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Photoshop versus GIMP?

My xp stuffed up, so i had to get linix, and i loved photoshop and obviously i cant use that now. Can GIMP be a good replacement for xp? Is there a huge difference? Should i just save and get microsoft?

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you can use gimp as well as you use PS, but you must learn it as well as you learn PS too

Both programs provide a strong set of basic photo editing commands and tools:

1)Ability to open/import most of the basic bitmap graphic filetypes including PNG, JPG, GIF;
2)Ability to adjust those images with crop, rotate, resize and many other transformations;
3)Ability to make local retouches, sharpening and other image corrections;
4)Do color and exposure/lightness corrections with a broad range of dialogs and tools;
5)Mask selective areas on an image(or layer)- only there will edits/brushstrokes apply;
6)Allow creating a stack of two or dozens of layers from other images, text, vector graphics, etc;
7)Allow filters or special effects to be applied to one or more layers including the base image;
8)Produce output to several graphic filetypes, printers, and/or web pages/galleries.

yeah, i know PS is more pro than GIMP, but if u cant use PS, dont bother with it. use GIMP as well

hope my point of view help you …