
It has more powerful features, better support, and a huge community of users who can help if you run into trouble. The very short answer is that Photoshop is leaps and bounds ahead of GIMP. I’ve used almost every editor available for PC and Mac, and I can help you cut through the noise to figure out which is best for you. My name is Thomas Boldt, and I’ve been digital image editing for fun and profit since before the turn of the millennium (yes, that millennium). So how do they compare in terms of capability? GIMP doesn’t exactly enjoy the same level of name recognition, but it’s still popular.

Photoshop is the only image editor in history to have its name turned into a verb: “to Photoshop” a picture means to edit it.
