How comparable is the GIMP to Photoshop?

I have some experience with Photoshop and no experience with the GIMP. Could someone please tell me how it stands up to Photoshop and what the disadvantages of it are? Thanks!

How comparable is the GIMP to Photoshop?house call

Well Photoshop has more features than gimp, but Gimp is also pretty good. The only thing it lacks is a decent eraser, it doesn't have a magic eraser or a background eraser, but it does have a magic wand which kind of helps. but anyways, Gimp is less complicated than photoshop. You can still make animated gifs and stuff. but in my opinion, Gimp is pretty good compared to photoshop, considering the fact that you don't have to pay for Gimp and it's not just a free trial. And gimp has features too that Photoshop doesn't have like film strips and coffee stains.

so yeaahh.. hope my answer helps :)

How comparable is the GIMP to Photoshop?matchless

Too much too mention as it all depends on what youreally want to do with it..Gimp and other software like Picasa are as good as they are worth, and considering they are free they are verygood. If your looking to create high quality images and serious proffesional editing then Photoshop would be up your street..

My advice would be to try gimp and see if you can do what you need and then try Picasa..If you still can't do what you need to do then Photoshop will be right up your street..