Photo Editing

Editing, the process of

correcting or revising
text, images, or sound

Photo (Image)editing
encompasses the processes
of alteringimages, whether
they be:
digital photographs,
traditionalanalog
photographs

Look closely at
the following
images:

There are several

pieces of software to
edit your photos with
after you take them,

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But the most well

known is

Adobe Photoshop.

These are some of the

things Photoshop can
do:

The problem is
Photoshop does not
come FREE!
When you want
Photoshop on your
computer, you need to
BUY it!

Photoshop is an
example of a
commercial software.
Commercial software, or
sometimespayware, is
computer softwarethat
is produced forsale[1]or
that servescommercial
purposes.

Is there a Free photo

editing software that I
can use that is as
powerful as
Photoshop?

There is a clear cut rival to

Photoshop calledGIMP, an
open source software that
is very similar to
Photoshop, and some

GIMP is an acronym for GNU

Image Manipulation Program. It
is a freely distributed program for
such tasks as photo retouching,
image composition and image
authoring.
It has many capabilities.

It can be used as:

a simple paint program,

an expert quality photo

retouching program

Reasons
GIMP is Better Than Photo
shop
GIMP
isfree.
Yes
free,
no

charge, nada, zip, zero.

Photoshop costs upwards of
$700 for a single license!
The old saying stays true, if
its free its for me.

Reasons
GIMP is Better Than Photoshop
GIMP
is
a
much
smaller

install, about 20x smaller then

Photoshop. Not only does the
install go much quicker, but it
takes up far less hard drive
making it the perfect image
editing software for laptops and
netbooks where hard drive
space may be at a premium.

Reasons
GIMP is Better Than Photo
shop
is extremely resource
Photoshop
intensive, it will run on older
hardware but its not optimized to
and will be sluggish and slow. GIMP
on the other hand isamazingly fast
and stable. It will install on nearly
any hardware running Mac, Windows
or even Unix!

Reasons
GIMP is Better Than Photo
shop
Open, edit and save
Photoshops native PSD file
format with GIMP. If youre
editing for someone else, it
doesnt matter if theyve
started the job in Photoshop
because GIMP can handle the
file format.

Reasons
GIMP is Better Than Photo
shop
. Replicate the look and

feel of Photoshopand its

keyboard shortcutsin GIMP.

Reasons
GIMP is Better Than Photo
shop
GIMP goesportable!As if the
install of GIMP wasnt small
enough already, a portable
version is available to load on
your USB thumb drive to take
on the go and edit programs on
anyones computer, anywhere!

Reasons
GIMP is Better Than Photo
shop
Free upgrades. Not only is

GIMP free to download, install

and use, upgrades are free!
Photoshop upgrades, which
happen on average every 1218 months can cost as much
as $200, on top of the original
purchase price!

__________ 1. GIMP costs 700

dollars.
__________ 2. Photoshop is a
raster graphics editors software.
__________ 3. Photoshop is a commercial
software.4. Photographic negatives
__________
are processed in a brightly lighted
area to fully expose the film.
__________ 5. Traditional Film
Photography uses an array
ofelectronicphotodetectorsto
capture the image focused by thelens

__________ 6. Photoshop gives

free upgrades and updates
through the Internet.
__________ 7. GIMP, though a free
download, is a very big file
compared to Photoshop.
__________ 8. Photoshop and GIMP
are very much similar in
appearance.
__________ 9. GIMP is an open
source software.
__________ 10. Photographic films
are insensitive to light.

1. A small,air-operatedtool that
sprays various media including
inkanddye
2. An image editing software
that is free and very similar
to APhotoshop.
3.
room that can be made
completely dark to allow the
processing oflightsensitive
photographic
materialsfor?
4. GIMP is an acronym
5. In __________, the captured image is
thendigitizedand stored as a
computer fileready for digital
processing, viewing,digital publishingor
GIMP printing.
Airbrush
Graphic Image Manipulation Program
Darkroom GNU Image Manipulation Program
Spraybrush
PhotoDraw
PhotoRoom
Traditional Photography
Digital Photography