Can't afford Photoshop? Try Gimp!

Draconic · 08-18-2006, 11:31 AM

This might be helpful for the few of us out there who would like to work in CG but can't fork out $2-300 for a decent program.

It's open-source and free, like Firefox, (and it started out on Linux, like Mozilla.) It's called "Gimp" and it has an interface nearly identical to that of Photoshop, and at about the same quality as well. It's free, and overall, about a 15MB download. Give it a shot

also, you don't need a super heavy-duty computer to run it either: My laptop runs it perfectly, it was designed for windows 98, and is running XP, and was playing MP3s, and running norton anti-virus simultaneously, so power should really not be an issue. You will want about 128mb of RAM, but I bet you could get away with less.

Have fun.

http://www.gimp.org/

08-18-2006, 11:31 AM	#1
Draconic Hench Mutant Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Midwest Posts: 328	Can't afford Photoshop? Try Gimp! This might be helpful for the few of us out there who would like to work in CG but can't fork out $2-300 for a decent program. It's open-source and free, like Firefox, (and it started out on Linux, like Mozilla.) It's called "Gimp" and it has an interface nearly identical to that of Photoshop, and at about the same quality as well. It's free, and overall, about a 15MB download. Give it a shot also, you don't need a super heavy-duty computer to run it either: My laptop runs it perfectly, it was designed for windows 98, and is running XP, and was playing MP3s, and running norton anti-virus simultaneously, so power should really not be an issue. You will want about 128mb of RAM, but I bet you could get away with less. Have fun. http://www.gimp.org/ __________________ [CENTER] Last edited by Anarky; 08-18-2006 at 12:08 PM.