Re: Finding a new image editing program

Don't know if this would be any kind of an upgrade, but it's free :)
Can't say I've used it much myself.

http://www.gimp.org/


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RobertJM

"josh" <jillywoods@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi

I have been happy with ancient paint shop pro 7 for long enough, but a
fright recently when the program wouldn't load and I couldn't find the
disk either prompted me to think about upgrading. However, when I started
searching on the net, I found that programs seemed seriously geared
towards photography and overlooked other types of graphics. I do edit
photos, but I am more likely to be doing creative work such as a
cartoonist might do, by starting with a blank window or a drawing from the
scanner.

I need all the effects and drawing-type tools such as flood-fill
(including graduated colours), colour replacer, sharpen, greyscale, gamma
correction, invert selection, resize, save as gif or jpg and so on. No
doubt there are more effect-type tools now available which I would find
useful.

One disappointment in PSP was poor text manipulation: I once needed to
write text round a cylindrical shape but it just did not seem possible.

One frustration I am finding while searching for alternative programs on
the net is a seeming unwillingness by manufacturers to display an example
of a working page, so that I could see the environment and the tools I
would be working with.

I look forward to readers' suggestions for a package which I would find
exciting and rewarding to use.

Josh




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