Comments on: Adobe Photoshop Elements – Review

By: From Eye Of Herder - Digital Painting

From Eye Of Herder - Digital Painting — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:02:39 +0000

[...] is a painting I did with Photoshop Elements. I found it not much different from GIMP, cause it responded quite similarly to the tablet pen [...]

By: Vyoma

Vyoma — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:42:26 +0000

Agree – the brush options are getting me addicted.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 02:23:46 +0000

I know what you mean by GIMP messing up PSDs occasionally. It happens to me a lot, but it adds to GIMP’s convertability to Photoshop. If I were to start as an .XCF in GIMP and transfer over to a PSD, I wouldn’t have a problem at all. Though it works weird in the opposite direction.

For as much as the brush options in Photoshop, they’re the one thing you can truly take note of. Scatter, size dynamics, it’s alot to take in at first. You’ll get the hang of it, and I’m sure you’ll get addicted to Photoshop in time.

By: Vyoma

Vyoma — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:39:36 +0000

I guess I should have been more clear about GIMP’s ability to open PSDs. But it is something that usually leaves you wanting more out of it.

The first few times I opened a PSD that my online friends gave me – it freaked me out at how it ruined all the layers and messed stuff up. I did not even attempt to create a PSD in GIMP.

And between GIMP and Photoshop Elements – the thing that delighted me was the brush engine of Photoshop. The weird custom brushes bundled are quite useless, but the options it gives are pretty good – I am still experimenting with it like a kid who got a new toy.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:12:05 +0000

GIMP has PSD support, and can work through layered PSD files for sharing, also. From what I’ve experienced something messes up when it comes to layer mode.

I haven’t actually tried PE but it looks something similar to the Photoshops. I’m still more leaning towards GIMP as a main stream program for myself, as it has more file handling than that of Photoshop.