Any professional photo editors out there switched to GIMP for work?

Maybe the photo editor for Linux Journal.

Photoshop is the industry standard and what it does (all of it) can't be so easily replicated by another program. Microsoft Word is also an industry standard, but a lot of what it does is easily done by other programs.

Or consider Final Draft, sometimes thought to be the industry standard for writing screenplays. There is CeltX, which pretty much has the same features as Final Draft and you don't have to worry about the program interrogating you as to whether or not you actually paid for it. Heck, you can give a programmer a latte and he can write you a screenwriting program in under an hour. A screenwriting program is nothing more than a specialized version of a basic text editor.

Now, Photoshop, on the other hand, goes way beyond the basic image editor. History, layers, vector capabilities, ability to cooperate with movie software, actions... oh, wait a minute, does GIMP even have actions? Just implementing layers in a basic image editor takes work.

I don't think so. Two of my friends are photo editors, they too have to deal with penny-pinching moron bosses. One of them is still using Photoshop CS2 at work, if you can believe that. None of them have CS5 at work or at home.

They can talk all day about CMYK. Even with so much stuff moving to the Web, the ability to prepare stuff for print remains crucial to their work. "GIMP does not currently support the CMYK model" but there is an "experimental plug-in" that you can install.

Now, you failed to mention whether or not you're using Windows or Mac OS X, but most likely the latter. Which means that you also have to mess with X11 and Darwine as a matter of course to use GIMP. Whereas Photoshop runs on Mac without any strange Unix windowing systems.

The point is that GIMP has a tremendous amount of work to do before being a serious contender against Photoshop, and much of that work is technical rather than financial. The Word/OpenOffice bout, on the other hand, has much more to do with the business side of it than the tech geek side.

Why would you ditch Photoshop (or any other program) if you have it? That makes no sense, just don't upgrade.

Maybe you're going to hand off the separation process to your printer. That is the only thing that would make it work.

You can use the Separate plug-in for Gimp. It includes ICC profiles. There are a few limitations to that preventing professional use.

Better be looking for a new job!

Check here a good photography course online:

http://photography-course.info/

You can be like the masses of humanity and buy a camera you can afford that has auto this and that for worry free picture taking. And learn through trial and error how to use something like aperture or shutter priority auto modes or even attempt to use the thing on full manual mode.

You seem to know already there is some thinking to using a camera and to take pictures. A good place to start is by reading the owners manual that comes with a camera. Read the information and look at the illustrations with part names and look at the real camera. Handle the camera and take pictures. Let me rephrase that. Take pictures to learn how to use the camera and maybe even to keep some. Don't start with important stuff you cannot photograph over again such as birthdays, a toddlers first steps. That puts picture taking out of the learning phase and puts the pressure and emphasis to taking pictures for real and to keep.

These first pictures are for you to learn how to use your camera. And you have learned how to use your camera when you can take pictures with it and can teach others how to use it. Honest. You can also go to a college in your area and take a beginning photography course. There you will be taught the basics even a pro must learn and do in their work. Camera handling and use, taking exposures with film and/or digital cameras, and maybe even some photo assignments to get some real time learning. In this learning do not take serious pictures you must keep as that detracts from the learning aspect of the class. Do so only if you have mastered the use of your camera before class is over.

It's like growing up in a way. And I am happy you know there is a way to learn how to use a camera and take pictures. It's like learning how to drive I suppose. Someone can teach you or you can get taught at a driving school. Both will get you a drivers liscense. One though will really teach you the fundamentals you can use for the rest of your driving career.

I actually find GIMP less confusing than PS, but, that's because I started on GIMP and moved to Photoshop later. You can download something called GIMPshop that has the same layout as PS to make it more familiar to you. I use Photoshop CS5 for photo editing and GIMP for graphic design.

Photoshop is king ... theGimp doens't really compare. Don;t get me wrong, I think theGimp is a great program but it just doesn't have the polished feel and ease of use that Photoshop has. theGimp feels kind of cobbled together like some freakish frankenstein monster.

theGmip's main advantage is price ... Free vs 800$

It's not as advanced as Photoshop, and a bit more confusing but it still comes in handy.

Even though Photoshop is much better at editing, photo-manipulation, fixing up blemish's, etc.

I found GIMP can come in handy with fixing up make-up and/or hair.

Throughout this course you will learn concepts that range in scope from beginner photography all the way to advanced topics in post production, composition, and light. https://tr.im/tH5tQ

You can start right now. Like right this very moment! The course is all online. There are no deadlines or timelines for you to follow. Set your own pace! Go slowly through the course or blaze through it.

Yes, here's how I see it:

Gimp is less expensive than Photoshop (well duh, free vs. $100 and up), but not so user-friendly...

so looks like you're not in luck buddy :/

dude i dont know what to say.........

Any professional photo editors out there switched to GIMP for work? - i highly doubt it, sounds silly