GIMP

[crystal_smith5]

<p>I have seen so often on here recomendations of GIMP software... I was going to give it a whirl but cannot figure out where on it to download it... is there another website that I can go to?? Maybe Im doing something wrong? :-)</p>

[JTG1]

<p><a href="http://www.gimp.org/downloads/">http://www.gimp.org/downloads/</a> select the site closest to you for the fastest download, any of them should give you the same product.</p>

<p>~Jack</p>

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[bill_mussett1]

<p>Crystal, GIMP is a great tool and one with which you can do nearly as much as Photoshop. There are also numerous off-shoot sites offering plug-ins and tutorials. You didn't say which OS you're using (Mac/Windows/Linux), but there are downloads available for different OS's. If you're having trouble finding what you need ask again in this posting.</p>

[JDMvW]

<p>You clearly get a lot more with GIMP than you pay for, but it <em>is</em> publicly built and maintained. It, like many other programs of its kind, often asks for a little more from the user in general than the best commercial programs. It's not a problem, just something you have to be aware of when you use it.</p>

[crystal_smith5]

<p>Hi! Thank you all for your responses! Jack, I went to your link and this is what it states....<br>

<em>GIMP releases available from gimp.org and its </em><a href="http://www.gimp.org/downloads/#mirrors"><em>mirrors</em></a><em> contain the source code and have to be compiled in order to be installed on your system. </em><br>

<em>GIMP 2.6.7 is now available at </em><a href="ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.6/"><em>ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.6/</em></a><em>. You may want to read the </em><a href="http://www.gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-2.6.html"><em>Release Notes for GIMP 2.6</em></a><em>. </em><br>

<em>To allow you to check the integrity of the tarballs, here are the MD5 sums of the latest releases:</em></p>

<p>It then gives a bunch of numbers. I am just not sure if this is what it usually shows? There is notwhere for me to click download.<br>

Bill- Im using windows. :-)</p>

[JTG1]

<p>Sorry about that...try this link: <a href="http://download.cnet.com/GIMP/3000-2192_4-10073935.html">http://download.cnet.com/GIMP/3000-2192_4-10073935.html</a></p>

<p>~Jack</p>

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[crystal_smith5]

<p>Thanks so much JaCK, tHIS link worked. Everytime you enter the GIMP program will it prompt an "install" everytime?</p>

[bill_mussett1]

<p>Crystal, Once you install GIMP you should only need to click-on the GIMP shortcut image on your desktop, assuming you told Windows to install one, or go to the list of all programs and start GIMP from there. When you double-clicked on the install file (gimp-2.6.7-i686-setup.exe) a window should have opened walking you through the install process. Once GIMP is installed and working you can then delete the setup.exe file.<br>

If you still have the GIMP setup.exe on your computer do a restart and try running it again. If you don't have it, simply download it again and start over.</p>

<p>These are some GIMP websites that will be of help to you:</p>

<p>http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/faq.html</p>

<p>http://www.gimp.org/</p>

<p>http://www.gimp.org/docs/</p>

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