Has anyone tried the GIMP?

2dogmom · Nov 27, 2006

There is a freeware alternative to the (expensive) Photoshop but I do not dare try to switch - I use it for work and if something goes wrong I am toast. Does anyone have experience with it?

http://www.gimp.org/windows/

hopehacker · Nov 27, 2006

Originally Posted by 2dogmom

There is a freeware alternative to the (expensive) Photoshop but I do not dare try to switch - I use it for work and if something goes wrong I am toast. Does anyone have experience with it?

http://www.gimp.org/windows/

I've worked with it in the past. I don't particularly like it. I think it's a lot harder to work with that Photoshop, not as user friendly. Also, it really sucks up the computer memory. They do have some pretty cool special effects on the Gimp, but I am more than happy with Photoshop.

tiffanyjbt · Nov 27, 2006

I was going to try it, but after reading reviews of some better freeware, I decided to go with Serif Photo Plus and Paint.NET. I alternate between the two. Its a little burdensome than just using photoshop, but they ARE free (plus, I just had to buy AutoCad and Architectural Desktop, so spending money on photoshop was out of the question!)

Heres a link:

http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/ima...eephotoedw.htm

jcat · Nov 29, 2006

This freeware might be a bit easier for beginners: http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html

swampwitch · Nov 29, 2006

GIMP is UNIX-based. If you don't know what that is, you probably don't want it. Just my thoughts.

Cheers, from
SwampWitch

4crazycats · Nov 29, 2006

Originally Posted by jcat

This freeware might be a bit easier for beginners: http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html

I tried to dowload this. They wouldnt let me unless I donated 5.00 and now it wont work and when I opened it to use it it just went to remove it. Whats up with that?

tiffanyjbt · Nov 29, 2006

Originally Posted by 4crazycats

I tried to dowload this. They wouldnt let me unless I donated 5.00 and now it wont work and when I opened it to use it it just went to remove it. Whats up with that?

Theres also a link to it on this site:

http://graphicssoft.about.com/gi/dyn...edu/paint.net/

It didn't make me donate anything, but you do have to download '.NET' software from microsofts website, which it will automatically promt you to do when you try to install it. Note that this is a later version than the one on the first link provided. I had to search this site to find it, but it works very well (especially for freeware!)

Tiffany

4crazycats · Nov 29, 2006

Originally Posted by tiffanyjbt

Theres also a link to it on this site:

http://graphicssoft.about.com/gi/dyn...edu/paint.net/

It didn't make me donate anything, but you do have to download '.NET' software from microsofts website, which it will automatically promt you to do when you try to install it. Note that this is a later version than the one on the first link provided. I had to search this site to find it, but it works very well (especially for freeware!)

Tiffany

Thanks! I think I got it now. Now just trying to figure out how to crop things.....

icklemiss21 · Nov 30, 2006

Girst you choose the selector tool (you can also do this for point to point and use step two after)

then select the area as you would with a cropping tool and then go to Image > Crop to Selection (it will crop to the part shown in purple in my pic)

Has anyone tried the GIMP?

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