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hit with a hint of s | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 It is a popular misconception that GIMP does the same than Adobe Photoshop. I guess it depends who you ask and what you need your photo editor for. For some easy editing, maybe. For professionals - no, not really. The capabilities of Adobe PS unfortunately are unmatched by long shot, regardless how much we would like it to not be true.
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Christiaan | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Version 3.0 with nondestructive editing is just around the corner (finally!).  The beta is already available I've heard.
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hit with a hint of s | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 oh, Gimp does/did destructive editing?
what do you mean?
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SimplifiedPrivacy.com Podcast | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 can you give an example of what can't be matched?
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hit with a hint of s | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 oh, I am sure that everything can be matched
just with an effort that professionals will not afford.

Unless, of course, things have moved very much since I was a more active photoshop wizz.

years back my hobby was into composite photography, combining 20+ elements from different photos into realistic composites resulting in 10GB+ files. Pure fun and frustration.

I tried to move to Linux and failed miserably, Gimp just was just not there. But - to all fairness - I am out of the loop. After all this time Photoshop just fits like a glove and every effort to go back to trying Gimp sounds like climbing a mountain.

You might have just prompted me to try again.