Saturday, July 26, 2008

The GNU Image Manipulation Program


The GNU Image Manipulation Program

www.gimp.org

Computers are great for playing with images. Lots of websites ask creative surfers to contribute their own creations, or you might even have a website of your own you want to jazz up with a few sparkly images. If so, you can't go far wrong if you ask Gimp to lend a hand.

It's a free image manipulation program distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License, and it will allow you to make complex or simple changes to the images you're working with in a matter of minutes.

The website itself is nicely designed. It's well worth taking a gander at the tutorials under Documentation if you're new to image manipulation, as the interface can look quite daunting to the uninitiated eye. These will step you through the features of the program, from basic touching up and resizing of photographs to creating your own icons and 3D floating logos.

A powerful package that's easy to use - and completely free! You can't say fairer than that.

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