Photo touch-up software

lilbird1981 · lilbird1981 #1 (**permalink**)

07-08-2007, 07:19 AM

Hi!

I was wondering whether there is software available that allows me to touch up photos, similar to what I can do in Photoshop.
Is there free software available that lets me touch up my piccies?

Ta,
Lilbird.

yogi · yogi #2 (**permalink**)

07-08-2007, 07:33 AM

Depends what level of "touching up" you want to do. iPhoto has some basic photo enhancement features, maybe GIMP is for you.

lilbird1981 · lilbird1981 #3 (**permalink**)

07-08-2007, 08:15 AM

really? you can touch up photos with gimp... i didnt know that.
well, basically, i have never touched up a photo before... but i want to touch up a few photos to give as a present for my mum.
I want to improve skintone and impurities of the skin, and stuff like that.
can you do that with iPhoto? ...i take it that iPhoto will be included with my macbook (which I will get on 16th July - yay).
Tks,
Lilbird.

CackalackyMac · CackalackyMac #4 (**permalink**)

07-12-2007, 05:26 AM

What else is gimp for ?

You can't really touch up blemishes and the such with iphoto, and you'll have a lot more control in gimp, however, gimp is not an easy program- in fact it's kind of notoriously not easy. There are plenty of good tutorials, however, and most photoshop tricks can be done in 'da gimp.

Remix_Eyeballs · Remix_Eyeballs #5 (**permalink**)

07-14-2007, 08:18 AM

The gimp doesn't run well on Mac OS X 10.4.9.
At least on my macbook.

djames42 · djames42 #6 (**permalink**)

07-14-2007, 11:26 AM

Gimp runs just fine on my MBP. It does sometimes take a few minutes to launch, but then it runs great.

Don't forget to install X11 from your System Installer disc prior to installing GIMP.

yogi #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 14, 2005 Location: St. Gallen, Switzerland Posts: 1,973 Mac Specs: iMac Core i5, iPad, iPhone 4	07-08-2007, 07:33 AM Depends what level of "touching up" you want to do. iPhoto has some basic photo enhancement features, maybe GIMP is for you. If you liked this post, consider using the Reputation System.
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CackalackyMac #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 21, 2007 Location: Richmond, VA, a native of Chapel Hill, N.C. Posts: 26 Mac Specs: 17' iMac Core 2 Duo 2.16 1g ram \| iPod Photo 60gb \| 2G Shuffle	07-12-2007, 05:26 AM What else is gimp for ? You can't really touch up blemishes and the such with iphoto, and you'll have a lot more control in gimp, however, gimp is not an easy program- in fact it's kind of notoriously not easy. There are plenty of good tutorials, however, and most photoshop tricks can be done in 'da gimp. spice.
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Remix_Eyeballs #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 07, 2007 Posts: 15	07-14-2007, 08:18 AM The gimp doesn't run well on Mac OS X 10.4.9. At least on my macbook. Macbook 2.0GHz 2.0GBz RAM 80GB HD
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lilbird1981 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 06, 2007 Posts: 30	07-08-2007, 07:19 AM Hi! I was wondering whether there is software available that allows me to touch up photos, similar to what I can do in Photoshop. Is there free software available that lets me touch up my piccies? Ta, Lilbird.
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djames42 #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 07, 2005 Location: Seattle Posts: 346 Mac Specs: MBP CD 1.83/2ghz/7200 100g + Mini 2ghz C2D 2gb + Mini 1.42ghz G4 + PM 7200/120 + Newton OMP	07-14-2007, 11:26 AM Gimp runs just fine on my MBP. It does sometimes take a few minutes to launch, but then it runs great. Don't forget to install X11 from your System Installer disc prior to installing GIMP.
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