Making precise selections in GIMP is crucial in almost any project. GIMP has several tools to do this. Each has its advantages and disadvantages. There is no one tool for everything. The new kid on the block is “Foreground Selection Tool.” This tool lets you extract the foreground from the active layer or from a…
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GIMP The Free Photoshop Alternative
GIMP is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image manipulation and image editing, free-form drawing, transcoding between different image file formats, and more specialized tasks. It is not designed to be used for drawing, though some artists and creators have used it in this way. Like photoshop, playing the piano, or anything…
PhotoScape X Marks The Spot
PhotoScape X is a free/cheap photo editor that combines the ease Instagram with the power of LightRoom. You can make changes to a photo simply adding a filter for some pop, or you can dive deep and make lots of manual adjustment. In many ways it remind me of Google Photos, but more powerful. The…
Graphics Editing Alternatives
In the graphics editing area there are a lot big names and very expensive software out there, but there are alternative that can save you a lot of money. The biggest and most expensive of these is the Adobe Creative Suite. The price varies depending on the plan you choose. The Photography plan which includes…
Darktable, A Lightroom Alternative
“darktable” is an open source photography workflow application and RAW developer. A virtual light-table and darkroom for photographers. It manages your digital negatives in a database, lets you view them through a zoomable light-table and enables you to develop raw images and enhance them. “darktable” is very similar to Adobe Lightroom but far less expensive…
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