Good free "paint" like program.

[silbeej]

What options are there for a good free program to edit photos, similar to paint and/or fireworks MX. My pc at school has fireworks, but as i'm home for holiday, my MBP doesn't have anything on it. What options do i have for Adobe requires you to be a company and fill out forms to get their free trials.

 

[bjett92]

I've gotten many Adobe trials w/o signing any forms or being a company, but a great free alternative is the GIMP. http://www.gimp.org/ It's a great program for being free.

or if you want a really really simple paint program like MS Paint, theres PaintBrush http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/32559

 

[72930]

There is Seashore, but Skitch is awesome if you can get an invite

 

[andiwm2003]

try this thread:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/338475/

 

[pianoman]

i personally think GIMP is awful. Seashore is the best Paint replacement for me, but obviously it varies by user. additionally, this has been covered many times in this forum, so a search might be appropriate.

 

[WildPalms]

for the simplest option: http://paintbrush.sourceforge.net/ but probably too simple for what you want.

 

[bjett92]

i personally think GIMP is awful. Seashore is the best Paint replacement for me, but obviously it varies by user. additionally, this has been covered many times in this forum, so a search might be appropriate.

Yea I'm not a huge fan, but I think it has a few more features than seashore. I don't like how it uses X11 interface though.

 

[72930]

Check out some other threads on this, like this one

 

[mixel]

GIMP i great if you approach it like a Unix/Linux app and can adapt to its inherently weird interface. It really is the next best thing to Photoshop. (though I much prefer PS) - Gimp is massively more featured than SeaShore, though that might not be useful anyway if you don't need those features.

http://www.pixelmator.com/ - Pixelmator rules if you end up wanting to spend money too.

Psychofreak: thanks for that link I'd never seen Chocoflop before. @_@ Best app name ever.