Adobe PhotoShop

Adobe PhotoShop

Adobe PhotoShop

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Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Adobe PhotoShop	Score 9.1 out of 10	N/A	Adobe Photoshop is the best known graphics product on the market.	$20 per month

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Adobe PhotoShop

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Single App: $20.00
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Adobe PhotoShop
Free Trial
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No

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No setup fee

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	Adobe PhotoShop
Considered Both Products	Adobe PhotoShop Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe PhotoShop GIMP is one of the free alternatives for Photoshop. Although it has got many features that photoshop offers, it still has a lot of catching up to do. Also GIMP's UI is quite clunky and not as polished as Photoshop's UI making it a bit harder to navigate. Canva on the other hand … Incentivized Helpful? Chris Carpenter Danaher Business System Leader (DBSL), Awesomizer, Fixer, Maker, Collaboration Enabler Chose Adobe PhotoShop GIMP is a great freeware program when you just don’t have access to a PhotoShop license. It is not quite as robust of a platform and the creative cloud story is not as good, but it is a great alternative to have temporarily in a pinch. As the saying goes, though, you can either … Incentivized Helpful? Rob Reinert Digital Marketing \| Social Media \| Advertising & Promotion Chose Adobe PhotoShop Adobe has more quality, more options and has for sure a better outcome than almost all the other products we have used to create graphics. You can see the difference between Adobe and GIMP in a heartbeat. Not saying the other ones are bad, but it is a quality difference based … Incentivized Helpful? John Crumpton Technical Director (CTO) Chose Adobe PhotoShop GIMP is an open-source copy of Photoshop but without as many features. As I've learned to use Photoshop so many years ago there isn't a reason for our organization to choose another product. There is also Affinity photo which looks similar but without the subscription model. … Incentivized Helpful? Dan Butler Owner Chose Adobe PhotoShop GIMP could be one of the closes competitors to Photoshop. While it is incredibly full-featured, in my use, it is not nearly as powerful. This is especially true in the development of background recognition, object replacement, and other filters based on artificial … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe PhotoShop Photoshop is an easier-to-use product with more functionality than GIMP, however, the former is a fairly costly software from Adobe, while the latter is an open-source and free-to-use photo editor, so direct comparisons may not make much sense. I'm not aware of many paid … Incentivized Helpful? Stephanie Nelson Chief Operations Officer Chose Adobe PhotoShop I found GIMP much harder to navigate and the features not fully fleshed out. In the end, while a free product is great, I felt like I was wasting my own time instead of just paying for Photoshop where I could get the project completed much more quickly and easily. Incentivized Helpful? Mike Muller Executive Vice President Chose Adobe PhotoShop The only real competitor to Adobe PhotoShop is either GIMP or Affinity Photo if you're a Mac user. Affinity Photo is a great product that gives Adobe PhotoShop a run for its money. Adobe PhotoShop is still the king and has the greatest feature set. It's easy to use and provides … Incentivized Helpful? Jamie Drahos Senior Learning Solution Analyst Chose Adobe PhotoShop GIMP is a nice free/open-source alternative to Photoshop, but it isn't as powerful and the UI is not as nice to work with. Affinity Photo is the closest competitor in my mind, but I find the time to make an edit vs Photoshop is longer. Photoshop remains the best tool for the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe PhotoShop Before using Photoshop, I was a long-time GIMP user. As much as people may try to tell you otherwise, for modern digital media creation, there really is no comparison. The open-source community behind GIMP simply cannot keep up with the rapid development of new and powerful … Incentivized Helpful? SS Shion Song Art Director & Web Developer Chose Adobe PhotoShop For basic tasks, GIMP will get the job done but the features offered by Photoshop is like comparing apples and oranges. The feature sets are vastly different and almost not fair to compare. Adobe XD can be great for basic wireframe mockups but its UI does get a little clunky … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe PhotoShop Photoshop has many of the same features as GIMP, and while GIMP is free you do get what you pay for. There is far more support and training available for Photoshop, the interface is much cleaner, and as a result it is far easier to support. We'll continue to be Photoshop users. Incentivized Helpful? Alex Pegg Owner Chose Adobe PhotoShop GIMP is a powerful tool for what it is, but doesn't hold a candle to the algorithms and huge variety of features that Photoshop offers. GIMP is a good free alternative for hobbyists, but Photoshop is essential for any professional. I selected Photoshop because of the volume of … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe PhotoShop Adobe Photoshop is faster, more expansive, and has one of the best communities online. You can find any tutorial online for anything you want to do with it. But the biggest reason I prefer Photoshop over GIMP is that I use macOS. Incentivized Helpful? Tony Rein User Interface Designer Chose Adobe PhotoShop Photoshop is the benchmark for manipulation of graphics — other software always tries to mimic what PS can do, but can not produce it entirely. Although good alternatives do not give Photoshop the rich properties and seamless functionality of applications, such as GIMP, Corel … Incentivized Helpful? Amir Hussain Manager Chose Adobe PhotoShop PS is a notable device for a long time and I have been a client since before they utilized the CS part.For the adaptability the device has and every one of the capabilities, I never "totally" changed to different apparatuses, I utilize different devices for different things. … Incentivized Helpful? AC Anil Ceri Marketing Associate Chose Adobe PhotoShop Adobe Photoshop has more qualified color patterns than other tools. It is somehow more expensive but if you are working for a company, it does not matter at all. When you are working for yourself, it might be expensive but it is worth it. It is easy to prepare images with Adobe … Incentivized Helpful? Parwinder Kumar Senior UX Designer Chose Adobe PhotoShop I have used some other apps for Photo Retouching and Photo Manipulation. They work well in some areas but don't provide a complete solution. Working with Adobe Photoshop, you can achieve any milestone. It provides a large set of tools and a very user-friendly working … Incentivized Helpful? WaEl ElEsAwY Sales Manager Chose Adobe PhotoShop Photoshop is more general and the best application in terms of many possibilities and options, as it has a set of characteristics that make it always the best. Incentivized Helpful? Swathy Chandra R CoFounder Chose Adobe PhotoShop [Adobe] Photoshop offers the best photo editing as well as content creation. The layer-by-layer approach of [Adobe] Photoshop helps to work between two apps or even two PCs of entirely different Creative Cloud apps seamlessly. The stability and the speed of the tools in … Incentivized Helpful? Heather Miller Senior Graphic Designer Chose Adobe PhotoShop [Adobe] Photoshop has much more features and abilities compared to its competitors, and often is the first to create a new feature. There is a large learning curve for Photoshop, but for folks that spend years learning Adobe products, it ends up being the most intuitive … Incentivized Helpful? James Bishop Multimedia Producer Chose Adobe PhotoShop Photoshop is the premiere (no pun intended) photo-editing and manipulation tool on the market. There is no equal to its ease-of-use, robust capabilities, and affordability. It's a much more cumbersome and clunky experience using alternative software. The other software adds … Incentivized Helpful? JM Jeremy Myser Senior Email and Digital Specialist Chose Adobe PhotoShop Other tools are really just trying to clone the success that Adobe Photoshop has held. I've tried others in search of cost savings or unique features, but I always come back to Photoshop. It just feels more solid and works with me so much smoother. And the gimmicky features … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe PhotoShop Adobe Photoshop is in a nutshell just a more robust program. It really opened up options that the other programs we used or were looking to use could. Upgrading from Canva to Adobe Photoshop has enhanced our final products in every aspect, from the idea phase to the final … Incentivized Helpful? Mike Koolwijk Online marketing Chose Adobe PhotoShop PS is a well-known tool for many years and I have been a user since before they used the CS part. For the flexibility the tool has and all the functions, I never really "completely" switched to other tools, I use other tools for other things. There are ALOT of assets for … Incentivized Helpful?

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User Ratings
	Adobe PhotoShop
Likelihood to Recommend	9.7 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.4 (0 ratings)
Usability	7.3 (0 ratings)
Availability	9.0 (0 ratings)
Performance	9.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	10.0 (0 ratings)
In-Person Training	10.0 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.0 (0 ratings)
Configurability	8.0 (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	9.0 (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	4.0 (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	9.0 (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	9.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Adobe PhotoShop
Likelihood to Recommend	I use Adobe PhotoShop to do practically all of my business from my home in Turkey. Many customers find the cost of Adobe PhotoShop to be prohibitive, thus they turn to substitute alternatives and illegally downloaded pirated software. Regulations like torrents, sales, and price increases lead to a number of financial issues. Change can be advantageous. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Brush customization. There are many available brushes for illustration, and each can be customized to fit the needs of your specific style. Integration with other Adobe products. It is essential that the images I create be accessible in Adobe Indesign and Illustrator, and [Adobe] Photoshop can be placed and edited easily within those programs. Advanced editing. The possibilities for editing photos [are] endless, with new features being added constantly. Incentivized Heather Miller Senior Graphic Designer Read full review
Cons	Expensive - It is too expensive to buy Photoshop alone, and hence leading the user to purchase the entire Creative Cloud Package though he/she is not even aware of half of those apps. High System Spec - Requires high system specifications to run the application smoothly, and to use it at its best. Process lag - When it comes to large-sized files, the application becomes laggy taking much time even to render a single layer. Incentivized Swathy Chandra R CoFounder Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud 2014 is part of the Adobe Creative Cloud family of software products. Therefore, when you get a license to use Adobe Photoshop for a monthly fee, you are constantly up-to-date on any upgrades or new releases of the software. So, if you are using the product, you never have to renew and you are always using the latest version of the software, for perpetuity. Andrew Palios Art/Design Director Read full review
Usability	I've used it for a long time and would consider myself a Pro user at this point. I know where everything I need is, have custom actions set up to make common actions faster, and have my workflows automated so much that everything is easy. Occasionally, a new version of Photoshop will change a common usability feature which will slow things down for a short time before I'm able to adjust, but generally I really like my setup. However, if you're new to Photoshop, it is likely going to take you a while to figure out how you can best use the features. Incentivized Nicholas De Salvo Chief Executive Officer Read full review
Reliability and Availability	Adobe Photoshop is very reliable, but is never 100%. There have been times when Adobe Photoshop has had trouble opening, but nothing a little computer restart couldn't fix. I use Adobe Photoshop on a Mac for both work and at home on a daily basis, and I would be lost without it. Kris Bram Graphic Designer Read full review
Performance	Speed can be an issue when you are dealing with large files for large format printing or billboards. When working on web images, speed is not an issue. Keith Bailly Art Director Read full review
Support Rating	While I never contacted Adobe directly, there is so much content out there in the form of YouTube videos, Lynda/LinkedIn learning that almost any issue, including bugs, can be worked around (and this method is generally faster as there's no turnaround time involved). Incentivized SS Shion Song Art Director & Web Developer Read full review
In-Person Training	So, I received the training at the HQ and it was train the trainer training. A good time, I spent a week at their campus Keith Bailly Art Director Read full review
Implementation Rating	I took a course so it really helped. I didn’t take the course until much later after beginning to use it, so I wish work would have sent me right off the bat. It would have alleviated a lot of frustratinon Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Every software has its kind of users, and Photoshop is ranked as one of the most competitive softwares and is used mainly by professionals. Figma is great for working in collaboration and designing Ui/Ux interface. Illustrator is great for vector-based work, such as logos and branding. InDesign works best if one is building large documents that require a lot of text formatting. Incentivized SA Sahil Ahuja Senior Designer Read full review
Scalability	It seems expensive compared to the free/cheap programs now available Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Adobe PhotoShop in general is a great time saver. It does take a long time for the program to start up, however The most difficult task is onboarding new employees into Adobe PhotoShop who don't have experience with it. It's an investment for their future so we see value in it. Incentivized Alan Bloxham Project Manager Read full review
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