Best freeware image editor

danielj · Post #1by **danielj** » 31.05.2004, 16:26

I amtrying to create new gas giant textures for extrasolar planets and I would like to know which is the best freeware(or shareware) image editor.I only had Paint and now I downloaded a program(free to try) called Photo Pos Pro,but it only works for 30 days.Other thing,I am trying to create a tidal giant texture,but don?t seem that aply pinched in a gas giant texture is suffucient to have a good one.Half of the planet is pinched and half not

Psykotik · Post #2by **Psykotik** » 31.05.2004, 17:38

Try the gimp. I really don't like this software, it's not enough userfriendly. But it's free :lol:

Post #3by **t00fri** » 31.05.2004, 18:02

Psykotik wrote:Try the gimp. I really don't like this software, it's not enough userfriendly. But it's free

Psykotik,

I would recommend GIMP >= 1.3 which is quite a lot improved over GIMP<=1.2. I do not share your opinion about GIMP being not user friendly. Due to the fact that GIMP is a professional level image manipulation program, it certainly needs a certain amount of study to master its POWER!

Most people --to my experience -- do not even know about the basics of image manipulation (layers and all that) and find GIMP not very "easy" to use precisely for these reasons! A program of this scope can never be handled by click and go without studying the manual carefully first...

I know both GIMP and Photoshop pretty well. PS may be a little more intuitive at the starter level. But for advanced manipulations, there is little difference except that there are complementary features in both programs.

Bye Fridger

Psykotik · Post #4by **Psykotik** » 31.05.2004, 18:12

t00fri wrote:I know both GIMP and Photoshop pretty well. PS may be a little more intuitive at the starter level. But for advanced manipulations, there is little difference except that there are complementary features in both programs.

All keystrokes are very well documented for Photoshop. Gimp is maybe powerful, but you have to be diviner to know how to get an advanced effect.

Moreover, I can't stand the gimp's interface; I've tried to work with that damn tool almost 6 months, but I've come back to Photoshop with pleasure.

The positive point is the community around Gimp; many people ready to give a hand, many helpful forums around the web. That's the opensource touch :lol:

And never a commercial software could defeat that. :twisted:

John Van Vliet · Post #5by **John Van Vliet** » 01.06.2004, 07:26

The GIMP for shure v2 for windows works like a charm
but i also use a free copy of PhotoShop Elements it is faster on 16k maps
but gimp will handle 32 k
i allso worked in the Photo ind. for 10 years doing custom colar and B&W
so the gimp was very easy to learn