Free image editing program

I'm looking for something like the Gimp, I was happy with that, but I'm afraid when I upgraded to tiger I forgot to install the new X11 so gimp no longer will work, is there a good free alternative out there? The main thing I'm looking for is to be able to crop out parts of one image and paste them over another [Like put somebodies head on a picture of a celebrity] Yeah it's stupid but haha
anywho, thanks for the help in advance

I use Photoshop Elements v2 with Tiger. Since it's old, you should be able to get a copy for $10-$20.
 Cheers, Tom

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I am teaching myself Wordpress and need to create a logo to upload into a WP template. Was informed that I need an image editing program. Which free program would you recommend that does not have a steep learning curve? (Enough to be learning Wordpress.)
Thanks!
A.

Not free but check out "GraphicConverter" and "Logoist"...

Free image editing tool

I'm looking for a free image editing software that can resize, change image resolution, and save in a wide variety of formats (jpeg, gif, tiff, png, etc)
I've downloaded Image Tool and though it's a great program, it still doesn't give me the control I want for my pictures. Was wondering if anyone else knows of anything.

Try these freeware apps.
ImageJ @ http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/
Goldberg @ http://mypage.bluewin.ch/opus/freeware/g2/osx.html
Also look at these links.
Resizing Photos for Emailing
http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/emailresize.html
Resize!
http://kstudio.net/
PhotoToolCM
http://www.pixture.com/software/macosx.php
SmallImage
http://www.iconus.ch/fabien/smallimage2/
ImageTool
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23281
ImageWell
http://www.xtralean.com/IWOverview.html
Resize JPEG Files
http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macgems/2006/09/jpegresize/index.php
 Cheers, Tom

User Friendly Image Editing Program?

OK, I have searched everywhere I can think of for a simple photo and image editing program. All I want to do is manually crop images into irregular shapes and make one image transparent over another, and not have it look spliced together when I get done. I have been using Appleworks draw, but these are two things it lacks. I have downloaded and tried dozens of applications, everything from Adobe trial version to freeware programs and none of it does any good. The complicated expensive applications make you spend two hours figuring out how to rescale an image and the cheap ones can't even do basic overlays. Is there some kind of image editing program out there that can do these things, but has a simple interface like IMovie or IPhoto?
IMac duo-core 1.83ghz intel Mac OS X (10.4.6)

I use Photoshop Elements v2 with Tiger. Since it's old, you should be able to get a copy for $10-$20.
 Cheers, Tom

Free Image Editing software other than AW??

Hi
I've got an Intel MacMini and AppleWorks is simply not working well at all. I can't transform images in paint. I tried the "clicking off" trick from the document in the knowledge base -- that gets the boxes up but I still cant resize.
From reading this forum it seems there are no fixes for this problem.
Was hoping someone could suggest some free software I could download to edit images. Something like Photoshop, but maybe with a few less bells.
Thanks for the help

Take a look in Made4Mac. Click the Apple tab above, then the Made4Mac link in the row below the tabs.
In the Software list, click Design & Print.
Select the Image editing radio button, and set the License type to Freeware.
You'll get a list of half a dozen or more, most of them Universal binary.
This one looks promising:
GIMPShop is a free Open Source image editor that is similar to the popular Adobe Photoshop. Specifically GIMPShop is a version of the GIMP that has been edited to be more user-friendly for Photoshop users.
There's a link to the GIMPShop site in its Made$Mac entry.
Regards,
Barry

Default image editing program

I can't seem to open any files directly from Bridge CC to Photoshop CC? The only options I am given when right clicking to Open With is IE and photoviewer quick time (default). I don't want Quick Time to be the default obviously! I need to be able to open my files directly into Photoshop! Any ideas??? Thanks!

Bridge preferences / file type associations. Inhere select the file type you want to open and select the program it should open in by default.
But something seems to have gone wrong with your install because by default Bridge CC uses PS CC to open the files in.

When I copy an image with a transparent background into an image editing program like Photoshop, I get a black background

I'm wondering if there's a way to preserve transparency, or even change the color of the background to white.
I often need to get reference pictures for my artwork, and it is a pain to have to save every image and the black background often makes it difficult to see the image, especially when the image has only black pixels.
Help?

You can try to drag the image in a Photoshop window instead.<br />
If that still doesn't work then you need to save the image and open it in Photoshop.

OT: free photo editing software?

hello there. i'm about 95% sure i saw someone post somewhere
on here about a free photo editing program that they claimed was
just as good as Photoshop. but now i can't find that thread! it was
at least a few months ago, i think.
i'm about to start doing some freelance work, but i can't
afford to buy a program like Photoshop for my home computer at the
moment. all i really need is a good program for creating graphics
and stuff. so, does anyone know of any good, free photo
editing/graphic designing software?

Not free but Paint Shop Pro, at $60 is seriously good value.
Jo
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somewhere on here about
> a
> free photo editing program that they claimed was just as
good as
> Photoshop. but
> now i can't find that thread! it was at least a few
months ago, i think.
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> i'm about to start doing some freelance work, but i
can't afford to buy a
> program like Photoshop for my home computer at the
moment. all i really
> need is
> a good program for creating graphics and stuff. so, does
anyone know of
> any
> good, free photo editing/graphic designing software?
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I Have a Mac 10.9.5 I have Photoshop CS 5.. Also have Photoshop CC. As of last month was able to edit any image with either program,as of today I can't edit images in either program. I can't see and editing I've done ,but when close the image both program

I Have a Mac 10.9.5 I have Photoshop CS 5.. Also have Photoshop CC. As of last month was able to edit any image with either program,as of today I can't edit images in either program. I can't see and editing I've done ,but when close the image both program ask (do you want to save changes) I look at the image I don't see any changes to save. Please help Thanks for time in advance

Please describe the steps involved in the issue exactly (with screenshots maybe).
What have you done for trouble-shooting so far?
http://blogs.adobe.com/crawlspace/2012/07/photoshop-basic-troubleshooting-steps-to-fix-mos t-issues.html

Is precise image editing possible in Contribute?

I designed a site for a client and gave them a guide with
precise instructions for the sizes of images in different layouts.
The problem is, Contribute doesn't seem to allow for *precise*
image editing. For instance, I have a layout which uses graphics at
106x106 pixels. The client has photos from a digital camera that
they need to crop/resize to go into this layout. I can resize the
shorter dimension to 106 by entering a number in the toolbar.
Theoretically, I should then be able to simply crop the image to
106 in the other dimension. But as far as I can tell, there is no
way to crop something numerically, and the width/height fields do
not change dynamically as I move the crop window. So the only way
to do it is visually, by trial and error. Which means I shave off
enough that it's close, and then try to count the pixels as I move
the crop window, and hope I haven't moved it two pixels in one
move, or its UNDO and try again.
A related issue: is there any way for the Contribute user to
change the dpi of an image? They often shoot photos at a higher dpi
for using in print, and it would be nice if they could reduce these
photos to 72dpi in Contribute. The whole point of my recommending
Contribute was so they could update their own webpages just using
this program. If they have to call me to modify images, or purchase
a separate piece of software just to crop/resize images adequately,
then that really defeats the purpose of their using
Contribute.

Thanks for posting this. I'd not discovered the right-click
menu that allows for cropping, rotating, etc. This seems a very
useful feature.
Having found it I thought I'd see if I can find a way to do
what you're looking for, but unfortunately I can't find any way to
set the crop width and height either. I suspect that without an
external application, such as Fireworks (pay) or Gimp (free),
you'll not be able to crop the image to a specific size other than
through the trial and error approach you're using.
Also, I could find no way to reduce the DPI of an image, but
to be honest this doesn't surprise me, as this is more of an
advanced feature and Macromedia sell a product capable of this. You
did mention that you recommended Contribute so your client could
update their own web pages, and while graphics are included within
a web page, they are separate files and for the most part will
require a separate application to update them.
My suggestion would be to get a separate application for the
image, but you're not limited to purchasing one. One pretty good,
and FREE, editor is Pixel Editor (
http://www.iconempire.com/pixel-editor/index.htm)
which should be fine for reducing DPI and cropping, as well as a
host of other features. You could also try GIMP for Windows (
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net
- an open-source product), which is also free and very well
respected in the open-source community. However, both these will
require your client learning a new product, so I concede to your
initial point of kind of defeating the point of using Contribute,
except that you'd be hard pressed to find a similar product to
Contribute for web page design that include the feature you're
needing.
Hope this helps, even a little.

Free photo editing software for Macs & PCs?

Hi folks!
I am looking for a free photo editing software to use for an upcoming class. I have a MacBook at home, but I will be teaching in a classroom equipped with PCs. I was hoping to find a free software that students could practice on in class and then download free for use at home afterward.
Have been trying to download Gimp 2.8.2, but I can't get it to install on my Mac OS 10.6.8 - It downloads but will not start.
Please let me know any suggestions.
Thanks in advance!

i guess i want something where you can directly play with the images...cut out a section of the picture.....replace it with something else (like add icon/pictures over top of it)
also, the ability to paint colors over the picture and alter them in other ways, not just image quality or resizing it...
if there are no free programs for this, what are some cheap ones?
i looked at the programs that have been posted alreaedy, and i don't think that they are really what im looking for...
thank you!

I am using Aperture 3 now and I love it. But I would like to purchase or download perhaps some freeware, easy to use photo imaging/editing software with more filters, perhaps layering etc. My Apple mentor suggests Pixelmator or Gimp ?

I am using Aperture 3 now and I love it. But I would like to purchase or download perhaps some freeware, easy to use photo imaging/editing software with more filters, perhaps layering etc. I don't want something with a very steep learning curve, getting to old for that. My Apple mentor suggests Pixelmator or Gimp ? Are there some others out there? When I was still in the Windows world, I used Photoshop Elements but that is now in my past. Any ideas?

Pixelmator or Gimp are both nice tools for advanced image processing and compositing. I.e. Gimp can do pretty much the same as Phtoshop. You might also have a look at digikam http://www.digikam.org/drupal/download/binary
Digikam is not just an advanced image processing and compositing program, it is also content management system like Aperture or iPhoto.
I also find GraphicConverter a nice tool, but it is not free.
If you want your image editing tools to integrate well with Aperture, I would look first at the available plug-ins, start with the plug-ins offered in the Aperture pull-down menu
Aperture -> Aperture Plug-ins...

In need of a photo editing program

I am in need of a photo editing program. I currently only have the iPhoto library and and whatever comes HP products Imaging software and Image capture. What do I need to get iPhoto or iLife. I am more interested in the photo editing more than anything else. Please let me know. I currently have 756 MB ram, dual CPU's 500 mhz and 60GB memory. Thanks. bj1350

The later editions of iPhoto - especially v6 or v7 have much increased editing powers. Also, some others to check out"
Photoshop Elements
Graphic Coverter
Acorn
Seashore
there are many, many others. Search on MacUpdate.
Regards
TD

Aperture, Photoshop, and Apple's possible direction for Image Editing

All,
After using Aperture now for several days, and reading many different forum topics, in particular this one which speaks of desired enhancements to Aperture:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=253594&tstart=0
there is one thing that really sticks out on my mind. While all of us photographers have slightly different specifics to our workflow, in general they are very similar. And with respect to Aperture, there is one huge area where most of us seem to be hitting the brick wall: image adjustments, and by extension, image file management. Let me explain what I mean.
I think it is a fair generalization to say that the vast majority of serious digital photographers are using Photoshop (or some other image editing app, but I'm just going to refer to Photoshop for convenience) for post-processing of some kind. In using Aperture, and figuring out how to fit it into workflow, we've got this situation of how to move from organization and image library management to the full gamut of image adjusting functionality (photoshop) and back again to library management. The need to use photoshop then exposes the issue of how files are stored on the filesystem, etc. Stay with me here...
I have found myself thinking, and it is pretty clearly demonstrated in the forum topic mentioned above where folks are making suggestions for improvements to Aperture, that there's this barrel people are over in knowing whether Photoshop and Aperture should live in the workflow together, or whether Aperture should (or is intended to) replace Photoshop in the workflow. This got me to thinking about the fundamental question -- what is the intent, i.e. the vision for Aperture? Is it meant to replace Photoshop, or restated, is Aperture meant to be the app in which all image adjustments are to be made, OR is Aperture meant to just ease workflow, and is it intended not to be the primary app for image adjustments, but rather integrate with the primary image adjustment app?
The reason I bring this up is that the answer to this question makes all the difference in what enhancement requests and what people should expect from Aperture now, and in future versions. If Aperture is the primary place for image adjustment, then its obvious that there are some very significant additions that need to take place to Aperture, and likewise, the issue of putting images on the filesystem becomes much less important. However, if Aperture is a workflow-easer, then such image adjustment improvements are minimally important if at all, and filesystem / Photoshop / PSD file integration becomes paramount.
I know what Aperture does, what features it provides, etc. But I can't help but realize that its not really that clear (or I just don't understand yet) what the full scope of Aperture now and in the future is intended to be, and the forum topics are pretty decent documentation of the fact that the user base at this point is fairly cloudy on that too.
I can't help thinking that in the midst of the Apple pro line of tools, where we have tools that edit: video, audio, DVD creation, text effects, and now digital photography workflow, that there's one glaring hole: static image editing, i.e. a direct Photoshop competitor. I went through the Aperture video demos before Aperture shipped, and watched these photo pros talk incessantly about how "now there's an app that addresses how I work -- Aperture". That's great, but Apple has to know the role that Photoshop plays in present photography workflow -- for those pros too. So I'm sitting here thinking to myself, why would Apple roll out such a product with some clear workflow hurdles to common Photoshop usage.
Ok, here's the punchline: does anyone else here have a sneaking suspicion that Apple is not to far off from releasing their own image editing application that's a direct Photoshop competitor? I mean come on, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Sountrack, and by extension of the CEO to Pixar, Renderman. How can you not have a static image adjustment application entering the scene at some point?
I'm curious what others think. I'm just trying to make sense of how to fit the neat stuff I see in Aperture into a workflow that doesn't play very nicely with Aperture at some points (because I'm using Photoshop).
Brad
Powerbook G4-1.33GHz-17" / Powermac G4-1.4GHz Mac OS X (10.4.2) PB: 1GB RAM, Radeon 9600-64MB / PM: 1.25GB RAM, Radeon 9000Pro-128MB

So Apple adds curves adjustments,
we'll need noise reduction, greater sharpening
capability, etc., etc., and then when we have all
those features, surely we'll need masking and select
capability to perform those adjustments selectively,
etc. Where does it end?
Actually that could be a good cut-off point - add a few more/better 'global' adjustments but leave all mask, selection and layer based tasks to external editors. Personally, I used to swear by curves, but haven't really touched them in PS for a year since shooting more RAW and learning how to use the shadow/highlight adjustment properly. Sometimes for overall colour for JPEGs, but that bit can be done just as well in levels.
My workflow isn't particularly typical, but here goes.
Type of photography - stitched panoramas as a professional, plus general snapshots/nature/landscape as hobby. Single user with no network storage.
Currently I use a very organised folder structure in the Finder, along with aliases in DragThing docks for easy access to final stitched files, all with their own unique ID. RAW conversions are done in ACR/PSCS2, or Bibble if I'm in a hurry on the laptop. About 40% of the panos are shot in RAW, 40% are bracketed JPEG and the remaining 20% are 'single' JPEG. The panoramas go through quite a lot of post-processing in PS using a whole series of actions and AppleScripts.
I'm expecting my workflow to look something like this:
1) Download directly into Aperture, possibly with added help from Automator/Applescript when it comes to proper date-based names.
2) Divide download into a new album for each panorama.
2a) If it is a people pano there will be quite a lot of duplicate shots for each panohead position - make a stack for each position and choose picks - this bit will speed things up enormously by itself. Reorder stacks to fit correct order of images going around the scene.
3) Export to TIFF (sometimes JPEG) and stitch using PTMac (sometimes Realviz Stitcher). Oh, and any people who think Aperture is limited, buggy and bad value should go and look at Stitcher - it costs the same, has a far more limited feature set, is on version 5 and by comparison makes Aperture look bug-free.
4) Bring stitched panorama into Photoshop to adjust seams through layers if needed, flatten, final tone adjustments (usually using shadow/highlight), possibly some colour tweaks, sharpen. For bracketed shots I will blend together the three exposures at this point using a custom action - this kind of thing is unlikely ever to make it to Aperture.
5) Bring final print-ready file into Aperture for cataloguing/backup.
5a) If file is too big for Aperture, make a smaller version for cataloguing and store original file in Finder. This gives me a good file for 90% of purposes, with the huge file available with a bit more work.
Too big? I've found that Aperture gets sluggish with files over 18-20,000 pixels wide, and chokes totally somewhere between 25,000 and 32,000 pixels wide - 'image format unsupported'.
To summarise - organise and convert in Aperture, stitch in specialist software, do PS-specific stuff then bring final image back in to join the source images.
Ian

Disabling iPhoto to use another editing program

I'm having trouble with my compact flash card reader to I installed the Picture Editing program that came with my camera (Nikon 8800) in order to view the photos on the computer. I can't get the program to view the photos from the camera - iPhoto keeps taking over. Any ideas out there?

In the iPhoto preferences (or in the image capture preferences - either place) set the action when a camera is connected to either do nothing or to open your Nikon software - your choice
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