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Software => Computer software => Topic started by: ianbell on December 03, 2007, 10:08:05 PM

Title: Paint program
Post by: ianbell on December 03, 2007, 10:08:05 PM

What do you folks recommend as the best FREE paint program - don't use one very often but I would like to edit a picture or two once in a while -  I would really like a program with a clone feature if any of the freeware has such a thing?

Title: Re: Paint program
Post by: quaxo on December 04, 2007, 02:05:21 AM

http://www.gimp.org/ (http://www.gimp.org/)

Totally free, good features.

Title: Re: Paint program
Post by: patio on December 04, 2007, 08:33:49 AM

Photobie (http://www.photobie.com/)

Also Free. Just checking it out the last 3 days...nice.

Title: Re: Paint program
Post by: ianbell on December 04, 2007, 09:14:55 AM

Quote from: quaxo on December 04, 2007, 02:05:21 AM

http://www.gimp.org/ (http://www.gimp.org/)

Totally free, good features.

Sorry, should have mentioned running w98se and according to 'gimp' website, not supported.

Title: Re: Paint program
Post by: ianbell on December 04, 2007, 09:24:48 AM

Quote from: patio on December 04, 2007, 08:33:49 AM

Photobie (http://www.photobie.com/)

Also Free. Just checking it out the last 3 days...nice.

Same thing as 'gimp' w2000 and up - any w9x programs you know of?
Thanks, guys.

Title: Re: Paint program
Post by: quaxo on December 04, 2007, 09:30:02 AM

Oh, in that case Photobie won't work for you either.

There's PhotoPlus 6 (http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/PhotoPlus/default.asp), which is free as well, although the newer PhotoPlus 8 isn't, but it's only $10.

Pixia 3.3b was the last version they made that worked in Win98 (if I remember right). It can be downloaded from here (http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/download.htm). Make sure you're getting the 3.3 version and not the new 4.1 version, which doesn't work on Windows 98.

Title: Re: Paint program
Post by: soybean on December 04, 2007, 10:33:04 AM

Quote from: ianbell on December 03, 2007, 10:08:05 PM

I would really like a program with a clone feature if any of the freeware has such a thing?

I've never heard of a clone feature in photo software.  What would be the purpose of it?