Popular free image editor
Platform : Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Type: freeware
Manufacturer: A GNU project
Size: 13.7MB
Rating: 4
Verdict:
If you want professional features for free, then The GIMP is a good bet
System Requirements:
The GIMP is a powerful image editor/illustration package which can compete
with many professional applications such as Photoshop Elements. However, it is
somewhat lacking in terms of its user interface.
Launch the application and you are presented with four different floating
windows: Tools; Tool Options; Brushes; and Layers, Channels and Paths. But for
each image you wish to create or edit you need to open another window, and none
of them are connected.
This means you can quickly end up with a screen full of windows, and
confusion over what is going on could soon set in. The GIMP could certainly
learn a lot from studying other image editors.
On the positive side, the software has all the features you would expect,
along with some rather unusual brushes. It can even make use of Photoshop
plugins.
It supports more file formats than any other image editor out there, but it
does have a fairly high learning curve.
Note: You will need to install
GTK+ 2.4 before
you can install The GIMP.