# Freeware Image Editor

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/freeware-image-editor/205078>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [October 25, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/freeware-image-editor/205078 "2006-10-25T22:59:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![lorren\_biffin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/lorren_biffin/32/2726_2.png) [@lorren\_biffin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lorren_biffin)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/freeware-image-editor/205078/1 "2006-10-25T22:59:31Z")

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Does anybody know of a good freeware program for opening and making minor changes(crop, rotate, scale, etc…) to images. I need something with a minimal but still attractive UI and something that will open/close very quickly. Support for as many image types as possible is always good too.

Thanks guys/gals 🙂

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**Author:** ![Qued](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a8b319/32.png) [@Qued](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Qued)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/freeware-image-editor/205078/2 "2006-10-25T23:09:11Z")

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mspaint?

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**Author:** ![lorren\_biffin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/lorren_biffin/32/2726_2.png) [@lorren\_biffin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lorren_biffin)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/freeware-image-editor/205078/3 "2006-10-25T23:14:04Z")

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^ lol, no… 🙂

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**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/freeware-image-editor/205078/4 "2006-10-25T23:38:18Z")

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gimp

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**Author:** ![Templarian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/templarian/32/7152_2.png) [@Templarian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Templarian)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/freeware-image-editor/205078/5 "2006-10-25T23:49:26Z")

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for free gimps the best.

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**Author:** ![duder78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@duder78](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/duder78)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/freeware-image-editor/205078/6 "2006-10-26T00:44:22Z")

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Google ‘download Gimp’. It’s available for Mac and PC, is freeware, and has features comparable to Photoshop like filters and layer-based image editing.

I actually enjoy using pen tool in Gimp more than Photoshop CS2.

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**Author:** ![glosrfc](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/glosrfc/32/8334_2.png) [@glosrfc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/glosrfc)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/freeware-image-editor/205078/7 "2006-10-26T00:46:42Z")

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[Irfanview does a lot and it covers pretty much most of image types you’re likely to need http://www.irfanview.com/main\_formats.htm](http://www.irfanview.com/)

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/freeware-image-editor/205078/8 "2006-10-26T00:54:58Z")

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GIMP. There’s also [[U]Paint.NET[/U]](http://www.getpaint.net/).