GIMP is known for many things… being an excellent free and open source alternative to Adobe Photoshop is among the best of them. Now… the GIMP user interface… not so much! Thankfully projects like PhotoGIMP exist that give GIMP 3.x a facelift to be more familiar to Photoshop users.
Key Features of PhotoGIMP include:
- Tool organization to mimic the position of Adobe Photoshop;
- New Splash Screen;
- New default settings to maximize space on the canvas;
- Shortcuts similar to the ones in Photoshop for Windows, following Adobe’s Documentation;
- New icon and Name from custom .desktop file.
Installation instructions for Windows users:
- Make sure you already have GIMP installed from official website;
- Start and quit GIMP after you installed before you continue!
- Download thes files from this repository or just click here;
- Extract the content from
PhotoGIMP.zipto a folder of your preference; - Copy the
3.0folder; - Hold Windows key and press R to open the Execute dialog;
- Type
%APPDATA%\GIMPinto the dialog and press Enter; - Paste the
3.0folder inside the GIMP’s folder that you just opened; - When prompted about existing files, select “Replace the files in the destination”;
- You’re done, enjoy it! 😄
Key Links
You can see PhotoGIMP in action, as well as the installation and removal process, in the video below.