lesserknownfacts7849]

@@RudyLouieTayong nah get cracked premiere pro its more user friendly than dvr 16

[@rofarofa8249]

@@RudyLouieTayong yes, I will start with inkscape and gimp for the time being

[@xasahi7354]

you're broke*, poor is a mentality. lol im not trying to pay that $200/mo either tho

[@pongchannel.]

Should I use paintshop or gimp (can get paintshop with some other software will use for $30)

[@Chevifier]

Me: *uninstalls pirated copy of PS*🤣

[@jerraalmonte8528]

'been there, but still missing PS 😢

[@miguelpereira318]

Install photogimp mod

[@imyasharya]

@@jerraalmonte8528 I did it and I found out my computer resource was being consumed in unknown system process resulting in slow performance of my PC. This can seem good for a short term but in long term, it makes you goat who's being waited to be sacrificed.

[@consciousbeyondcomprehensi406]

Buy 2nd hard drive for pirated software. Swap drive to switch OS. Now Use favorite software you are too poor to buy.

[@aneulatte]

Yarrrrrr, why arrre you o' pirrrate. I am nah, mayb I'n scotsh.

[@augustuscaeser8939]

GIMP IS FASTER THAN PHOTOSHOP AND REQUIRES LESS HARDWARE

[@ROMBOOMBEN]

and is for free

[@oscwavcommentaccount]

and open source

[@NaeMuckle]

And is bloody confusing

[@oreowithurea5018]

But also less powerful

[@stevensavoie856]

@James Reitsch undeniable proof that photoshop cc doesn't require more hardware.

[@MageRights]

When I first started using GIMP (2010~) I found the layout and all the filters and everything easier to get into rather than photoshop. I think all the AI stuff that photoshop can do can be a bit confusing and complicated, as well as not helpful in understanding how something works - ESPECIALLY if you're self taught. I use GIMP for creating digital artwork and I find gimp is better with all the different layer overlays and filters compared to photoshop. I appreciate how similar the two programs are and find many of the things I've learned are transmutable, and so if anyone is still deciding I would highly recommend starting with gimp.

[@emdowww9150]

If you're saying gimp is easy, I can't imagine myself using photoshop

[@ksp-crafter5907]

@@emdowww9150 True haha 😆

[@cyberp0et]

I have known about Gimp for quite a while, but never had the chance to use it till recently. It is rather good. And is free, as well. As for Photoshop, I would rather stick to the older versions, thar are not "online services"

[@seeingbunnies]

And the Adobe adverts continue at the start of your videos. Great tutorials, Gimp works fine on my £300 laptop that definitely isn't all singing and dancing. Thanks for putting out so much content. Clear and easy to follow even for a beginner like me.

[@NaeMuckle]

I use gimp on an overclocked raspberry pi. Not gonna lie, it chugs but for less than £100, (8 gb version with good case) I can manipulate pictures enough to do what I need for my tshirt designs.

[@seeingbunnies]

@James Reitsch get a life

[@laranadesign4764]

I spent the majority of my teen and college years enjoying pirated Adobe products. While I dabbled in freeware, every employer wanted me to know the Adobe version, so I did what I did to stay "in the know" without shelling out money on something I really didn't have the coin to spend on. I'm here today because the VERY expensive and paid-for (by the company, not me personally) cloud-based Photoshop just crashed on me twice in a row, losing everything I was working on TWICE. I'm so sick of it I'm replacing it asap! I need to get this done before my meeting in two hours. Thanks for this video. :)

[@alumlovescake]

I haven't used Gimp in years they made look more professional now I remember the very early versions of gimp fun times

[@jonlima9897]

Well, Ive been using GIMP since 2013 and no regrets at all

[@dgma626]

It's free no shit

[@triciaedwards6309]

is it best to do a direct download or 3rd party

[@tyler-qr5jn]

@@triciaedwards6309 direct

[@peterbelanger4094]

I've been using Photoshop since 1994, and deeply ingrained long time habit has me locked to it. I tried switching to GIMP, I just could not get used to it. I wish there was more options. Photoshop USED to be good, but then they "touch friendlied" the UI and Adobe decided to make it rental only software. But GIMP is just useless trash for linux geeks, who most are not visual thinkers and wouldn't know good image editing software if it bit them on the ass. Everything from the linux world just plain sucks.

[@jonlima9897]

@@peterbelanger4094 What photoshop can do that GIMP cant exactly?

[@proconqueror]

Reason 13: ITS GOT A DOG FOR A LOGO

[@ClifffSVK]

@Todor Samardzhiev And I bet you also thought Firefox logo is a fox 😂

[@SUPERFANlyrics]

@@ClifffSVK lol i thought it was a special species of fox when i was young

[@erzhaider]

@@ClifffSVK It isn´t?

[@ClifffSVK]

@@erzhaider Well, it's complicated...

[@pafaccount4454]

Real talk, Wilbur kinda wierds me out. I love what he stands for, but by god. When they give him a body its always uncanny, and when he doesn't have one all I see is a decapitation victim.

[@NatarajanGanesan]

GIMP has been my workhorse for Astrophotography processing. Initially, I was choked leaving Photoshop (my workplace gave me). Later, as I started using GIMP, I got so comfortable that I don't think I will be going back to PS even if I get it for free (OK that may be stretching it). With comprehensive tutorials from channels like you I don't have to look further. Thanks a ton.

[@syteanric]

Edit the same photo in gimp and PS. Put the images online and ask someone to say which was edited in which software... They won't be able to tell. That's all you ever need to know

[@jonnyso1]

I don't think so. People need to find it easier/better to use. The problem is, they learn PS first, then come to gimp and complain that it isn't PS. You can make great things with horrible tools if you persevere enough. Not saying Gimp is horrible, but it's really complicated, especially if you take companies into consideration. There is a great video on Linus Tech Tips where they experiment moving away from the adobe suite for video editing, and its interesting that they had not only technical considerations regarding the softwares but also considered the impact of having to learn new tools and transitioning to new technologies would have on their productivity.

[@jaymartindale3020]

Jonny Oliveira TLDR it’s worth stop complaining ps pros

[@whoknows648]

@@jonnyso1 gimp it's not complicated. like you said. it's just the fact that you had learned photoshop first. in mý example as a linux user from years. i never had engaged on photo editing before. so when i begin to learn i go with gimp. if you tell me to use or learn photoshop right now, problably i will think it's difficult or boring.

[@whoknows648]

@@jonnyso1 e cara. ou vc é brasileiro ou português. agora vi o sobrenome.

[@VhrenzAbasta]

@@jonnyso1 I started with PS when I was in college, then there goes the subscription fee that I cant pay. So I quit..lol. then I saw this old book back in highschool about GIMP...guess what I'm using now for the last 7 years

[@stefankruger9547]

Im a complete noob when it comes to advanced photoediting. Ive had GIMP sitting dormant on my pc for months. One day i got bored so i tried my hand with the help of few startup tutorials. Within a week my retouching skills were beyond my wildest dreams and i barely even touched the surface! Highly recommend for beginners

[@asyafiudin]

For me GIMP more than enough

[@Milos596]

Does it crash?

[@pastelfromgreece9603]

@@Milos596 sometimes but it never do crash when you work on something, at least.

[@hmwhat9583]

@@Milos596 i know a bug on my download of GIMP (keep in mind this is the stable 2.10.24) for the ripple effect regarding the triangle effects and whenever I clicked on them it would auto-crash GIMP

[@jackdaniels1749]

Tbh doesnt matter which program you use, as long as you're creative it's gonna be great

[@MrLijoisthebest]

What a crisp and to the point video. You motivate beginners and your fellow photo editors

[@tomsvideos68]

Only subscribed to this channel last week and I'm very happy I did as Michael Davies is excellent.

[@jesse6327]

I love GIMP; I have used both products, and I cannot justify having a Photoshop or Adobe subscription. But I don't feel like I am missing out on any features. Then you have darktable, which is a Lightroom replacement. darktable is so light-years ahead of Lightroom (pardon the pun) it's not even funny. Lightroom is good, but it lacks much of the detailed control you can have over a RAW image that darktable gives you. Great comparison video, Michael. You should do one for darktable and Lightroom!

[@jasonfanclub4267]

I never used darktable, is it able to batch edit multiple photos at the same time?

[@--dn]

@@jasonfanclub4267 yep =)

[@NormanF62]

Photoshop Elements essentially took the best features of Photoshop and Lightroom and merged them into an easy to use product. If you really need the full power of Photoshop and Lightroom, then PSE will appear too limiting. If you’re just starting out, then going with the latter is a far more sensible proposition.

[@CounterFlow64]

The only area where GIMP is painful to use is when you need to separate objects, like a person from a background quickly and accurately. Adobe has managed to patent features like this, so GIMP can't legally do it. Therefore, you can do it in like 10 seconds on PS with super accurate results, while on GIMP it may take many minutes and the results are rough around the edges.

[@kerwinfernandes9583]

Hey Dave, that was a great video. Thanks for all the info you put together, also great video production and presentation. God Bless you and your family always! 🙂🙏

[@savantshuia]

I feel like the fact that Adobe switched to a subscription business model will switch many people away from Photoshop but I doubt that will affect many large agencies that require photoshop proficiency or schools that refuse to teach anything but photoshop because of the fact it has become industry standard. I genuinely believe that GIMP had more potential than photoshop since if many users want feature and there is more interest towards GIMP it can become more powerful than photoshop and you don't have to rely on a company deciding what feature to add or even hoping that they don't remove some feature. At the moment if you don't require photoshop as a must, you should use GIMP since with scripting you can totally find a workflow that suits you but going from photoshop to GIMP is harder and may not even be worth it. I have never used photoshop (apart from cracked versions that crashed all the time) so I just kinda had to use GIMP and while I am not a photo editor or anything of the sort just for making memes and retouching my own photos GIMP is very adequate.

[@zugo-tg7125]

Customizing GIMP's default UI helps a lot with using it I find.

[@savantshuia]

@@SimonLloydGuitar for advanced image editing yes but for most work it is workable

[@desta7661]

You forgot one best feature that GIMP has where Photoshop fails to do: you can do more undo's

[@moonbanana3731]

Most of the time people don’t need that many undo’s. If someone knew they would need a lot of undo’s it would be easy to say a file and then edit what you want. If you don’t like what you did you can go back to the save.

[@JimSewell]

If anyone needs more than 1,000 undos then they need to be more careful.

[@GraveUypo]

more than a thousand? why would you need more than a thousand undos?

[@Hellraiser988]

@@JimSewell honestly I don't a bunch of undo's if I wanna start from scratch if I don't like the current concept it's more useful

[@randoguy7488]

@@GraveUypo You need more than 1000 undos because GIMP doesn't support non-destructive editing(a red color filter is a filter, not recolored image), smart layers(dynamically linked files) or a history brush (restore edited parts of an image)

[@gorkyd7912]

The only thing I've needed CMYK mode for in Photoshop is to convert text to K-only overprinted Black ink so it's not mixed ink on output. For photos, leaving them RGB is usually best as this keeps the widest gamut so it only converts to the final CMYK used by the printer and not some smaller intermediate profile that may reduce total colors. I have also used spot ink colors in Photoshop I.e for metallic inks, duotones, and special coatings but this is pretty rare.

[@suchaluch5615]

Thanks a lot! I tried Gimp around 2000 - and it looked all but simple to me. Some years later there was even a project calles Gimpshop to make the look-and-feel of Gimp similar to Photoshop... Because Gimp was so complicated to use. So I was quite surprised to hear from you, that nowadays Gimp has the advantage of being easier to use. Thanks, I'll try it again!

[@ShiroCh_ID]

and now we have a PhotoGIMP Project to Mimic PS Looks and Feel

[@gamechannel1271]

Gimp has not changed. The only big UI change was they added single window mode which puts all the docks on the sides of the window, added tool groups so there's less tool buttons, and they changed the theme a bit to look nicer. It is, and always has been, a considerably simpler UI than photoshop.

[@janthummler3548]

this was really helpful for my decisionmaking, thank you!

[@stormeagle71]

This comparison had everything I needed to know. Thanks Davies

[@joeljustin]

If you're a part of a corporate which relies on product delivery at a deadline, then the Adobe Suite of products is one of the best there is. However, for freelance workflows, open source tools like GIMP, Audacity, KDENLIVE, etc can serve the purpose just as well for most use cases.

[@Decco6306]

woah woah woah, a digital designer making videos on KZbin with great production quality and producing tutorials that isn't using mac? respect.

[@supersaiyanbread2063]

Mac awsome window awsome

[@Decco6306]

@@supersaiyanbread2063 nah nah nah. One computer, 3 hardrives, One drive has OSx, one has a Linux distro, and one has Windows. why not all of them? Take that!

[@supersaiyanbread2063]

@@Decco6306 true idk but I'm switching from my windows to the new mac :) in a few weeks

[@Decco6306]

@@supersaiyanbread2063 gross :)

[@supersaiyanbread2063]

@@Decco6306 gross that I'm getting the new macbook m1 pro ?

[@mariamsuladze1523]

thank you for comprehensive video. it was very helpful for me while decided which software to start learning from

[@abrshlosblancos7030]

tnxs so much davies i was having a great confusion about the two photo editing apps

[@seansopata5121]

I'd like to point out the neural filters in PS 2021 are pretty amazing. Access to cloud based AI image editing ...

[@vetrova7742]

I do level design on some games and I enjoy using GIMP to create some relatively good quality textures. I can imagine I could do better on photoshop but I’m so use to GIMP and great at it that I never bother with photoshop.

[@mredben]

Nice for doing a clear comparison of both programmes (at the moment).

[@szegedimonika8744]

definitely diving into your videos. Thank you so much for taking the ti to teach us that are green in the field. Have a great day

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

9:15 One important point about GEGL is that it allows GIMP to support 16- and 32-bit-deep pixel components across all its pixel manipulations. Photoshop has a bit of trouble with this.

[@angelg3986]

Gegl is nice to have, I just don't know when it is active and when - not.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

@@angelg3986 I think all of GIMP is built on GEGL now.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

Talking about addons, it’s worth mentioning the strict division in Photoshop between its simplistic “automation” facility and full-on “plugins”. The latter need to be programmed in C++ and built with a special SDK, while the former is very limited in what it can do. In GIMP, you have scripting APIs for Python and also its older Guile language. These are accessible interactively from the scripting console, and you can also run full-function plugins written in those same languages. This gives you a whole spectrum of capabilities from simple to advanced, with no artificial marketing-department barriers in-between.

[@davefoc]

Long time Paintshop Pro user here. There have been various signs for awhile that PSP is struggling. But until now I have continued to buy the yearly updates. I'm familiar with it and it does pretty well at the stuff I do. This video has convinced me that it is time to at least try GIMP. Photoshop is not completely out of my budget but I've never been sure I would get enough out if to justify the expense given how happy I've been with PaintShop Pro.

[@TheCocoaDaddy]

Great video! Thanks for posting!

[@laurentvj]

BTW, Do you know about krita ? I know that gimp is a really good OSS for general image manipulation but krita is truly excellent: - krita has full support for color management. - krita has non-destructive features on par with photoshops. - krita has acess to the gmic plugin too - krita has excellent color transform tools (The catch is, krita is taillord for digital art, so it still lacks some features for smart selections and thus might not be the best option for photographers, but besides this, it is excellent)

[@GraveUypo]

krita is my go-to software for art projects. it's honestly better than photoshop for that, and it overall feels more professional than gimp ever did. but for editing it's pretty limited.

[@AhmedMubarak255]

I am a developer who has taken quite an interest in graphics design lately and I want to learn more. I was thinking about learning Photoshop, where I live the cost of Photoshop is huge due to our currency having a lot less value than the dollar (1 USD is equivalent to 2230 Tshs). Legal Photoshop is not an option for me, using pirated version isn't as well due to problems that may come with it. I am convinced that GIMP will be the best option for me. Just found this channel right now and subscribed, I look forward to starting my new journey as a designer.

[@EgoCheap]

great in depth look at these two. def needed this as I've been debating cancelling my adobe subscription

[@pafaccount4454]

Go for it man. GIMP is pretty good. Adobe practices pretty scummily.

[@naturalphotosvideos]

Thank you very much for your videos! All are very useful!

[@jeffburnham3117]

Some may disagree, however Gimp's greatest weakness is the it is "much" more difficult to use than Photoshop, nowhere near as intuitive. I have tried Gimp many times and found it cumbersome compared to Photoshop!

[@CounterFlow64]

They have to design the UI differently as not to be too similar. There is a gimp plugin that makes the UI practically identical to photoshop.

[@jeffburnham3117]

@@CounterFlow64 sounds interesting, thanks.

[@gamechannel1271]

You have a bias, basically. I've found the opposite, Photoshop has infuriating design bugs. Like showing popup windows that I have to click a tiny ok button to dismiss every time I do something it doesn't expect, or the terrible undo implementation, where if I switch to a tool, draw, then undo, it switches back to the previous tool in addition to undoing the line drawn, which makes line art iteration extremely annoying.

Como siempre, un fantástico video. Aunque me gustaría que estuviese subtitulado en español 🙏.

[@masterphotog4131]

Great tutorial, keep up the good work!

[@godziplayz4725]

Thank you this help a lot of choosing program!!

[@joelb.9696]

You should make a video about Photopea and Photoshop, its basically the same but free

[@Soupie62]

When cropping to a given size (ie. wallpaper) in Photoshop, I can "save" the rectangle size. In Gimp, I end up re-entering the dimensions every time. So, as a beginner, Gimp is useable - but ye gods it can be annoying. The temptation to run my copy of Photoshop CS6 in a virtual machine is strong...

[@PlaylistCollector2112]

Back in school we learn about PS, and anything Adobe. Now graduated, i just use the open source counterpart. I'm in no way a professional (not even a beginner), but i always love the GIMP, Inkscape (although it's buggy), MyPaint (nothing more simple yet robust), Blender, and Kdenlive (somewhat buggy).

[@tusphumvorarittinapa9397]

Really nice job. I did so stuff with MIDI/DAW/soft banks wayyy back in like 99/00 in college and was ok at it. I bought soft soft last

[@surinfarmwest6645]

You can go to the shop in a Rolls-Royce or a high end family car. Both bring the shopping home but at massive cost difference.

[@ShelLuser]

The biggest issue with Gimp (and open source projects in general) is that useful features can change on a single programmers whim and if you and others don't like the changes you can usually go "fork" yourself, as in: use the source to maintain your own copy. Of course you don't have to upgrade, but sometimes you do. Which can result in quite a few issues.

[@gamechannel1271]

I don't see how having the option to maintain your own fork is an issue. The exact same thing can happen in Photoshop or other closed source programs and your only option is "deal with it".

[@RunePonyRamblings]

@@gamechannel1271 "go build your own then" is no more of an "option" than "just deal with it". It's like telling someone to leave the country if they don't like the current administration.

[@AlexRamosDrTaz]

I began using Gimp back in the early 2000's, when I was using a AMD K6-2 based PC with a Voodoo3 PCI card. Some edits took a while to complete, but most of the time it ran fast enough for me for basic to moderate edits which included a lot of high res film negative scans. These days I use it in Ubuntu Studio LTS and Windows 11. Runs well in both but not surprisingly it's faster in Linux as the DE there is lighter (among other Linux advantages). Debloating Win11 might help but I won't bother with that. But ya, if I had the major budget I would have an Adobe subscription... but thanks, Ubuntu Studio!

[@mdmouradesign]

Thank you so much dude.... Helped me a lot

[@farshadkhademi7812]

In my Idea GIMP is even better and more user friendly than photoshop!

[@borlani]

I'm still using Paintshop Pro Version 5, LoL, that must be over 23 years old. I got it on a PC magazine CD.

[@borlani]

Very helpful tutorial, thanks!

[@ruperterskin2117]

Right on. Thanks for sharing.

[@tommygunrunner4656]

Awesome channel. Here's to hoping Blender and eventually Gimp uproot software subscription models.

[@julianmhall]

Photoshop's strength IMHO is that it has become the industry standard and that is purely because it predates GIMP and had/has a bigger following. It also has a huge amount of money thrown at development. GIMP by contrast was/is always playing catchup in terms of following and GIMP's features are often termed 'GIMP's version of Photoshop's X'. You almost never see the term 'Photoshop's version of GIMP's X'. Therefore GIMP is viewed as a follower not a market leader. OTOH GIMP is free [libre] and often pre-installed with various versions [flavours] of Linux, and is cross-platform, with Linux, Windows and Mac versions so you can 'try before you buy' thus whether you use a computer with Linux, Windows or MacOS you can use the same software and not interrupt your work-flow. Modern iterations of Photoshop do not work in Linux [WINE]. It is not packaged with any operating system, and there is - excluding trial versions which are often cut down - AFAIK no truly free version so you must spend large - depending on your budget - amounts of money and then install it before starting to use it. Virtual Machines [VMs] are often limited in graphics RAM available - not ideal when discussing / using graphics software.

[@billieschultz1352]

Great comparison...thank you

[@paulbeades6681]

This has convinced me that GIMP is more than capable of meeting my needs. Cheers.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

9:57 Not too surprising, considering GIMP had that feature long before Adobe thought of it.

[@igorgiuseppe1862]

i can confirm it, no one gave a f*** about gimp having this feature, almost no one ever heard of gimp back then, then adobe add'ed this feature and everybody was acting like it was a big deal. the most painfull part is, gimp is open source and this plugin most likely is too, adobe may have copied it from then, but instead of donating for those who contribute with free knowledge for mankind, people paid for adobe and every improvment that adobe may have made will have to be re discovered from scratch by everyone else who want an similiar feature or some improved version of it

[@DelphianTHERAPPER]

I have been using gimp for years!!!

[@ROMBOOMBEN]

same

[@Glamourwaves]

seriously helped thank you!!

[@IDreamOfGaming]

I was a Photoshop user for over 20 years, but ditched Mac and moved to Linux and with it GIMP. It really is an amazing piece of kit especially for free.

[@SweBeach2023]

Photoshop is one of those programs that have become far too complex for a casual user. At the same time every new release seem to contain one or two must-have features, making it hard to avoid upgrading.

[@alanlacey9437]

Gimp, great as it is, could really benefit from a decent macro recorder though

[@bobd2028]

Email to the developers.

[@Hellraiser988]

@@bobd2028 the user base can be a developer it's Open Source for a reason

[@amartyab4u21]

Thankyou for the detailed video

[@andruu83]

understand the basics of the software untill now. Your guide is very very good quite simple and very helpful. I gave you a like and a sub

[@xeres14]

I recently switched from Photoshop to GIMP because I just wasn't going to give Adobe any more money.. GIMP, for its resources, is rather good, but the difference in the development team is clear, a few for GIMP vs many for Photoshop. PS is more polished, but there's not many things you cannot do with GIMP but GIMP just seems more clunky at times especially with interface and window focus issues (for instance, when saving, the cursor doesn't actually default to the section where you actually name the file - you start typing and the type goes into a unseen box which I still haven't figured out the purpose of yet). Also the way GIMP handles text is just poor.

[@gamerparuhwaktu]

I fully switch to GIMP almost 1 year ago, and its almost fulfill all of my need as graphic designer. And yes, main main problem with GIMP is no CMYK support. Before full switch to GIMP I use my old Photoshop CS3 because its lightweight and fit all my need. I do that because Photoshop now force user to do update when it available, doesn't care about user system/hardware.

[@SeeAdvertisement]

Im using Adobe more than 15y for work. Very good and professional tutorial, thanks. Adobe will fade over time because of its rental policy and its dependence of windows. Im doing because of that a fresh start with Linux Ubuntu plus gimp, inkscape and scribus.

[@arcanegb2662]

I was on a course for Photoshop CS6, but I couldn't afford it; so I went with GIMP. Excellent decision, as I don't do that much photo editing.

[@jamesdavis8731]

Great comparison video. Yes, PS is overall a better and more powerful program IF you can afford it and you take the time to learn it and you need to actually use all of the features. However, most people do not need all of the features of PS (even some professionals) and most certainly certainly do not want to pay what PS cost. Gimp is powerful, no doubt about that and it is FREE! FREE people. On a side note I have learned a lot from you but I am surprised there is not another program that you use and that program is Affinity Photo. AF is not free, but only cost a ONE TIME price of $49. It is a very powerful program with a lot of features and I like AF more than I like Gimp. It would be interesting to see you do some comparisons on AF and Gimp, as long as you have good experience with AF.

[@yxzis5348]

Photoshop is wayyyyy easier than GIMP for sure.

[@a0flj0]

@@yxzis5348 Nah, that's a matter of habit. What you already know is always easiest.

[@yxzis5348]

@@a0flj0 The thing is, I didn't know how to use Photoshop just a few months ago. If you invest just a week on Photoshop and learning stuff you'll know how to do edits. But, in GIMP, its bad UI and non-intuitiviness makes it harder for you to learn. Plus, Adobe makes in-app tutorials so you can learn how to do basic adjustments and how to do the basics. Photoshop is wayyy easier than GIMP for sure.

[@CounterFlow64]

@@yxzis5348 That's subjective, I found gimp very user friendly. But if you live and breathe photoshop, there is a plugin for gimp that makes the UI almost identical to photoshop.

[@yxzis5348]

@@CounterFlow64 Honestly, after using GIMP for a few minutes, I find it to be much harder. It's subjective though - it really matters how you learn basically.

[@arispk]

Can you do comparison between GIMP & Photopea?

[@krishanjotsingh3692]

Gimp 👑

[@LsdRaccoon]

Gimp is better

[@YOGESH-ls2cl]

This truly helped me thnx🙏

[@rod383]

excellent review! thanks for the info.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

13:31 That happens even if you work in CMYK in Photoshop. CMYK is like that-you can’t even get the inks to look the same from one print run to the other. (Think about why it has to be “CMYK”, and not just “CMY”.) That’s why CMYK is best left to the print shop folks who are trained to cope with all those quirks. Your attempts at working CMYK are more likely hindering than helping. Consider that I can take my RGB files to a laser printer bureau in town and get nice prints straight off, no need to mess around with CMYK. Why shouldn’t offset print shops do the same?

[@pierrebroccoli.9396]

The main thing is to work in a colour gamut that has the head room for the bit depth to preserve colour information. sRGB is to small for good quality photographic printing. AdobeRGB or ProPhotoRGB have much larger information space to allow for great results. sRGB is like an 8bit colour monitor vs the other 2 being like 10 to 12bit HDR Monitors. The other 2 colour spaces also well cover the colour gamut of CMYK.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

Bit depth is something that Photoshop lacks. It has limited support for 16-bit pixel components, and none at all for 32-bit components or floating point. GIMP, on the other hand, can handle it all.

[@gamechannel1271]

So much misinformation in the comment section. The sRGB color space fully encompases cmyk by a more than healthy margin. Also, I don't understand why that is being brought up in the first place, both GIMP and Photoshop support editing in much larger color spaces than sRGB.

[@JonathanKayne]

3:50 ...Yet they still can't support linux. For all that software development funding they can't do that...

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

I get to that.. keep watching

[@firdauszainudin7118]

Adobe is money maker, Linux is for Freeloader.

[@supersaiyanbread2063]

No offense but most people who use linux are hackers or need it for school lol

[@CanaldoMiauOfficial]

@@supersaiyanbread2063 You're wrong, my uncle use linux she old AF, she does it very well, just search more about distros for linux begginers

[@evildragon1774]

@@supersaiyanbread2063 i'm a linux user, i use it just because i wanted escape from microsoft spyware and wanted to supports FOSS applications

[@kchermi]

Thank Davies for the comparison video. I bought your Udemy gimp training/classroom/tutorial that is very amazing.

[@jerrodlittleton7019]

Excellent video! Thanks

[@faizanaziz1428]

who like gimp software hit like

[@nimphilia]

the biggest weakness for ps is that middle-click does not pan

[@pantherseyes]

Hello, Last time i used photoshop was cs6 extended, but now i have a laptop and not all that memory is on it, and i hated it when they forced everything online. Not knowing what i'm doing in gimp yet, but i started watching your channel last night as i watched youtube on the tv last night, i came here today and subbed you. I'm not that much of a creator for posters anymore that i used to do for events and tours, but I appreciate all the tutorials you have on gimp as i tried to make one part of a photo image bigger, and it just wasn't working out at all. Glad i found you on youtube and will at some point be delving into some tutorials here.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thanks for subbing - hope you enjoy the journey!

[@iodreamify]

Fantastic comparison!

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@GunninWizard]

IM now learning Gimp because I REFUSE to pay a monthly feee to use software from adobe, fuck that.. you know how much money they make of one human in the course of 20 years...its alot..I dont wanna be their digital slave.

[@FeazzyHD]

Wait so my Cs5 doesn't work anymore? I was using CC then became broke. Guess I am getting Gimp

[@jdroo]

I like how you did this, good job, I watched Jazza basically toss G.I.M.P in the trash after doing a first impression review of it, and he basically told his fan base that it's a waste of time and not a good tool, [Not sure how old his video was, but] I kinda have to disagree with his assessment tho, being I've used G.I.M.P for ages, and by far it's the best free alternative out there. I actually use it along side Photoshop a lot, cause like you said, these is just some things it does good, if not better in some instances. Tho Jazza tried treating it like a dedicated drawing application, it can be used that way, sure, but that's not it's intention, they call it an image manipulation tool for a reason.

[@terax2712]

Great video, really helped me.