Good photoshop program needed...

[Predcon1]

I'd like to start making some of my own Avatars instead of leeching them of other sites. Does anyone know of a really good FREE photoshop program best suited for Avatar and sig image creation purposes?

[Menokh]

The GIMP.
Hands down the best free image creation and editng program available.
There is only one small problem, it is only for Linux....

[Predcon1]

That doesn't help me much.


Okay, does anyone know of a photshop program for WIN98?

[Radium]

Oooh I know... How about... PHOTOSHOP! :D you can get the trial i think ;)

[vegeta1215]

Originally posted by Menokh
The GIMP.
Hands down the best free image creation and editng program available.
There is only one small problem, it is only for Linux....

Well said. In fact, it reminds me so much of Adobe Photoshop, it's scary (cause I like PSP better than Adobe Photoshop by far)

I think you can download a free shareware version of Paint Shop Pro. Might want to check it out, it's worth buying and it's less than $100 (last time I checked. either way, beats paying $300 + for Adobe) http://www.jascsoftware.com

[Predcon1]

Originally posted by Radium
Oooh I know... How about... PHOTOSHOP! :D you can get the trial i think ;)

Can it do all the really cool things like shimmer and smoke effects?

[Radium]

The trial can do everything, last time I checked :) but I dont know about the saving part... not sure if you can save, which is a problem I guess :P

[Kalin]

GIMP for Windows (http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32//)

[vegeta1215]

Originally posted by Kalin
GIMP for Windows (http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32//)

Sweet! You are the man Kalin!

Only downside is I don't think you can use GIFs. Unless you want them for animation, that sucks. Otherwise, use PGNs at 256 color! They're similar to gifs: they can be set to have a max of 256 colors, are good for graphics, can do transparencies, and the file size is smaller!

I've replaced gifs and tiffs with pngs actually. I love pngs (a open source file type might I add :D)

[Kalin]

You can use GIFs. All you have to do is download this (http://www.iki.fi/tml/gimp/win32/gimp-gif-1.2.3-20020310.zip) and put it in the plugins folder

[AlexMax]

Originally posted by Menokh
The GIMP.
Hands down the best free image creation and editng program available.
There is only one small problem, it is only for Linux....

Isn't there a version for Windows being worked on?

[vegeta1215]

Originally posted by AlexMax


Isn't there a version for Windows being worked on?

Yeah, Kalin linked to it above! lol

To Kalin: You are even more da man! :D

[Predcon1]

Originally posted by AlexMax


Isn't there a version for Windows being worked on?

Uhh. See the above two posts.

[Dechipher]

maybe Kalin works there?