Thursday, August 16, 2007
Free Image Editor

Mac OS X users (both PowerPC and Intel) who want an easy to use image editor for free--in this case, “free” as in “open source"--should download Seashore.
Seashore’s developers based their development on GIMP, but gave it a Mac friendly interface. Not all of GIMP’s features are in place, so it doesn’t have the same level of sophisticaiton as GIMP, but it’s easy to install, perhaps a bit easier to use, and does have some features that pros would appreciate. Layers, merging effects, tablet support, and the ability to save to TIFFs (without which I wouldn’t be able to use the program to do my job).
It won’t work for everyone, but it’s worth a look.