This reminds of BBC computer shows in the 80's. No frills, informative, presented by someone who very much looks they know what they're talking about.
I love it. 😁
@stephenlopiano1599 Says:
The best feature added to GIMP for my personal use was the MyPaint brushes a few years ago. I have spent a lot of time creating digital paintings over the past 20 years and find that GIMP does have tools to produce some excellent results. One thing I would put on a wish list for GIMP is a pan tool, something other digital painting programs do have as a feature that I personally use a lot, in GIMP you have the scroll bars. I do not use Adobe Photoshop yet have the same problem with other graphic arts programs such as Corel Painter and Art Rage, although Krita files are interchangeable with GIMP using the .ora file format.
@JOEZEP54 Says:
I just downloaded gimp in windows 11 home edition. I have been using it for years but now when I try to save or export I do not get any options to save as jpg or anything else. Any help would be appreciated.
@SirUncleCid Says:
HAMSTER WITH NUTS
@SirUncleCid Says:
This has been a better photoshop alternative for years... it's free!
@SergiuszRoszczyk Says:
I’ve installed it recently over previous version. I find it useful to do basic and short edit sessions I wouldn’t rely my business life on it. Back in a days I used to use Photoshop PS3 and still find myself fighting with Gimp quirks rather than being effective. I find it hard to do basic stuff like rotation, scaling, perspective, move things around and applying simple effects fast. Even so simple things as having handy color palette that I remember from Corel Draw 6.0 times.
On one side I appreciate hard work that was put into it by open source community, on the other hand this is a good example why we still don’t have a year of Linux on desktop (I know some might argue on this).
I put much more energy into Inkscape, which I also found cumbersome to use initially (especially on MacOS with strange X support) but I like the tool and find it growing in the right direction. I’m not sure if I can say the same on GIMP 🤔
@Chejov1214 Says:
I only wish it could have same brush engine as photoshop has .. :/
@Miskatonic_Alumnus Says:
There seems to be a lot of bugs in the new version. I would do some googling before updating.
@sayanta.k Says:
I was wondering if it's possible to load a psd file to photopea first and then export the file to a format that gimp understands then maybe it will recognise text layers?
@aaff3846 Says:
Do we have any free software on Linux for internal house design?
@silvianbruno7512 Says:
Wait when we're talking about GNOME the G is silent?
@garychap8384 Says:
I keep going back to try GIMP but, as a Photoshop user I find the GIMP interface truly awful... the type of thing only its developers could love. It seems to suffer from the linux/opensource curse : /
I tried GIMP 3 and a lot of the changes are welcome and long overdue - but it still feels clunky as heck in places, like someones taken a 1990's package and just kept adding new tools to it without properly addressing the UI or standard user expectations. And that's a shame, I really want it to be great and feel more polished and cohesive. OpenOffice used to have the same problem, but they addressed it and now it feels very much like a standards-based commercial product. Perhaps someday someone will fork the frontend and give it a broader appeal.
I do like that it seems to have fairly robust WebP support ... some commercial offerings still don't. But I don't think it'll truly rival Photoshop until they do a full UI redesign
@clutteredchicagogarage2720 Says:
I've been a linux user for >20 years. I don't recall using photoshop once since the 1990s. I'm not an artist. My need to manipulate images is very functional. I might scan a document, change the brightness/contrast in gimp, erase some markings in the margins, crop + resize the image, and save to a pdf to digitize paper records.
When I'm building or fixing physical things (repairing my boat, fixing a PCB on some old piece of equipment, fixing plumbing in my house, etc), I often take photos and then edit the photos in GIMP to draw arrows to components, and I simply overlay text in new layers to document measurements, which pipe or which wire connects to which part of my house, etc, and I save those notes in a digital file for posterity.
GIMP is great for these sorts of basic image editing + labeling tasks.
@llothar68 Says:
It is so far from an alternative that it stinks. It is just that it is the best that we have on Linux and thats shameful. The whole creative software is bad, and i would include the great Blender for some reasons to long to explain in a comment.
@Learn-A-Thing Says:
Krita is also another great alternative - more tailored towards replacing PhotoShop's use in art
@Dave102693 Says:
So basically features Photoshop had for years?
@edwardmacnab354 Says:
I found Gimp to be counterintuitive and very difficult to use for even simple things .
@laurentyarp514 Says:
It sure is behind PS or other paid tools (I am using Affinity Photo). Though for basic stuff I could use another tool such as Gimp. Have been installing Gimp twice then ditched it because I didn't like the way I had to work with it.
I will give it another chance.
btw I hope they have coloured icons, those white icons is not a good idea
@redknight4 Says:
I use a combo of krita (for the raster to vector conversion) and inkscape for making svg files that work with circut {Cricket} cutting machines
@REKlaus Says:
I've been using GIMP for several years. Use it for picture used by the company I work for that are used in magazine adds and on the web.
I tried 3.0 and it kept crashing at obviously the worst times and would crash sometimes multiple times in a session, often when saving or exporting an image. I went back to 2.8 and haven't had an issue since. Using it on windows 10.
@LazloNQ Says:
One of the factors that is preventing me from fully going to linux is that I really like Irfanview. I wish the author would make a version that runs natively on linux and doesn't have to resort to WINE to run. I'm also an email luddite, and I like my Outlook format from Windows 2000/XP days. Years ago, I struggled migrating from the Amiga to Windows 98, but I eventually learned it and what I hate is when readily available tasks aren't to be found where I want them. I am using linux more and more, but I find GIMP is just way too complex for what I need in a graphics program.
@Reg-u1r Says:
Photopea was made by one guy in a year... Compare that to gimp...
@saganandroid4175 Says:
All I can say is 3.0 better be a helllll of a lot better than 2.10
@PP3D Says:
Hi, Thank you for the review.
Regarding plugins, brushes, etc., how does the installation work in Gimp 3.0.2?
@DrinkingStar Says:
Thanks for this video.
@Videogame9559 Says:
I loved the gimp video , i use Affinity photo whats great for the price. Is it possible to use the wili 😢😢remote with bluetooth with pi pico w or wifi to control two mico motors usinng New drive boarrd small driver board I can't remember its name ? NF 86?😮
@partypooper2591 Says:
Thank you for sharing this video!
I _was_ aware of the release of the new GIMP version but until you explained its benefits, I hadn't downloaded it as yet.
I use GIMP to prepare images for laser engraving mainly. I'm not very good at it but sometimes I get a good image that comes out well on the engraver.
Thank you for your excellent and very clear explanations, sir!
@ArielTavori Says:
How is open software made for visual artists, after all these years, still arguably the most visually unappealing piece of software that currently exists? Seriously, making Gimp look this painfully bad (not to mention the usability and workflow) should be considered some kind of accomplishment.
@jakobw135 Says:
Why don't the authors of Gimp simply COPY, with some minor changes, the Adobe program - since by now, it should have passed the patent limitations!?
@InspirationalMoon-mk7xc Says:
GIMP's update is very smooth.
@TechTonic420 Says:
GIMP 3.0 is better than 2.10 but it requires more resources. An Intel N200 is too slow for it. (Trust me I have tried it)
@CommodoreAmigo500 Says:
Please don’t be swayed by the childish comments you might come across online. This is a serious and sophisticated application for graphic editing, designed for those who truly want to elevate their creative game!
@ChrisJackson-js8rd Says:
I would very much like to know how new users pattern across photoshop and gimp
My assumption would be that new users start by editing images and not by cutting a cheque
though i have no actual evidence to support that assumption
@darviniusb Says:
I never ever recommended Gimp to anyone. Always Krita, Inkscape, and anything else. Gimp was always developed by idiots who tried to reinvent the wheel, unoptimized, devs never listen to their users, and never implemented what their users wanted or needed. Is a POS software run by pos devs imho.
@wizzardrincewind9458 Says:
👍🖖
@T.H.W.O.T.H Says:
fantastic FOSS?
@robnic52 Says:
The lack of CMYK support is a problem for me. Dropping Mac and Windows for Linux soon but pro level graphics and a seeming lack of support for audio interfaces like my well loved Focusrite USB interface is holding me back. Open source is a nice idea but professional tools are not supported. Unless I am misinformed?
It's a nuisance.
@yereverluvinuncleber Says:
The functionality is fine but largely immaterial to a dedicated Photoshop user. I can never migrate to Gimp as my speed and skill relates to knowing how PS operates. GIMP take a lot of getting used to in order to determine the different interface and UI. The transition is worse than going into another fellow's garage and trying to find the tools you need.
@toonman361 Says:
An important feature I use in both PS, Affinity Photo, and Photopea is the ability to *manually* kern letters. Manual kerning is essential for my use as a graphic design professional. I'm curious if GIMP allows this? Thanks for the review.
@AtomicShrimp Says:
I started using GIMP for my thumbnails after recently migrating my editing workflow to Linux, but then I realised Davinci Resolve has all the tools I need for making the thumbs - there's an effect called 'outer stroke' for outlining text and stuff, and it has a built-in and configurable drop shadow, and this can be applied to a Text+ object that makes nice fancy text. I make the thumbnail as part of the timeline, then just uncheck 'enabled' on the components of the thumbnail and leave it there in the timeline so I can make a different version later if necessary.
Still keeping GIMP around though as it's fantastic for other image editing stuff.
@lorderectus1849 Says:
Let me see you do a video on Linux mint when it has no sound after installation on an individual setup and during a dual boot setup.
@veer66 Says:
7:00 I didn't know about non-destructive editing before.
@sdrtcacgnrjrc Says:
These days, for photos, noise reduction is especially important -- it has improved hugely in image editing software. Intelligent upscaling as well. Wonder how Gimp does there...
@openbabel Says:
There is confusion here. GIMP IS available on Unix, Linux and windows. Remember mac is UNIX, illumes is unix Linux which i use it on..
Dont forget GIMP has extensions which enhance capabilities.
@ryanzmuda3167 Says:
Is there a better plugin for gimp and psds.
@dustandashes419 Says:
Have been using GIMP for decades. This update is great. I've never used PhotoShop, but I have tried working with PSD files in GIMP before. The improved comparability is welcome and I look forward to full integration, hopefully soon.
@hermanmunster3358 Says:
Are the image filters in this program known as "GIMP MASKS?" 🤣🤣🤣
@techofebd Says:
Thanks for the great GIMP 3 review.
@LernGuru Says:
I haven't tried 3.0 yet, but I will. I use mostly Krita and only for a few rare tasks, which Krita does not handle well, I wake up Gimp.
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