GIMP Reviews & Product Details

I like it because it is not heavy on the RAM usage, it packs majority of the necessary photo editing tools that the major product brands have including simple functions like cropping, skewing, and other transform tools. It has advanced features like image retouching, effects, text incorporation, background removal and other awesome renderings for your photo editing projects.

Sometimes when using transform tools, it leaves an 'after image' like effect even if you disable showing the layer being used, which bleeds through other layers. Although it can be removed by restarting the app.

GIMP allowed me to use a free software with all the functionalities that PhotoShop or CorelDRaw can provide. Savings is very important as it allows me to channel those funds on other software for my multimedia editing endeavors.

Its free easy to use and great! easily rivals photoshop with no effort.

the selection tool could be a little more versatile at removing backgrounds.

Fixing coversheets and logos for my company.

Obviously the thing that I like best about GIMP is that it is free, after having a paid service denied me service after a decade of use. It is also nice that GIMP is opensource, allowing anyone to be able to enhance and improve upon the program. GIMP also has a lot of customization options as well as 3rd party plugins. GIMP makes converting images into different file types simple and hassle-free. GIMP has made creating and manipulating sprite images for website images and navigation menus a breeze.

It takes some getting used to all of the menus and settings and the menus are easy to mess up and harder to revert it back to what you are used to seeing. When you paste an item to the project that you are working on it sets it as a floating item instead of as a new layer, so then you have to manual click on it and click to new layer to then be able to work with the newly pasted layer. When recoloring items it does not automatically set the image to the highest resolution so that colors are not true to their values and you have to go and manually change the image to rbg and precision to 32 bit, then go back to change the color of the image. GIMP is limited to the highest rgb precision at 32 bits. When working with layers you can not drag and drop images to their places, you have to edit the layer's properties and move it on the x and y axis which leads to a lot of trail and errors to get it placed just where you want it to be in the larger image.

GIMP makes it somewhat easy to create logos, banners, ads, headers, footers, menus, background images, and other images for websites. GIMP also makes it easy to work with layers and transparent backgrounds to create more in-depth images. GIMP's image scaling is very smooth and true to form, making it easy to resize photos and images down to a smaller size to cut back on the file size.

Gimp is one of the few programs that i have found that maintain any level of competitiveness with the big dogs in the graphic arts industry. The array of tools, customizations, and flexibility make it a great system for everyone from the beginner to the industry captain.

If I were to say gimp as one failing it would be the very steep learning curve. I've used gimp to do everything from create logos to coloring coloring book pages, and while the community for gimp is out there, the difficulty is sorting through the appropriate levels of different versions tools login configurations and finding the information you need to do the fancy effect you desire.

While using gimp I've used it to entertain myself and create logos for companies. I realize that while I may not be charged for this program I am able to do the same skills and designs that I would with some of the larger more expensive programs. While this benefit is definitely a great thing. Compared to some of the other companies this one program being as inexpensive is it is being free, sets it above and beyond,

The program is free and has all of the features that I need for digital art and design. I use it to make designs for Redbubble and I've never had any issues with it.

I honestly can't think of anything I dislike about GIMP. For certain types of art I like to use a different program because it works better with my tablet, but when I'm not using my tablet GIMP is my go-to.

I can use it without having to pay a high price for a program like Photoshop. As a student, it's been really helpful as I can't afford a monthly subscription or a high payment all at once.

Cost (free), features (really comprehensive) and with a useful range of plugins available.

The Save vs Export workflow. Save is for the internal GIMP format, and Export for all other file formats. Can't get this to stick in my head.

Image processing for websites and print media.

It's like photoshop but 100% free there isn't much not to like. Very impressed for a free software. If you have used photoshop in the past you will be able to pick this up quickly.

Nothing really for free you cant really complain.

We recommend it to clients all the time that cant afford Photoshop. They are super happy and cant believe its free.

I like that I am able to edit things out of images, resize images, crop, and make backgrounds on images transparent. I don't know how to do a lot on GIMP, but I know enough to get the job done and that's all that matters. I'm happy with GIMP and I love that it's free! I was using another program that had a monthly fee, but switched to GIMP because it can do the same thing as this other program, but for free!

I feel like the overall look of GIMP looks a bit outdated -- however, it's free, so I really cannot complain. It gets the job done. I do feel like it's a bit difficult to navigate, but once you get it figured out it's not too bad.

I am able to crop images, edit logos, make the background on logos transparent so that I can use them in marketing materials with a transparent background. I'm able to resize images to fit into my publications correctly. I often has businesses submit photos to me for my publications that are not at a high enough dpi, GIMP allows me to adjust the dpi up to 300 so that I'm able to use a clear image in my publications.

GIMP is feature-rich. It does everything I need for photo and image editing. Basic changes such as cropping and recolouring. And I love working with the layers when making collages. And amazingly, it is free! I've used it for a good ten years now and it gets more powerful each version.

The layout and interface can feel cluttered. For example, the icons in the tool tray are a little small and it is hard for me to find what I'm looking for. Likewise, the menu options are not always intuitively placed.

I used GIMP for all personal and professional image editing. This includes photos and graphics for websites. Creating artwork for personal use. Preparing logos of different sizes. Converting files to different types. It is brilliant!

I can't do a project without the help of GIMP, it has many tools that I like and help me develop my experience every day making extremely creative designs. Their templates are well defined and clearly created under a unique concept. Their support helps me to make everything work as it should.

I don't like that GIMP is a bit heavy, you need a good computer to work without any problem.

Attached images to make any creative invention, has given us an excellent capacity of creativity to achieve a more striking performance to social networks, blogs, publications and any type of visual project. The company works with many clients who are demanding and help to innovate my capabilities every day.

It's free, works on windows, and other operating systems. It works great and is easy to use! A great alternative if you don't want to pay for Photoshop.

It's not quite as good as Photoshop but in my opinion it does almost just as good of a job. It's free so it honestly comes pretty close to Photoshop.

Image editing and improving image quality. Resizing of images.

The best part of GIMP is that its open source and has the features of photoshop. Before switching to Gimp, we're using photoshop which is quite expensive. When switched, I was surprised to see all tool sets in gimp. It's super lite and comes with all tools, effects and essentials one need to edit photos and create vectors. Also, one should speak about the performance it provides. It works well on 1gb ram powered pcs without any hassle and exports outputs without issues.

There are some bugs in exporting options. While saving the file as png or jpg, it fails to work. There is a bug in it. But other than that, the old school look of UI is something should be updated. Those are some cons to be solved. Other than GIMP is highly recommended for everyone.

With Gimp, I've edited photos, created thumbnails, logos and other vectors needs of my company. It's open source and compatible on low end pcs. It's opensource and free. It's easy to install and work alike photoshop. Above all, the performance is much better than other tools like affinity. That's the plus.

Did I mention Free? And it works well? The interface is a bit dense and the terminology can be daunting. However, for most photo editing tasks GIMP will do the job quite well and simple Google searches walk you through the steps. The developers keep it up to date and it has a very good selection of tools and sub-attributes like fonts, brushes and export options among many others. I find that most tools are not intuitively easy to use but there is an abundance of youtube videos available that help with any project.

The interface is crowded and if you do not know the terminology, it can be difficult to do simple tasks. It is not as easy for beginners as an application like Photoshop. The application's Help isn't easy for the novice user to read. I find I have to use Google to learn how to do new tasks. It is not intuitive and some tools are overly buried.

Creating custom images for marketing purposes, editing images for user guides and creating poster sized images. Also used to make GIF images for tutorials and virtual backgrounds for corporate purposes.

Best of all, it's FREE to use! Possibly one of the best open source alternative to a high end product that I've ever used.

Photoshop has some great filters/presets that professionals offer as packages (free or paid for), but you can't use these in GIMP. Also, if you know either GIMP or Photoshop, it's a little difficult to switch between them, because things are called something a little different or in a slightly different place. Not impossible though.

Whether a quick photo edit or a full-fledged graphic design project, it's a great tool. I mostly use it for creating/editing icons for presentations, or creating various version of logos.

- It just works! It has plenty of tools to edit and improve the quality of your photos. - Its architecture allows the creation and use of plug-ins to do interesting things (like filters, automatized work-flow operations, etc). - It's free software, so you can download, install and use it with no worries about what the license allows and what doesn't. - It's multi-platform, so you can install and use it on Windows, MacOS X, GNU/Linux up to Sun OpenSolaris and FreeBSD. - It's lightweight and it's hardware requirements are not high.

- It could look hard to use for non expert users, but it is not different from other famous (and proprietary) software. - Recent updates changed the way the software saves images. Now the "Save" command saves the file only in its own native .XCF format. If you want to save the file in one of the common image formats, such as .JPG or .PNG, you have to use the "export" command, while in the previous version the "save" command did the whole job. I liked the old behaviour...

Everything related to image editing, from simple correction (like crop, rotation, perspective correction and light/color correction...) to advanced manipulation (like restoration of old photos from a scanner, photo-collages, addition of text, etc) GIMP can manage all image formats, and can import files even in non-raster formats (suche as PDF pages, as an example).

The best thing is obviously that GIMP is free. But still it is kept up to date, for example it supports the new image format AVIF that other competitors do not support. GIMP has lots of features and I did not found anything I could not do with it. The community is really big, so if there are some issues you've just to ask for help and someone is always there happy to help. Moreover you can install GIMP on your operating system of choice, since it is available on Windows, Mac and Linux.

The user interface takes a little time to get used to, but once you are accustomed to it, you begin to like it. If you are new to image manipulation you might take more time to begin to understand GIMP, but there are lots and lots of tutorials on the web.

Basic image manipulation for Blog entries. Creating Logos for Websites, remove background on pictures.

GIMP is an ally for image editing, generally in the company we must issue internal and external information flyers about our products and services, and for us to maintain our social networks with real but quality images. Therefore, our Project Management department, we all have this App on our cell phone, because every moment counts and if it is documented it must have the quality that is required.

GIMP is a Software with a very simple and easy-to-use interface, you just have to let your previous knowledge direct you, I have never found anything negative in this software

GIMP is ideal for small businesses because it is free and they can also create quality logos and advertising with professional style easily and immediately, in addition to that you can save different extensions so you can play with the designs whenever you want, really to us It has made our lives easier, editing images has never been easier.

Gimp has most of the features of Photoshop and its completely free. This can be a lifesaver when you're working on projects and when you need to quickly edit a photo. I personally find that for someone who just needs basic features it solves my needs. I also like that the program supports numerous file types and makes it easy for me to convert files to formats that I need. It's also great for compressing images or resizing them down which tends to be an issue whenever I want to send an email or post something on a website. The software is really stable too and doesn't use up too much RAM which is nice.

For my needs Gimp actually is really effective so I don't really have any dislikes about it. One thing it probably cannot do as simple as Photoshop is open as many files with some CPU slowdown, I remember having tons of files open on Photoshop at a time and sometimes Gimp might slow down if there is too many files open so I had to shift to focusing on the tasks at hand instead.

Gimp helps me solve quick photo editing problems mainly for e-mail marketing and for social media purposes as well as blog posts and general photo editing needs. The many different tools available in the program saves me time from having to load multiple different programs or websites to edit files which I appreciate.

It is downloadable software designed for rich functions such as graphical editing, image composition, drawing, and other designing functions. It helps its user to enhance their productivity by allowing the user to create variants of icons, images, etc using various tools such as airbrush, pencil, erasers, different shapes and objects such as rectangle, square, circle etc, and color palettes with a wide range of colors. It also allows user to save their designs in various file formats including JPEG, GIF, TGA, PDF, etc. A user can install plug-ins for additional advanced tools.

Due to a vast range of tools and availability of complex menu and functions users are facing a lot of issues while using it as they are not able to understand it easily due to its complexity. If you are unfamiliar and new to it you have to find helpful stuff and tutorials for learning it.

This open-source graphical editing environment is an easy user-interface where a user can compose graphical designs, and perform other functions like pixels adjustment for producing high-quality images, using advanced features like cloning, blur option, mask, etc and the user is allowed to suggest different customization to the software developers for its functional improvements. Windows MS, Mac, Open Solaris and Linux are its deployment targets, and it can support various computer programming languages including C++, CSS, HTML, PYTHON, etc.

It offers several tools and functions not only for image editing and manipulation but also allows the user to create different drawings, icons, designs, logos, 3D objects, etc. it supports different image file formats such as JPEG, PCX, TGA, GIF, etc. it also supports multiple computer languages including C++, Pythons, etc and is available for MS Windows, Windows Vista, Mac OS, Linux, Sun OpenSolaris, etc.it allows multiple window modes with several dockable tabs of tools and menus.

The availability of so many tools and menus is complex and a lot of tools that a new user may be unfamiliar with, causes the user to learn stuff manually that costs him time. Although GIMP provides a lot of user guides and tutorials on its usability, it still lacks guides on some filters, effects, and color management. Its GUI lacks solid background and edges which may be disturbing and distinctive for a user while the full-screen mode is inactive.

It is an open-source and free graphical editor that provides various tools for the purposes of graphical composition, editing, retouching, etc to create high-quality images with pixel manipulating tools. It is an easy interface that also allows users to put suggestions for improvements and customization. Along with all basic editing tools such as brushes, color palettes, pencil, erasers, and layer selection tools with different geometrical patterns, it also provides advanced manipulating tools such as effects and filters, blur, mask, cloning, etc.