The Best Free Photo Editing Software Alternative

There are many photo editing software available and most of them you would need to purchase. But there are free alternatives that you can get and can match the performance of other expensive software. GIMP or GNU Image Manipulation Program is a free photo editing software that can be compared to the performance of Adobe Photoshop.

GIMP runs on most Operating Systems which include but not limited to Windows, Mac, and Linux/UNIX platforms. This would mean that you have the freedom to have GIMP on whatever system you have on your computer. This program is a powerful tool that can be used for photo manipulation but if you are only going to do some basic retouching like red-eye removal then this software is more than what you need. This is designed to do professional photo editing that would enable you to get the perfect photo to be printed on your photo printer.

A short list of its capabilities is as follows:

• ·         Ability to import and export most of the basic bitmap graphic files including JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF and many others.
• ·         Allows extended format capabilities with a plug-in which can be downloaded at the GIMP plug-in registry.
• ·         Allows easy compression of file when there is limited space available when saving. Any format can be saved using an archive extension such as ZIP, GZ, BZ2 and it will transparently compress it without needing any extra steps.
• ·         Ideal for advanced photo retouching using the clone tool or touching up minor details with the new healing tool.
• ·         Compensate digital photo imperfections caused by lens tilt or barrel distortion and vignetting with powerful tools and filters with an easy interface.

These are just some of the things that it can do to your photos. With this you would not need to pay for expensive software for you to do a professional job to print with the best photo printers. This will allow you to get the best out of your photos. This will allow you to do simple fixes to original digital paintings to the most sophisticated photo compositions.