# GIMP == Photoshop?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimp-photoshop/134778
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [November 1, 2002, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimp-photoshop/134778 "2002-11-01T01:15:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2002, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimp-photoshop/134778/1 "2002-11-01T01:15:17Z")
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- I didn’t know until very recently that GIMP was available for Windows and not having any Linux install at the moment, I had no use for the penguin version.
So I downloaded GIMP and installed it, and found it…rather mystifying, really. I expected to be buying Photoshop in about a month or so anyway, and I’m still assuming that will happen.
But just in case…
There’s _one_ single Photoshop effect I really need: the pillow emboss in the font effects. Does GIMP have/do this (or anything similar) or not?
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### Author:  [@dylan\_73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dylan_73)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2002, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimp-photoshop/134778/2 "2002-11-01T11:02:24Z")
The script [here](http://www09.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/yd5/yositaka/files/script/layer-effects_en.html) seems to do it.
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### Author:  [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2002, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimp-photoshop/134778/3 "2002-11-02T00:14:32Z")
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- Update: Weeeeellllll, Adobe’s still gettin’ my money.
GIMP on Windows crashes lots, and I don’t want any Linux partition.
I never did figure out how to do font effects with scripting; the help file is pretty sad too.
Oh well.
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