Urgh.

[chandri]

I know a lot of you use Gimp rather than Photoshop and sing its praises often - after all, it's free. Hurrah. I, myself, learned Photoshop, way back in film school, and have kept using it. Recently I even acquired a legal version (O.O

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[nute]

Generic Image Manipulation Program. Sort of a freeware version of Photoshop, in the way that water is a freeware version of vodka.

[chandri]

*using that in future*

[frito_kal]

I'm very confused. Filling an area with a gradient took eleven steps and ten minutes? It took me 5 steps and 30 seconds. Open GIMP, create file of appropriate size, select Gradient Fill tool, select appropriate gradient, click and drag, there you go.

[chandri]

I'm inclined to believe he's just not very bright, really.

[frito_kal]

That's sort of what I was thinking but I didn't want to say so.

[ferox]

*peeets her photoshop, yes she does*

Although, I admit. For what I do - that is, some photo touchups - I love my copy of Elements.

[chandri]

I got the Master Collection last year at the Educational price through our company, and I haven't used half of it yet. I mean, I don't even know what a lot of it does. o.O

[nute]

Ooh, I will have to send you the links to some great layman's terms tutorial sites. Do you have CS3 or CS4?

[chandri]

CS4, complete with half a dozen programs bought off other companies that were not included with CS3, so I'm still poking around six months later. :)