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Overview of The GIMP - a free photograph and digital-image editing programUse GIMP rather than Photoshop and save moneyMike Angelo -- 24 December 2003 (C) -- Page 2
The goose photograph in Figures 1 and 2 was shot with a Casio 2.11 Mega-pixel QV-2300UX LCD Digital Camera with a 3X optical zoom at f/2.8 and 1/180 second. The original image size is 1600x1200 pixels. It's a very nice camera, by the way. The GIMP was used to scale and crop the goose photo and to make brightness and contrast adjustments. Then the GIMP's own screen-shot utility (Files > Acquire > Screen Shot) was used to make the Figure 1 and Figure 2 images. The Geese and hatchlings headline-photo on page 1 was shot with the same Casio digital camera with a 3x optical zoom at f/2.8 and 1/277 second. The original image size is 1600x1200 pixels. The GIMP was used to scale and crop that geese photo and to make brightness and contrast adjustments -- plus do a few other photo-editing tricks. GIMP FeaturesHere is a list of GIMP features from the Gimp.Org Web site.
Conclusions
If you are looking for a first class image, graphic, and photo editing program, give the GIMP a spin. Considering that the GIMP is a free download, that should be a very easy thing for you to do. GIMP often is referred to as an Adobe Photoshop clone because it has pretty much the same collection of features and functions that Photoshop has. However, it appears that rather than thinking of GIMP as a Photoshop clone, it would be more appropriate to think of the GIMP and Photoshop as similar software products of comparable quality. On the other hand when it comes to pricing and licensing, Photoshop falls woefully-far short of the GIMP. GIMP is free compared to the $649 list price for Photoshop. Moreover, GIMP's licensing is very consumer/user friendly. Adobe is very deficient in this arena, too. Adobe Photoshop licensing is extremely consumer/user unfriendly. Moreover, Photoshop licensing imposes Adobe's horrible Product Activation mechanism. Unless you are a professional photographer or image editor who needs Photoshop's prepress features, you likely ought to us the GIMP rather than Adobe Photoshop. Considering that the GIMP is a free download, that should be a very easy thing for you to do.
The Business and Economics of Linux and Open Source, Martin Fink, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0-13-047677-3. $27
GIMP for Linux Bible, Stephanie Cottrell Bryant, Tillman Hodgson, Bryan Livingston, Wiley, ISBN: 0-7645-3398-3, (March 2000 -- GIMP v 1.1.x). $40 Gimp User's Manual, Karin and Olof S Kylander Grokking the GIMP, Carey Bunks, SAMS, ISBN: 0735709246. (FEB 15, 2000 -- GIMP v 1.0.x). $41. Photo Retouching & Restoration For Dummies, Julie Adair King, Wiley, ISBN: 0-7645-1662-0. $30
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