free editing software

[DanDan The man called Dan]

Can anyone tell of any decent free photo editing software. I am sure I have seen references to some on hear on the past.

Thanks

 

[nodd]

Hi Dan this one is a free one http://www.gimp.org

 

[DanDan The man called Dan]

Hi Dan this one is a free one http://www.gimp.org

have you used it Nodd?

thanks

Dan

 

[Grooveski]

I've been using Paint.net at work for the last week while waiting on the IT bods to transfer photoshop from my old system. It's not bad at all for a freebie.

http://www.getpaint.net/index.html

 

[nodd]

have you used it Nodd?

thanks

Dan

I have had a play around with it it has some good features on it.I was look at it when I was thinking of upgrading the software I am using (photoshop elements 2) but haven't made the move yet. This forum might be worth a look at as well for a bit more information on it http://www.talkphotography.
neil

 

[calibanzwei]

Chalk up another advocate of The Gimp..........
Powerful piece of software considering its free.

 

[myotis]

For a good overview of the Gimp have a look here.

http://meetthegimp.org/

Mind you, you may well spend a few days watching the videos !!!

Graham

 

[Shewie]

I'm pretty sure there's a 30 day free trial on Photoshop CS4 at the moment.

 

[Tank]

I have used gimp in the past but now use Paint.Net which does a great job and coped with everything i have thrown at it.

 

[Daegurth]

i use gimp when my versions of photoshop aren't working, but really, it can't compare to CS3 and CS4.

 

[allenko]

I've used both paint and gimp. Preference for paint lots of functionality for free

 

[maddave]

Also have a look at googles Picasa

 

[ickyan]

I think paint.net is great (you can get plug-ins to make it even better)
gimp is harder to use

 

[Cyclingrelf]

I use the GIMP too. Takes a bit of learning, but very powerful once you're used to it.
Grokking the GIMP is a free book well worth referring to.

 

[big_swede]

gimp has enough plug-ins and script to make it useful. Rawtherapee is a good raw-editor.

 

[TechGadgetSteve]

i also use gimp. imo it is a very good program considering its free, it is quite hard to use at firs but after watching a few vids on youtube i can now do everything i want to with it. the program actually does alot more than i use it for but i just dont know how to use all of the other features yet lol

 

[DanDan The man called Dan]

Thanks for all the pointers, I already use Picassa and looking to try a little bit more. I don't know what yet as my editing experiance is limited to picassa. it looks like gimp or paint.net are worth a try first.

Thanks again

 

[teflon]

Photoshop is expensive to buy outright, but older discs can be picked up quite cheaply. The reason I'm suggesting that is because of the vast user/support base Photoshop carries. Any operating question can be answered, often within minutes. That alone is priceless.

Just a thought.

 

[Daegurth]

surely PS7 is dirt cheap by now. i remember when it was still about to come out and everyone was getting excited over it... those were the days...

 

[Lasse]

Happily using Gimp, works very well on my 8 year old computer btw...