Alternative to paint shop pro?

frugalsar

My mums got a bee in her bonet about me getting her paint shop pro for her birthday, i'm sure she only wants it to doctor photos of herself (to make herself thin and wrinkle free!) or to cut the kids heads off photos and stick them on teddies bodies! The only thing is it's sooo expensive! Does anyone know of a good photo editing program that will do all the same things but cheaper or even free download? I have corel snapfire which is ok but very basic?

frugalsar

Thanks for the link but I was after the software not the books?
I had a look on ebay and i can get the x version for £20 but she's pointed out the one with the camera on the front?

mostly

you can get v8 over on ebay pretty cheap
spotted my school boy error

mostly

or try gimp its free

frugalsar

heehee, gimp! cant tell my mum to get gimp on her computer!haha! can i just ask is jasc the same as corel ?

espresso

frugalsar wrote: »

heehee, gimp! cant tell my mum to get gimp on her computer!haha! can i just ask is jasc the same as corel ?

GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program so get her that instead!

:rolleyes:

mostly

frugalsar wrote: »

heehee, gimp! cant tell my mum to get gimp on her computer!haha! can i just ask is jasc the same as corel ?

i 'think' corel bought jasc it'll do exactly the same thing

moonrakerz

This a very good package:

http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/

You can get it for around £50.

mjr600

Another vote for GIMP

Stubert

Yep another vote for the GIMP. Its free, you can't complain and will do most things that pshop can do.

Photoshop Elemets might have been metioned already, but thats another choice certainly under the £100 mark.

wolfman

Paint.Net and GIMP are the best two free ones out there.

Paint.NET is a little more simple, but probably more familiar in design (as GIMP is designed for Linux).