gimp

[mrs007bond]

Just thinking of downloading gimp as my first introduction to photo editing didn't really want to pay out for elements etc.
Is this a good idea? And can you add watermarks in Gimp?
Lisa

 

[Jamougha]

The Gimp is almost as capable as photoshop - indeed it's more capable in some respects. None of the differences are things that any beginner will care about or understand. Go for it.

Check gimpguru for tutorials; http://www.gimpguru.org/Tutorials/ The Gimp can do watermarks and a google for 'gimp watermarks' will give you multiple tutorials on the first page.

For raw conversion you may need UFRaw. For file organization Picasa is pretty good.

 

[animal168]

hi
i used gimp till i could afford photoshop and was impressed with it
i sometimes go back to it when i cannot understand what i am doing in ps

 

[Slapo]

You can find a bunch of links on my website here:
http://www.slapo.net/index/obsah/notes/noteid/8

The tutorials aren't very good, as they need audio commentary and my microphone doesn't work very well (I move the cable a tiny bit and there's very annoying cracking noise).

If you want to process RAW files, try UFRaw, it works as a plug-in for the GIMP as well as a standalone program.
I prefer RawTherapee, which doesn't integrate with the GIMP, but it's very good.