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GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an open source/ free software digital photo-editing program. GIMP is primarily used as a detailed image retouching and editing tool but can also accomplish key image editing tasks such as resizing, editing and cropping of photographs.
The highlights:
- GIMP is free open source software which you can download from the internet and it is compatible with most operating systems. There are versions available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS. GIMP is alternative software for Adobe Photoshop but just as powerful.
- It has many capabilities, it can be used as an expert photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer , an image format converter, etc.
- The GIMP is expandable and extensible. It has all kinds of 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 supports saving and loading a large number of different file formats. GIMP has import/export support for popular image formats such as BMP, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, along with other file formats of several other applications such Autodesk flic animations, Corel Paint Shop Pro images, and Adobe Photoshop documents.
- Support is easily available. GIMP has a strong community over the internet, so you can always find someone to help you if you struggle. The best way for beginners to learn GIMP is to follow the step by step guide available in the tutorials on the website.
It is aimed at all those involved in the digitisation of photographs.