GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) - my continuing adventure
I have commented previously on how you might find GIMP to be of use in your graphic and image editing. I remarked that it is relatively unknown, yet very powerful and attractively priced. It is licensed as free and open source software where there is little distinction between developers and users.
GIMP is an image retouching and editing tool developed by volunteers as a free software project at the University of California (Berkley) in 1995. It has it all - layers, effects and filters, brushes, tools...
While its total learning might be a little daunting, GIMP has so many tutorial videos for specific projects, that even relative beginners are well catered for. Games authors, web designers, fantasy writers, illustrators, photographers etc turn up together on websites on an almost "Gee. How did you do that?" basis in a "happy neighborhood" where everybody pitches in to help.
http://www.gimp.org/ will give you an understanding of GIMP and its abilities. You are even invited to assist in its future development, spreading the word, helping others catch the fever.
I am always learning with GIMP, even from dead ends of my making. It is hard to make irreversible errors. Currently I am playing with multi-colored3D text. Tonight it might be Anti-Aliaed Threshold experiments
The latest version is GIMP 2.8
Did I mention the price is attractive?
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