# free photo editors?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-photo-editors/187054>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 8, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-photo-editors/187054 "2003-07-08T18:41:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-photo-editors/187054/1 "2003-07-08T18:41:45Z")

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Can anyone recommend a decent (and preferably spyware-free) photo editing program? I don’t need gamma correction and all that stuff, just to be able to crop jpegs and gifs without having to buy Photoshop…

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**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-photo-editors/187054/2 "2003-07-08T18:50:54Z")

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I’ve never used it myself since I’m using _Picture Publisher_ by Micrografx, but _GIMP_ ([www.gimp.org](http://www.gimp.org)) is said to be excellent.

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**Author:** ![KellyM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@KellyM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyM)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-photo-editors/187054/3 "2003-07-08T18:54:53Z")

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I have to cast another vote for The GIMP. Of course, I’m one of the authors, so I’m biased. It’ll definitely do everything you want and more.

Version 1.4 should be out soon!

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**Author:** ![alimarx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@alimarx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alimarx)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-photo-editors/187054/4 "2003-07-08T19:23:58Z")

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For simple cropping, and file format conversion, I’ve been using Irfanview[Irfanview](http://www.irfanview.com) . Not as complex, or full featured, as GIMP (which I just discovered through this thread, and am downloading now!).

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**Author:** ![lorinada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@lorinada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorinada)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-photo-editors/187054/5 "2003-07-08T20:25:52Z")

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Hmmm, I use Photoshop extensively for all the webwork I do in my various on-line cat clubs. But all I’m ever usually doing is erasing backgrounds, cutting-and-pasting, recoloring, etc. Occasionally I will do animations and original images, but mostly not. It looks like GIMP would suit my purposes just fine. I’ll try it out.