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Gimp version 2.4 on Ubuntu Linux</a><a class="snap_shots" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/plakboek/"> </a></span></div></div>Here
is a screenshot of the software <a href="http://www.gimp.org">GIMP,</a> version 2.4 This is a powerful
graphics software package with many cool features including new icon
theme, scalable brushes, revised selection tools, new color menu,
full-screen editing, new crop tool, improved printing, red eye removal,
perspective clone and lens distortion tools.<br><br>Not only are there
flavours of Gimp that run on just about any computer operating system,
because the software is FLOSS it can be freely downloaded and used by
my students and colleagues. There is even a variant called <a class="snap_shots" href="http://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/gimp_portable">GIMP Portable</a> that can run on a USB drive or another called <a class="snap_shots" href="http://gimpshop.blogspot.com/2005/10/what-is-gimpshop.html">
Gimpshop</a> that changes the interface to something resembling Adobe Photoshop, <br><br>Gimp
has attracted some criticism (perhaps unfairly) because of its user
interface. As Donna once pointed out to me, the right mouse button is
your friend in the default Gimp interface and will bring up many of the
functions needed or looked for.<br><br>Once users get become familiar with the
interface of one software package they are often reluctant to adapt or
master the interface of another. When the general concepts of layers,
filters and functions are so similar, it is sad to see them stuck on
this learning curve. None of the major graphics software packages
really work 'out of the box' without some external help with lessons or
tutorials. In the context of a secondary school, arguments about
'industrial software standards' are phony and undignified. <br><br>It all comes
down to your personal taste, needs, funding and experience. As a
lite user, it does exactly what I need from a software graphics package
with the basic functions just a click away. :-)<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br>
<br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead