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I need a simple graphics program
ihmmy
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Soo, for work I end up doing a lot of the document creation. Recently, we've been given the power to change our banner on our website (shiny and exciting!). However, it only accepts images and, well, I'm kind of a dunce with Gimp. It's just a bit more complicated than I can readily wrap my brain around. We use InDesign for pdf creation, however it's CS2 and I doubt we have $1000 to dump on Photoshop, when it would be used so minimally.
So, is there a free or cheap program out there that's a couple steps above Paint, but simpler than Gimp? I don't create images purely from scratch, often we use something from our branding material (so, .jpgs or the like already given to us), add a background and/or overlay, add some text, etc. It's more piecing together things that creating something from scratch. One of my big frustrations with Gimp is after I've created an object (in particular, text boxes), it seems silly-difficult to re-select it for editing, so if the software in suggestion fixes that I would be ecstatic.
Danke! suggest on!
So, is there a free or cheap program out there that's a couple steps above Paint, but simpler than Gimp? I don't create images purely from scratch, often we use something from our branding material (so, .jpgs or the like already given to us), add a background and/or overlay, add some text, etc. It's more piecing together things that creating something from scratch. One of my big frustrations with Gimp is after I've created an object (in particular, text boxes), it seems silly-difficult to re-select it for editing, so if the software in suggestion fixes that I would be ecstatic.
Danke! suggest on!
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I mean, I have yet to see anything that's free that GIMP doesn't already do, but better.
I'm no graphics artist by any means, and I have very little issues with it.
What do you need a simple program to do that MSPaint doesn't?
Seconding Paint.NET. It will almost assuredly do everything you need, and as a bonus it's free, so you can at least try it out to determine if it suits your needs. If it does, great, if it doesn't, you're not out any money and can look at something like Paintshop Pro or Photoshop Elements.
I'll third the recommendation for Paint.NET. I've been using it to make my sigs for this forum and it let's you add text and background with ease by using the programs 'Add Layer' function. Also, the 'Add Layer' function makes it very easy to reselect objects as long as you make it a habit of using a different layer for each discrete object in the image you're creating.
There is a 30 day free trial for photoshop.
It's a recompiled version of Gimp that basically completely reskins it to look like an older version of Photoshop, so it's a lot less confusing if you're used to photoshop.
Is paint.net a good suggestion for this situation as well?
Mmmmm....toasty.
The basic version does a lot and it's like $60 bucks. I think it's vector based though, but it's pretty good