It's called Gimpshop and it's just a port of TheGimp into an interface where it works in similar ways to Photoshop. Now it isn’t perfect and its still in very early beta testing, but for all those who want to rid themselves of that copy of Photoshop they should not have, this is a good opportunity.

I have now been playing with this for several hours and have found once you get past a few of its quirks, it’s very good. Now yes, it hasn't the power of Photoshop, but it is far more than most people would ever need. I found The Gimp very difficult to get to grips with, whereas this is very simple.

You can get versions for Mac, Linux and Windows, so there is no excuse for not giving it a go.

Windows: Clicky (8meg)
Linux: Clicky (10meg)
Mac: Clicky (40meg) - Note, you will also need Apples X11 from here

(Edited by pleaseremove at 11:06 pm on Mar. 17, 2006)

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Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation
http://craigk.org/pictures/
Can you work out the code?

Or, my dad, rather.  

Well, I have an illegal version of Photoshop CS.... but I'm surprised that Gimp is only 8mb's for Windows... I'll try it. Thank you for the link.

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Haha, a windows version of Gimp?

Well, I have an illegal version of Photoshop CS.... but I'm surprised that Gimp is only 8mb's for Windows... I'll try it. Thank you for the link.

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There has been a windows version of TheGimp since the beginning of time. But glad to here you are trying it, that’s the idea.


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Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation
http://craigk.org/pictures/
Can you work out the code?

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don't got it

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Do you mean "Don't get it", "I havn't got it" or other?

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Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation
http://craigk.org/pictures/
Can you work out the code?

(Edited by Rhapsody at 4:06 pm on Jan. 16, 2006)

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I think, therefore we have nothing in common

There is only one guarantee in life, and that is NOW.

I suppose it was made for linux, though, and seems to work better on it.

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GIMPshop is a good idea in theory, but the implimentation is quite awful.  Just use The GIMP with the original interface; it's really no more difficult to learn and it's a lot more stable.

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You have to remember that we are talking about very early beta here, so don’t expect it to be release ready yet. I have shown it now because I think it is good enough for most people now.

Also, remember, I am suggesting this application for people who have been using for Photoshop illegally, but want to go clean. They will not want the frustration of having the learn to use TheGimp (which I have always disliked the interface for).

Shuichi, I’m not sure why that is a problem, as it still used TheGimps backend which I find good for hardware support. Does your tablet work with TheGimp? If it does then I think it must be a new bug.


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Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation
http://craigk.org/pictures/
Can you work out the code?

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You have to remember that we are talking about very early beta here, so don’t expect it to be release ready yet. I have shown it now because I think it is good enough for most people now.

Also, remember, I am suggesting this application for people who have been using for Photoshop illegally, but want to go clean. They will not want the frustration of having the learn to use TheGimp (which I have always disliked the interface for).

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I've just found it to be a lot less stable than The GIMP in its original form, and GIMPshop really doesn't do that good of a job of emulating Photoshop's interface anyway.  It arranges a few things and has a background window, but in terms of the actual features unique to Photoshop's interface, it really doesn't have anything new.  I just don't think it's worth the additional crashes and lost work to have an interface that's a tiny bit closer to photoshop.

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Shuichi, I’m not sure why that is a problem, as it still used TheGimps backend which I find good for hardware support. Does your tablet work with TheGimp? If it does then I think it must be a new bug.

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Actually, as far as I know, no versions of The GIMP have support for pressure-sensitive tablets.  It'll work like a normal mouse, but the pressure-sensitivity is entirely lost, which makes the tablet a great deal less useful.  This is one of the (very, very few) cases where Photoshop really is the better choice.

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http://www.golivewire.com/forums/peer-yatapys-support-a.html

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I must be the only person that actually bought Photoshop.

Or, my dad, rather.  

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Haha, mine too.

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