I was explaining to my daughter about the differences between Gimp and Photoshop and saw that Adobe had a page that claimed to compare the two. It never compares the two. It barely mentions Gimp.

Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨FlyingSquid@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/photoshop-vs-gimp.html

I expected ridiculous propaganda from Adobe, but they give absolutely no reasons why Photoshop is better than Gimp and list a bunch of things that Gimp can do too.

They only mention Gimp a few times at the top and they never mention it again after:

How is Photoshop different from Gimp?

They ask a question they literally never answer.

They could have lied, they could have stretched the truth, they could have brought up the paltry number of things Photoshop does that Gimp can’t. They never do. They never say what Gimp can or can’t do.

Like I said, I expected ridiculous propaganda. I didn’t expect them to just pretend Gimp doesn’t exist in their article about Gimp.

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pikmeir@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
They may have made the page purely for SEO to grab a few people considering downloading GIMP.

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- FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That makes a lot of sense.
  
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- Brownboy13@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  This seems to be the plan. It’s the third result for ‘photoshop vs gimp’ on DDG.
  
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- fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It’s this, but they’re not targeting GIMP.
  
  Their SEO goons just see what searches contain photoshop and try to create content that will match. In this case they found “photoshop vs gimp”. I doubt that whoever wrote this had ever heard of GIMP.
  
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- possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Maybe they could get the AI to believe it while they are at it
  
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  - FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Now that is an advantage of Gimp over Photoshop. They aren’t trying to bake AI into Gimp. There are AI plugins, but you don’t have to have that shit built into your image editor if you pick Gimp over Photoshop.
    
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DannyMac@lemm.ee [bot] ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

How is Photoshop different from Gimp?

Photoshop is a subscription-based…

Oh, so Gimp is better then, thanks Adobe!

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- Quills@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I so laughed when i saw they already start with that point lol
  
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Godort@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

How is Photoshop different from Gimp?

Photoshop is a subscription-based graphic design and photo editing program with a large catalog of advanced features that go beyond simple photo retouching. It’s the go-to tool for experienced photographers, graphic designers, web developers, and film editors. But at the same time, its tools are approachable enough for beginners and hobbyists looking to tweak images for work or create artwork in their free time.

Okay cool, that’s all technically true or unverifiable. What makes Gimp different, Adobe?

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- FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  You don’t have to pay for it.
  
  But they don’t like mentioning that part.
  
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  - Prunebutt@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I once read that adobe also patents the simplest UX improvement, which means that gimp can’t implement good ideas that people are already used to.
    
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  - NateNate60@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I think for a real Photoshop vs GIMP comparison from the eyes of a professional, I’d like to share Franklin Veaux’s perspective. He’s an author, graphic designer, and the infamous local polygamist.
    
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- conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Gimp’s UX is a trainwreck. “Approachable tools” is the key bit there.
  
  I don’t use photoshop. Fuck subscription horseshit. I use affinity. But Gimp having capability is fine, but it has a super high barrier to entry because the design is so bad.
  
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- henfredemars@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It’s like AI wrote it.
  
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- CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I stopped reading after “subscription-based”.
  
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NateNate60@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
For a real Photoshop vs GIMP discussion, I think I’ll leave a link to Franklin Veaux’s Quora post here.

tl;dr there is actually a lot of functionality in Photoshop not present in GIMP that most casual users will never use, but is very important to professionals. People don’t pay hundreds of dollars to Adobe just for funsies.

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- fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Also the UX difference is worth the money alone.
  
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  - NateNate60@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I’m pretty sure there’s a GIMP plugin that does that if that is all you care about
    
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- Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I would argue that there’s also lots of professionals who don’t use or need those features. Not everyone is using photoshop for print work, which that link seems to mostly discuss. It is still true, though, and every time I try to switch away from photoshop I run into some niche missing feature I need that most people wouldn’t care about.
  
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- chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  There’s a ton of functionality in Photoshop that even pros never use. Every user of Photoshop needs something different from it. Sure, there’s a core of features that everyone uses (and which the Gimp also has) but there’s also countless other niche features that are a crucial part of the workflow for tons of users and they won’t give them up. This is one of the reasons Photoshop is so hard to replace.
  
  It’s also the reason Latex is tough to replace as well. It’s a phenomenon which is not limited to commercial software, that’s for sure.
  
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- Forester@yiffit.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  They do it because there really isn’t much of an alternative for substance painter…
  
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skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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- masquenox@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I have to admit that GIMP has me beat - I’ve taught myself plenty of progs (usually in a panic because I told the interviewer I could use it and therefore had to learn it real fast - that’s how I learned Illustrator, CorelDRAW and QuarkXpress), but I just can’t seem to get the hang of GIMP.
  
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  - Lets_Eat_Grandma@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I’ll agree with this. GIMP is the most user-unfriendly piece of photo editing software i’ve used to date. I can pick up video games like Shadow Empire and spend dozens of hours figuring out how it works but GIMP is a wall to me.
    
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- mightyfoolish@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I don’t do photo editing (Gimp) or drawing (Krita) but I have followed many aggregated blogs such as Planet KDE, etc over the years.
  
  I got the feeling that most people have a hard time moving or transiting to Gimp. I have seen some posts from people who love Gimp but they seem to be a miniority. On the other hand, I got the feeling the drawing community love Krita and think it’s worth learning. Krita even shows up in unexpected places such as Godot tutorials on YouTube.
  
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- SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The other problem with Photoshop is that it now scans your projects.
  
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- lud@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I highly recommend the Affinity suite of problems (Photo, Designer, and Publisher). While they aren’t free they are much cheaper than Adobe and they are only available for a one time fee.
  
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  - CannedTuna@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    suite of problems
    
    Lol not sure if this is a joke or a typo
    
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Boozilla@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I truly hate how shit like Adobe and ProTools become the only acceptable software to use “inside the industry”. Plenty of independent self publishers use tools like Gimp and Reaper. But the velvet rope mindset refuses to accept that in certain circles.

Those same types of folks are the most likely to get replaced by AI. So maybe that will be some bittersweet Schadenfreude.

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- Ashiette@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I think, for the most part, is that GIMP is obscure. Not as in ‘unknown’ but as in ‘really hard to master, how does anything work?’ It has been this way, voluntarily.
  
  I think it’s what lacks in GIMP, a good user experience.
  
  I have used gimp for the better part of the last ten years. It’s good. I have used Photoshop less than ten times in the same timespan. But when I need to do something, it will always be easier to me on photoshop, eveh though I’m not acquainted with it…
  
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  - Wxnzxn@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I do wonder what differences in philosophy and development led to something like Blender to be pretty accepted even in pro circles?
    
    For me, personally, the moment I found out you can easily install a version of gimp that doesn’t distribute it’s tools and canvas across a dozen windows was when it began to feel “right” for me. Granted, I am only using it as an amateur for meme and touching up on graphics for game dev, but it feels right to me at least.
    
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- mPony@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Protools can suck it. :) REAPER is where it’s at.
  
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finn_der_mensch@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Photoshop lets you draw a circle

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- jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  This one hurt.
  
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- nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  So does Gimp…
  
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  - NateNate60@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It’s more complex. In Photoshop, it’s a single tool. In GIMP, you make a circular selection, convert it to a path, and then stroke the path.
    
    Not only is this more convoluted, it’s bewilderingly unintuitive to beginners and is definitely one of GIMP’s shortcomings.
    
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BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I use Photopea, it’s a website so no download and does 99% of what Photoshop and GIMP can do.

Made by a single Ukrainian developer, and free (with some ads on the side while you’re using it)

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sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Obligatory: Do people not know that Krita exists?

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- possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Krita isn’t for image editing
  
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  - lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I edit images in Krita…
    
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  - sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I’ve found Krita to be a less clumsy way to edit images than GIMP, been using it that way for years.
    
    Yes, GIMP is powerful when used correctly, but Krita is far closer to Photoshop in terms of UI and out of the box features.
    
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7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Lmao I mean I knew it was going go be bad … but that’s so hilariously awful.

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masquenox@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It’s just standard corporatese - if it’s not insulting your intelligence they’re not doing it right.

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possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
They are honestly different beasts

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