GIMP Review For Free Photo Editing Software

This is a GIMP review for free photo editing Software. Most photo editors come with a price tag but the GIMP image editor is FREE. In my opinion GIMP is the best photo editor that is free and easy to use.

Why Use GIMP?

GIMP is an excellent pic editor that can manipulate photos in virtually millions of ways. Graphic artists use photo editors to create graphics for use online. You can also use GIMP to watermark pictures to use on websites to prevent others from using your images. GIMP image editor lets you create high-quality graphics in different file formats. We use GIMP a lot and that is what moved us to write this GIMP Review

GIMP Review of File Exports 

You can save multiple file formats in GIMP. Here is a complete list of file formats that you can export from GIMP.

• Alias Pix Image
• AutoDesk FLIC animation
• bzip archive
• Colored XHTML
• C Source Code
• C Source Code Header
• Digital Images and Communication in Medicine Image
• Flexible Image Transport System
• GIF images
• Gimp Brush
• GIMP Brush animate
• GIMP Pattern
• GZIP archive
• HTML table
• JPEG images
• KISS CEL
• Microsoft Windows Icon
• OpenRaster
• PBM Image
• PBM Image
• Photoshop Image
• PNG Image
• PNM Image
• Portable DOcument Format PDF
• PPM Image
• Raw Image Data
• Silicon Graphic IRIS  Image
• SUN Rasterfile Image
• TarGA Image
• TIFF Image
• Windows BMP images
• X Bitmap Image
• X Window DUMP
• ZSoft PCX Image

As you can see GIMP is pretty flexible when dealing with multiple file types. Make sure that you get the specs of whatever project you’re working before opening a file in GIMP. For instance if you need a certain size or pixel density then you should set your limits in GIMP so before starting your project.

GIMP Features & Tools

• Filters Tools
• Alpha Channels
• Transformation of Images
• Color Adjustment and Enhancement
• Path
• Animation
• Measuring Tools
• Scaling
• Hot Link Tabs for Keyboard
• Clone Tools
• Smudge
• Eraser
• Blur & Sharpen
• and much more

Editing Graphics

GIMP Image editor features are easy to use. GIMP has regular editing tools with multi-layer editing capabilities. GIMP offers a variety of background designs when creating new graphics. There are multiple tools available to edit each layer the same way as Photoshop and Illustrator. GIMP’s variety of filters make image alteration a snap. Our online tutorials will walk you through each of these features and more. Subscribe to our blog posts to follow the tutorials.