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License:
Free
- Editor's Rating:
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Downloads:
1,345,131
- Requirements:
Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista, GTK+ Runtime Environment
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
October 06, 2008
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Publisher's description of GIMP
From Gimp:GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition, and image authoring. It is a powerful piece of software with capabilities not found in any other free software product. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert-quality photo-retouching program, an online batch-processing system, a mass production image renderer, or an image-format converter. GIMP is modular, expandable, and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image-manipulation procedures to be easily scripted.
In Gimp 2.6, the toolbox menubar has been removed and merged with the image window menubar; Toolbox and Docks are now Utility windows and also the ability to pan beyond the image border has been added.
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Editor's review of GIMP
5.0 stars
- "Pretty things up a bit"
The volunteer developers of The GIMP have been working hard to develop a polished, user-friendly, and freely distributed image editor. Although the separated palette windows may disturb those users who are used to more traditional layouts, your comfort level should grow exponentially as you discover how pain-free the program is.
One of the most powerful general-purpose image editors around, the upgrades make the GNU Image Manipulation Program eminently comparable to Photoshop. Older features include channels, layers and masks, filters and effects, tabbed palettes, editable text tools, perspective clone, improved printing, and color operations such as levels. New improvements include GEGL integration for 32-bit color support, dynamic brushes, and more options for the free select tool. It even has regex-based pattern matching for power users.
The application provides professional tools that can stand against the big boys without the hefty price tag. Even the installation process has gotten simpler, with no need to download and install the GTX Runtime Environment separately. Extremely powerful and easy to work with, GIMP is ideal for both amateur and pro photographers, Web designers, or anyone who wants to create and edit professional-quality digital images on a budget.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 438 votes
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Version: GIMP 2.6.0
Pros: I like the ability of GIMP to manipulate images.
Cons: The organization of v. 2.6 has been reshuffled, making it necessary to relearn common procedures. This isn't easy, as the online manual is out of date and has no index.
Summary: After troubles finding things that used to be in Script-Fu and in simple operations like selecting a circular region, I uninstalled v. 2.6 and reinstalled v. 2.2.
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Version: GIMP 2.6.0
Pros: All pros. Very good for what it does
Cons: None when used for my purposes
Summary: I use the program to turn Blender animations into GIF.
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Version: GIMP 2.6.0
Pros: Good for what it does
Cons: hard to find the simplest things
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Version: GIMP 2.6.0
"Some improvements and some fallbakcs"
Pros: The new interface is friendly for all the "I'm 12 years old and want a free copy of Photoshop and expect GIMP to be just that"-noobs.
Cons: Going back to the old interface (which i.m.o. is much better) results in various bugs.
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Version: GIMP 2.6.0
"Can do anything i want to with picturesused."
Pros: everything i could every want.
Cons: almost cluttered with features and hard to find the simplest things
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