GimpShop - Photoshop on Linux

I was trained on Photoshop running on Windows. Back before I switched to the open source world I can’t say with a completely clear conscience that the software I learned on was installed and used legally - but how else was a 15-year-old supposed to learn Photoshop but through piracy?

Anyway, I kept my Windows/Photoshop skills when I moved to Linux but felt very disappointed in the lack of software that Gnu/Linux offered me as a replacement to Photoshop. I heard much about The Gimp but after trying it a few times to edit some pictures for a web layout I was left confused and frustrated. The Gimp doesn’t have the same look and feel that I was used to and I found that I couldn’t even execute basic tasks.

Then two days ago my roommate told me about GimpShop. Due to the open source (and therefore highly modular and well-written) nature of The Gimp it’s possible to change its interface. That’s exactly what Scott Moschella did. Being familiar with Photoshop himself he created a program that modifies the Gimp to look like Photoshop. GimpShop.

It’s a must for any graphic design Linux converts. Scott designed it for Mac OS X but it runs fine under Linux. You can find it in various forms at the following places:

GimpShop for Mac OS X 10.3 (you’ll need Apple’s X11)
GimpShop for OS X Info page

GimpShop for Linux RPM Torrent
GimpShop for Linux RPM (direct)
GimpShop for Linux Source
GimpShop for Linux Gentoo Ebuild
GimpShop for Linux Info page
GimpShop ported to Linux by CodeMills

GimpShop for Windows
GimpShop ported to Windows by CodeMills