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Six Good Reasons to Try GIMP 2.8

Of all the many examples of excellent free and open source software out there, GIMP is surely among the best known examples for offering a no-cost and yet power-packed alternative to an extremely high-priced proprietary market leader.

It’s Adobe PhotoShop that GIMP competes with, of course, and GIMP–short for “GNU Image Manipulation Program”–has won countless enthusiastic fans, including yours truly.

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