Tools of the Trade: Image Editing
Sooner or later (and probably sooner) every webpreneur is going to need to edit an image or create a graphic. Photoshop is the most commonly referred to, but it’s also very expensive and can be a bear to learn. Fortunately, Photoshop isn’t the only game in town anymore. Here are a few alternatives:
- Paint.net – (free) has an intuitive interface and nice features.
- GIMP – (free) GNU Image Manipulation Program.
BONUS: Another handy tool when working with images, graphics, or CSS is Eclipse Pallet. It’s a light little app that gives you an eyedropper to select a color from anything and then gives you the color’s code – so you can see exactly what color something is an replicate it. This is another tool I would be naked without. (trust me, no one wants that!)
Cool. Thanks – I’ll go try GIMP for mac.
The problem with Paint.Net is that you need the .Net software.
Thanks for posting this. I really need an image editor.
Offgrid – Hope you like it.
Tom – If I remember right all I needed to get Paint.Net running was a free download from MicroSoft. Is that what you mean?
CyberCelt – Glad to be helpful!