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Originally Posted by qzar9999

I love GIMP and find it to be a very powerful tool -

But I don't think it's as intuitive as Photoshop, and if you're used to using Photoshop, it'll fuck with you hard until and unless you get used to it. It's my understanding that the two don't do almost anything the same way, so you have to adjust your thinking and untrain yourself from Photoshop. (Having gotten used to GIMP, I've actually had difficulty using Photoshop when I've tried.)

GIMP beats the pants off MS Paint, though. Don't be silly. And it's widely accepted that GIMP is the best free alternative to Photoshop.

Maybe give it another shot and look up some tutorials for it online?

Well I did look up some and they didn't seem very help full.

Originally Posted by vincent_richter

They're not for everyone, and if the fit's wrong, the fit's wrong.
That said, I pushed Gimpshop specifically because the UI is redesigned to more closely match Photoshop, but if you're looking for 1:1 parity in both features and design, that can only be achieved with Photoshop. Thank software patents for that.

I guess I can give it another try. But it was very frustrating to get even simple things to work.