Have you ever come across the perfect tutorial for what you’re trying to do in Gimpshop, only to find that the tutorial was written for Photoshop instead? It can be a really frustrating experience. We here at Gimpshop feel that your image editing software shouldn’t slow you down; it should be as easy to use as possible so you can spend more time doing what you set out to do. To that end, here is a Gimpshop to Photoshop dictionary of sorts that should help you translate the commands so you can stop worrying about software and get back to creating.

Photoshop – Gimpshop

The first thing that you should do when you start Gimpshop is navigate to Windows>Single Window Mode. This simple change will make a world of difference in the Gimpshop user interface, more closely approximating the look and feel of Adobe Photoshop.

Blur (R) – Blur/Sharpen (Shift+U)
Note: Ctrl toggles between Blur and Sharpen modes
Brush (B) – Paintbush (P)
Clone Stamp (S) – Clone (C)
Note: Photoshop uses Alt to select the source area, while Gimpshop uses Ctrl.
Crop (C) – Crop (Shift+C)
Dodge (O) – Dodge/Burn (Shift+D)
Note: Ctrl toggles between Dodge and Burn modes
Eraser (E) – Eraser (Shift+E)
Eyedropper (I) – Color Picker (O)
Gradient (G) – Blend (L)
Hand (Spacebar) – Move (M)
Healing Brush (J) – Heal (H)
Note: Photoshop uses Alt to select the source area, while Gimpshop uses Ctrl.
History Brush (H) – No Real Equivalent, Try Clone (C)
Horizontal Type (T) – Text (T)
Magic Wand (W) – Fuzzy Select (U)
Move (V) – Move (M)
Path Selection (A)/Pen (P) – Path (B)
Lasso Tool (L) – Free Select (F)
Rectangle (U) – Rectangle Select (R) + Bucket Fill (Shift+B)
Rectangular Marquee (M) – Rectangle Selection (R)
Slice (K) – Filters>Web>Slice
Zoom (Z) – Zoom (Z)

We’re adding more and more tutorials every day, but we can’t get to everything. Hopefully this Photoshop to Gimpshop dictionary will get you where you need to go.