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License:
Free
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Downloads:
1,628,128
- Operating Systems:
Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Additional Requirements:
No additional requirements
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
March 16, 2009
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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.
Version 2.6.6 is a bug-fixing release.
Editor's review of GIMP
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- "Pretty things up a bit"
- Version reviewed: GIMP 2.6.6
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 505 votes
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Version: GIMP 2.6.6
"Good software, no problems so far"
Pros: I like the fact that it's free and has a lot of features.
Cons: It's hard to learn how to use it at first; it could use a tutorial or something.
Summary: I would recommend it to others.
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Version: GIMP 2.6.6
Pros: Professional, wide range of tools comparable to Photoshop, have been using it very successfully for three years now on a professional level - and it is absolutely free!
Cons: In the latest version a few things have been changed: the window for the Rotation tool, the full screen view with black background, and the appearance of the tool-bar box. What hasn't changed is that the rotation setting is a bit unreliable.
Summary: I am a professional Designer for Photography and have been using The Gimp as an artist since I went digital 3 1/2 years ago. Why should I spend a lot of money (which I don't have anyway) if there is The Gimp for free. To its latest version, which I ... read more >>
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Version: GIMP 2.6.6
"There is something wrong with my download"
Pros: I heard very good things about GIMP
Cons: I cant yet say anything about your fine product until the bug mentioned below is sorted out.
Summary: Every time I download the program, I get a notice saying Gimp 2.6.6, but it is a tiny fraction of the program and is written in Hebrew. I am not interested in getting it in Hebrew and want the whole program in English. I have heard such good thin... read more >>
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0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: GIMP 2.6.6
Pros: I love this product because it is free and easy to use. I only needed about 10 min. of messing around with it to get to know how to use it. I am so popular on funny.com just because of this! It is more high-tech than photo-shop to! my schoolUSES GIMP
Cons: I LIKE PUDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Summary: I LIKE PUDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: GIMP 2.6.6
"in the official sit the link is broken"
Pros: i was surprised when this program had icelandic texts!!!! what are all languages in this
Cons: hmmm really hard to control in the first time and how do you make the changes i have no idea using it for the first time really hard to figure out for the first
Summary: i was really really shocked when this had icelandic texts!!!
i unistalled it becosed i did not have a clue how it worked it did not do anything so i unistalled it
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