Gimpshop Review

     Whether you are a professional photographer and/or designer, or simply a user that likes to play with the pictures taken at the latest birthday party I bet you have heard about how great Adobe Photoshop is. The reality is that there is no denying how good of software Adobe Photoshop truly is. With many features “set for image editing and creative compositing” that range from simple blurring and cropping pictures to adding extremely complex effects that will make your pictures look like they were taken by a professional (Grotta, 2015).

     Nevertheless, not all of us have the ability to spend $700 or more to acquire Adobe Photoshop (Gimpshop.com, 2015). But thankfully, users no longer have to limit themselves to poor quality image editors because Gimpshop has grown into one of the most popular photo and image editing software among professionals and amateurs alike. Gimpshop offers users great features that include, but are not limited to, “layers, channels, masks, filters, levels, advanced pattern matching” and more (Gimpshop.com).

     David Cardinal (2013), a veteran of Adobe Photoshop and a writer for Extreme Tech, states that “when you first load gimpshop, you might be forgiven for thinking that you’d fired up an alternate UI for Photoshop”. The familiarity in features is so striking that many users have no trouble transitioning from one to the other. In other words, Gimpshop is very similar to Adobe Photoshop on all aspects, except the most important to most of us – the price. Gimpshop comes to us free of charge. So what are you waiting for? Enjoy the freedom to restore, manipulate and edit pictures with Gimpshop.

References

Cardinal, D. (2013). GIMP review: This free image editor is no longer a crippled alternative to Photoshop. Retrieved August 18, 2015, from http://www.extremetech.com/computing/169620-gimp-review-no-longer-a-crippled-alternative-to-photoshop

Gimpshop.com. (2015). Welcome to Gimpshop. Retrieved August 18, 2015, from https://www.gimpshop.com/

Grotta, S. (2015). Adobe Photoshop cc review: Photo editing for experts. Retrieved August 18, 2015, from http://www.tomsguide.com/us/adobe-photoshop-cc,review-2618.html