Tired Of Ms Paint Anyone?

January 2, 2004 3:38 AM from

I have repeatedly created windowblinds skins and given up using ms paint, I've got about 30-something 1/2 finished skins created entirely by mspaint, Anyone know of any good freeware?

please help

thanks

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Reply #1 January 2, 2004 3:40 AM from

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Isn't GIMP freeware ?

Btw, Your nick is great

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Reply #2 January 2, 2004 3:43 AM from

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GIMP is open source, but difficult to use.

DeskScapes - Bring your desktop background to life.

Reply #3 January 2, 2004 3:49 AM from

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I actually saw a free version of Paint Shop Pro on excite chat a few years ago. That's how I found out about it. I assumed it was free. Unregistered and not trialware. Maybe I was wrong. Oh well.

Reply #4 January 2, 2004 4:30 AM from

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PSP 5 has been on a few magazine cover discs as free. You might be able to get that somewhere.

Reply #5 January 2, 2004 8:19 AM from

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Yes....PSP 5 is freely available and quite a capable proggy for graphic work...

Reply #6 January 2, 2004 7:47 PM from

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I love your nick. Second JAFO's statement.

Reply #7 January 2, 2004 7:53 PM from

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I'd recommend Paint Shop Pro. I have version 8, and version 5 is probably worth looking at.

GIMP is insanely difficult to use, but it does have some neat filter effects.

If you're interested in downloading GIMP, http://www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/gimp/stable.html

Reply #8 January 2, 2004 7:57 PM from

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I got my copy of PSP5 from PC Plus. It's a really decent computer magazine and they always have some really applications included.

On topic, before using PSP, I found Pixia to be decent http://www.ab.wakwak.com/~knight/ and it is free.

Reply #9 January 2, 2004 8:55 PM from

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I like mspaint. its the second best program packed with windows right behind solitaire.

Reply #10 January 2, 2004 9:13 PM from

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Reply #11 January 2, 2004 9:30 PM from

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Thanks for your posts everyone, Ive tried morphiums suggestion (gimp) but Its too hard to figure out, more suggestions welcome

Reply #12 January 3, 2004 1:34 AM from

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GIMP is by far the best and most powerfull design proggy available for free. It does take a while to fiure out, but not longer than figuring out Photoshop. Paint Shop Pro is not as powerfull, but definately good enough. If you find an old version for free, go for it.

Reply #13 January 3, 2004 1:57 AM from

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There are always demo trialware progs available...you can get a demo of the latest Macromedia software from Download.com http://www.download.com/

Fireworks MX 2004 is a great product

http://download.com.com/3000-2192-10227163.html?tag=lst-0-1
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Reply #14 January 3, 2004 1:58 AM from

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by the way...who uses MSPaint???

Reply #15 January 3, 2004 2:00 AM from

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Hey, dont dis paint...I did a cursor set with animations in it as my 1st skin...

Pixel-by-Pixel creation is a pain though...I dont reccommend it...

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Reply #16 January 3, 2004 2:09 PM from

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Yeah. CrossCursor was made with paint too.

Most of my skins went though paint in various stages.

Reply #17 January 3, 2004 2:13 PM from

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this was made in mspaint:

Reply #18 January 3, 2004 3:29 PM from

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amazing

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