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Written by Dave
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 I'm not really into generating my own graphics or doing anything smart like computer animation. However I do need to crop and resize pictures for this website on a regular basis. I used to use a reduced version of PhotoStudio which was bundled with a scanner that I brought many years ago. However that disc got lost a long time ago. After a spot of Googling I found GIMP:
GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
It has many capabilities. 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, an image format converter, etc.
GIMP is 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.
GIMP is written and developed under X11 on UNIX platforms. But basically the same code also runs on MS Windows and Mac OS X.
It may well do more than what I need it to do right now, however it is very easy to use, and it does exactly what I want it to do in seconds, besides the last time I looked, PhotoShop was over £500. The GIMP is free!!!
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