Free Graphic Programs As Opposed To The Real Thing

theres nothing really wrong with gimp'

its like photoshop but free

but their file exstensions will need a little getting used to like their brushes:

.gbp

and other stuff like that.

The biggest problem I've always found was that Photoshop extensions never worked with Gimp. I don't know if that has changed in recent years, but that is what always held me back from using Gimp too much. As mentioned, Photoshop is quite expensive. However, once you start working or designing professionally, it is not that big of a "cost of doing business".

I really love free software and use Ubuntu as my primary (and only) OS, but I never got used to using Gimp.

Regards,

z.