Top 5 Photoshop Alternatives | Open Source

Following through with my schedule, here is my Web Design post for Thursday. Did you miss lass weeks post? Top 5 Web Designer Tools for Firefox
Photoshop Open Source Alternatives

Open Source Photoshop Alternatives

Most new web designers will not have a lot money to spend on software so Open Source is the way to go.Why not try a FREE program that will do almost everything that Photoshop can?

Gimp

GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages

Kritna

Krita is a graphics application for everyone who wants to get creative with images. Whether you want to create from scratch or work with existing images, Krita is meant for you.

Picnik

Picnik makes your photos fabulous with easy to use yet powerful editing tools. Tweak to your heart’s content, then get creative with oodles of effects, fonts, shapes, and frames.

Splashup

Splashup, formerly Fauxto, is a powerful editing tool and photo manager. With the features professionals use and novices want, it’s easy to use, works in real-time and allows you to edit many images at once. Splashup runs in all browsers, integrates seamlessly with top photo-sharing sites, and even has its own file format so you can save your work in progress.

Adobe Photoshop Express

Adobe Photoshop Express is a Flash-based image editing web application from Adobe used to directly edit photos on blogs and social networking sites, so that users do not have to download or upload images. Similar to Picnik, the application currently works with sites such as Facebook, Flickr, Picasa and Photobucket.

What do you use?

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