Advanced Image Editing with Gimp

At Inkubook, we strive to give you all the tools to build a gorgeous book with as little effort as possible and sometimes that means helping you tweak your photos a little. So we included our photo toolbar that helps you do things like nudge photos around in a photo box or rotate them. However, the Inkubook tools won’t replace desktop image-manipulation programs like Adobe Phtoshop™, and sometimes your photos need the love that only sophisticated graphic programs can give.

The downside to most advanced image-editing programs is that they can cost hundreds of dollars. In the interest of helping you get the most bang for your buck, we will from time to time bring tools to your attention that can give you a lot of results for not a lot of moolah.

When the goal is keeping money in your wallet, you can’t do much better than free, and it just so happens that we know of a program that meets fits the bill. GIMP (or the GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free, community-built program that strives to match Photoshop feature-for-feature. You can get it for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, here.

You’ll be astounded by just how powerful this application is. It can help you execute just abut any modification to an image that you would like, such as reducing red-eye, removing unneeded details (like ol’ Cousin Rudy), and fixing perspective distortion, and those things just scratch the surface.

When you have some time to play around, give it a try. For some users, it may be a little advanced and have a steep learning curve, but if you have a little patience and an adventurous spirit, it’s worth your while to give it a shot.