Different search terms found this very helpful writeup: After changing the file suffix to AVIF, G.Chrome still could not display it. The reason I don't think AVIF = HEIC/HEIF is that Google Chrome can display AVIF, but it could not display a GIMP image saved as HEIC or HEIF. In GIMP 2.10.22, saving as "nearly lossless" made a random JPEG 3x larger, but unchecking that box made the HEIC about half the size of JPEG. It's good to know that GIMP can save as HEIF although the file suffix was HEIC. I don't think it's quite the same, but it's similar. There is an option to export as HEIF/AVIF if that's the same. I noted today that GIMP 2.10.22 is not able to export AVIF. Yes, over 15 years ago I decided I liked GIMP better than Photoshop - started faster, crashed less - and have used it ever since to edit JPEG. But PSDs are also an Adobe creation and you support those GIMP. Adobe supposedly doing Photoshop multi-layer TIFFs with TIFF-spec metadata, but the metadata being Adobe’s own creation.
The stated reason I saw was that GIMP only supports the TIFF format as defined in its specification which supposedly only supports “pages” and not layers. The response from someone on the GIMP team was quite abrasive as if they took personal offense at the idea of paying the fee to Apple to join their developers program for this purpose.Įxample number two: GIMP seems to not be able to open multi-layer TIFF files created in Photoshop.
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For example, I recall seeing an inquiry a few years back about whether GIMP’s Mac distribution could be code signed so that it did not have to be exempted from the macOS Gatekeeper security. One issue I’ve noticed with GIMP over the last several years is that they occasionally convey this “open source and everything must be free, or death!” attitude. Take Outside Portraits Inside | Take and Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey - YouTube Photoshop is a bit pricey for many, that I'm puzzled why GIMP isn't discussed more frequently. What Gavin does in his walk-through is create a composite where he blends a new background into the portrait. There are other open-source, free, raw editors, but I prefer CaptureOne. In my normal workflow I rely on CaptureOne for raw edits, and then I export a TIFF into GIMP as a ProPhotoRGB. I was watching Gavin Hoey (what a personable guy) create a composite image with Photoshop and realized that everything he did was available in GIMP. However, it's open-source, free, extremely well supported and runs on all OS platforms. There is a long list of what it doesn't do, and a long list of what it does do. In combination with G'MIC, it's incredibly powerful for image manipulation. It's a mystery to me that GIMP doesn't get its due attention.