[olug] Fwd: [Announcements] CrossOver for free on Wednesday,

[T. J. Brumfield]

The Gimp has 95% of the features and tools of Photoshop. If you're used to
Photoshop, there is a learning curve with The Gimp. The big deal-breaker
for some is a lack of CMYK support, but I wouldn't say The Gimp is
laughable in comparisons to Photoshop for most users.

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Obi-Wan <obiwan at jedi.com> wrote:

> > So codeweaver would allow me to install M$ products on Linux. Or
> something like Adobe Photoshop. Tell me again why I would do this? I guess
> I'm just missing the point but the alternatives are just as powerful and
> gives me the freedom to use it w/out restrictions.
>
> As a part-time professional photographer and full-time Linux programmer
> & sysadmin, I understand your point, but suggesting that GIMP (presumably)
> is just as powerful as Photoshop is downright laughable.  GIMP covers
> the basics, and is good enough to keep me away from PS & Windows since
> I don't need to use it for a living, but it's nowhere near as smooth or
> capable as PS.
>
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