the gimp

			Peter Mattis <pmattis@gimp.org>

			Spencer Kimball <spencer@xcf.berkeley.edu>

			http://www.gimp.org

			GNU/Linux, Mac OSX, Win, OS/2

			GPL

GIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program and is the standard programme in this area. It is a freely distributed piece of software to do all kinds of things you might want to do with a still image, such as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, a image format converter, etc.

While it is ready to use as downloaded, GIMP is extremely expandedable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plugins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted.