Image Editing Software

[maria102]

Anyone know of a free one that I can download similar to painshop pro, which I used to have, but now its stopped working and I can't find the disk..:redface:

 

[Kezz]

GIMP I've never used it but it's usually highly reccomended, and it's free. Google GIMP, it's the first result.

 

[Mattonella Tile Studio]

Another vote for GIMP. Brother in law recommends it.

 

[Xenonsoft]

Echo the above comments. For free Gimp seems to be a very good program, many good reviews.

 

[maria102]

I think I had a look at Gimp before and it looked a bit complicated!

 

[Ashley_Price]

The problem is, Maria, if you want a decent image-editing software it is going to be reasonably complicated.

Have a look at paint.net. It is similar to both Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro (my personal favourite).

 

[simonr]

It's just different.... and that makes it look complicated.

It took me a day of mucking around to get the hang of it and now I'd never dream of using anything else.

S

 

[maria102]

Well, I'll have a go - it was just to try and do some mock ups for the Dave N for our website.

 

[Eagle]

Practice makes perfect! I always reccomend GIMP to image editing no0bs.

 

[maria102]

Well, we are in the middle of download at the moment so I will let you know how it goes....what are no0bs?

 

[KM-Tiger]

There are loads of howto's, tutorials, and tips - just Google, and it's rare to not find a good answer on page one.

 

[maria102]

Eeeh, seems very good..

 

[maria102]

BTW realised where I went wrong last time, I didn't download the GIMP for Windows version so it I couldn't find the executable file...

 

[sm1]

Gimp does look good - and also n00bs are newbies

 

[maria102]

Gimp does look good - and also n00bs are newbies

Yeah, thought they were. No wonder I thought it was complex before when I downloaded the other version, it seems fairly easy to use really as I was pretty good with paintshop pro.

 

[Calibre Designs]

Learn this skill and it will be with you for life

 

[maria102]

I don't doubt the fact that I looked like an airhead (initially) but really, I'm quite good, I used to run the intranet for a blue chip company.....yes I know, unbelievable but true!