Free software to make banners,thumbnails etc

TheScarletBlaze

TheScarletBlaze

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Hello youtube talk i recently lost my use of Photoshop when i had to go though the horrible endevour of re-installing my entire OS :(

But anyways that made me feel inspired to share some free half decent photo editing softwares and maybe you guys could share what you have found also :)

Firstly is is pixlr this is my favourite online editor as it actuley allows you to work with layers somthing which alot of the online free editors ive seen don't it also covers your basic photo editing stuff like curves clone stamp etc basiclly feels like a slightly run down photo shop


Secondly is Gimp.
I Have heard alot of good things about this program but have yet to get to gripps with it myself still if you don't have the money/cant get hold of photoshop its a good option


Lastly is picmonkey
this is what i first started using for youtube thumbnails and somtimes still use it for some of its texts and textures quite limiting but good for beggininers or basic quick editing.
 
Before I got Photoshop all I used was GIMP, pretty much a free version of Photoshop with a few slight differences. Once you get the hang of it, it is pretty good. I have heard of the other 2 but never used them.

You can use the standard paint you get with windows, although it's not the best bit of software.
 
TheScarletBlaze said:
Ah ive never been a big fan of paint never used it for thumbnails as ive been a mac user for a while how much it changed since Xp?
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Not a lot really, it is pretty terrible, but if that's all you have you can make it work. Google is your friend when you want free stuff though,
 
As said, GIMP will do it just fine. Watch couple of tutorials through and voila - start making your own graphics.
 
I've used GIMP and Paint.NET

If you want more intricate details, get GIMP. THe latter is really for some basic stuff.
 
Gimp is probably the best free alternative to photoshop you're going to find. It'll take a bit to learn to use, but don't worry about that, practice makes perfect.
 
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