A Software Review
System Requirements:
PC: Windows 95/ 98/ ME/ NT4/ 2000/ XP
Mac: OSX with X11 installed (see Note)
Minimum 64 Mb recommended
Price: Free
Available from CDs that come with some Photography Magazines or can be downloaded from www.gimp.org. The site also gives a list of useful reading, lists books about Gimp and gives some tutorials.
I’LL BEGIN WITH all the plus points and refer to any drawbacks later to keep your attention. The biggest of the plus points is of course the lack of cost and Gimp 2.0, which is also known as GNU Image Manipulation Program, is a stable piece of software which rivals Photoshop in many ways.
It has a lot more extra applications than Photoshop Elements, and on opening Gimp you’re treated to Tip of the Day.
It has many of the same features that we are used to in Photoshop Elements, plus some great Filters and Script-Fu’s to play with. Script-Fu’s are sets of actions which change the original image with the result showing up at the top of the Layers Palette. They cannot be undone, but this is overcome by selecting the layer and clicking on the Wastebin.
An extract from an article by Janice Hay - Issue 51