1. Gimp is no match – photoshop is on top.
2. I tried many times to stick to gimp but kept returning to ps because of the learning curve.
3. I don’t know gimp too well but I think I’m correct to say that editing drawings that have been painted already is something almost impossible. Yes, it is easy to just keep drawing but making changes to what has been done is a mess.
4. Bottom line – gimp is free, but is that the trade-off?

Any gimp tutorials are highly valued. I’ll pay for them if you have any

Regards

run virtualbox, install xp, install photoshop.

dual core cpu recommended to sufficently run 2os’s simultaneously

However, I myself use Linux, on a crappy computer at that, and it has worked fine for me. I use Ubuntu 9.10 “Karmic Koala” (Linux Mint 8 “Helena” at another Location) and it has worked well on both versions.

Wine does make the theme suck, that I will give you, however, I don’t think that the ‘look’ of Photoshop should matter when it’s capabilities far outstretch GIMP and is, in general, more powerful.

I’ve tried Gimp. It’s all fine for home users. I wouldn’t waste money for Pshop. But If You don’t want compromise the outcome because it is your job than go for Pshop. It’s worth the money than. For those who don’t agree try to play around with color curves and tones; color selection etc, and you will see the difference. I was actually very disappointed when I found out that the gap between these two is still quite large.

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