woolybanana Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 Any out there got experience of a photo editing package called GIMP? Any tips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 I thought a gimp was someone one kept in the celler with a leather bag over their head. What kind of photos are you editing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted September 5, 2009 Author Share Posted September 5, 2009 Hello Jon, how's the flat land?GIMP is open source software that I thought might save the cost of fotoshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew44 Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 Hello WB,Have heard of Gimp - recommended by Micro Hebdo Mag.Try http://paint.net/It's supposed to be as good as Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro - but free !HTHAndrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 Wooly, have you considered serif photoplus x2/x3http://www.serif.com/photoplus/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedon Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 I haven't used Gimp myself but was shown how it performed by a friend. He made it look quite easy to use.Having used Serif products many years ago and found it easy to use then, I purchased Serif PhotoPlus 8 (Think it was about£10) but have only used the "Cloning" tool which I found brilliant. Since I purchased it I have tried to sharpen up the way I take the picture in the first place so haven't used my Serif programme in ages. What I tend to do now is to use the "cropping" feature on the programme that came with the camera.I suppose like a lot of these products there is no substitute for using them for finding out how they work. Sorry I haven't been able to give you any tips.EDITED. Looks like Teapot had the same idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted September 5, 2009 Author Share Posted September 5, 2009 No tp, never heard of it, but I'll certainly take a look. Thanks andrew and weedon, I'll have a play and see what happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 [quote user="woolybanana"]Hello Jon, how's the flat land?GIMP is open source software that I thought might save the cost of fotoshop.[/quote]The flat lands are good. I've built a small hill to limit the monotony. Very busy summer - wolf & door seperated to an acceptable degree for another year.By the way, could you adjust the settings on your blog to allow comments from those without Blogger / Google or similar IDs? These people put hynotic software on your computer telling you to drink Starbucks and eat Mc Donalds you see, so I won't have them. Plus I inevitably forget the passwords.You well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted September 5, 2009 Author Share Posted September 5, 2009 Try now Jon and see if that is better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 ça marche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 Wooly, I may have a "vested interest" Vested interest alert,I have only just upgraded to photoplus X3 so could consider selling X2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob T Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 My wife uses GIMP and has shown it to a professional photographer. He reckoned that it was as feature full as Photoshop. The wife uses it because it comes free with Linux and she does not have Windoze on her PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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