Gimp is a wonderful program that can truly do almost everything Photoshop can do (and the program is getting a big update early 2012 that will make it a lot better.) So if Gimp is just as good as Photoshop, then why isn't the content shown online about the same?
To truly understand why finding good Gimp art is more difficult than finding good Photoshop art, you must first take a look at the respective communities.
A Little About Gimp
Gimp is an open-source program with a majority community of programmers, Open-Source lovers, and amateurs. Therefore, the majority of the content made from gimp is what a programmer likes to do - make programs, and automated scripts that will create general Photo effects to a photo. I have seen results from Gimp communities that are applauded by the Gimp community but would be completely detested by the Photoshop community.
A Little About Adobe Photoshop
Photoshop is a program with a majority community of professionals, and artists, simply because this is what program these people used when they went to college. Therefore, the majority of the content made from Photoshop turns out to be beautiful works of art, and absolutely incredible pieces of work that often stuns and puts us in awe. Photoshop content is a generally a reflection of what an artist likes to do - make beautiful art.
In conclusion, don't assume bad things of Gimp because of the content that you see online isn't as good as the Photoshop content you see online because it's not the program that creates the result, but the person telling the program what to do.
If you're looking for some beautiful Gimp art check out Griatch. He does some incredible work with Gimp.
David Revoy also does some incredible work with nothing but open source software (including gimp.)
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To truly understand why finding good Gimp art is more difficult than finding good Photoshop art, you must first take a look at the respective communities.
A Little About Gimp
Gimp is an open-source program with a majority community of programmers, Open-Source lovers, and amateurs. Therefore, the majority of the content made from gimp is what a programmer likes to do - make programs, and automated scripts that will create general Photo effects to a photo. I have seen results from Gimp communities that are applauded by the Gimp community but would be completely detested by the Photoshop community.
A Little About Adobe Photoshop
Photoshop is a program with a majority community of professionals, and artists, simply because this is what program these people used when they went to college. Therefore, the majority of the content made from Photoshop turns out to be beautiful works of art, and absolutely incredible pieces of work that often stuns and puts us in awe. Photoshop content is a generally a reflection of what an artist likes to do - make beautiful art.
In conclusion, don't assume bad things of Gimp because of the content that you see online isn't as good as the Photoshop content you see online because it's not the program that creates the result, but the person telling the program what to do.
If you're looking for some beautiful Gimp art check out Griatch. He does some incredible work with Gimp.
David Revoy also does some incredible work with nothing but open source software (including gimp.)
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3 great sources for learning how to use gimp for digital art.
4 tools every photo editor should know about.
