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GIMP - Graphic Design Software

GIMP Reviews in June 2026: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

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GIMP Reviews & Ratings

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Very Good

Based on 4592 ratings & 890 reviews

Rating Distribution

Excellent

(535)

Very Good

(265)

Good

(50)

Poor

(18)

Terible

(22)

Spotsaas Editor’s POV

GIMP, a free alternative to Photoshop, stands out for its powerful image manipulation capabilities and diverse features. With tools like Curves for adjusting colors and values, it caters to various needs from book cover design to photo editing. While there's a learning curve, investing time in tutorials can unlock its full potential. Users appreciate GIMP's ...Read more

GIMP pros and cons

  • Offers a wide variety of tools and features for complete and effective digital art creation.

  • Free and open-source, making it accessible for teaching art and for users on a budget.

  • Powerful enough for most raster image manipulation tasks, with new features added regularly.

  • Intuitive and easy to install, with tutorials available to facilitate learning.

  • Has a steep learning curve, especially for users accustomed to other software, requiring time and effort to master.

  • Some users may find the interface non-intuitive, requiring navigation through menus and tools.

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Showing 271-280 out of 890

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Dakota F

11/01/19

5 out of 5

I love GIMP

What do you like best? I am a video game developer. It is an easy and free way to create art for video game development and graphic design. I use it for UV editing and for creating textures for video games. I also use it for graphic design. I use it to create all of the social media pictures such as ads, promos, and cover art. I love the simplicity of creating a logo in this program as well as the UI for video games. (main menus and whatnot) It's easy to learn as well and works great ...

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Simon W

10/31/19

4.5 out of 5

Best Free Photo and Graphic Editor

What do you like best? GIMP is practically a really excellent graphic and photo editor. It almost has all Photoshop features compared to other alternatives. Even better than any other paid image editors out there. GUI is easy to use once you get the hang of it, learning curve is just for a short time, and even if you do not know what to do with some of its features, there are a lot of tutorials online like Photoshop has. What do you dislike? Nothing in particular, but I still use ...

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Angelica R

10/31/19

4 out of 5

Edit images and add incredible effects

What do you like best? Gimp is a very simple and lightweight graphics editor with which I can create all kinds of images, it allows me to create effects and add light and custom contrasts, something I like about gimp is its tool panel since it is very customizable. What do you dislike? The tools can be a bit difficult to understand, however, that doesn't make it bad software. Recommendations to others considering the product: You may need to read some tutorials before you can ...

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Ciro E

10/31/19

4.5 out of 5

The best open-source photo editor

What do you like best? Huge amount of features and tools for photo editing. Considering that is free, no comparison can be done with other competitors. What do you dislike? Seems that developers are not interested to improve the interface, but it works ! Recommendations to others considering the product: It's free and it's powerful ! What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Thanks to GIMP we are capable to adjust pictures that are ...

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Ivan V

10/31/19

5 out of 5

Perfect tool for image edition when your budget is limited and no one is around

What do you like best? To me, this is the most complete open source alternative to Photoshop. If you are confortable with image editing, have the time to learn and the theory about image and picture edition, this is the tool for you. Free, open source, very powerful. There is a version for Linux and Windows, it can work with all of the usual image formats: png, jpg, bpm, gif. It has filters, effects, layer and channel capabilities. What do you dislike? If you are a newcomer, it is very ...

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User in Telecommunications

10/30/19

3.5 out of 5

Okay editing software for Graphics

What do you like best? It is free, convenient to use, versatile customisable What do you dislike? It lacks features that higher-end software have Recommendations to others considering the product: It's free, so if you need an editing software on the budget, this is your too. But if you need more features, and have the bigger budget, try opting for something more expensive, something from Adobe. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? I ...

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Yash S

10/30/19

4.5 out of 5

Open Source Version of Adobe Photoshop

What do you like best? Its available for free to download and it has almost all the functions of Adobe Photoshop. You can do all kinds of image editing using this software What do you dislike? It could be more interactive for the user. Recommendations to others considering the product: Go for it. Best freely available software for image editing for professionals. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? I have been editing images ...

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Derek V

10/30/19

4 out of 5

Great Alternative For Photoshop

What do you like best? GIMP is Free. That is a big Yes for anyone. Also, it is the most feature like free Photo Editing Tool out there and it is the best alternative for Photoshop. Most of its features are just like photoshop, it also has available plugins found online that you can use. There are also a lot of available templates online. What do you dislike? Some features are distinguishable from Photoshop and sometimes it makes me crazy especially the zoom feature. ...

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Arpit J

10/29/19

4.5 out of 5

Best Free Tool For Graphics Editing

What do you like best? GIMP is a best free tool to provide graphics editing.GIMP is with layer functionality to manage and populate images and editing graphics.GIMP with so much easy user interface.GIMP is day by day provide update and give us a new features for editing. What do you dislike? GIMP is a less functionality than other graphics editor but all those are tools are getting so much money for that. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you ...

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Riccardo F

10/29/19

4.5 out of 5

A valid free alternative for photo editing

What do you like best? It offers a big series of tools to manipulate images and photos. Its fully free and ha a lot of plugin to satisfy most of your needs. What do you dislike? Is not a really professional photo/image editing tool. Not all gamma colors are supported. and is not a fully painting system due to the fact that drawing tools are really poor. Also, UI is not the best as possible. Recommendations to others considering the product: It can be usefull to have installed ...

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