Category or Feature
Photoshop CS5 Extended (Windows XP) conjunction with Refine Edge, results are powerful.
GIMP 2.8 (Windows XP and Vista)
Advantage
This functionality simply does not exist. This is a huge opportunity for GIMP to improve.
Photoshop
Wow, huge win for Photoshop. This tool is quite useful for extracting objects from the background and previewing what they will look like while making fine-tuning adjustments. Selection / Color Range
Select by Color Tool
Tie
This functionality simply does not exist.
Right Click on Layer / Alpha to Selection
GIMP
Refine Edge
Select by Color
Alpha to Selection Create a selection based on the alpha value in a layer
I am amazed! I use this all the time for graphic design work. The workaround is as follows: - Duplicate the layer first as this is a destructive operation
Full article from GIMP Magazine – Issue #3
http://gimpmagazine.org CC-BY-SA 2.5
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