my first game was Pong, a unit you hooked up to the tv!!!! Then my kids wanted the games they saw in the arcades, but I didn't want just a game machine. So I got the Atari computer that came with the game slot...the one that was just like the Commodore 64. No hard drive and 64k ram. My computers were always behind the times, as we bought them used. I think the next one was an IBM ps2 (pre-windows), then a gateway (windows 3.1), then another gateway...new this time, (windows millenium...eieeewww, lol). When the motherboard died, I got my current one, (windows xp)...now a dinosaur at 6 yrs old. My dream machine is a macbook, but I'm too cheap to go get one. IIRC, the last 3 had paint, but I could never do anything decent with it because I can't draw. At least the kids had fun with it. I had some kind of photo editing and organizing program that came with my Olympus camera, but had a really hard time figuring out how to do anything with it, and there was virtually no instructions. PictureIt was really the first program I could figure out how to use as far as photo editing or graphics go. When I started using Gimp, I was really blown away with the capabilities...it was all magic to me! Still is, lol.

YES!! Picture publisher was the one I was trying to remember. Thanks. I really liked that program, i still have it tucked away somewhere. When corel viciously killed Picture publisher is when i started to not like them. There was also a micrografx designer that was really good and Corel killed that too. I will never deal with them again, ever.

GnuTux and Gms make me feel young. My first computer came with windows 98 installed on it.[/quote] My FIRST computer was an old green screen Radio Shack TRS 80 that someone gave me because it didn't work back in the 70s or early 80s. I got it working then tore it apart for parts. All along I kept thinking 'it has to get better than this' Fortunately it has.

lol ... my first machine was a MonoRail with Windows 95 Platform =)
gosh that was ages ago.. heheh

I use Gimp cause it's free and You don't need to pay so much money to buy a Photoshop.it has the most of the features,and lot of scripts.
Also I am making my designs on it.

I always loved the Monorail's! Very convenient to use!

YES! ... i was so sad when lightning fried mine. =\
I still have the corpse i couldn't bare to throw it away...lol
Oldie but a Goodie! =)

I use gimp because... well, it's free, and solved many problems for me in terms of hardware, software, and... it is much more stable than (read.. much older) versions of Photoshop. To be fair to Adobe, it's possible that their "student" edition was lobotomized and therefore less stable. But I also think that it uses resources more efficiently.

I also think that it is easier to use, too, but again, my experience with Photoshop is old. 1996 old. ;-)

In fact, I avoid Adobe now because it doesn't run on Linux.

Ok, ok, fine... I could get macOS, which is technically a flavor of unix... but... I like Linux better. Again with efficiency. And black boxes scare me. At least technical ones. Black is a fine color, and boxes are pretty cool. But technical cat in a bag is just. not. cool.
If it breaks, I want it to be more than theoretically fixable by me. Sure, I'm not the biggest hacker on the block, but if I or one of my more technically minded friends can't look at the problem because of some big mega-corp's say so, (even if it's fuzzy Apple) then it's time for me to take my toys and go home.

What do I use it for? Well, I make maps and other visual aids for old-school, pen-and paper, dice and pizza style RPG gaming. This way I don't have to write an API.
I also touch up photos I take IRL (I live near a big city, and LOVE my Rebel!) And, when I make jewelry and sell it, I mod those photos, too... mostly to alter for the web, color correction, and cropping.
I also make graphics for the web... maybe for my next blog. Not sure yet. Graphics tend to take me forever to finish, and... suck me in. So graphics happen, but no blog post. Like that.
I also make collages and stickers and so on just because I can.

I use GIMP because it is a powerful image editor. You can do so much with GIMP and the multitude of plug-ins. The program itself is always changing, becoming better, growing, maturing. I have never worked with Photoshop, but I do not believe I have seen much done in PS which cannot be done in GIMP.

GIMP can create animations, AVIs, some 3-D objects. It opens many different types of image files, including .psd, and has an extensive community which supports questions about it.

Not to mention it is free! And I don't see the "free" aspect of it keeping it from being classified as a professional program. GIMP is a top-class professional program capable of holding its ground with other commercial programs.

I am a Linux Mint user, and whenever I change someone over to Linux from Windows, GIMP is one of the first programs I ensure is there in all its functionality. I recommend GIMP to everyone who wants to do more than just correct red-eye or add a cute flowery frame. And everyone loves it.

So, I use GIMP because it is an exceptional program with -- dare I say -- unlimited potential.


Thanks,
Nixnine
Isadora Rules!!!
Faithful user of GIMP, OpenShot, Scribus, OpenOffice, and 2ManDVD

i use GIMP bcuz is free and it just has a lot of features to play with which is fun.

Partly bcuz i need to use it for school....... but after using it i was like :O