Simblesse Oblige

[annettebrks]

Ever try to follow a tutorial where the author was using a different graphics program that yours? It can be done, but it's certainly easier if you don't have to dig through help files in an effort to figure out what tool you need to use.

Listed here are tool equivalents between the big three graphics programs – Paintshop Pro, Photoshop, and Gimp. So far, it's a result of the combined efforts of Raeven, Bruja, Ruthml, and myself. We each supplied what information we could about the programs we use.

But it isn't complete. Nor is it necessarily exact. If you have information that will help us to expand this, please post about it! We'll be updating this as time goes on, so be sure to check back now and then!

These tools may not act exactly the same way in all programs. Some may only be available in certain versions of a program. Some may be assigned a toolbox icon in one program, but may only be accessible through a menu in another. In that case, the path to find it in the menus is listed. If no equivalent tool is available, the closest alternative is suggested in parentheses whenever possible.

SELECTION TOOLS

Paintshop Pro: Selection
Photoshop: Rectangle Marquee
Gimp: Rectangle Selection
* Selects a rectangular region

Paintshop Pro: Selection
Photoshop: Elliptical Marquee
Gimp: Gimp - Ellipse Selection
* Selects a round or oval region

Paintshop Pro: Freehand / Freehand
Photoshop: Lasso
Gimp: Free Selection
* Draws a freehand selection

Paintshop Pro: Freehand / Point to Point
Photoshop: Polygonal Lasso
Gimp: Free Selection
* Point to point selection

Paintshop Pro: Freehand / Edge Seeker
Photoshop: Magnetic Lasso
Gimp: Scissors
* Selects region defined by strong color changes at the edges

Paintshop Pro: Magic Wand
Photoshop: Magic Wand - contiguous
Gimp: Fuzzy Selection
* Selects local area that contains specific color

Paintshop Pro: (Use Magic Wand and edit that selection to include the others)
Photoshop: Magic Wand – non-contiguous or Select / Color Range
Gimp: Select By Color
* Selects all pixels of chosen color in image

Paintshop Pro: Invert Selection or ctrl-shift-i
Photoshop: Inverse or ctrl-shift-i
Gimp: Invert Selection or ctrl-i
* Reverses the current selection

[annettebrks]

BRUSH TOOLS - FOR PAINTING AND ERASING

Paintshop Pro: Flood Fill
Photoshop: Paint Bucket
Gimp: Bucket Fill
* Fills area

Paintshop Pro: Paintbrush - Non-antialiased
Photoshop: Pencil
Gimp: Pencil
* Paints with a hard edge

Paintshop Pro: Paintbrush
Photoshop: Brush - Paintbrush
Gimp: Paintbrush
* Paints with fuzzy edges

Paintshop Pro: Airbrush
Photoshop: Brush - Airbrush
Gimp: Airbrush
* Paints soft washes of color

Paintshop Pro: (Use Paintbrush)
Photoshop: Ink
Gimp: Ink
* Paints solid strokes with anti-aliased edges

Paintshop Pro: Background Eraser
Photoshop: Eraser - Background
Gimp: (Use Fuzzy Selection tool and then Cut)
* Erases outside the edge

Paintshop Pro: (Use Color Picker to select color, then Background Eraser set to Foreswatch or Backswatch)
Photoshop: Eraser - Magic
Gimp: (Use Select By Color tool and then Cut)
* Erases by color range selection

[Raeven]

BRUSH TOOLS - FOR CLONING

Paintshop Pro: Clone
Photoshop: Clone Stamp
Gimp: Clone
* Copies specified area and paints it onto another

Paintshop Pro: Materials Palette (or Clone tool, copy from pattern opened as an image)
Photoshop: Pattern Stamp
Gimp: Clone
* Like Clone but uses stored pattern rather than image

Paintshop Pro: (Use Clone tool with Blend Modes, or with Retouch Tool like Push or Soften)
Photoshop: Healing
Gimp: (Use Clone tool)
* Copies selected source point from image to paint onto another, blends with surrounding

Paintshop Pro: (Use Clone tool with Blend Modes, or with Retouch Tool like Push or Soften)
Photoshop: Patch
Gimp: (Use Clone tool)
* Similar to healing tool, but stamps onto selected region rather than paints it on

[annettebrks]

BRUSH TOOLS - OTHER

Paintshop Pro: Retouch / Soften
Photoshop: Blur
Gimp: Convolve
* Blurs area

Paintshop Pro: Retouch / Sharpen
Photoshop: Sharpen
Gimp: Convolve
* Increases contrast

Paintshop Pro: Retouch / Dodge
Photoshop: Dodge
Gimp: Dodge-Burn
* Lightens, highlights

Paintshop Pro: Retouch / Burn
Photoshop: Burn
Gimp: Dodge-Burn
* Darkens, shadows

Paintshop Pro: Darken-Lighten
Photoshop: (Use Burn or Dodge tool)
Gimp: (Use Dodge-Burn tool)
* Less subtle than Burn or Dodge

Paintshop Pro: Hue Up-Down
Photoshop: --
GIMP: (Select a region and use Tools / Color Tools / Hue-Saturation)
* Alters color without affecting luminance

Paintshop Pro: Change Target To
Photoshop: --
GIMP: (Select a region and use Tools / Color Tools / Hue-Saturation)
* Similar to Hue Up-Down but also used to apply hue, lightness, or saturation

Paintshop Pro: Saturation Up-Down
Photoshop: Sponge
Gimp: (Select area, use Layer / Color / Desaturate or Hue-Saturation)
* Alters saturation and hue, can desaturate

Paintshop Pro: Retouch / Smudge
Photoshop: Smudge
Gimp: Smudge
* Blends pixels by spreading

Paintshop Pro: Retouch / Push
Photoshop: (Use Smudge tool)
Gimp: (Use Smudge tool)
* Like Smudge but does not dilute the pixels

Paintshop Pro: Retouch / Emboss
Photoshop: (Use Filters / Stylize / Emboss)
Gimp: (Use Filters / Distorts / Emboss)
* Gives relief effect of bumps and shadows

[Raeven]

COLOR TOOLS

Paintshop Pro: Color Replacer
Photoshop: Image / Adjustment / Color Replacement
GIMP: Tools / Color Tools / Color Balance
* Modifies Color balance - tints the chosen hue

Paintshop Pro: --
Photoshop: Image / Adjustment / Selective Color
GIMP: (Use Tools / Color Tools / Color Balance)
* Similar to color balance, increases tints

Paintshop Pro: --
Photoshop: Image / Adjustment / Channel Mixer
GIMP: Filters / Color / Channel Mixer
* Combines values of the RGB channels

Paintshop Pro: Adjust / Color Balance / Auto
Photoshop: --
GIMP: (Use Tools / Color Tools / Hue-Saturation)
* Modifies hue

Paintshop Pro: Adjust (or Adjustment Layer)/ Hue-Saturation
Photoshop: Image / Adjustment / Hue-Saturation
GIMP: Tools / Color Tools / Hue-Saturation
* Modifies Hue, Saturation, or Lightness

Paintshop Pro: Adjust (or Adjustment Layer)/ Colorize
Photoshop: Image / Adjustment / Hue-Saturation - Colorize
GIMP: Tools / Color Tools / Colorize
* Renders selection into grayscale image as seen through colored glass

Paintshop Pro: (Use Adjust / Hue-Saturation)
Photoshop: Image / Adjustment / Variations
GIMP: (Use Tools / Color Tools / Color Balance or Hue-Saturation)
* Modifies hue

Paintshop Pro: Adjust (or Adjustment Layer)/ Brightness-Contrast
Photoshop: Image / Adjustment / Brightness-Contrast
GIMP: Tools / Color Tools / Brightness-Contrast
* Simpler but less desirable than Curves and Levels

Paintshop Pro: Adjust Brightness & Contrast / Histogram Equalize
Photoshop: Image / Adjustment / Equalize
GIMP: Layers / Color / Auto / Equalize
* Evens out brightness

Paintshop Pro: Adjust / Saturation / Auto
Photoshop: --
GIMP: Layers / Color / Auto / Color Enhance
* Increases saturation range without altering brightness or hue

Paintshop Pro: Adjust / Brightness&Contrast / Auto
Photoshop: --
GIMP: Layers / Color / Auto / Normalize
* Scales brightness values, perks up washed out images

Paintshop Pro: Adjust (or Adjustment Layer)/ Threshold
Photoshop: Image / Adjustment / Threshold
GIMP: Tools / Color Tools / Threshold
* Converts colors to black and white

Paintshop Pro: Adjust (or Adjustment Layer)/ Levels
Photoshop: Image / Adjustment / Levels
GIMP: Tools / Color Tools / Levels
* Changes the intensity range

Paintshop Pro: Adjust (or Adjustment Layer)/ Curves
Photoshop: Image / Adjustment / Curves
GIMP: Tools / Color Tools / Curves
* Adjusts tonality

Paintshop Pro: Adjust (or Adjustment Layer)/ Posterize
Photoshop: Image / Adjustment / Posterize
GIMP: Tools / Color Tools / Posterize
* Reduces number of colors

[Raeven]

TRANSFORM TOOLS

Paintshop Pro: Flip
Photoshop: Edit / Transform / Flip Vertical
GIMP: Flip
* Flips the layer or selection vertically

Paintshop Pro: Mirror
Photoshop: Edit / Transform / Flip Horizontal
GIMP: Mirror
* Flips the layer or selection horizontally

Paintshop Pro: Image / Rotate
Photoshop: Edit / Transform / Rotate
GIMP: Rotate Tool (Shift + R)
* Rotates the layer or current selection

Paintshop Pro: Image / Resize
Photoshop: Edit / Transform / Scale
GIMP: Scale Tool (Shift + T)
* Resizes

Paintshop Pro: Geometric Effects / Skew
Photoshop: Edit / Transform / Skew
GIMP: Shear Tool (Shift + S)
* Tilts the layer or selection, altering the angle[/color]

Paintshop Pro: Deform; Perspective Correction
Photoshop: Edit / Transform / Persepective
GIMP: Perspective Tool (Shift + P)
* Similar to Skew, but all four corner can be shifted independently of the others

Paintshop Pro: Deform
Photoshop: Edit / Transform / Distort
GIMP: (Use Perspective Tool (Shift + P))
* Tilts the layer or selection, altering the angle[/color]

Paintshop Pro: Straighten
Photoshop: --
GIMP: (Use Perspective Tool to manually straighten)
* Straightens a specifed line vertically or horizontally

Paintshop Pro: Mesh Warp
Photoshop: --
GIMP: --
* Applies a grid whose nodes can be dragged to warp an image or layer

Paintshop Pro: Warp Brush
Photoshop: --
GIMP: --
* Warps the area according to the selected option

[annettebrks]

OTHER TOOLS

Paintshop Pro: Pen Tool; Freeform Pen Tool
Photoshop: Pen Tool; Freeform Pen Tool
GIMP: Path
* Trace point to point path

Paintshop Pro: Preset Shapes
Photoshop: Custom Shapes
GIMP: -
* Make a pre-drawn path from stored shapes

Paintshop Pro: Color Picker
Photoshop: Eye Dropper
GIMP: Color Picker
* Copies color from the chosen pixel

Paintshop Pro: Image / Adjustment / Replace Color
Photoshop: Color Replacement
GIMP: Filters / Colors/ Map / Two Colors Exchange
* Replace every pixel of specified color with another

Paintshop Pro: Text
Photoshop: Text Mask
GIMP: (Use Text tool and convert to selection)
* Applies text as a selection/mask

Paintshop Pro: --
Photoshop: Measure
GIMP: Measure
* Measure the distance in pixels from one point to another