If you need a top quality graphics editor but don't want to pay a lot for it use the GIMP! The GNU Image Manipulation Program is an excellent piece of software comparable to Paint Shop. It is for tasks such as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. This CD contains: The GIMP 2.6.9 for Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/Windows7. (Windows 95, 98, or ME you can use this version.) (Requirements: Windows XP needs to have SP2 or newer) The GIMP 2.6.9 for MAC OS Snow Leopard, 2.6.8 for Leopard and Tiger (Requires Tiger 10.4.11, Leopard 10.5.7+, or SnowLeopard 10.6.4+) The source which can be compiled for use other systems such as Linux, BSD, Solaris, etc.

Feature Highlights:

Customizable Interface

Each task requires a different environment and GIMP allows you to customize the view and behavior the way you like it. Starting from the widget theme, allowing you to change colors, widget spacings and icon sizes to custom tool sets in the toolbox. The interface is modulized into so called docks, allowing you to stack them into tabs or keep them open in their own window. Pressing the tab key will toggle them hidden.

GIMP features a great full screen mode allowing you to not only preview your artwork but also do editing work while using the most of your screen estate.

Photo Enhancement

Numerous digital photo imperfections can be easily compensated for using GIMP. Fix perspective distortion caused by lens tilt simply choosing the corrective mode in the transform tools. Eliminate lens' barrel distortion and vignetting with a powerful filter but a simple interface.

Digital Retouching

GIMP is ideal for advanced photo retouching techniques. Get rid of unneeded details using the clone tool, or touch up minor details easily with the new healing tool. With the perspective clone tool, it's not difficult to clone objects with perspective in mind just as easily as with the orthogonal clone.

Hardware Support

GIMP includes a very unique support for various input devices out of the box. Pressure and tilt sensitive tablets, but also a wide range of USB or MIDI controllers. You can bind often-used actions to device events such as rotating a USB wheel or moving a MIDI controller's slider. Change the size, angle or opacity of a brush while you paint, bind your favorite scripts to buttons. Speed up your workflow!

File Formats

Thanks to the transparent virtual file system, it is possible to load and save files to from remote locations using protocols such as FTP, HTTP or even SMB (MS Windows shares) and SFTP/SSH.

To save disk space, any format can be saved with an archive extension such as ZIP, GZ or BZ2 and GIMP will transparently compress the file without you needing to do any extra steps.

Supported Platforms

• GNU/Linux (i386, PPC)
• Microsoft Windows (2000, XP, Vista)
• Mac OS X
• Sun OpenSolaris
• FreeBSD

• The amount of memory can be an important factor, especially if you intend to work on large images. A minimum of 256 MB of RAM is recommended, but the more RAM the better.