It is not as good as blender. IMO LOL. Blender is a free program, 3DSM is a £5000 3d program. It's also the industry standard for 3D design. What do you have to back up Blender? Just because something is free doesn't mean it is worst... That is what everybody thinks about, money. Agreed with dsavi. Also, so gimp is worse than PS with what your saying... GIMP can open PSDs and Use PS brushes. Can PS open XCFs and Use GIMP brushes. Blender is a widely used program that can make models, movies, games, and more. Blender Corp. have made around 2-4 movies and 1 game. Alright, sure GIMP might be comparable to photoshop, but that's only ~$800. We're talking about $5,000 here. Big big difference.