GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)

Gimp is the "go to" image app for viewing .jpg and .gif files

Pluspunten:

The app is open source and free. It is also OS agnostic.

Minpunten:

I would like to see Gimp be easier to use in terms of viewing multiple .gif or .jpg files at the same time.

GIMP as a cheaper alternative

Pluspunten:

That it captures most all of the tools of the major editing outlet for free.

Minpunten:

Having to adjust to the new tools and less features.

Good for Programmer Art, Somewhat Confusing

Opmerkingen: GIMP is my go-to drawing program for quick placeholder art, at least when I can't afford Adobe Animate. It's not easy to generate sprite sheets or animations (there's no timeline -- you need plugins or many, many layers), but it's good for individual sprites or sequences that contain no more than a few frames. Drawing line is weird -- you have to hold down shift between brush or pen clicks. Rotating sprites can sometimes pixelate them. Changing the canvas size often involves wondering why your sprites are disappearing when moving them out of bounds, then doing some complicated layer manipulation and flattening to get everything working the way it should. The bottom line is that a user should be able to resize a canvas and have everything work seamlessly right away. Still, as free art programs and cheap special effects go, I depend on it quite a bit. I recommend it if you can't afford something better, like Animate or Photoshop.

Pluspunten:

-Free -Makes easy programmer art -Layers are easy to manipulate and understand -Interesting and nice looking artistic filters

Minpunten:

-Drawing Tools are somewhat counterintuitive, especially lines and pens -No apparent Vector capabilities -Not easy to generate sprite sheets -Resizing canvases can have awkward side effects

The best free image editing software

Opmerkingen: I downloaded it after using photoshop and I got used to it quickly after switching. I never had any problems outside if a folder has thousands of items in it, when choosing to make an export to name the export and to choose what file type it will be, it loads every file name into the browser which can make it lag if there is over thousands of items in the folder being opened.

Pluspunten:

It's fully free and it's designed to be quick to learn and use. Missing some settings photoshop has, but overall does the same job or better.

Minpunten:

Missing some of the bigger features of photoshop and the extensions. But in most cases they aren't needed for most needs.

A gem under many alternatives

Opmerkingen: I have used it for Integration of several files for a physical flyer (2500 printed pieces) and for private projects to for example create a logo and social media posts for my sports team and many other ocassions. I have always loved GIMP and would not ditch it for any alternative, especially for its value.

Pluspunten:

- free to use- many functional similarities to Adobe Photoshop, often contemplorary to each other (e.g. our marketing department uses both and is very happy)- Plugin support like for G`MIC

Minpunten:

- A little bit less intuitive than PSD, espcecially when I used it for the first times- Maybe an AI tool :)