The title of this entry is a reference to a certain academy award winning documentary about Dan Keplinger, a Baltimore-based artist and good friend of ours. While he is not actually the subject for this entry, check out his work on his website please. Pretty please. Our entry today is about a certain software rising in popularity. "GIMP 2.4" is a Photoshop alternative that many may already know about or even use. It was developed for use on the Linux OS. GIMP isn't nearly as robust as Adobe Photoshop but it is FREEware. That means free. In addition, Gimp gets much of its punch and power from the fact that anyone with the expertise can develop plug-ins for Gimp. There is a registry for GIMP Plug-ins with a long list of effects and so on, that is still growiing. If you are a Mac user GIMP downloads can be found at the Wilbur loves Apple website. There is also tons of support for GIMP users, all you have to do is look for it. Community based Freeware like GIMP 2.4 is a living breathing animal. Users and developers a like can contribute to it's growth while making use of it for their own needs.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
King GIMP
The title of this entry is a reference to a certain academy award winning documentary about Dan Keplinger, a Baltimore-based artist and good friend of ours. While he is not actually the subject for this entry, check out his work on his website please. Pretty please. Our entry today is about a certain software rising in popularity. "GIMP 2.4" is a Photoshop alternative that many may already know about or even use. It was developed for use on the Linux OS. GIMP isn't nearly as robust as Adobe Photoshop but it is FREEware. That means free. In addition, Gimp gets much of its punch and power from the fact that anyone with the expertise can develop plug-ins for Gimp. There is a registry for GIMP Plug-ins with a long list of effects and so on, that is still growiing. If you are a Mac user GIMP downloads can be found at the Wilbur loves Apple website. There is also tons of support for GIMP users, all you have to do is look for it. Community based Freeware like GIMP 2.4 is a living breathing animal. Users and developers a like can contribute to it's growth while making use of it for their own needs.
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My next-door neighbor is a PC user with Vista troubles interfering with Photoshop Elements, so this would be groovy for her. I'll forward.
Imagine that, the new Windows OS having compatibility issues. Who would have thunk it. Well, at least there is a free alternative to Adobe PS which seems to be able to work all the kinks out with volunteerism. Hope you neighbor has good luck with Gimp.
We had a Q47 flashback this weekend.
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