the advice here doesn’t seem to me to be how to make websites in ways that make you happy, it’s how to do commercially viable web development. And in that case, unfortunately perhaps, I believe you have to use industry standards. Like it or not Photoshop is the industry standard for graphic design, be it for a photo project, a web page, or any of the multitude of other computer based design projects it’s suitable for.
I’m not saying that you can’t use Gimp for your own projects or quick and dirty ones. It’s a good idea to have skills in multiple programs. But what happens if a customer has existing PSD originals, or 6 months later decides they want to buy the originals from you. Yes Gimp can import and export PSD’s but it’s not a flawless conversion and it most certainly doesn’t have the version compatibility that an original Adobe file would have.
George Columbow
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