Bob
In article <2014040614294325914-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>, Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com>wrote:

Savageduck
[ ... ] I came into this thread when you posed the question to nospam: "So then you are saying GIMP *can* be used efficiently with good results?"

You might recall that my response was the following: "Not efficiently, using it is a royal PIA, and other software available for Windows and OSX is superior in all ways. However, some GIMP users who have no desire to use Win or OSX, and only think open source freeware have been able to produce acceptable images.

I have a copy of GIMP 2.8.2 on this Mac which I visit from time to time to remind me just why I don't include it in my image processing workflow. Regardless of the claims of GIMP evangelists/advocates it is not the equal of Photoshop CS6/CC, PSE, or lightroom. There are also some other affordable and very powerful image editing apps available for OSX (I don't check on Win stuff) which put GIMP in the shade.

So while GIMP might suffice for you, Floyd, and other single minded Linux users, it doesn't do it for me, and the great majority individuals in the graphics and digital imaging world. If I didn't use PS/CC and LR5, I would buy the $29.99 Pixelmator to use before I made GIMP part of my daily workflow."

You never responded to that, and might never have seen it, but Floyd did.

Bob
Actually I think I did respond to it, not that there's much to respond to. Use what you like. I have no problem with that.

I came into this thread when I saw a number of people acting like they couldn't stand that someone might try Gimp -- also making elitist statements about how Gimp couldn't possibly be useful. Most have backed off those silly claims now, and we're now in the face-saving mode.

Savageduck
If you ever move off the Linux platform I suggest you take some of the other software offerings out for a test drive, you might be surprised how many have evolved over the last 20 years.

Bob
I don't use Linux. Though I find it a sorry excuse for an OS, I use Windows every day. I have a paid-for-in-full copy of Photoshop and NIK software right here.

They work. So does Gimp, and when I use Gimp, I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything. Lately though, I've been finding that I can do pretty much all I want with digikam, darktable, or my latest favorite, Rawtherapee. For Gimp/Photoshop-like local editing, I've been playing with Krita as an alternative for a while now.

Would you like to make up more about me?