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At a Glance
Overview
The Gnu Image Manipulation Project, or GIMP, is a well-known alternative to Photoshop, given its affordability and similar features, including the ability to work with professional layers and fine-tune snap functionality. GIMP has a full photo editing interface available which you can customize t... Learn more
Capabilities
- AI Enabled
- API Available
- Open Source
- CLI Available
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Designed specifically for photo editing, Adobe Lighting is one of the most popular tools in the market used by professional photographers. Similar to photoshop, it’s considered a gold standard in editing, with a host of pre-sets available to help transform images in minutes. The platform is strai... Learn more
Capabilities
- AI Enabled
- API Available
- Open Source
- CLI Available
Images
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Pricing
Free trial available
Free plan available
Billing type
Recurring Subscription
Lightroom
$9.99
/ month
Photography
$19.99
/ month
Pros and Cons
- Regular updates: Because the GIMP environment is powered by a community of developers, you can expect a lot of regular updates and new features.
- Tons of flexibility: Aside from offering a range of file formats, GIMP also supports a host of platforms, including GNU, Linux, Microsoft, Mac, and more.
- Community: Community support is excellent, with plenty of brushes, texture packs, and extra features to download online.
- Free open-source software
- Excellent digital retouching and touch-up tools
- The adjustment layers are difficult to work with at times, and can be quite buggy
- The interface isn’t well-suited to mac users.
- Learning curve for beginners
- Convenient, customizable, and easy to use environment
- Blurring and fixing tools
- Pre-sets and filters available
- Camera and lens-based corrections
- Brush and gradient adjustments
- Fewer options than Photoshop
- No layers and blending modes
Reviewer's Segments
Small Business
67.99%
Mid Market
20.88%
Enterprise
11.13%
Small Business
63.63%
Mid Market
22.08%
Enterprise
14.29%
Deployment
- Cloud based
- Desktop based
- Mobile based
- On-premise
- Cloud based
- Desktop based
- Mobile based
- On-premise
Support
- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Chat
- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Chat
Training
- In Person
- Live Online
- Webinars
- Documentation
- Videos
- In Person
- Live Online
- Webinars
- Documentation
- Videos
Integrations
Total integrations:
12
- Adobe Bridge
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Photoshop Elements
- Blender
- Corel PaintShop Pro
- CorelDRAW Graphics Suite
- Imagify
- Inkscape
- Krita
- Natron
- NetArt
- Parallels Desktop For Mac
- Photo Mechanic
- Scribus
- Shift
- Skylum Luminar Neo
- Stellar Photo Recovery
- Vecteezy
- iBoysoft NTFS for Mac
Total integrations:
8
- Adobe Bridge
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Photoshop Elements
- Blender
- Corel PaintShop Pro
- CorelDRAW Graphics Suite
- Imagify
- Inkscape
- Krita
- Natron
- NetArt
- Parallels Desktop For Mac
- Photo Mechanic
- Scribus
- Shift
- Skylum Luminar Neo
- Stellar Photo Recovery
- Vecteezy
- iBoysoft NTFS for Mac
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Categories
Common categories include: Photo Editing Software.
Company Details
- By The GIMP Development Team
- Located in The GIMP project is developed by volunteers and does not have a physical headquarters.
- Founded in 1995
- By Adobe
- Located in San Jose, CA
- Founded in 1982
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