 True Free Design Program?, Is there such a powerful freeware? |
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 Aug 2 2006, 09:08 PM
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Super Member  Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 763 Joined: 8-April 06 From: Lima - Peru Member No.: 12,579  |
QUOTE(unimatrix @ Jul 31 2006, 11:06 PM)  For 908% of the work I do, GIMP can do it and sometimes it even does a better job than PS. (Okay, I have to admit, I'm still running on PS7 for Mac...I have no need to upgrade until I switch to Mactel) That being said, that 2% is a major amount of my work. That's because I rely on a couple Photoshop Plug-ins to generate textures and there is no other programs for mac that will do the same thing. Also, there is not any programs for Linux either nor equal plug-ins for the GIMP. So I'm locked into using PS until my needs are met by another application. Considering PS now is only $150 for upgrades and the plug ins were $50....I'd need a new app that is less than that or so riduclusly superior for the added money that i was forced to use it. So I'm stuck with PS, but for most every day users, GIMP will do everything they need and more. Plus I've found it to be pretty stable on the Mac. Sure it crashes, but no more or less than PS in my experience. Hi, i agree with you, the GIMP is a great software and i use it too, but because i'm not a graphic designer i think that i dont use it 100% and i wish that someday i will. Now, thanks to bnbrown that share PhotoFiltre i think that this software is perfect for my requirements because it offers a lot of tools to the non graphic designers like me and its really very easy to use, but again, i wish that someday i could use THE GIMP at its 100%. Best regards, |
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Aug 9 2006, 01:06 PM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ]  Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 31-July 06 Member No.: 14,850 |
wow very good
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Jan 7 2007, 06:28 AM
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Member [ Level 1 ] Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 6-January 07 Member No.: 19,178 |
For vector art you can try Inkscape. A free and open source alternative to Adobe's Illustrator.
GIMP has been very stable for me. But I finally got around to installing Avid (I'm a video editor, wannabe professional) It had some conflicts with the DLL libraries that GIMP was using. Therefore the only way to get Avid to run was to uninstall GIMP. Not saying it's GIMP's fault, I love the GIMP. But it still shouldn't be happening. And I'm a special case. I don't think many people will have the combo I have, using GIMP and Avid on one system. |
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Oct 11 2007, 12:05 PM
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Newbie [ Level 1 ] Group: Members Posts: 0 Joined: 1-November 07 Member No.: 25,869 |
I use paint.net and have had no problems. It is really simple to use and is constantly updated.
-Dave |
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Dec 21 2007, 09:48 PM
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Advanced Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 147 Joined: 1-October 07 From: United States Member No.: 25,237 |
Hi people I've been scouring the Internet whenever I can. I like the whole idea of loosing time do doing artwork as a child. It's sad I don't have that enthusiam as an adult. Althought I don't go online very often I came across some noteworthy applications (software) for people who are interested in doing graphic arts / photo manipulation. Here is my list of software I use and/or still testing:
USE - GIMP (Graphics Image Manipulation Tool) TESTING - Inkscape (like Illustrator) TESTING - Blender (3D Render) TESTING - Scribus (Open Source Desktop Publishing) Art of Illusion (3D Modeling) USE - PICASA 2 (Post Photo Editing - Google) USE - Focus Magic (Correcting focusing/motion blur) USE - Noiseware Personal Edition (Correcting ISO Camera Noise from Pictures) OpenOffice.org Draw (Drawing, Flow Charts, Clipart) Paint.net (Painting) USE - Apophysis (Fractal Render) USE - ACAD (3D Modeling, Drafting) MS PhotoDraw 2000 (Has issues working with Windows 2000/XP) MS Picture IT Paint Shop Pro ACDSee (Photo Management/Editing) SimpleDraw (Charting - like Visio) I hope this list helps. There are some other software titles i've tried but It's been quite sometime since I've used them. I usually install the apps. when I need them of when a project arises. All the above software may not all be free opensource GPL but I listed them cause the topic kind of strayed away from True Free Design Programs. Levimage |
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Dec 22 2007, 04:08 AM
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Oh come on Mrs. B! Group: Members Posts: 648 Joined: 6-June 07 From: Tasmania, Australia Member No.: 22,422 |
i use paint.net for everything!
its so much better than photoshop! i have photoshop cs2 and fireworks mx but i never use them, paint.net is the best graphics program in my opinion. i mainly work on pixel art so paint would be good but you cant make transparent gifs in it. |
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Apr 4 2008, 07:43 PM
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Newbie [ Level 1 ] Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 15-March 08 Member No.: 29,132 |
I use Gimp cause of the costs of PS. I like that it's similar to PS, but I don't like having to read and research how to do something on it, just so i can.
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