Looking for a free photo editing program.

[WilliamCA]

I haven't been on this forum in ages due to being busy with other things, but now I am unemployed and have some time on my hands so i decided to come back and try again. I recently had a pretty good nude model but she has a lot of stretch marks and while i don't mind them very much i wanted to find a program to edit the photos and get rid of the stretch marks. She also wants me to do this so she can post some pictures on a dating site. *sigh* Well i don't have any money so i can't afford something like Photoshop or CS. does anyone know of a free program that is one the same level of PS or CS?

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[BuS_RiDeR]

GIMP... free and quite powerfull.

[Kazooie]

GIMP... free and quite powerfull.

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[swanseamale47]

Yes Gimp is about the best, similar-ish to the earlier version of photoshop, also check out Faststone.

[480sparky]

Well, if there really was a free program that was on the same level as PS or CS, then PS and CS would either be free or they'd close up shop.

That said, try either GIMP, or the software that came with your camera.

[usayit]

Yup.. try GIMP out....

Best of luck with finding the next opportunity.

Don't do what I did and actually spend more in the first month of unemployment than my average monthly expense employed.

[KmH]

Photoscape is an alternative to GIMP.

[Animaniac888]

GIMP 2.7 is great, lots of available plugins. Only problem is development is slow because it's open source(the only open source program without snail development is Blender).

[usayit]

GIMP 2.7 is great, lots of available plugins. Only problem is development is slow because it's open source(the only open source program without snail development is Blender).

Could always improve the pace and participate as a contributor.

or fund it...

:-)



Illegal software.. is a NO NO...

[sm4him]

There are a LOT of things I'm not going to buy, because I simply can't afford them...don't see how that makes it okay to just TAKE them.

OP: I concur with the masses; Gimp.

[cgipson1]

last time i checked, Photoshop and lighroom was free on the web, if you know where to look of course some will say its bad, but your not going to buy it anyway.

. Thieves suck!

[BuS_RiDeR]

PS - 2.8 is available now...

[ann]

another vote for Photoscape

[WilliamCA]

thanks everyone. I'm going to bookmark this thread. I can finally find a way to edit these pics and get some learning and work done.

[Animaniac888]

Download both GIMP and Photoscape. Photoscape lacks much of GIMP's functionality(it's a bit dumbed down) though you can batch edit in Photoscape and not GIMP. That's really Photoscape's only advantage.