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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: October 06, 2008
- Total Downloads: 1,559,142
- Downloads last week: 8,870
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 565 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
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.
Publisher's description
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.
What's new in this version:
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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User reviews of GIMP 2.6.0
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 565 votes
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Version: GIMP 2.6.0
Pros: Has all the features I need (and more!).
Cons: Takes a lot of time to learn to use.
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Version: GIMP 2.6.0
"OK product but looking for something more user friendly"
Pros: There are some good features that I already have in Adobe CS
Cons: Nothing different that will cause me to use the product on a daily basis
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Version: GIMP 2.6.0
Pros: Everything I need, with non of the cost of photoshop
Cons: takes a loooong time to get to grips with
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Version: GIMP 2.6.0
"I am very happy with GIMP 2.6.0"
Pros: The ability to edit images with professional tools...
Cons: It takes time to be able to use Professional tools, Not very intuitive...not for me anyway, but as long as I can "UNDO"...hey...no problem...
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Version: GIMP 2.6.0
"An excellent program with many, neat, features !"
Pros: I like it because you can do many things with it from simple correction to complete overhaul of digital images and creation of artistic forms. The multiple interfaces make it easier to find tools and screens to work with the images.
Cons: I think the worst item about this program is the lack of documentation with the program. It is not an intuitive program, and takes a bit of getting used to. There are however, many sites where information can be obtained.
Summary: I use the program quite often to fix photos and create new, digital images. Once you get used to the interface and the program in general, it becomes a creators dream. The features found here are as good as any I have found in very expensive progr... read more >>
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