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Hack turns GIMP into Photoshop Look-alike

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the reduced-learning-curves dept.

Mr_Silver writes "One of the many complaints about the GIMP is that of its user interface and how it should be more like Photoshop. If you feel that this is true then Scott Moschella has hacked together GimpShop which turns GIMP's user interface into something more akin to Photoshop for OSX. However, if you're not running that operating system, fret not, because there is a version for Linux too."

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  1. If you put a pig in a dress by winkydink · · Score: 5, Funny

    and take it out to dinner, it's still a pig in a dress, not a girlfriend.

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    1. Re:If you put a pig in a dress by Rei · · Score: 5, Funny

      Honestly, I like Gimp fine the way it is. I think this case is more akin to putting a girlfriend in a pig suit. ;) Reasonable people's opinions will differ, of course.

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    2. Re:If you put a pig in a dress by Tackhead · · Score: 4, Funny
      > and take it out to dinner, it's still a pig in a dress, not a girlfriend.

      Zed: his .JPG of you says you don't got no purty mouth.

      Maynard: Bring out the GIMP.

      Zed: The GIMP's sleeping.

      Maynard: Well I guess you'll have to kill - SIGALRM it, won't you?

    3. Re:If you put a pig in a dress by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Quiet you pig-fucker.

    4. Re:If you put a pig in a dress by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

      "Quiet you pig-fucker."

      Hey fat ass, don't say pig-fucker in front of Jesus!

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    5. Re:If you put a pig in a dress by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      A-bah-dee, a-bah-dee, a-bah-dee, a-bah- what's wrong with that?

      Porky

    6. Re:If you put a pig in a dress by SquadBoy · · Score: 2, Funny

      Granted I can't be arsed to RTFA as all I ever use Gimp for is cropping photos. But if I read the summary right they have geneticaly altered the pig to look, sound, feel, and smell like a girlfriend but to not want to be taken to dinner before she puts out.

      I somehow fail to see the downside.

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    7. Re:If you put a pig in a dress by NanoGator · · Score: 5, Funny

      "Maybe, but if the pig won't charge you $500 for the privilege of taking it out to dinner... ;)"

      So... you'd date a pig to save $500?

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    8. Re:If you put a pig in a dress by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Gets the job done.

    9. Re:If you put a pig in a dress by hawk · · Score: 5, Funny

      Not even in Arkansas?

      :)

      hawk

    10. Re:If you put a pig in a dress by xstonedogx · · Score: 4, Funny

      Quite right. And if you're lucky, the pig will stay for breakfast.

      Mmmm, bacon.

    11. Re:If you put a pig in a dress by coopaq · · Score: 5, Funny
      and take it out to dinner, it's still a pig in a dress, not a girlfriend.

      Maybe, but if the pig won't charge you $500 for the privilege of taking it out to dinner... ;)

      And you could just eat the pig and sell the dress!

      Then you would be full and have more money and...

      I'm not sure what I'm saying. What are we talking about?

    12. Re:If you put a pig in a dress by ratsnapple+tea · · Score: 5, Funny

      Best argument I've ever heard in favor of the GIMP. "Rather like fucking a pig, but it gets the job done!"

    13. Re:If you put a pig in a dress by Solder+Fumes · · Score: 3, Funny

      Hey now, I recently moved to Arkansas, and I can tell you that they are just like people anywhere else, drive nice cars and wear shoes, speak clearly and are well educated. Enough with this stereotyping! People from Arkansas have a right to be taken seriously.

      Aww...who am I kidding? Everything you think about Arkansas...it's all true.

    14. Re:If you put a pig in a dress by qyiet · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think the pig would nicer to be around than some whore who demands $500 a date.

    15. Re:If you put a pig in a dress by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I think this case is more akin to putting a girlfriend in a pig suit.

      Hey, I'm not judging you. I make them wear nurse suits.

  2. Cool by Neil+Blender · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now if only someone would hack it into a photoshop do-alike.

  3. Prepare for a call... by chrispl · · Score: 5, Funny

    from Adobe lawyers in three, two, one....

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  4. YAY! by jefedesign · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gimp: New and improved. I love the photoshop look and feel. Now I can enjoy the look of photoshop with the functionality of Gimp.

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  5. Re:Finally... by Rahga · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, for this particular one, they tend to say "NOTABUG" or "WONTFIX".

  6. Re:Torrent perhaps? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yeah, for the whole .002% of slashdotters who don't run Windows.

  7. Re:Does... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    24bpp would be a godsend. As it is, gimp is limited to 8 bits per channel!

  8. Re:Does... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Blue paint is not blue paint and is not very good.

    Fsck! I've just purchased some too. Now what am I supposed to do!?

  9. Obligatory AYB post by frazzydee · · Score: 2, Funny

    Go ahead and mod me down...I'm still stuck in another era ;)

    In A.D. 2005
    War was beginning.
    Adobe: What happen ?
    Mechanic: Somebody set up us the GIMP.
    Operator: We get signal.
    Adobe: What !
    Operator: Main screen turn on.
    Adobe: It's You !!
    GIMP: How are you gentlemen !!
    GIMP: All your GUI are belong to us.
    GIMP: You are on the way to destruction.
    Adobe: What you say !!
    GIMP: You have no chance to survive make your time.
    GIMP: HA HA HA HA ....
    Adobe: Take off every 'GimpShop' !!
    Adobe: You know what you doing.
    Adobe: Kill 'GimpShop'.
    Adobe: For great justice.

  10. Re:the only gimp upgrade i want by G-funk · · Score: 5, Funny

    My boss is ready to buy 5 licenses for Adobe CS2, and I'd love to save him a few grand.

    This my friends, is how you get your ass beaten by every beret-wearing latte drinking graphic designer in the building.

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  11. You must be new here. by agildehaus · · Score: 2, Funny

    A pig in a dress is an excellent substitute.

  12. Whew! by LesPaul75 · · Score: 2, Funny
    ...Photoshop for OSX. However, if you're not running that operating system, fret not, because there is a version for Linux too.
    Whew! For a minute, I thought they weren't going to have all of the operating systems covered, but that blurb reassured me.
  13. Re:Sheesh! by Daengbo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because they've all pirated Photoshop already.

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  14. Re:Why not a legitimate redesign? Such a waste... by popo · · Score: 2, Funny


    No I'm working on several other Opensource projects ...

    What's with the hostility?

    My point is that if you're going to go through all the work of a skin/redesign, why make a look-alike with a high legal risk-factor?

    No one was bitching.

    Settle down. Have a mint.

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  15. Ha! by ta+bu+shi+da+yu · · Score: 2, Funny

    And yet they still complain. Figures.

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  16. Subject by Legion303 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Who's running the "How long until Adobe sues Scott?" pool? I have $10 on a week.

  17. Re:Does... by multipartmixed · · Score: 3, Funny

    > If you want your line straight, hold down Shift while you do the above.

    Shit, and all these years I've been using a damned ruler on my mouse pad!

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  18. Re:Seconded by Excelsior · · Score: 2, Funny

    So would that be like putting a pig in a dress? Or are you dressing your girlfriend as a pig? Or is your mother a girl dressed like a pig in combat boots? Damn, I'm so freaking confused.

    I'm off to port MS Paint to Linux, wish me luck.

  19. Also see by mkro · · Score: 3, Funny

    this hack, that turns Gimp into money.

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  20. Re:Does... by biglig2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Son, I need a new car. Steal me a Bentley"
    "But Dad, you can afford a Mercedes!"
    "Why would I want to drive an inferior car?"

    "Son, I'm thirsty. Steal me some Crystal."
    "But Dad, we have some nice wine in the fridge!"
    "Inferior!"
    "Well, OK, I have just enough money for a bottle of Moet."
    "Inferior and costly!"

    "Son, I'm horny. Go kidnap Natalie Portman."
    "But Dad, what about Mom!"
    "Natalie Portman or bust!"

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  21. Re:Seconded by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    i disagree about the interface, though maybe i have just been using it for too long but i actually like the interface and I have found PSP and PS both frustrating to use.

    i disagree about sex, though maybe I just spent too long on the farm but i actually like fucking sheep and i have found men and women both frustrating to fuck.

    You can get used to anything. That doesn't mean it's good.