Gimp unfortunatelly is not functional and practikal like photoshop. Also gimp shouldent be different then photoshop. Krita is a hope but not good still for me. They can take from photoshop logicality. GIMP is distributed completely for free and allows you to save a lot of money, which is a solid plus in the Adobe Photoshop vs GIMP debate. Even on the official website, the developers encourage people not to get GIMP from illegal sources, but rather download it straight from their site. Gimp vs Photoshop – Who Wins?
The GIMP team recently informed me that the next upcoming version of GIMP will be GIMP 2.10.22 (no GIMP 3.0 just yet – womp). Though there has been no official announcements of specific features to come in this next version, there has been one feature announcement in particular that has caught my eye – the 'linked layers' feature.
Linked Layers – GIMP's Answer to Photoshop's Smart Objects?
GIMP quietly announced (via a retweet) that the ZeMarmot team was working on a new feature they are calling the 'Linked Layers' feature (note: this has nothing to do with the 'transform link' feature already found in GIMP).
In fact, work for this feature actually began in July 2019 (about a year ago) but, due to limited developers working on GIMP, this feature was shelved until recently.
Jehan from ZeMarmot, who recently revisited development on this feature, described the application of Linked Layers in this way: 'What if you wanted to use the same background in several images? Instead of duplicating it, you could just link it from all images using it. And if you edit a bit your common background, it would automatically update the render of all images.' Photoshop cs5 update windows.
Sound familiar?
To me, this sounds like GIMP's version of 'Smart Objects' – the popular Photoshop feature that allows you to 'link' a different file to your composition, then have that file live update in your current composition any time you make changes to it. This has many applications – especially in the world of creating universal templates that can be updated with your own design (by simply replacing the 'linked image' with your own design, then re-saving that image). This is huge.
It would work like this in GIMP: you would create a new layer, and under 'Fill With' you choose 'Image Link' (red arrow in the image above). Choosing this option would bring up an option to select an image to link the layer to on your computer (blue arrow). You then select your image, and click 'OK' to create your new layer. The layer is now linked to the image on your computer. If you were to then open that image in GIMP and make edits to it, the edits would automatically update in the linked layer inside your other composition.
Why GIMP's Linked Layers Will Be Just As Good As Photoshop's Smart Objects
Some of you are wondering how this feature would keep pace with Photoshop's well-established 'Smart Objects' feature. In Photoshop, not only can you link a layer from one composition to a layer or image from another composition, but you can also link vector objects from Adobe Illustrator as a layer in Photoshop, and edit that vector object essentially in real-time in either program and have the quality of the vector object remain intact.
Well, GIMP's 'linked layers' will do the exact same thing – using Open Source alternatives, of course. This feature will be integrated with Inkscape so that, for example, you can link a vector composition to a GIMP layer, and have the GIMP layer scale up without quality loss the way any vector object would in Inskcape. This is mind-blowing. You could also make updates to the vector file in Inkscape, and those changes would then refresh inside of the linked layer in GIMP. Pc file transfer app download. It would essentially create a dynamic link between the two programs.
Here is a video ZeMarmot released showing this new 'linked layers' feature in action. This isn't just a pipe-dream or concept yet to be implemented – it's a feature they've demonstrated to work in a test-version of GIMP.
Linked Layers – GIMP's Answer to Photoshop's Smart Objects?
GIMP quietly announced (via a retweet) that the ZeMarmot team was working on a new feature they are calling the 'Linked Layers' feature (note: this has nothing to do with the 'transform link' feature already found in GIMP).
In fact, work for this feature actually began in July 2019 (about a year ago) but, due to limited developers working on GIMP, this feature was shelved until recently.
Jehan from ZeMarmot, who recently revisited development on this feature, described the application of Linked Layers in this way: 'What if you wanted to use the same background in several images? Instead of duplicating it, you could just link it from all images using it. And if you edit a bit your common background, it would automatically update the render of all images.' Photoshop cs5 update windows.
Sound familiar?
To me, this sounds like GIMP's version of 'Smart Objects' – the popular Photoshop feature that allows you to 'link' a different file to your composition, then have that file live update in your current composition any time you make changes to it. This has many applications – especially in the world of creating universal templates that can be updated with your own design (by simply replacing the 'linked image' with your own design, then re-saving that image). This is huge.
It would work like this in GIMP: you would create a new layer, and under 'Fill With' you choose 'Image Link' (red arrow in the image above). Choosing this option would bring up an option to select an image to link the layer to on your computer (blue arrow). You then select your image, and click 'OK' to create your new layer. The layer is now linked to the image on your computer. If you were to then open that image in GIMP and make edits to it, the edits would automatically update in the linked layer inside your other composition.
Why GIMP's Linked Layers Will Be Just As Good As Photoshop's Smart Objects
Some of you are wondering how this feature would keep pace with Photoshop's well-established 'Smart Objects' feature. In Photoshop, not only can you link a layer from one composition to a layer or image from another composition, but you can also link vector objects from Adobe Illustrator as a layer in Photoshop, and edit that vector object essentially in real-time in either program and have the quality of the vector object remain intact.
Well, GIMP's 'linked layers' will do the exact same thing – using Open Source alternatives, of course. This feature will be integrated with Inkscape so that, for example, you can link a vector composition to a GIMP layer, and have the GIMP layer scale up without quality loss the way any vector object would in Inskcape. This is mind-blowing. You could also make updates to the vector file in Inkscape, and those changes would then refresh inside of the linked layer in GIMP. Pc file transfer app download. It would essentially create a dynamic link between the two programs.
Here is a video ZeMarmot released showing this new 'linked layers' feature in action. This isn't just a pipe-dream or concept yet to be implemented – it's a feature they've demonstrated to work in a test-version of GIMP.
If GIMP can successfully get linked layers to work in a stable release version of GIMP, the internet, myself included, will lose its mind. And, once again, GIMP will have successfully taken a bite out of Adobe's photo editing software lead (still without charging its users a dime). Adobe ipad pro apps.
In my opinion, some form of 'smart object' functionality is one of the top 3 features missing in GIMP (and one of the top 3 things I get comments about on my videos – especially when doing PS vs. GIMP comparisons). Stay tuned – I will provide more information on this feature as it comes out (hopefully via a video tutorial if they get the feature implemented in one of the new release-versions of GIMP).
If you want to help speed up the development of this and other cool new features in GIMP, I recommend supporting the ZeMarmot team on Patreon so they can spend more time on GIMP development and less time on other jobs to pay their bills.
This is quite interesting, and not something I've come across before, although it appears the idea has been out for a little while now. As more users are starting to use Linux on the desktop, they're starting to turn to GIMP for some of their photo editing needs (after all, Adobe doesn't do Linux). It's a somewhat unfamiliar interface if you're coming from Photoshop, but this GIMP patch could make life a little easier.
PhotoGIMP is a patch for GIMP 2.10 for Linux which essentially changes the UI to look like Photoshop. It's not actually turning GIMP into Photoshop. It can't do that any more than you can turn Ubuntu into MacOS. The changes are only skin deep. You're not going to get all the latest CC tools, but what you will get is a familiar look and layout to get you up and running as quickly as possible.
I actually tried looking on YouTube for a tutorial for PhotoGIMP on how to set it all up, but there doesn't really appear to be anything, at least not in English. But PHotoGIMP claims to essentially mimic Photoshop pretty well, even going to the point of installing a bunch of new phones and filters to offer a similar feature set.
Gimp To Photoshop
According to the PhotoGIMP page on GitHub, it lists the following advantages…
- Tool organization to mimic the position of Adobe's Photoshop;
- Hundreds of new fonts by default;
- New Python filters installed by default, such as 'heal selection';
- New Splash Screen
- New default settings to maximize space on the canvas;
- Shortcuts set for the similars on Photoshop, following Adobe's Documentation;
- New icon and Name from custom .desktop file.
- The new default language is English (you can still change in the Settings if you want)
PhotoGIMP isn't a standalone application. As mentioned, it's a patch for GIMP 2.10, but the GitHub page also provides instructions on how to set up GIMP Flatpak in Linux and then how to install PhotoGIMP into it.
So, if you're a Linux user who wants the familiar feel of Photoshop, here's a way you can get it. Even if you can't get all of the latest CC features.
Is Gimp As Good As Photoshop
Head on over to the PhotoGIMP GitHub page to download it and try it for yourself.
Is Gimp Good
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