Cerating .jpg or .gif for free?

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Hey guys, I just got my first mac :Cool: and I am looking for a software that is free or very inexpensive that will let me create simple .jpg or .gif files from scratch. I have tried looking for it online but have had no luck, any help would be greatly appreciated.

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nMP 6-core/32Gb/D700/512Gb: rMBP 15" 2.3GHz/16Gb/512Gb: iPhone 6 128Gb: iPad Air 2 128Gb: NEC PA322U
Check out Gimp.

Yes it has a funny name (which stands for GNU.Image.Manipulation.Program), but it is widely known as 'the free photoshop'.

I have used it and it is pretty good, but I use photoshop but that's a bit out of the free/inexpensive range.
 

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Are you looking for something like Paintbrush?
 
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Gimp is a great software. As is Paintbrush. Best of all, it's free!


For photo editing, you can use iPhoto, which is part of the included iLife suite.


Congratulations on your new mac!
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Painbrush is like MSPaint... I'm not sure it can make Gif animations though. Gimp can. I would check out Pixen if you want animations in MSpaint style.
 

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