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Best free editing software???
Is there any free programs out there that are similar to say, Paint
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Best free editing software???
Anthony Ferrante wrote:
Is there any free programs out there that are similar to say, Paint Shop Pro? What are considered to be the best and which one should we avoid? Thanks, Anthony Ferrante Gimp @ www.gimp.org -- |
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Anthony Ferrante wrote: Is there any free programs out there that are similar to say, Paint Shop Pro? What are considered to be the best and which one should we avoid? Thanks, Anthony Ferrante Gimp is good and is available for Windows or Linux. For Linux, the following is also available and is getting better very quickly. http://www.digikam.org/ mike |
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Anthony Ferrante wrote: Is there any free programs out there that are similar to say, Paint Shop Pro? What are considered to be the best and which one should we avoid? Thanks, Anthony Ferrante The Gimp. It runs under Windows, OSx and Linux. A little complex but good. If you want simplicity then Picassa. |
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Anthony Ferrante wrote:
Is there any free programs out there that are similar to say, Paint Shop Pro? What are considered to be the best and which one should we avoid? Thanks, Anthony Ferrante People speak well of PhotoFilt http://photofiltre.free.fr/download_en.htm I tried Gimp and found it almost impossible to use - but that was a year or two back. David |
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On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:29:27 GMT, "David J Taylor"
wrote: Anthony Ferrante wrote: Is there any free programs out there that are similar to say, Paint Shop Pro? What are considered to be the best and which one should we avoid? Thanks, Anthony Ferrante People speak well of PhotoFilt http://photofiltre.free.fr/download_en.htm I tried Gimp and found it almost impossible to use - but that was a year or two back. I'm with you, David. Having wrestled with Gimp (I've used Photoshop for years) I can only assume that those who compare Gimp with PS have not actually used the latter. I'm not criticising Gimp, it does what it does and the price is certainly right - but a Photoshop replacement it's not. So why did I need Gimp at all when I have PS? Easy: my Windows XP installation recently fell apart after a couple of years of use and I'd lost my XP CD key somewhere along the way since my last (re)install so I temporarily installed Ubuntu (a Linux flavour) as a stop-gap. I now have both XP and Ubuntu on dual-boot and I'm using my squeaky-clean XP installation only for Photography - hopefully it will last longer! - because much to my surprise I actually prefer Ubuntu for pretty much everything else. If I could make Photoshop work under WINE (the Windows emulator program for Linux) I think I'd ditch Windows altogether; my favoured raw converter (Silkypix) works perfectly on either OS and there are no other photography-related programs for Windows that I couldn't replace with an equally good Linux equivalent. -- John Bean |
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On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:34:04 +0000, John Bean
wrote: On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:29:27 GMT, "David J Taylor" wrote: Anthony Ferrante wrote: snip If I could make Photoshop work under WINE (the Windows emulator program for Linux) I think I'd ditch Windows altogether; my favoured raw converter (Silkypix) works perfectly on either OS and there are no other photography-related programs for Windows that I couldn't replace with an equally good Linux equivalent. Anthony, I just ran into info on the latest release of Wine. It claims that Photoshop CS2 will run under it and they are looking for testers. Link he http://www.winehq.org/?announce=0.9.54 Bill |
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Anthony Ferrante wrote:
Is there any free programs out there that are similar to say, Paint Shop Pro? What are considered to be the best and which one should we avoid? Thanks, Anthony Ferrante There's a lot of freebies that are fine for most work. Gimp Paint.NET Serif PhotoPlus(there's free and pay versions) ....those are layer capable but there's also simpler editors Irfanview PhotoFiltre,Picasa,ArtRage,DogWaffle..... for more go to: http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_GRAPHICS.php Another good place to look for freebies photo related is: http://www.photo-freeware.net/ Dave |
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Dave wrote:
Anthony Ferrante wrote: Is there any free programs out there that are similar to say, Paint Shop Pro? What are considered to be the best and which one should we avoid? Thanks, Anthony Ferrante There's a lot of freebies that are fine for most work. Gimp Paint.NET Serif PhotoPlus(there's free and pay versions) ...those are layer capable but there's also simpler editors Irfanview PhotoFiltre,Picasa,ArtRage,DogWaffle..... for more go to: http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_GRAPHICS.php Another good place to look for freebies photo related is: http://www.photo-freeware.net/ Dave p.s. my personal favorites are Gimp(which has a love-it or hate-it rep) and for simple edits and batch processing Irfanview Dave |
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