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[jacksite]

Which is best? Photoshop, Gimp, Paint.NET or Paint (lol,wut!)

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[gautam]

of course it is photoshop!!! What else can it be?

[machbio]

photoshop... but if u are looking for vector based design.. try adobe illustrator for large banners.. and using type fnts its got this huge database of fonts in it..

[behemonth]

Of course, Photoshop is the best here, but you will have an advanced graphic-skills to use it.
So Paint.NET is suitable for most of us...

[zKaZy]

I use photoshop is very cool, but like all u say if u want to make a small thing, gimp or paint.net are the best choice

[machbio]

i havent used paint .net..wats the advantage of it..can any one explain...

[thadinator]

I know you wrote "lol" after MS Paint, but I really think it is an excellent editing tool. With a steady hand, one can draw absolutely anything, and besides, there's nothing more fun than distorted a picture from, say, yur friend's bday party. With paint, you can whip something together in about five minutes.

[iemanddos]

Has anyone mentioned Paintshop Pro?
Its nearly the same as Photoshop...

[Kevin M]

I'd have to say Photoshop. But other than that GIMP.

[Kiro R]

It depends on what you're looking for in an Image Editing Program. I would say photoshop is the best because it does basically everything and more than all of the other Image Editing Programs. But if you cannot afford it Paint or GIMP would be your best bet!

[Unveiled (Sunny Singh)]

Nothing beats Photoshop.

I've many good things about GIMP though, so I'm sure it's a good free alternative.

[elnaz1010]

i vote for PS

[rachael]

thadinator, on 25 July 2009 - 08:10 PM, said:

I know you wrote "lol" after MS Paint, but I really think it is an excellent editing tool. With a steady hand, one can draw absolutely anything, and besides, there's nothing more fun than distorted a picture from, say, yur friend's bday party. With paint, you can whip something together in about five minutes.

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[Raghav]

I too suggest you PS... its the best you can get !!

[chetzu]

Photoshop but for personal use or advanced users I recomend Gimp ... it's pretty much as photoshop but it is free


And photoscape for quick editing

[King Herring XIV]

I prefer GIMP and here's why:
First of all GIMP is free both price wise and freedom wise. http://www.gnu.org/p...hy/free-sw.html
GIMP is not developed by one company but instead by a community.
Also, you are feeding Adobe more money by buying their product.

Besides ethics GIMP is also better feature wise:
It works on all major operating systems including Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux.
It has had the "Content aware fill" feature in photoshop CS5 for years now already as a plugin. Resynthesizer (not my video)
There are tons of plugins that make GIMP like Photoshop. http://www.techzilo....e-gimp-plugins/ (many more on the web, it's easy to develop them with any language too)
Finally, it's updated much more often the photoshop.

Edited by King Herring XIV, 22 May 2010 - 08:09 PM.

[wanglb]

I use photoshop.

[Lucas C]

Paint, of course. Well, if notepad was on the list...

rachael, on 23 April 2010 - 12:04 PM, said:

http://www.ubersite.com/m/84167

Amazing

[pbrweb]

Any photo professionals on here have an opinion? Obviously photoshop is the most feature packed and has become the industry standard. Also has the largest price tag on the list. But looking through a B&H catalog, there is TONS of software to rival photoshop's price tag. I've always been curious if photoshop just has the lead as the most popular professional program just because of how adobe has a monopoly over the industry, becoming the standard in web design, vector and graphics production and pretty much intertwined every corner of the process with its creative suites. Is there another program to rival photoshop's features, just without the popularity?

[pbrweb]

Also content aware fill. Wins this poll to ps for me at least. cs5 ftw