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General => Tech Chat => Topic started by: Melbosa on January 12, 2012, 01:41:17 PM

Title: Free Image Programs
Post by: Melbosa on January 12, 2012, 01:41:17 PM
I know a lot of us take photos and from time to time want to edit them.  Figured I'd start a thread with photo editing software that is free.

Paint.NET (http://www.getpaint.net/) - Haven't used this myself, but I know some people have and like it cause it works with Windows and .NET Framework really well and is fairly easy to use.

GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/) - A couple of us use this in the office, and is open source.  Development does move on this one, almost monthly for the last little bit.  More complex and more options, but definitely not a Photoshop replacement.

Know of any others?
Title: Re: Free Image Programs
Post by: Mr. Analog on January 12, 2012, 02:05:52 PM
SAI (http://sai.detstwo.com/sai/): Free Paint Tool SAI, features comperable to Illustrator/Photoshop, tablet support.

Inkscape (http://inkscape.org/):  An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.

Animation Tools:

Pencil (http://www.pencil-animation.org/): Pencil is an animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics. Pencil is free and open source.
Title: Re: Free Image Programs
Post by: Lazybones on January 12, 2012, 03:06:30 PM


irfanview (http://www.irfanview.ca/) - image viewer that supports a lot of formats, also has bulk image re-size/format change features.
Title: Re: Free Image Programs
Post by: Tom on January 13, 2012, 12:35:37 AM
Krita (http://krita.org) - Krita is a KDE program for sketching and painting, offering an end?to?end solution for creating digital painting files from scratch by masters. Fields of painting that Krita explicitly supports are concept art, creation of comics and textures for rendering. Modelled on existing real-world painting materials and workflows, Krita supports creative working by getting out of the way and with snappy response.
(that's from the krita page)

Windows installer (http://krita.org/component/content/article/10-news/105-windows-installer-ready-for-testing)
Title: Re: Free Image Programs
Post by: Melbosa on August 21, 2012, 03:23:08 PM
So in Office 2013 Microsoft removed the Office Picture Manager tool.  So in the future, being that the Live version and also the Photo Editor in Windows 8 are more limited, you will need to use applications like the above more often.  Just food for thought if you live in a corporate Microsoft World.
Title: Re: Free Image Programs
Post by: Melbosa on August 21, 2012, 03:28:52 PM
Found this one today: http://www.nchsoftware.com/photoeditor/ - simple and free
Title: Re: Free Image Programs
Post by: Melbosa on August 21, 2012, 03:29:41 PM
Anyone tried Picasa from Google: http://picasa.google.com/ ?
Title: Re: Free Image Programs
Post by: Tom on August 21, 2012, 03:32:53 PM
I've really only used the web and android interfaces.
Title: Re: Free Image Programs
Post by: Thorin on August 21, 2012, 03:39:14 PM
We used to use Picasa all the time at my house.  I don't know if that's changed.
Title: Re: Free Image Programs
Post by: Mr. Analog on August 21, 2012, 07:34:16 PM
Played around with Picasa, it's good in a pinch