Free/share-ware photo software?

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pybyr

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Hello all-- I know that some of y'all are highly digitally-savvy, so I am hoping you may have some suggestions on this one.

I've recently become close with a wonderful woman who, among other talents and qualities (including liking tools, wood heat, etc.) is an avid and skilled photographer. She's got the basic Kodak software that came with her camera, and also the iPhoto that is on her MacBook-- Santa would like to get her Photoshop, but the budget is thin.

Any nominations for highly-capable shareware for photo editing? I use NeoOffice instead of MicroSwindle's products, and have been pleased with its capabilities, so I am hoping that perhaps someone can point me to some similar "open" photo editing software.

Thanks in advance.

Trevor
 
I am currently using Gimp 2. It is pretty advanced meaning it has more features that I can use.
 
I hear good thigns about Google's Picasa. I don't use it (or anything besides basic Windows Paint), but several people have recommended it to me.
 
I also use GIMP, which I run under linux. Not sure if they have a Window$ version. But GIMP sure does everything I ever wanted, and for free.
 
Doing stuff under Linux, I don't use GIMP because it's more than my needs require - I don't do much editing other than resizing and possibly cropping... My primary tool is KDE's Digikam, which is a good photo-organizing package, with a good basic set of editing tools (plus hooks to load additional tools if needed and configured)

If you do need Photoshop level power though, the GIMP is the way to go for sure...

Gooserider
 
There is indeed a version of Gimp for Windows. Most forum members likely run some version of Windows. I can tell you it's awesome with a Linux OS. Probably just about as powerful as Photo Shop, Paint Shop Pro, etc. It has way more features than I will ever use. And the price is right. I love free GNU software. It's usually good quality, it's made by great folks who volunteer their time, and it doesn't have any unwanted spyware and other junk bundled with it.
 
Yes. According to the Gimp site, various different versions will run on Win, Mac, and Linux.

Gimp.org
 
and you might want to see if there is a version of openoffice for the mac. It is at least as good as microsoft office and it's free.

I use irfanview to view and do resizing and color adjusting.

Jon
 
My wife uses Picasa all the time. She occasionally uses Photoshop, but that's rare anymore. Picasa is able to do everything she needs to do with her digital photos.

-SF
 
I have been using XnView for over a year. Lots of easy to use features and it is free.
 
Take a look at Lemke's Graphic Converter. He only makes it for Macs. It seems to have way more options than a normal person needs, so maybe a pro would understand them all. Dithering, etc. WTH is that? PS: After I posted this, I saw how old this thread is. Ooops. You are probably all set by now. Anyway....
 
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