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Title: 40 Great Open Source Graphic Programs
Post by: mistybear on October 13, 2007, 10:33

LINK (http://openit.biteus.org/40-great-open-source-graphic-programs/)

Title: Re: 40 Great Open Source Graphic Programs
Post by: Simon on October 13, 2007, 11:19

With all these free resources available, it makes me wonder why people pay something in the region of £400 for 'professional' graphics software.   :dunno:

Title: Re: 40 Great Open Source Graphic Programs
Post by: Rik on October 13, 2007, 11:23

There speaks a man who's never used Photoshop. :)

Title: Re: 40 Great Open Source Graphic Programs
Post by: Simon on October 13, 2007, 13:09

Photoshop Elements is all I can aspire to.  :)

Title: Re: 40 Great Open Source Graphic Programs
Post by: Sandra on October 13, 2007, 13:18

I have recently been playing around with photoshop CS 3.
It does seem to have a lot going for it over over other photo editing software and I have only scratched the surface of what can be done with it.
I think its well worth the price I paid for it  ;)

Title: Re: 40 Great Open Source Graphic Programs
Post by: GillE on October 13, 2007, 19:49

Like you, Sandra, most people only ever scratch the surface of these graphics programs.  They don't really need anything sophisticated but they feel that having a more powerful program will make them better graphics designers.  Some open source graphics programs such as Inkscape and the Gimp (which aren't listed on that link :dunno: ) are quite capable of competing with the likes of Corel X3 and Photoshop.  Ultimately, however, there's no substitute for talent.

Gill