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Posted By Mimenta on June 29, 2010

Maybe I’m cynical but I never update my software until the updates have been around for a while. It comes from being a Microsoft user since the GWBasic and Windows 3.1 days.

For illustration work, (or “graphics” if you want it in “Geek-speak”) I used to use Corel Draw which evolved into Paintshop Pro. At work I had to use Adobe which was very professional but for a lot of the jobs I was doing, it seemed very complicated compared to Paintshop Pro. That was until I stumbled onto the GIMP. It did everything that my high priced software did – for FREE!

Until recently the only thing I couldn’t do with my graphics software, was make Windows Icons. Most other graphics software I saw couldn’t do that either, except Ulead’s Photoimpact.

For a while I have been getting messages that there were updates available and I ignored them. Last night I decided to update my copy of The GIMP. I did a quick scan of a couple of the forums, found no negative comments and updated my GIMP software.

This morning I was working on some web graphics and went to save the file. I was surprised to see I could now save an image as an .ico file – used for Microsoft Icons.

Now my free edition of the The GIMP actually out-performs all the other bitmap graphics editors.

It doesn’t take up as much memory as Ulead’s Photo Impact or Adobe Photoshop but does everything they do.

Another point I like about The GIMP – I want a graphics editor and I get one. It doesn’t come with another photo album, video editor and a heap of other software that I didn’t ask for.

If software vendors stopped selling their products in bundles, the price could come down to more affordable levels.

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