I made the mistake of downloading the trial and I used it for 30 days. Those were the best 30 days of my entire life. I didn't realize I was driving a Pinto station wagon with Adobe 5.5, when I could have been driving a Cadillac Escalade in CS3. Do you know how depressing it is to turn in the keys for the Escalade you've been borrowing and go back to your old, broken down Ford Pinto station wagon? Gah. Let's not even speak of it.
So the next few designs I do will stay in my paypal account so that I can save up for my beloved CS3. What is amazing to me is the fact that I'm willing to spend so much money on a software program! Originally, I said I was saving up for a new Nikon digital SLR (I have no idea which one, but I love the photos that everyone else takes with theirs - I have photo envy), but after the whole Photoshop debacle...well, the choice is obvious.
I mentioned there was something like Photoshop, but free, remember? I'm getting there...hang with me. I kept looking at some of these really cool websites and seeing the words "created in GIMP" at the bottoms...so I did what any red-blooded American girl would do and I googled "GIMP".
What I discovered was a nifty little photo manipulation program that is really fun to use. Of course, if you've never used Photoshop, you might be a little confused the first 27 times you open it up, but if you play around enough, you'll get the hang of it. There are online tutorials - use your google, people! Here are but a couple of the many ways it will allow you to manipulate a photo:
Colors:
Orientation:
It will allow you to create and edit in layers mode, which is similar to Adobe - you can add text, etc. etc. etc. Go to their website and download it here. Be sure to download and install the Windows installers by Jernej Simončič, along with the program.
Have fun! And see you on the web!
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5 comments:
This is awesome! I'll have to check it out. I have photoshop but I think I need more tutorials.
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That was really helpful, thanks
yes! gimp! my husband loves this program. also there are tons of tutorials online to learn about it.
I use GIMP too. I also have paint shop pro xii, but rarely use it. It was a little difficult to get use to it at first, but now I am designing like a pro with it! Love it!
Yeah, unless you're using a really junkie camera, I would definitely take Photoshop over a new camera. Of course, I do have a Canon 30D, so it's not like I'm walking around with a camera with a flip flash. ;) LOL I was able to get the Photoshop CS2 Suite, which was at the time $1100, for $120 at my college just before I graduated with my masters. I was really psyched about that!
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