GIMP Reviews 

This software is really good if you wanna make a youtube thumbnail/cut something out of a photo. Since it's free, it's obviously not going to be nearly as good as photoshop or any paid image editing software. Contrary to the other comments, it took me 5 minutes to figure out how to use basically everything. I don't know if all the other reviewers have sub-80 IQ or if they were high while trying to use it but the layout is extremely easy and simple to navigate. It even has all the necessary keyboard shortcuts. Anyways, if you're debating weather or not to take the 15 minutes to install this and try it out, I suggest you do it since it's only about 250mb.

EDIT:

Still works. Better than ever, actually. I think all the negative reviews are from other companies that want to make you pay for image editing software. These past few months I've noticed worse and worse reviews on every large-scale site, saying "SCAM SCAM" or "LAG LAG" That's just how things are, greedy CEOs who want to make their portfolio look better, and make more money (like they need it XD)

Just try the software out, the quality I'm able to put out on my thumbnails is amazing, completely free and I won't ever get my license revoked by some greedy company, because well, Gimp is free. Paying monthly for a piece of software is ridiculous unless you work with a big company, but if you're an amateur like me it's absolute BS.

When it works (which is most of the time), and when you can get to grips with the UI, it's great, but there are apparently random times when you load a particular image that it simply doesn't like, then it frustratingly refuses to play ball and won't let you change tools, or make a selection for instance. Bear in mind these images are all from the same source and in the same format. Maybe it doesn't like the colors in the image, who knows!?

This program is the most aggressively unfriendly user experience I have ever encountered. Doing even the most simple task of copying, pasting and resizing basic images is a rage inducing odyssey.

I thought at first that this program must be some sort of elaborate revenge on anybody unfortunate to use it. Then I realised that since it was developed primarily for linux, it's creator/s has copied the linux approach. This entails making it as obtuse and difficult to use as possible as some sort of gatekeeping measure or something.

You'd honestly be better off using paint.

This is SUPER LAGGY, I've tried to edit a photo but all I get is LAG...and it almost crashed my Chromebook completely due to all of the lag, literally the WORST EXPERIENCE I've ever had

I have been using GIMP for over ten years and it was so easy to use. I have been searching for an older version because the current version is incredibly hard to use, if it works. Has it been white anted by other companies to make people shift to a paid photo editing program?

fun app. i can't afford photoshop so i'm not complaining and so far so good. thanks GIMP

Gimp was advised by a friend, after Apple made my bought Photoshop unusable.
It's okay and has a bit of a learning curve but obviously not as good as the Adobe prog.
One niggle is that when I use it, it messes up my Logitech trackball software and I have to re-boot to get it working again.
Other than that, it works and does a passable job, as long as you have patience!

Gimp is crap, photoshop rules

I used to love it. The new GIMP deleted my most-used tool: an exacto knife that I could trim away all of the surrounding content from the image I wanted. That editing tool is now gone. Why?

Very possibly the worst, counter-intuitive software I have ever used. A steaming pile of excrement which I have gladly deleted from my PC.

The fact that the default automatically pastes every layer onto the background as soon as you deselect then automatically turns the the select tool into a lasso that will further cut apart your image when you try to reselect it is the stupidest sequence of events I could imagine. Who out there could possibly think that this was even a remotely intelligent thing to set for the default? It was enough that after 20 minutes it made me delete this program and forget about its existence forever.

Seems cool as a concept, but in reality it took me an hour to set text to towns i made in dnd, and even then it was a pain to use when the interface was just so bad and then when i exported the picture it didn't even save. Not even for recent used history like in most programs. Wasted.

A remarkable piece of software... It makes my heart sing to work with free software that is made with passion and love. I look forward to getting better and better at using GIMP as the years go by. Lifelong learning... thank you!

literally the worst photo editor you can download.
If you are willing to fight with an application to set colors go on its your own problem.
can't believe people actually spent some of their lives in order to make this crap which only made to troll people

Gimp really is a very bad program. I have been using it for years because I never wanted to spend money on photoshop or something you have to pay for. I think I will invest now though. Gimp is just frustrating. It can only do the very very basics and even that is super complicated. I have never (even with a lot of googling and youtube tutorial watching) achieved to create even nearly what I wanted to create. You can’t even delete parts of your picture without the program turning that part white🤦🏼‍♀️ It is so very basic and really not worth the time you spend trying to figure out how to do stuff and then ending up disappointed because the program is so limited and can’t do what you’re trying to do anyway. There is a reason people who work with photoshop would never go (back) to gimp...

The interface wasn't so bad, and it took only 10 minutes of playing around before i finally found out how everything works. Resizing text can be quite painful. Probably better for large editing projects and not daily usage.

it's not intuitive

After playing around with GIMP for many hours over a few days, i can say that i am very impressed with this software - especially considering it is free!
I am very used to photoshop, but after switching over to a new computer that doesnt have photoshop and not sure that i use the software enough to justify spending £10.00 a month i thought i would try out gimp before reconsidering.
Admittedly the first few hours were somewhat fustrating and i had to read tutorials to understand many functions. HOWEVER once getting past this, learning what i need to do and how it works - i am super impressed!
It is a very good software and has many functions. I use it for light photo editing and resizing for images i upload to my ecommerce store, and i find the functions to be more then sufficient for my needs.
Like i say - you do need to commit a ittle bit of time to understand the programme (Like you would even with photoshop if you were new to it) things can seem complcated (for me anyway) at first but when you get past this its a great programme full of functions that closely compare with photoshop!

One more thing I will add - I remember using this programme (very lightly) roughly 5 or more years ago on an old laptop and can say it has greatly improved since then from what i remember!

Thank you to the creators that have put a lot of time and thought into this free programme!

Ordered a Gimp to surprise my dad on his 80th birthday...sadly got some software...

This is the best free image editing software ever thank you very much for creating this!