How to transform Gimp in Photoshop

Gimp like Photoshop

Gimp is a great graphic design tool that we can use in Ubuntu in an easy way but we can also use it in other platforms, including Microsoft's own.

But unfortunately the big downside that many blame Gimp is that it is not Adobe Photoshop And not because it does not have the same power but because for many it does not have the same appearance and that is a problem for many. However thanks to a developer called Doctomo we can transform our Gimp in Ubuntu into a free Photoshop but powerful.

Having the same appearance as Photoshop will help many reluctant Ubuntu and Gimp users

To be able to convert Gimp into Photoshop we just have to go to the Doctormo's Github and download the zip file with all the data. It is easy because in Github we will find a button that says Clone or Download.

Once downloaded, we copy the zip package in the Home of our Ubuntu and we unzip it in the Gimp folder. You may not find it because it is a hidden folder. This can be solved by pressing Control + H and folders will appear whose name always begins with a period. We look for the folder «.GIMP-2.8»And copy the contents of the folder in another folder and under another name.

We will use this in case something goes wrong, as a backup. We go back to Home and unzip all the contents of the zip package in the hidden folder of Gimp. Then Ubuntu will ask us if it overwrites, combines or replaces the folder you have. In this case we first say to combine and regarding the files we answer to replace. And voila, we have the new appearance in our Gimp, an appearance similar to Photoshop and under the same window, no floating windows as Gimp currently has. I have personally tested it and it is quite fast and it works, but just in case it is convenient to make a backup.


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  1.   Jefferson Argueta Hernandez said

    Christian joj

  2.   tanrax said

    Gimp doesn't have the same potential as Photoshop, I don't think the reason is looks. Adobe is a huge company where it has hundreds of programmers working on Photoshop every day. They are numbers. For that reason it comes with a huge amount of well-kept utilities for graphic designers. I see Gimp more as an image editor for the average user or photography lovers. Can you get the same results? Yes, but not at the same times. What in the end is what counts when it comes to work.

    Long live Gimp!

  3.   Rafa Hernandez said

    I do not know the world of graphic design, but in photography, gimp is only used for the treatment of family images, parties with friends and little else. Basically because half of the information is left by the way when working only at 8 bits. The interface is the least of it. With free software, results similar to those of adobe can be obtained with Darktable (a marvel), Raw T. or Photivo as developer and Krita as editor, but investing a little more time. Especially because of the brutal memory consumption of the latter and partly because of a minimalist design that is difficult to get used to. But gimp, to this day, gives for birthday photos and little else. It is not little for the media they have. It is what it is.

    1.    Pau (FR) said

      It is true that GIMP advances slowly, but in version 2.10 it is going to take a -expected- leap forward, since GIMP 2.9.2 it can work with image depth of 16 or 32 bits or even the guys at Darktable have collaborated to improve the work with RAW format. Even so, they have yet to reach -finally- the long-awaited image editing in a non-destructive way.

      Here is an analysis in English from January: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/06/gimp_2_9_2_review/

  4.   Pierre-Henri GIRAUD said

    Well played!