# question on image manipulation software

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-image-manipulation-software/185989>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 3, 2003, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-image-manipulation-software/185989 "2003-07-03T11:15:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Sur\_Nii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Sur\_Nii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sur_Nii)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-image-manipulation-software/185989/1 "2003-07-03T11:15:07Z")

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I used to have Adobe Photo Home edition, but now I have a new pc with windows XP, snd they discontinued the software I had. I used to have fun making photo manipulations switching heads on bodies to amuse my friends. I don’t want something as extensive and pricey as Photoshop, nor do I want something very complex. Is there something in freeware or shareware, or decently priced in software I can get? Any recommendation greatly appreciated by this geek in training:)

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-image-manipulation-software/185989/2 "2003-07-03T11:42:12Z")

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WinMorph and IrfanView are both freeware. I haven’t tried anything very fancy with them, but they are serviceable.

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**Author:** ![Sur\_Nii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Sur\_Nii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sur_Nii)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-image-manipulation-software/185989/3 "2003-07-03T11:47:45Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Zeldar \*  
> \*\*WinMorph and IrfanView are both freeware. I haven’t tried anything very fancy with them, but they are serviceable. \*\*

I have IrfanView and love it but it doesn’t have that function, I’ll look into winmorph thanks so much!😃

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**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-image-manipulation-software/185989/4 "2003-07-03T13:03:46Z")

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Jasc Paint Shop Pro and/or Adobe Photoshop Elements are both less than $100 and you can use layers (like you would use for switching heads).

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**Author:** ![Sur\_Nii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Sur\_Nii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sur_Nii)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-image-manipulation-software/185989/5 "2003-07-03T13:40:45Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Boscibo \*  
> \*\*Jasc Paint Shop Pro and/or Adobe Photoshop Elements are both less than $100 and you can use layers (like you would use for switching heads). \*\*

I downloaded Paint shop pro courtesy of a friend (just a few minutes ago as a matter of fact ) so obviously I’ll perhaps need to learn how to do it in that way, because I don’t see any direct way to do the fake head switching. I did however learn to make an animated gif from a series of jpgs and that was magic! :eek: So I’ll keep aspiring to apprentice in graphic geekdom! 😃 Thanks to everyone who responded 🆒