Step 1: Download the free GIMP addon Photo. GIMP from the official Git. Hub repository Step 2: Extract the compressed files from .var/app/org., and gimp . GIMP/config/GIMP inside the ZIP file to your user GIMP Step 3: Load GIMP and marvel at how everything now looks more like Photoshop!
This is what my research found. the next step is to start GIMP and open the Xtns menu in the main program window. There is now a new item in the menu: Photoshop Plug-In Settings Select that item and a dialog window opens, which you will use to identify the directory or directories where you will install the photoshop plugin files.
When I was writing we ran into the query “Can I use GIMP instead of Photoshop?”.
GIMP may not yet be able to replace Photoshop for everything Photoshop can still do. But we can take one thing off the list (well, sort of). GIMP can, in fact, use Photoshop Plugins with relatively little effort, with the use of the GIMP PSPI plugin from Tor Lillqvist.
How do I import a PSD file from GIMP to Photoshop?
Only GIMP’s native XCF format supports editable text layers in GIMP. Photoshop can’t export XCFs. So, the only real solution to your problem is to open the PSD in GIMP, and then create an XCF file using GIMP. To prepare your PSD, in Photoshop you would need to merge down any layer adjustments so that you just have simple layers.
What is GIMP and how does it work?
The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free, open-source raster graphics imaging editor that is quickly becoming a strong challenger to Photoshop. GIMP may not yet be able to replace Photoshop for everything Photoshop can still do. But we can take one thing off the list (well, sort of).