GIMP vs PhotoFiltre 7

GIMP is completely free and open source, meaning you can use GIMP and all of its features without spending a penny. This makes it an excellent case for artists or designers who may not have the budget to spend over 700 USD on Photoshop. It is also available for free on Windows, Mac OS and Linux. It's licensed under GPL with source code available here.

GIMP is the most feature rich free image editing tool. It has most image manipulation and workflow tools that you would expect from an image editing software and what it lacks it makes up with plugins.

There's a content-aware fill plugin available for GIMP.

By default GIMP splits out each window, but you can check to use the one screen mode in options if you prefer.

Compared to to other photo editing software, GIMP is very light weight. In addition it isn't very resource-intensive, meaning you can put it on a flash drive and have it with you to load up on just about any computer.

Gimp has less features than programs like Photoshop, but for a beginner, or someone not needing complicated options, Gimp is the perfect choice. It allows you to quickly do basic photo manipulation so you can easily get the product you need without having to worry about complicated features getting in the way.

A toolbar at the top of the interface allows quick access to predefined folders that allow quick access to selections, masks, patterns.

It's possible to add to or subtract from a selection using ctrl and alt keys.

Masks (called PhotoMasque in PhotoFiltre) change the alpha channel based on the mask.

The erase tool works like a brush revealing the bottom layer.

Lets you fill in and draw an outline of a selection.

PhotoFiltre supports bitmap, text, settings (gamma, contrast, hue) and color (transparency) vector types.

PhotoFiltre has round, square and oblique line brushes of different sizes and allows custom shapes to be used as brushes. Gradient colors as well as effects such as 3D, pastels, charcoal can be used with brushes.

PhotoFiltre allows selecting via shapes such as rectangle (square and rounded), ellipse, triangle and rhombus, or in a free-form way. Selections can be saved to be used later.

Includes filters that allow adjusting brightness, contrast, saturation, gamma as well as stylize the image with watercolor, pastels, Indian ink, pointillism, puzzle effect filters.