cant afford photoshop? try 'the gimp'

[gabrielcrowe]

The gimp is an open source image ending tool, every bit as powerful as photoshop. in fact, it has better scripting support, originally for linux, there is a simple and free windows installer, gimpshop is an attempt to move around the options and tools in the gimp, to resemble the layout of photoshop, making it easier for people to convert:

Gimpshop - similar to photoshop tools and layouts.
http://plasticbugs.com/?page_id=294

Download windows version.
http://www.plasticbugs.com/blogimg/g...fix1_setup.exe


The original Gimp for windows:
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/

Installer:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gim...i586-setup.exe

did i mention that it was free?

[Darren B]

Hey Gabe i tried these a year of so ago and was impressed, i guess it has been updated since then

Dont you just love this open source stuff

[gabrielcrowe]

its mostly niche, tbh.

but then some great mainstream open source apps make it good. like firefox, openoffice and azureus.

i'm a big fan of Pidgin (MSN messenger replacement), and also the gimp.

mind, i am an avid photoshop user too.

[TraceyHand]

*perks at the mention of a messenger program*

I must look at that one then

[gabrielcrowe]

Pidgin used to be called 'Gaim', but they had to change thais name, something to do with AOL.

http://www.pidgin.im/

It supports
* AIM
* Bonjour
* Gadu-Gadu
* Google Talk
* Groupwise
* ICQ
* IRC
* MSN
* MySpaceIM
* QQ
* SILC
* SIMPLE
* Sametime
* XMPP
* Yahoo!
* Zephyr

according to the site.

so basically it pisses all over MSN messenger.