Gimp 3.0 - a free photo editor

Version 3.0 of GIMP - newly released and ready to take on Photoshop

I have been a Photoshop user since CS 2 was released, some 20 years ago.  I have also used Photoshop Elements and Lightroom.  All of them are high quality photo editing computer tools, and they all cost money.  You used to be able to buy them individually, and once you owned them it was forever.  Not anymore.  Now you pay a monthly lease to operate Photoshop and Lightroom and your Elements license only lasts for 3 years.

Fortunately, there are other photo editing programs out there that are less, or even free.  A popular one has been GIMP.   It is a free program that is opensource, meaning that anyone can add code to it to improve it.  Version 2 has been the de facto choice for many, however it has been in dire need of an upgrade.

Enter Gimp 3.0 - the new release which now is past Beta testing and available for use.  You can see the above image - an example of the screen used when working with an image - and it is fairly versatile in its breadth and depth.  That's not to say that it is the same as the new version of Photoshop which uses a lot of AI in its code.  It may be more easily compared to an older version of Photoshop, maybe something akin to CS6 or CC1. 

I have been playing with Gimp 3.0 a bit - it is not the same as using Photoshop, but I am sure that time will allow me to adjust.  I may have to get rid of my Photoshop programs as it is costing me about $400 a year to operate.  It won't happen today, but it may happen soon.

Thanks for reading.

Eric Svendsen     www.ericspix.com

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