So now that Corel owns Paintshop Pro...

Post by **Fender** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:44 pm

what's a decent free graphics/photo program? Simple crop, shrink, palette reduction for icon type stuff and brightness/contrast/balance for simple photo enchancement. I used to hack PSP8 every 60 days to re-enable the trial period, but now I've got a new laptop and don't have the old install.

Post by **Foo** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:47 pm

Irfanview will do all that.

Post by **Nightshade** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:48 pm

Gimp?

Post by **Fender** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:56 pm

Nightshade wrote:Gimp?

I HATE gimp.

I'll check out Irfanview. ty.

Post by **PhoeniX** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:59 pm

http://www.getpaint.net/index.html is very good.

edit: or just use photoshop like everyone else.

Post by **seremtan** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:13 pm

why does corel buying out PSP mean you need a new graphics prog?

actually corel photopaint is top class, but not free, so GIMP or PSP4 off a cover disc is the answer

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:42 pm

Fender wrote:
Nightshade wrote:Gimp?
I HATE gimp.

I'll check out Irfanview. ty.

ok, Gimpshop

Post by **brisk** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:43 pm

Just use photoshop. Nothing else compares, its as simple as that.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:48 pm

brisk wrote:Just use photoshop. Nothing else compares, its as simple as that.

post first read the.

Post by **Captain** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 3:56 pm

Foo wrote:Irfanview will do all that.

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:48 pm

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
brisk wrote:Just use photoshop. Nothing else compares, its as simple as that.
post first read the.

photoshop is historically the most pirated piece of software in the world... i think most people actually thing its freeware.

Post by **Plan B** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:50 pm

But Fender has principles.
So it's a nono.

Post by **seremtan** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:58 pm

Dr_Watson wrote:
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
brisk wrote:Just use photoshop. Nothing else compares, its as simple as that.
post first read the.
photoshop is historically the most pirated piece of software in the world... i think most people actually thing its freeware.

PS was my first ever warez, come to think of it

Post by **Plan B** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:06 pm

seremtan wrote:...PS was my first ever warez, come to think of it

Wolfenstein was my first ever warez.
Bought my first PC to be able to play it actually, and therefore somehow felt legitimized in doing so.

Post by **Fender** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:34 pm

Plan B wrote:But Fender has principles.
So it's a nono.

Sort of.

I didn't have any qualms about deleting a simple registry entry for the past couple of years to keep PSP free, but I'm not going to pirate a $400 software package.

Don't ask about my XP install...

Post by **Plan B** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:47 pm

Fender wrote:...Sort of. I didn't have any qualms about deleting a simple registry entry for the past couple of years to keep PSP free, but I'm not going to pirate a $400 software package...

I don't really understand the difference, but go with what you're comfortable with.

BTW: For really simple stuff you might want to give Neopaint a try.
Not free, demo comes with a fully functioning package with trial period of 20 days I think, but considering its cost and following your lines of reasoning, you should have less qualms about extending that trial period a bit

Post by **brisk** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 6:39 pm

brisk wrote:Just use photoshop. Nothing else compares, its as simple as that.

Post by **Doombrain** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 6:44 pm

yeah christ, if you can't get some sort on photoshop you need to be removed from computer

Post by **dzjepp** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:00 pm

REMOVED FROM COMPUTER.

Post by **ToxicBug** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 5:56 am

Just use a proper crack for PSP8 for fucks sakes.

Post by **Turbine** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 7:42 am

Ah remember back in the days when they called it warez,
and they had 100+ zip files to download on a 56k,
and it used to take you a week or longer.

Post by **Captain** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:04 am

I've got a keygen for PS CS2 that gives you activation codes that must be applied when installing the trial version. Boom! It's activated, gg full version.

Post by **Grudge** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 9:06 am

Fucking warezmonkeys.

Btw, Photoshop Elements isn't that expensive.

Post by **K-mart Shopper** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 9:50 am

PSP7 here, and sticking with it. Opens fast, 32mb installer. I pretty much hate anything and everything else.

Post by **Captain** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 4:45 pm

CS2 is how much? $649?