The GIMP Team - (Open Source)
Process or edit an image is not easy if user do not have the skill unless it is used the right tool and The Gimp is a smart choice for anybody that need to do this.
The Gimp is a graphic program and one very powerful photo editing. It includes all the tools needed to create drawings and all filters to correct and improve a shot. GIMP can be used by users of various levels as a paint program, an advanced photo editing program, a batch system, a format converter, etc The application has an intuitive interface, a display mode in one window and quickly accessible controls. A module layer organization also facilitates the implementation and the creation of complex compositions.
The number of tools, brushes and filters is impressive and will not disappoint Photoshop users. With a little practice, everything is in great.
The plug-in screen capture integrated into "file - create" allow the creation of a "screen shot" including the mouse cursor.
Changes in GIMP 2.3.8
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- added new tile primitive Triangle to Mosaic plug-in
- speed up Gaussian Blur plug-in
- suppress redundant progress updates from plug-ins
- changed some gimprc and sessionrc default values (window hints,
fullscreen mode)
- do not focus transform tool dialogs on map
- renamed Magnify tool to Zoom tool and added some missing tool shortcuts
- added a submenu with recently used plug-ins to the Filters menu
- fixed look-up table used for Contrast adjustments
- improved the user interface of the Animation Playback plug-in
- added framework for describing menu entries in the statusbar
- added lots of helpful blurbs to procedures and core actions
- remove color from the Watercolor selector if Shift is being pressed
- ported PDB internals to GParamSpec and GValue
- speedup and UI improvements for the SIOX tool
- added parasite getters and settors for vectors
- made PSD load and save plug-ins 64bit clean
- some string review
- ported ellipse select tool to the new rectangle tool
- added basic support for layer masks to the PSD save plug-in
- avoid relocations by declaring more data as const
- new application icons in more sizes and as a SVG
- provide script-specific samples instead of hard-coding "Aa" for font preview
- build the Screenshot plug-in on all platforms
- allow to discard invisible layers when merging visible layers
- nicer output from gimp-procedural-db-dump
- bug fixes and code cleanup