Image
editors are software tools to edit and convert images. Among many of imaged
editors GIMP imaged editor is unique for its multiple platform support and it
is open source.
GIMP
imaged editor has capability that no other imaged editing software don’t have.
GIMP abbreviated from GNU Image Manipulation Program. GIMP imaged editor can be
used as simple paint software or expert software for photo retouch, imaged
composition and image authoring and image format converter etc,.
GIMP image
editor is often compared to Adobe Photoshop for its performance comparison. It
can be also called as free Photoshop.
System
requirements:
Operating system:
Microsoft WindowsXP, Vista, 7, GNU/Linux (i386, PPC), MAC OS X, Sun OpenSolaris, FreeBSD
Ram: 1GB
recommended
Disk space:
Free disk space of 25 MB for installation
Features:
1.
Open source and multiple
platforms
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GIMP
image editor is open source so that codings of it can be seen by user. GIMP
image editor community developed software so that user can interface with new
layers.
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Thus
GIMP image editor is open source and originally developed for Ubuntu OS it
offers to support all modern day platforms widely used.
2.
Plug-ins support
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GIMP
image editor can be easily customized by downloading corresponding plug-ins and
get extended.
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Plug-ins
support for GIMP image editor has been hundreds of them available in GIMP Plug-in
Registry.
3.
Advanced scripting
interface
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Scripting
interface is the feature lack in many other image editors, but GIMP image
editor has advanced script interface
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Thus
advanced scripting interface makes it do from simple
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modification
to high image processing easily
4.
File formats support
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GIMP
image editor supports file formats of hundreds.
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It
supports much number of file formats to display and to export from several
devices or software products.
5.
Advanced tools
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This
feature what makes GIMP image editor effective. Advanced tools offers layers
and masks, filters and effects, tabbed palettes and many more.
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It
also provides 32 bit color support; dynamic brushes and free select tools allow
many operations to be performed on images.
6.
Hardware support
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GIMP
able to access, display and export images taken from devices like scanner and
cameras.
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It
supports most of the devices commonly used in current trend. It even supports
7.
Frequent Updation
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Although
GIMP is best ,still then advanced version are frequently released in web with many
improved features and fixed bugs from previous versions
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