BleepingComputer.com: Looking For A Good Print Shop Program

Posted 26 December 2006 - 11:13 PM

Posted 28 December 2006 - 08:19 AM

There's a list of free photo editing programs HERE. I haven't used any of them as I use photoshop myself, but I hear that Gimp has rave reviews!

As for your making business cards at home, most commonly people don't use a nice heavy stock paper (really thick paper), and use the regualr paper that's rather flimsy. A heavier stock paper with a low dot gain will help to keep a business card looking good. Also, print business cards in the highest quality your printer will allow. This will help to keep the images/text on the cards looking crisp.

Hope it helps!

War produces veterans, wounded both physically and mentally. They have sacrificed for us.....and it is now our job to help these veterans, as they have already helped us in ways we will never know, in ways that we cannot fathom, and in ways that we take granted every day.

Posted 31 December 2006 - 11:13 PM

Posted 01 January 2007 - 02:02 AM

Bamamcall, on Dec 31 2006, 11:13 PM, said:

Which file do I download for Gimp. It takes me to a FTP site and there are several files. Which one is it?

Let me get someone who is more familiar with Gimp than myself.....

War produces veterans, wounded both physically and mentally. They have sacrificed for us.....and it is now our job to help these veterans, as they have already helped us in ways we will never know, in ways that we cannot fathom, and in ways that we take granted every day.

Posted 01 January 2007 - 02:15 AM

Posted 01 January 2007 - 02:55 AM

I have it Stevie.
You can download GIMP here. Read this page before downloading and installing GIMP. Depending on the version of Windows you may have to install additional software. The GTK+ 2 Runtime Environment from Microsoft. There are two version so take care.
It is a great program. Have fun.

"2007 & 2008 Windows Shell/User Award"

Posted 03 January 2007 - 07:18 AM

acklan, on Jan 1 2007, 02:55 AM, said:

I have it Stevie.
You can download GIMP here. Read this page before downloading and installing GIMP. Depending on the version of Windows you may have to install additional software. The GTK+ 2 Runtime Environment from Microsoft. There are two version so take care.
It is a great program. Have fun.

Thanks acklan! I had PM'd tg1911, as I know that he's quite familiar with Gimp....but he must be on a holiday break! (who authorized that?????)

I appreciate the help acklan!

This post has been edited by stevealmighty: 03 January 2007 - 07:18 AM

War produces veterans, wounded both physically and mentally. They have sacrificed for us.....and it is now our job to help these veterans, as they have already helped us in ways we will never know, in ways that we cannot fathom, and in ways that we take granted every day.

Posted 05 January 2007 - 02:29 AM

Posted 05 January 2007 - 07:18 AM

There's a great tutorial HERE written by tg1911. While it seems long (and it'll take you a while to do at first), once you do it a few times, you'll have it down pat! While this tutorial only covers resizing an animated .gif, it'll also help you to become a little more acsustom to the program itself.

Of course, if you need help with .gif, just post in the approriate forum(s) and I'm sure that some one will help you out.

War produces veterans, wounded both physically and mentally. They have sacrificed for us.....and it is now our job to help these veterans, as they have already helped us in ways we will never know, in ways that we cannot fathom, and in ways that we take granted every day.

Posted 07 January 2007 - 09:31 PM

stevealmighty, on Jan 3 2007, 06:18 AM, said:

I had PM'd tg1911, as I know that he's quite familiar with Gimp....but he must be on a holiday break! (who authorized that?????)

Yeah, if you can call the flu a holiday.
I'd also like to find out who authorized that.

Bamamcall, on Jan 5 2007, 01:29 AM, said:

Thanks for all the help. Is there a thread on Gimp somewhere on here to look thru? I will try and find it also.

Thanks again!

There's not a specific thread on Gimp here, but a search might turn up a few.
Here's some GIMP resources you might find useful:
GIMP Talk
GIMP Tutorials at gimp.org
GIMP Tutorials at pixel2life
GIMP User Group (GUG)
Grokking the GIMP
GIMP User Manual
Simple Animations

MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P, CPU: Phenom II X4 955 Deneb BE, HS/F: CoolerMaster V8, RAM: 2 x 1G Kingston HyperX DDR2 800, GPU: eVGA GeForce 9800 GTX+, PSU: Antec TruePower Modular 750W, Soundcard: Asus Xonar D1, Case: CoolerMaster COSMOS 1000, Storage: Internal - 2 x Seagate 250GB SATA, 2 x WD 1TB SATA; External - Seagate 500GB USB, WD 640GB eSATA, 3 x WD 1TB eSATA

Become a BleepingComputer fan: Facebook

  Posted 14 April 2007 - 08:34 PM

Posted 14 April 2007 - 08:54 PM

  Posted 14 April 2007 - 09:26 PM

If you don't like GIMP,

you probably won't like Paint.Net.

but I'll suggest it anyway.

I know you think you understand what you thought I said,
but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant!

Posted 14 April 2007 - 09:28 PM

Posted 14 April 2007 - 09:32 PM