Open Source:: How Companies Can Create Profit Tom Rogers GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)

Product Description GIMP is a graphics manipulation application which is quite often compared to Adobe Photoshop. Freely distributed for tasks such as Photo retouching, drawing, image conversions This comparison is down-played by the creators of GIMP but the analogies persist.

GIMP is a graphics manipulation application which is quite often compared to Adobe Photoshop.

Freely distributed for tasks such as

Photo retouching, drawing, image conversions

This comparison is down-played by the creators of GIMP but the analogies persist.

Product Features Customizable Interface Custom Widget Theming Custom Tool Sets Photo Enhancement Distortion and vignetting correction Channel mixers Digital Retouching

Customizable Interface

Custom Widget Theming

Custom Tool Sets

Photo Enhancement

Distortion and vignetting correction

Channel mixers

Digital Retouching

Product Features Cont. Large Array of Hardware Support File Formats Common file formats such as JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF Special Use Formats Multi-Res/Color Depth Windows Icons Rare/Custom Formats Extended Capability Plugins

Large Array of Hardware Support

File Formats

Common file formats such as

JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF

Special Use Formats

Multi-Res/Color Depth Windows Icons

Rare/Custom Formats

Extended Capability Plugins

Product Features Cont. Use of remote host locations through: FTP, HTTP, SMB, SFTP/SSH Multi-Platform availability GNU/Linux Microsoft Windows Mac OS X Other Unix Type Systems

Use of remote host locations through:

FTP, HTTP, SMB, SFTP/SSH

Multi-Platform availability

GNU/Linux

Microsoft Windows

Mac OS X

Other Unix Type Systems

Product Features Cont. Extensive Tools Sets for editing/adjusting: Image Properties/Editing Guides Layers, Layer Properties, Transparency Color, Color Properties, Desaturation Specialty Brushes, Selection and editing tools Very Extensive List of Filters Artistic and technical effects

Extensive Tools Sets for editing/adjusting:

Image Properties/Editing Guides

Layers, Layer Properties, Transparency

Color, Color Properties, Desaturation

Specialty Brushes, Selection and editing tools

Very Extensive List of Filters

Artistic and technical effects

Cost Analysis Gimp is available at $0 cost under GNU Open Source Licensing. The GIMP website does encourage donations to the GIMP project. Adobe Photoshop CS4 retail Price $699 Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended $999 Prices From: Adobe.com Difference are mainly Specialized scientific formats and 3D images and animation.

Gimp is available at $0 cost under GNU Open Source Licensing.

The GIMP website does encourage donations to the GIMP project.

Adobe Photoshop CS4 retail Price $699

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended $999

Prices From: Adobe.com

Difference are mainly Specialized scientific formats and 3D images and animation.

Presenter Northwestern University Department of Anesthesiology Tom Rogers Contact through: Fox Valley CP Meetup; LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tomrogers

Tom Rogers

Contact through:

Fox Valley CP Meetup;

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tomrogers