Not sure how many here use The GIMP for their processing, but I really like it and you can't argue with the price :)
GIMP 2.8 was finally released a couple of days ago and a Windows build is now available. I installed it tonight - loving the new single-window option for the interface!
For anyone interested, it's freely available at gimp.org
If anyone would like to buy my Gimp book that I got last summer, complete with CD's and stuff, let me know. In OCtober I got an IMAC, and GIMP doesn't run on the Lion OS.
It's the previous version of GIMP, but I would think that the book would still be helpful. I don't like learnign from videos, and that's why I got the book.
I'm still on 2.6, having used a few of the previous releases. It's the only game in town for Linux users (weren't there rumours a while ago of Google sponsoring a port of Photoshop for Unix based systems though? I digress). Anyway, GIMP has a reputation for user hostility which used to be richly deserved, but it's much improved nowadays, and if there's a single window option in 2.8 that should smooth the way for anyone migrating from other programs.
@Cassandra Hoffman: yes, you can convert RAW -> jpeg using the UFRaw plugin, and that works with Windows too apparently.
@veg66 GIMP tends to be a little harder to use than Photoshop but one gets used to it. It was previously only capable of editing in 8 bit colour but that is changing - current version is partially capable of higher bit depths, next one will be fully. It doesn't have adjustment layers yet, but at least this version has layer grouping.
I have gimp, which I. Never knew I had... Must be one of my daughters additions.. It scares me :) think I will play with it today though. Perhaps I should look at the new version before fiddling with the old. Thanks for the heads up Mick.
@pizzaboy I think my raw program integrates with gimp... After I save the processed raw file Gimp automatically comes up. I totally destroyed one of my moon shots in gimp not knowing what I was doing.
can you upgrade a previous version to 2.8? would hate to lose all my current plug ins/brushes...and god I wish I had the money to buy your book @5unflow3r lol
@veg66 I thought it was difficult to learn after PS, but it was free, so I was seriously giving it a try , but then, as I mentioned, it dirsn't run on the Mac OS I have now
@pizzaboy. It can't be harder to use than Photoshop...Photoshop CS6 is like going on a road trip with out a map...it's crazy to get use to...the manual is as big as a phone book. :(...or maybe it's my old school ways. :)
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It's the previous version of GIMP, but I would think that the book would still be helpful. I don't like learnign from videos, and that's why I got the book.
Thank's Mick
@Cassandra Hoffman: yes, you can convert RAW -> jpeg using the UFRaw plugin, and that works with Windows too apparently.
You still have your RAW file though - it doesn't get modified in the processing.