Honest to gods, this conversation happened today, and it may have cost me a job opportunity. The customer was super impressed with my menu design and animation, and wanted to know who we got it from. When I said I did it, their face lit up! Too bad as soon as i said GIMP, they weren't interested anymore. Has anyone else experienced this? What do you say in similar situations?
Things have changed in more recent versions of GIMP. Pasting layers is simple now and you can even drag and drop them between images. You can also now use any filter nondestructively, even which Photoshop can't do.