I need a free graphics software that is good for very basic editing much like Paint although I would prefer a little more capability like PaintShop Pro. My PaintShop Pro demo is about to expire and my Windows install did not include Paint. Anyone got suggestions?
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Free photo/graphics software for Windows?
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Unless you are using the high end/pro user tools in photoshop (very rare and I do design) the gimp will cover all the bases for a home user, hence the comment that its almost as good. If you have used photoshop then there is a learning curve but its nothing major.
if this guy thinks PSP is good enough, I'm guessing he's not too big into 16-bit editing. in this case, the GIMP will be almost as good as PS to him.
Also, if you want PSP 9, buy a lexar SD card. it'll come free.
If your main objective is to edit photos just go with Picasa (google it) , it's a nice app to manage your pictures, do basic edit's to them and a bunch of other stuff. Best of all, it's FREE! 
If you want to do Icon creation or other form of digital art then you should really go with Photoshop, I consider The Gimp nothing like it.
If you want to do Icon creation or other form of digital art then you should really go with Photoshop, I consider The Gimp nothing like it.
This does seem like a fairly nice package. Not enough to make me rue using Photoshop, mind you...
But nice.