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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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Based on 4592 ratings & 890 reviews

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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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Anonymous

09/25/18

4.5 out of 5

Phenomenal for quick editions

What do you like best? GIMP software has an interface to anyone's reach, it is very similar to Adobe Photoshop and has many tools in common but without cost, which is very important in certain companies. It is also very easy to customize the layout of the buttons of each tool and allows to open files previously created and saved in Adobe. What do you dislike? What I like the least is that it is a basic program: it offers very few tools, compared to other similar programs, such as Adobe ...

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Anonymous

09/24/18

4.5 out of 5

Gimp is an awesome choice to expound basic outlines

What do you like best? Adobe Photoshop is an awesome instrument for designs altering yet unfortunately it isn't accessible on Linux Operating System. Fortunately GIMP acts the hero. It is Free Open Source programming pressed with highlights. It open any record identified with designs. Its highlights are very much created from adjusting pictures to making work of art without any preparation. Layering engineering is anything but difficult to move around with. Network is dynamic so any ...

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Anonymous

09/21/18

5 out of 5

Gimp un duro competidor para Photoshop

What do you like best? Lo mejor es que es gratuita, y tiene unos resultados más que satisfactorios en las funcionalidades que ofrece. No es tan completo como Photoshop pero lo suficiente como para no echar de menos ninguna herramienta. Es una aplicación muy ligera y con un rendimiento muy bueno a la hora de mover y tratar imágenes. No consume tantos recursos como el Photoshop What do you dislike? La interfaz es el único pero que le pongo. Me sigue gustando más el entorno de Photoshop ...

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Anonymous

09/18/18

5 out of 5

Free photo editing tool 2.10.6

What do you like best? More powerful than most commercial photo editors on market, in 2.10.6 version Gimp deliver outstanding power, usabilities and working comfort for image manipulation in RGB mode. With additional free programs (Darktable is one of options Gimp is ideal photographer companion. Designers can use it for extraordinary photo effects and adjustment of image parameters. What do you dislike? Unfortunately, GIMP has no full support for nondestructive effects on images. And, ...

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Anonymous

09/13/18

4.5 out of 5

The best interface for editing

What do you like best? It is Open Source and multi-platform, making complete image editing programs more affordable on the market, they are very comprehensive and include advanced editing features such as layers, adjustment layers, vector selection and much more... GIMP covers image-editing needs for 90% users of more expensive and commercial programs like Photoshop What do you dislike? I would like to have a better palette of fonts, because it has a very rigid model for printing text, it ...

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Anonymous

09/13/18

4 out of 5

Gimp le dio virus a mi computadora portátil

What do you like best? Me encanta el suministro abierto y lo agradable de la herramienta que puede ser un poderoso competidor de Photoshop sin costo alguno. Es bueno para los estudiantes jóvenes y excesivos de la facultad que no pueden tener suficiente dinero Photoshop para obtener su pies húmedos con retratos y retoques virtuales. What do you dislike? El diseño de código abierto crea una puerta trasera para virus y troyanos. Después de un año y medio del uso de gimp, mi PC se ralentizó ...

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Anonymous

09/12/18

5 out of 5

Simple image editor for normal usage

What do you like best? GIMP it'a a vectorial image editor that does what I need and it's totally free. There are much options that normally I don't use, but for advanced users can be useful. It's similar to Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop but a bit simpler. What do you dislike? The native format that works GIMP it's different of other image editors, and isn't JPG/PNG... so you need to export the images and import again to deal with the formats. Recommendations to others considering the ...

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Anonymous

09/10/18

4.5 out of 5

Good design tool

What do you like best? The most important feature is that this program is GNU (free with enough options to be compared to photoshop. It has a portable version, very light capable of running on every computer. You will be capable to do any kind of edit or create from zero a new image. The best feature is the multilayer interface, arguably one of the best in the market, allowing the user to speed the edit process without sacrifice performance. What do you dislike? The worst part about ...

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Anonymous

09/10/18

4.5 out of 5

The best opensource image editor

What do you like best? GIMP it's a simple but powerful application for edit image and for the creation of new images. It's integrated in Ubuntu and in other operative systems. The best of GIMP is the possibilities of do things without much knowledge. You start opening a new toolbox, that is a floating windows with all the tools that you will need, and you can start drawing or editing an images. Another positive thing, is that there are much keyboard shortcuts in order to do some tasks, ...

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Anonymous

09/07/18

4 out of 5

Good option if you are looking for something free

What do you like best? One of the best things about Gimp is that it is free and easy to try. The toolbox is simple and simple for a beginner to learn how to use it. The filters that come with Gimp also look very professional and compared to many high-priced graphic design programs. It seems that the software is updated regularly to try to correct errors and other problems. There are also many different plugins and scripts that you can add for additional features and tools. In general, ...

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