Gimp 2.8 Reviewed: Open-Source Photo Editor

[Guest]

Although its learning curve is too steep for novices, GIMP is free and has a nice set of photo editing tools within an open-source program that should appeal to geek photographers who like to control their editing environment.

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[spodeworld]

Although it doesn't have all the bells and whistles of Photoshop, GIMP is a powerhouse. GIMP 2.9 has been out for a bit.

 

[Michael Schumacher]

"converting a selection to a layer mask" is done by choosing Selection in the layer mask dialog, by the way.