A brief presentation about 5 good reasons to learn Gimp image processing software. The Best Way for Beginners to Learn Gimp.

1. 5AdvantagesThatMakeGimpWorthLearningBy Martha Conner Gimp Is Not Difficult to Learn :-)

2. Gimp is completely FREE Gimp is free, because it is being developed as an open source project Imagine being able to invest those 600 hundred dollars needed to purchase Photoshop on something else you dearly need Gimp is free, but it is practically as powerful a piece of software as Photoshop

3. Gimp is powerful and versatile With Gimp you can: Create your website graphics like banners, buttons and patterns from scratch Enhance and retouch your digital photos (hide that ugly double chin) Gimp has versatile selection and transformation tools (“magic wand”, rectangle, foreground…) All the advanced features you need like layers and paths (you need layers to remove backgrounds from photos)

4. You can open Photoshop files in Gimp This means you can also use Photoshop brushes and patterns in Gimp. TIP: There are many websites where you can download high quality Photoshop brushes, patterns and gradients for free. Of course you can also save your native Gimp files in Photoshop format

5. Compatiblewithmostoperatingsystems Gimp is compatible with most operating systems. There are versions available for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and Sun OpenSolaris Youdon’tneed to switch to anothercomputer just to beable to useGimp!

6. Support is easilyavailable Gimp has a strong community over the Internet, so you can always find someone to help you if you get stuck There are many forums you can choose from Support is free and often faster to get than if you contacted some big company’s support department…

7. Easiestway to learnGimp Despite it‘s good qualities, Gimp can be a challenge to learn for a beginner Learning to use any new software is hard (learning Photoshop is hard for beginners) However, there are still easy and fast ways to learn Gimp

8. Gimp is easy to learnwith video tutorials The best way for beginners to learn Gimp is to follow step by step video tutorials With Gimp video tutorials you can actually save dozens of hours of your time (and money) Not to mention nerves… Visithttp://learngimpsmart.com