downloadable image editor (even trial version)

Toker · 20 Nov 2008 at 11:41

I'm at work and require an image editor to make a quick diagram for a presentation, it's urgent and requesting software through the proper method takes an age.

We are still on Windows 2000 (Vista testing taking forever) so the likes of Photoshop CS4 trial doesn't work.

Can anyone recommend an application which can do some simple editing of images? Paint doesn't quite cut it...

da_mic_1530 · 20 Nov 2008 at 12:13

Toker said:
I'm at work and require an image editor to make a quick diagram for a presentation, it's urgent and requesting software through the proper method takes an age.

We are still on Windows 2000 (Vista testing taking forever) so the likes of Photoshop CS4 trial doesn't work.

Can anyone recommend an application which can do some simple editing of images? Paint doesn't quite cut it...

this may sound stupid, but if CS4 don't work, could you not just try cs3 trial or an older version of Photoshop

Edit - What about GIMP, never used it myself though...

Toker · 20 Nov 2008 at 12:17

da_mic_1530 said:
this may sound stupid, but if CS4 don't work, could you not just try cs3 trial or an older version of Photoshop

Edit - What about GIMP, never used it myself though...

yeah I tried some older versions but couldn't find any trustworthy links for them, a couple I tried had dodgy executables. I'll check out gimp, forgot about that one

AHarvey · 20 Nov 2008 at 12:21

http://www.gimp.org/

Different from photoshop but very able, just takes some getting used too!

wonder_lander · 20 Nov 2008 at 12:28

Online image editor http://pixlr.com/
or version 2 of paint.net http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=paintdotnet

SimonCHere · 20 Nov 2008 at 12:31

http://www.getpaint.net/

Also very good

Toker · 20 Nov 2008 at 13:47

gimp did the trick, cheers

it's actually better than I remembered, with the use of layers etc like PS

AHarvey · 20 Nov 2008 at 14:20

Gimp is great IF you can get it to work and IF you can remember how the stuff works differently from PS.

No matter how many installs I always get one error at least when loading up and I am always having to look up how to do stuff in it

Lightnix · 20 Nov 2008 at 16:18

SimonCHere said:
http://www.getpaint.net/

Also very good

Seconded, I like that program, a good alternative when there's no photoshop to be had. Not sure if that runs under 2000, though... Wiki suggests that it doesn't.

RickST · 20 Nov 2008 at 17:43

gimp is good if you dont know photoshop very well, it can be a bit weird to use if you do. a very advanced bit of free software tho

wonder_lander · 21 Nov 2008 at 08:13

Lightnix said:
Seconded, I like that program, a good alternative when there's no photoshop to be had. Not sure if that runs under 2000, though... Wiki suggests that it doesn't.

If you see my post above the older version of paint.net seem to work with windows 2000

Toker · 21 Nov 2008 at 09:51

RickSri said:
gimp is good if you dont know photoshop very well, it can be a bit weird to use if you do. a very advanced bit of free software tho

I'm a photoshop die hard but it was quite easy to get used to gimp 2

(didn't try any advanced techniques though)