The GIMP has been under fire recently because of lacking features. Folks say to forget about GIMP and just use photoshop. but why?
The GIMP is free software and with all the freedoms of the GPL. It will be around for much longer than photoshop because of the source. if you make a picture in the gimp today, you will have the source for as long as you like!
This may not seem a big deal today but wait a decade or so and then try to run your Adobe!
And most important for free software fans, the GIMP is the free software replacement for image making. RMS says that is it OK to use non-free software until a free alternative becomes available.
The GIMP is a free alternative for some image activities and not others. So using the GIMP is the right thing to do if your need is met by the software.
But if you must do something GIMP cannot then you can still use Photoshop but sure to contribute to GIMP in some way first so it will get the feature in the end!
It is simple really.
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awesome blog man, telling it like it is!!
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