I opened one of my Photoshop TIFF files and within a couple of minutes I had successfully created a perfectly good path around an object without any major problems. The first thing I wanted to try when opening Gimp 2.6 was to see if I could work out how to use it intuitively, having used Photoshop exclusively for years. Gimp vs Photoshop / Beginning Gimp tut / How to Use Gimp You won't find any main menu options in the usual place. This means that all the tools (including the Gimp main menu panel) are floating, rather than fixed to the top of the screen. Once loaded, the first thing you'll notice is that The X11 Application is the one which appears in the top left corner of your screen instead og the name ' Gimp'. Click Open on the following dialogue box:Īfter waiting for a few seconds (be patient), the following application splash screen should appear while the program loads: Once downloaded, mount the disk on your desktop (this should happen automatically) and you'll see a window open like this:ĭrag the Gimp icon to the Applications folder shortcut (this version was about 230MB), locate it in Applications, and double click to launch. It will take you to a page where you need to select a version appropriate for your operating system.

To download and install Gimp on your Mac, visit Gimp and click the Download link at the top of the site. Alternatively you can download it from Apple. If you don't have it already, it's included on the 'Optional Installs' package on the OS X install disk. In order to run Gimp on Mac OS X you'll need to install Apple's X11 environment (although it may already be installed, as was the case on my G5 running Snow Leopard 10.6.1). Gimp 2.6 is the version I installed for the purposes of this article. This article is primarily for anyone who has never installed or used Gimp before, and wants to know what to expect in the first ten minutes. This page focuses on getting Mac users started with Gimp, and contains my first impressions of Gimp vs Photoshop. Gimp is free software and is part of the GNU free software operating system Project. If you're looking for a free copy of Photoshop for Mac, the best (and legal) thing for you to do is to download Gimp (GNU Image Manipulation Program). Gimp is effectively (in a limited way) free Photoshop Mac and PC compatible

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