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Thread ID: 98855 2009-04-10 06:57:00 Free picture editor/creator davidmmac (4619) Press F1
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763729 2009-04-10 06:57:00 I'm looking for a free picture editor/creator for creating some background pictures, and also for removing the white backgrounds from images. I was using photoshop elements 6 trial, but that has now ran out, and right now I don't really want to shell out $150+ for photoshop (although I may consider it in the future), so are there any free alternatives? davidmmac (4619)
763730 2009-04-10 07:44:00 For removing the white background you can actually use word 07:p

For creating images, I recommend GIMP:
http://www.gimp.org/

You can try using GIMPShop if it helps make it fee more like Photoshop
http://www.gimpshop.com/

Blam
Blam (54)
763731 2009-04-10 07:45:00 GIMP + Brushes?

Cheers :)
Renmoo (66)
763732 2009-04-10 08:43:00 +1 for gimp. plus gimp can open and create photoshop files for compatibility. also removing the background colour makes the background transparent depending on the image format you can have varying levels of transparancy eg gif has transparancy on or off, PNG and maybe a few other formats which allow transparancy of varying level including windows icons williamF (115)
763733 2009-04-10 10:30:00 Paint .net is a free program that has all photo shop has with layers etc don't mix it up with Microsoft paint though thats rubbish. Roger Hunt (13648)
763734 2009-04-10 11:08:00 Ok, thanks for the replies guys :)

I'm downloading the gimp now, but might not try it out till tomorrow (might be time to hit the sack)
davidmmac (4619)
763735 2009-04-10 11:23:00 Look for tutorials on The Gimp, Once you get a grip on the basics it becomes much easier. Metla (12)
763736 2009-04-12 07:39:00 Tried the Gimp but found it was a bit slow to respond to my actions, so I tried paint.net (as mentioned earlier) and it was much more responsive :)

I put the gimps slow responsiveness down to my pc (see sig).
davidmmac (4619)
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