Anyone know of a free picture editing software that I can download to edit my vacation pictures?

Question

I'm looking for something that will allow for a lot of special effects such as blurring the back ground of a picture, fixing a complexion, brightening eyes, etc. Something similar to photo shop but free

~thanks

Answer 1

I don't know of any free- but check out Printshop from Bronderbund. Its available almost everywhere and you can get the abbr. version for about 20 bucks. I use it for graphics, photos, lettering on it and pics-I'm on my 10thg or 11th version-clear back to early 90's. Easy and a great add to your desktop

Answer 2

Gimp is the best free software out there.  The website has tutorials and instructions also.

Answer 3

Try the Gimp it is similar to Photoshop with the advantage of being  free.

The GNU Image Manipulation Program, the GIMP, is ideal for amateur photographers, web designers, and many other people who want to create and edit digital images. It is a very powerful application, with features including: channels, layers and masks; colour operations such as levels, curves and threshhold; advanced selection operations using intelligent scissors and selection channels; and much more.

GIMP is free software, which means it can be freely distributed and modified. This makes it well suited to be included on cover disks of magazines dedicated to digital photography or image editing, or to be included with digital cameras, scanners, printers etc. As free software, its capabilities are ultimately limited only by the collective imagination of the community of free software contributors.

http://www.download.com/GIMP/3000-2192_4...

http://gimp.org/tutorials/

Answer 4

Picasa by google.. i find it really useful when editing photos:  

heres the link to download it free..

http://picasa.google.com/

Answer 5

is photoshop free. im not sure if it is because it was already on my computer soo. but if it is id go with photoshop

Answer 6

if you don't want it for long, you can get free trials for photoshop and a similar programme called paint shop pro. They last 30 days, and you can use it for as many pictures as you want :)

alternatively, there are lots of websites that you can use.

www.picnik.com is quite good, but you can just type "edit pictures online" in a google search and a few come up :)

Answer 7

Picasa2 i have it and its great you just download it

:D

Answer 8

PhotoFiltre is a Free Download & a good program...

http://photofiltre.free.fr/

Here's a tutorial for it to give you an idea of what can be done with it...

http://photofiltre.free.fr/tutorials_en....

Answer 9

microsoft picture editor

Answer 10

photo shop

Answer 11

Download windos live just go to www.hotmail.com, and sign up. The download the thing that says hotmail w/ window live. You'll get a window live Photo Gallery and you can crop ajust and everything with it!

Answer 12

you can try picassa web and dont need to download anything. There are also many free downloadable programs, search on sourceforge.net