GIMP - An Introduction

[Drake2007]

GIMP has many useful photo editing tools such as the ability to make quick crops, rotation, and color adjustments. It also has more finite controls like curves, hue, saturation, channel mixing, layers, masking, sharpening, clone, heal and levels. It can handle a wide range of file types including JPEG, TIFF, PSD (Photoshops native file format), GIF and more. The program is also highly extendable and has a huge library of freely available plug-ins listed on the site.

http://digital-photography-school.com/gimp-an-introduction#ixzz0Ja9nY9RU&D

 

[Jabberwocky]

with paint you can edit pictures by the pixel
Given enough patience you can make artistic works greater than chagall

 

[ldmelsa]

freeware FTW

 

[MyWorld]

GIMP has many useful photo editing tools such as the ability to make quick crops, rotation, and color adjustments. It also has more finite controls like curves, hue, saturation, channel mixing, layers, masking, sharpening, clone, heal and levels. It can handle a wide range of file types including JPEG, TIFF, PSD (Photoshops native file format), GIF and more. The program is also highly extendable and has a huge library of freely available plug-ins listed on the site.

That is a HUGE oversimplification!

Have a look at this podcast, you won't find better tutorials around.
http://meetthegimp.org

 

[BigAl-sa]

Gimp is a very powerful tool. The biggest problem I have with it is the way it handles tiffs. It throws away the EXIF and splits the embedded jpeg from the main image (sees the tiff as two images). I would also like to see a more robust way of it handling .8bf plugins. If those two things were fixed, I'd switch right now.

 

[Just_Ice]

I use GIMP for the vast majority of my picks, and so far, I am yet to find a problem with it

 

[ponder]

For those that complain about the interface there is also Gimpshop

Edit: There is also GimPhoto

 

[bwana]

For those that complain about the interface there is also Gimpshop

And for those of us who complain its not photoshop?

For photographic pixel pushing I wouldn't/couldn't accept any substitutes.

 

[ponder]

And for those of us who complain its not photoshop?

For photographic pixel pushing I wouldn't/couldn't accept any substitutes.

I'm fine with it, some people however are not.

 

[plazma]

And for those of us who complain its not photoshop?

For photographic pixel pushing I wouldn't/couldn't accept any substitutes.

Photoshop is for beginners and wannabes and people who cannot shoot a decent photo.

 

[RSkeens]

Been a huge fan of GIMP for some years. It's really production quality.

 

[bwana]

Photoshop is for beginners and wannabes and people who cannot shoot a decent photo.

I know - but I can still snap away and dream cant I?

 

[ldmelsa]

I have to agree with bwana. Once you've used Photoshop...
But then again, Gimp is free!