Friday Q&A

Questionable Comparison

Greetings, crickets and trolls. Welcome to another edition of the Friday Q&A, your source for Photoshop information and ad hominem attacks. It's important for you to recognize that you're stupid, and all that of your opinions are incorrect. Luckily, I have a genius-level IQ (by my own estimation) which I happily put to work educating the unwashed Photoshop masses.

Q: What is the best image editing program?

A: As you're no doubt aware, there are many options available when it comes to image manipulation software. Debates frequently occur over which one is truly best, usually devolving into bitter catfights between users of Photoshop and the GIMP.

Q: What advantages does the GIMP offer?

A: The GNU Image Manipulation Program is an open source graphics editor. As such, it is not beholden to any type of corporate interest. This makes the GIMP very popular among hippies and cheapskates. It offers all the advantages of using an unpolished, often broken application. But it's a FREE unpolished and broken app.

Q: What advantages does Photoshop offer?

A: Adobe Photoshop is the industry standard. It enjoys superior name recognition and the benefit of corporate funding. It also suffers the detriment of built-in spyware, with the Adobe LM Service constantly monitoring your system as an anti-piracy measure. If you can abide this level of corporate scrutiny, and have several hundred dollars, PS may be the program for you.
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That's all for this time, gentle reader. I hope this week's discussion shed a bit of light on the old GIMP vs. Photoshop debate. Maybe you learned something about yourself, like the fact that you're a dirty open source hippy or a corporate sellout with a spyware-infested computer.

Stay tuned for more harsh reality from the Doctor!