Image Manipulation Programs

1. GIMP

http://www.sam-mallery.com

 “GIMP – which stands for the GNU Image Manipulation Program – is a feature-packed and powerful open source image editor that can be used in all major operating systems (Linux, Mac, and Windows). It has a customizable interface so that you can easily set the view and behavior of GIMP. It has a huge set of retouching tools that will allow you to perform advanced image retouching and manipulation. The GIMP outputs your work in many common formats like JPG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, and even PSD (Photoshop’s native file format).” (sixrevisions.com)

2. Photoshop

http://www.radford.edu

“Photoshop is what comes to mind when image editing is involved there’s very little that can be said about it that hasn’t been said already. With an insurmountable amount of features that help you manipulate and enhance photos as well as create web graphics, all while helping you manage your workflow and image editing environment – Photoshop comes in at numero uno as the best image editing software currently in the market.” (sixrevisions.com)

Photoshop is always the first imagine manipulation program that comes to mind; by popularity everyone knows its name…but how many people can use it properly? In my opinion these programs take lots of time and effort to understand fully and properly. It’s not an overnight understanding.  With popular programs such as Instagram and simple photo editing programs on MAC computers, students have already made clear where their interests lie.

GIMP for Beginners, Watch this short video! 

Photoshop for Beginners, Watch this short video!