Photo editing software (Page 1/2)
MidEngineManiac AUG 11, 01:34 PM
Does anybody know of a good program for photos...free would be nice but paid is OK too.

ALL I want/need it to do is remove background, sharpen, add text, and crop to a variety of shapes.

I DO NOT want online. I do NOT want monthly subscriptions, I do NOT want to log in to an account to use it and i want it SIMPLE to use and I need it to run on W10. ....plain, simple 2003-WINXP-style open-the damn-program and use it.

Basically, open the pic, modify, transfer over to lightburn and go. No swapping devices or up/download or any crap. dead simple.

I've seriously been thru 3 days of frustration trying to find something like that. I must have downloaded and tried 50 by now.

Any suggestions ?
Valkrie9 AUG 11, 01:56 PM
Simply Gimp
You may want to upload an earlier version to suit the computer graphics hardware your older computer uses.
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Jake_Dragon AUG 11, 04:02 PM

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Originally posted by Valkrie9:

Simply Gimp
You may want to upload an earlier version to suit the computer graphics hardware your older computer uses.
Biggest bang you can get on the planet.
' I use it daily ! '



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MidEngineManiac AUG 11, 04:26 PM
Been trying Gimp for 2 hours and it's still not doing what I want...

OK, picture this.

Place a carboard shape on a table. (say a square or oval).

lay a single picture, maybe 2 and a few text blocks on top of it to fit within the right size/shape. Take a pair of scissors and trim the pics or text block if needed.

slide out the original cut-out.

Layout done.

Thats it.

There are a few I've found (like Fotor) that will do it very easily but they are all on-line and/or subscription-based and I wont BE online the places I need to do it. Something very-very simple that gets simple results in a couple of minutes. On a laptop, not a phone or tablet.

I've even tried ChatGTP for suggestions and it brings up the usual complicated stuff. There has got to be SOMETHING along those lines that came with cameras 5-10-15 years ago

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williegoat AUG 11, 04:31 PM
I will agree with Jake and Valk9. GIMP can't be beat unless you want to pay more than many of us paid for our Fieros.

Give us a little more detail and we can walk you through it.
MidEngineManiac AUG 11, 04:44 PM
OK...

I start with this (thats merlin that passed in march)



I run it thru this website (I would LIKE to do that off line) https://www.remove.bg/ and get this



now I need to put that second one inside a shape, trim as needed and add some text and end up with something like this



The individual functions I can all do easily with online stuff. It's the all-in-one QUICK SIMPLE software and offline thats biting me in the butt.

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williegoat AUG 11, 05:09 PM
That is easy.

Open the shape

open the pic of Merlin in a new window. Edit > Copy

Go back to the shape and create a new layer: Layer > New Layer > choose Transparency (near the bottom of the pop-up)

Paste Merlin into the transparent layer. You can move him and scale him.

In the toolbox, find the Text tool. It looks like a capitol "A"
Go to tool options and choose a font, color, etc

Create another transparent layer
draw a text box and type your text. You can move the text around after you get what you want.

When you have what you want, File > Export as

You are now an artist, just like Hunter Biden!
williegoat AUG 11, 06:24 PM
A friend sent me a pic of her chihuahua and I put him on approach to Sky Harbor.
MidEngineManiac AUG 11, 07:23 PM
The seagulls have some serious competition !
cvxjet AUG 12, 12:31 AM
I use Paint on my laptop to modify pics and also to do artwork including cartoons...But, it takes time and patience;

My new (in 2019) dog was rolling on the floor with her antler chew and I snapped a pic...Later, my GF was having a BD back in Michigan so I made a pic where it appeared that my dog was busting out of a cake....(My GF loved it)