kcredden
July 17th, 2006, 06:16 PM
Slashdot (http://slashdot.org/)writes:
Any one who has had the opportunity to manipulate images would be aware of Adobe's Photoshop - considered to be the market leader in image manipulation software. But with its high price tag, buying Photoshop is akin to putting strain on your bank balance. What is interesting is that there is a very popular free alternative to Photoshop in GIMP. For those in the dark, GIMP is a state of the art image manipulation software which runs on multiple architectures and OSes and which is released under the GNU free License (GPL).
more here (http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/17/1416249&from=rss)
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As a full-time user of the GIMP (http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/) (Windows), I strongly recommend it, for anyone who wants to do even touch-ups. I've been working with it for a long time, and it does everything Photoshop, and Paint Shop Pro does, but at $0 cost. If you want to really make it easy and nice to use, add 'GimpShop (http://plasticbugs.com/index.php?p=241)' to it. It makes it feel and look very much like Photoshop, and it's free too.
For the book, I've found 3 places where you can get used versions of it. Recommended, for computer books which are outdated in 6 months. Note I've done business with all three for several years. Highly recommended!
AbeBooks (http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&y=0&tn=Beginning+GIMP+-+From+Novice+to+Professional&x=0): - Starting at $34.05
Amazon.Com (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1590595874/ref=dp_olp_2/102-3258728-4208100?ie=UTF8) - Starting at $28.00
Barns & Noble (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/used/productMatches.asp?z=y&ALL=Y&PEAN=9781590595879) - Starting at $36.74
Any one who has had the opportunity to manipulate images would be aware of Adobe's Photoshop - considered to be the market leader in image manipulation software. But with its high price tag, buying Photoshop is akin to putting strain on your bank balance. What is interesting is that there is a very popular free alternative to Photoshop in GIMP. For those in the dark, GIMP is a state of the art image manipulation software which runs on multiple architectures and OSes and which is released under the GNU free License (GPL).
more here (http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/17/1416249&from=rss)
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As a full-time user of the GIMP (http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/) (Windows), I strongly recommend it, for anyone who wants to do even touch-ups. I've been working with it for a long time, and it does everything Photoshop, and Paint Shop Pro does, but at $0 cost. If you want to really make it easy and nice to use, add 'GimpShop (http://plasticbugs.com/index.php?p=241)' to it. It makes it feel and look very much like Photoshop, and it's free too.
For the book, I've found 3 places where you can get used versions of it. Recommended, for computer books which are outdated in 6 months. Note I've done business with all three for several years. Highly recommended!
AbeBooks (http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&y=0&tn=Beginning+GIMP+-+From+Novice+to+Professional&x=0): - Starting at $34.05
Amazon.Com (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1590595874/ref=dp_olp_2/102-3258728-4208100?ie=UTF8) - Starting at $28.00
Barns & Noble (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/used/productMatches.asp?z=y&ALL=Y&PEAN=9781590595879) - Starting at $36.74