Gimp vs. Photoshop
I attended another technology committee meeting this morning where multiple teachers asked questions regarding the availability of having Photoshop in their classrooms. Why? Why do teachers who want to resize their photos and remove redeye think they need Photoshop to accomplish this?
I like open source software. So many people overlook this option when buying software for their computers. Gimp Shop (an image editor) is FREE and works great. It has so much Photoshop functionality built-in.
I was reading this post about GIMP vs. Photoshop and think the author makes a lot of valid points.
The vast majority of the people that pirate Photoshop do not need it.
The people who legitimately use Photoshop use a fraction of its
capabilities. Honestly, unless you’re putting out a print publication,
you really don’t need Photoshop. You can just as easily use the Gimp to
float text over a Dragonball-Z picture to post as your image signature
in a web forum as you can with Photoshop, which is what most people end
up using their pirated copy for anyway. Oh, and to create bloated,
image-heavy web layouts that slow down an already overworked internet
connection. What great reasons to pirate a grand worth of software!
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