Hello from Germany!
My name is Robbin and I was born and raised in Southern California. I'm a completely new user of Gimp, having used Adobe Photoshop for the last 12 years. Upon moving to Germany a little over a year ago I had lost my CD case, whereupon my treasured PS CD was nested. I thought, no problem I will just report that, as it was registered and they (being Adobe) could send me a link or mail me another CD. Not so fast they said. Tho I had provided them with my registration info (an email I'd long since ditched when I discovered gmail) they refused to provide me with the replacement. Unless of course I paid for it. Which I was not about to do.
Thoroughly frustrated I let that sit on the back burner for a little while (turned out to be about a year) because my software installed on my PC functioned superbly still.
Fast forward to last week. After having done a virus scan, my .exe file to Adobe was "eaten". Rendering me up crap creek and without a paddle!
After another furiously frustrating battle with Adobe, I decided forget this. I am going to try Gimp. I've seen wonderful creations via Youtube and Deviant Art. So that is my story, that is why I am here and that is how I came to Gimp Chat Forum. If I am to learn I want to be a part of a community of users who know their business and answer the multitude of noob questions I will have in the immediate future. So next step is to head to the tutorials section and scour away at my ignorance.
Pleased to meet you all!
Sincerely,
Robbin

Welcome to Gimp Chat SilverLining. Nice to have you aboard.

to Gimp Chat, Robbin.

GIMP is different from PhotoShop, but your experience in using an image manipulation program will probably make it easier for your switch to GIMP. It will be frustrating at times because there are things in PS that GIMP doesn't do the same but you will be able to find great workarounds.

Feel free to ask a lot of questions. We LOVE n00bs; they are our future experts.

Welcome to GC...

I just recently uninstalled CS5 and gained back lots of valuable hard-drive space.

You should be a quick learner, given the knowledge that you have of PS.

Lot's of talented and helpful folks around Gimp Chat!
Have a look at the Essential GIMP Tutorials and Gimp Chat Tutorials Index.

Hi Silver Lining,

i think you are german number four.
ChrisF, libero and me are from germany too

with 12 years of PS experience i dont think you will need much help, probably just some basic advice where you can find stuff in Gimp thats similar to PS
GimpChat is a cool place, you will surely enjoy your stay

Welcome to Gimp Chat, Robbin!

Welcome to Gimpchat. Oder soll ich Willkommen sagen?

having used PS, I am sure you will pick up Gimp very easily. Welcome to the world of Gimp!

Welcome to GC! I Love Gimp! I'm sure you will too.
Enjoy your stay!

Welcome to GIMP Chat! What kind of work do you do? I started digital painting with GIMP about 5 years ago. It's a great tool for learning... when I first started, I couldn't draw anything.

Welcome to Gimp Chat. I am sure you can create even better things with Gimp.

Welcome to the family Robin.
Gimp has many features and i believe you will find it a worthy application for your needs.
If you have any questions at all do not hesitate to ask.
Oh and by the way Gimp can run many of Photoshops filters.

Glad to have you aboard.

Thank you all for the very warm welcome! Ihr seid sehr nett!
I don't want to make it seem as though I had used my Adobe in a professional capacity. That would be fraudulent of me. I have used it primarily for graphic design on a pro bono level. For a browser game, and business logos, banners, cards etc etc
So I have learned half of what I could have I am certain. As I had never delved too far into animation, or flash or any other facets of Adobe.
I think this could be a good thing however, because it leaves room in my brain to learn and adjust to Gimp and it's platform.
Here are some examples of what I had been doing.


ah well I won't post more but you get the idea

Wow, are they ever beautiful. I love the job you did on all your shading and hi-lites. I love horses.

Welcome to GC and to Gimp Robbin. Those are beautiful horses - I hope we see a lot more of your work.

cool, another great horse artist!

you couldn't have come to a better place Robbin. Welcome aboard!

Welcome to GimpChat.

I am impressed by the refinement of your drawings depicting such beautiful horses.

Horsies <3
I love horses too, their so pretty.
I like the first one a lot.