I’ve been using the Gimp on both Windows and Linux for the last year, as I live in fear of the license police 
However I am increasingly frustrated with the Gimp and want an alternative. Something that is easy to use and has a UI that is actually user friendly.
I like PhotoShop and Fireworks….
Any recommendations??
Jan 15
Alternative to The Gimp on Windows?
by Michele in Open Source, photography, Web Design
15 Responses to “Alternative to The Gimp on Windows?”
From Stewart Curry:
Tried http://www.gimpshop.net/ ?
From michele:
Stewart
I couldn’t see much difference, though that maybe because I already had the Gimp installed
Michele
From John:
What about paint.net? I’ve never tried it, but I’ve heard some remarkably good things about it.
From Chris Gallagher:
Paint.net is a nice little tool. I wouldnt use it for anything too complex myself, although the new version which was recently release has some serious improvements. Suppose the best thing about it is that its free
From Roy Schestowitz:
I find the UI of the GIMP /better/. There’s a learning curve, that’s all.
From michele:
Roy
Fair enough
My problem is that 9 times out of 10 I want to do simple things like cropping images etc., which tools like PhotoShop and Fireworks make incredibly easy, whereas The Gimp makes me jump through hoops
Michele
From Niall:
Stop being a cheap git, put your hand in your pocket and buy Photoshop or Fireworks
From John McCormac:
Paintshop seems to be fairly good. Cheap enough from what I recall and powerful.
From michele:
Niall – You going to pay for it?
John – Demo downloaded ..
From Donncha O Caoimh:
Talk to me about the GIMP on Saturday
From michele:
Donncha
I’ll hold you to that
Michele
From Philip:
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I empathize with that sentiment and have just discovered
the GimpLite Quickies tutorial. I haven’t gone through it yet but it seems to cover the the simple things so I pass it on.
http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Lite_Quickies/
From Philip:
sorry, my quote was cropped. The sentiment being often wanting “to do simple things like cropping images etc., which tools like PhotoShop and Fireworks make incredibly easy, whereas The Gimp makes me jump through hoops”
From Dan:
Pixel is a nice, cheap alternative.
http://www.kanzelsberger.com/
From Jim:
If all you want to do is crop, resize, retouch images, or screen grab, and you want it all for FREE… then look at IRFANVIEW.
see http://www.irfanview.com/
It does much more, Sharpen, Blur, Adobe 8BF, Filter Factory, Filters Unlimited, etc, Batch conversion, Cut/crop, Multimedia player.
I use it all the time, and love it.
Sure I use the Gimp on Linux, and photoshop on Winblows, but Irfanview is the tool I use the most.
Plus FREE is good.