GimPhoto

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GimPhoto
Developer(s) Ek Kian
Stable release(s)
GNU/Linux1.4.3 [1] [2] [3]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / August 2008
macOS26.1 [4]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / August 2011
Windows24.1 [5]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / December 2014
Operating system GNU/Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
Type Raster graphics editor
License GPL-2.0-or-later
Website www.gimphoto.com

GimPhoto is a modification of the free and open source graphics program GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), with the intent to be a free replacement to Adobe Photoshop. [6] It has a new menu layout, new brushes and gradient sets. Its primary purpose is to enhance GIMP in terms of user interface, use of the best plugins and other resources combined with the latest stable version of GIMP. Because the menu layouts are much closer to Photoshop's, adaptation from Photoshop is much quicker than GIMP. [7]

Contents

Version 24.1 for Windows is with new installer for Windows 8.1 including 7 and new 10.

Version 26.1 for Mac OS X 10.6+ is also available. It is based on GIMP 2.6.8 and needs X11. [8]

Future development

Since GimPhoto is a one-man effort, the developer has chosen to look for a long lasting, stable release of GIMP, before creating a new version of GimPhoto.

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References

  1. http://www.gimphoto.com/2008/08/gimphoto-143-for-linux-released.html.
  2. http://www.gimphoto.com/2008/02/gimphoto-for-linux.html.
  3. http://www.gimphoto.com/2009/03/gimphoto-143-debian-package-released.html.
  4. http://www.gimphoto.com/2011/08/gimphoto-261-for-osx-released-wakatobi.html.
  5. http://www.gimphoto.com/2014/12/gimphoto-241-bunaken-for-windows.html.
  6. "About GimPhoto". GimPhoto. Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  7. Mead, Nicholas. "Make GIMP look like Photoshop with GimPhoto". Onsoftware.com. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  8. "GimPhoto for Mac". Archived from the original on 2013-12-23. Retrieved 2014-01-26.