The difference a nice photo editing program can do... wow!!!

[SlitherinSisters]

So I have been wanting Photoshop for years and finally got it this Christmas! I can NOT believe the difference it makes! For giggles I edited some pictures that were done with GIMP before. It has been probably close to a decade since I have used Photoshop, but it's so easy and does an amazing job! Definitely worth the money if you have been thinking about it. I got the combo premiere and photoshop elements 12, now I can edit videos too!

GIMP 2


Photoshop



GIMP 2


Photoshop

[OhhWatALoser]

What were you able to do in photoshop than you could not in gimp? Being the nerd I am, I see gimp vs photoshop wars every so often, was curious what your take on it was? I have been forcing myself to learn gimp since it's a inconvenience to have to switch to windows all the time to do photo editing. Photoshop no doubt had way less of a learning curve and content aware fill is awesome. I guess thats the difference between a multi million dollar company and free software lol.

Picture do look great.

[artist&writer]

The pictures all look great, but the photoshop pics look brighter, cleaner and more defined.

[satomi325]

Nice. Looks good.

I love Photoshop. Its more user friendly overall in my opinion with more features. However, I do use Gimp for quick photo editing because some features are faster to utilize than PS. I mainly use PS for digital art and the like.

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[SlitherinSisters]

What were you able to do in photoshop than you could not in gimp? Being the nerd I am, I see gimp vs photoshop wars every so often, was curious what your take on it was? I have been forcing myself to learn gimp since it's a inconvenience to have to switch to windows all the time to do photo editing. Photoshop no doubt had way less of a learning curve and content aware fill is awesome. I guess thats the difference between a multi million dollar company and free software lol.

Picture do look great.

I like GIMP bc it's free, and fairly easy to use with a ton of options. Honestly I wasn't sure if PS would be worth the money bc it has the same features, but the features work so much better on PS with a lot less effort. I couldn't tell you why they look clearer/sharper, idk if PS does better with saving, but I did the exact same thing in PS as I do in GIMP. Brightness/contrast, a tick of saturation, paint background white, add logo, and crop.

Time wise, I would say PS cut the time at least in half, maybe more, and like I said, that's the first time I've touched PS in a decade!

The pictures all look great, but the photoshop pics look brighter, cleaner and more defined.

The cleanness of the PS pictures boggle my mind. That alone makes PS worth the money!

Nice. Looks good.

I love Photoshop. Its more user friendly overall in my opinion with more features. However, I do use Gimp for quick photo editing because some features are faster to utilize than PS. I mainly use PS for digital art and the like.

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I was worried PS would be more difficult, but it's certainly easier/quicker than GIMP at least for what I do.


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[killswitch]

the difference is minimal in these pics but that is because you bought photoshop elements which I believe is a 50 dollar program?
there are free programs out there that will do as good if not better of a job than elements.

I use Photoshop cs5 on a daily basis ( I know its an edition or 2 old)
HOWEVER real Photoshop is a 700 dollar program and gimp is free.
If you are using Photoshop you probably have a photo studio and need the big difference because you are making money on the photos you take and sell.

for my money and non professionalism I would much rather use gimp because its free and does a great job for a free program.

my mom is a photographer of 25 years and I purchased and learned Photoshop cs5 with her, there is a huge difference when you get in to a program like that.
not to mention macros and everything else you do within it, really is a phenomenal program.

[Raven01]

Gimp is great as a free tool.
Not a big fan of Adobe's new licencing model, I'd rather pay for a copy and be allowed to use it as long as I find it useful.
Lightroom is still handy for things like HDR shots. But, for my money I'll stick with Corel's Paintshop Pro, an ill named photo editor that will run scripts, macros, batch process and, plug-ins quickly and intuitively, has tutorials out the wazoo and is substantially less expensive than Photoshop but, not as inexpensive as GIMP.

[Badgemash]

I'm still on CS5 as well. I'd rather use the older version since CS6 forces you to subscribe to cloud, and I don't want to have to pay for it every freaking month. I do love inDesign though.

[satomi325]

Lol! I'm still on CS2/CS3.
Hecka old! When I first got it, I thought it was amazing in comparison to what I used before (PS elements).

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[Royal Hijinx]

I like Lightroom (I am using Lightroom 5) for processing most photos. I find I can do most everything I need to in there and can export to PS if I need add elements or layers.

I consider PS to be more of a creative program, and something like Lightroom to be more of a photo workflow kind of deal.

I do agree though, that most any quality program can make a world of difference. With that said, learning more about actual photography (exposure, lighting, etc...) has made just as big of an impact on the quality of pics I am putting out.