map creating

[crazymilkshake5]

what program would i use to create the map itself? not program it

[Victor Sullivan]

GIMP

Just Google it.

-Sully

[MrBenn]

If you have access to something better than GIMP (such as Photoshop) then go with that. otherwise you can settle for GIMP. Just don't use Paint!

[koontz1973]

If you have access to something better than GIMP (such as Photoshop) then go with that. otherwise you can settle for GIMP. Just don't use Paint!

Nothing is better than Gimp.

Once you go Gimp, you never go back.

[Bruceswar]

If you have access to something better than GIMP (such as Photoshop) then go with that. otherwise you can settle for GIMP. Just don't use Paint!

Nothing is better than Gimp.

Once you go Gimp, you never go back.

You cannot be serious?

[koontz1973]

If you have access to something better than GIMP (such as Photoshop) then go with that. otherwise you can settle for GIMP. Just don't use Paint!

Nothing is better than Gimp.

Once you go Gimp, you never go back.

You cannot be serious?

The does not lie.

[The Bison King]

Adobe Photoshop, or use your hands like man.

[grifftron]

i use notepad

[crazymilkshake5]

haha i like how my thread became a conflice on which is better, GIMP or photoshop...

[Victor Sullivan]

Basically, if you have Photoshop or access to Photoshop, use that. Otherwise, GIMP is a nice, free alternative.

-Sully

[natty dread]

Well, my theory is that some Photoshop users are just so pissed they wasted hundreds of dollars on a graphics software when they could have gotten one for free, that they feel compelled to bash GIMP whenever they hear it mentioned. It's sort of like a reverse buyers remorse: You've spent so much money on the product, you have to rationalize it to yourself and convince yourself the product is great, so you don't feel like you made a bad purchase.

I mean, I don't see any other reason why someone would step in to every thread where GIMP is mentioned and start raving on about the supposed superiority of Photoshop.

I just don't get it. Where does all that hostility come from? Even if you yourself use a proprietary software for whatever reason, you should still support the open source movement (including GIMP), because it's the one thing that's standing up to big patent troll corporations who think they can just keep on creating artificial scarcity on a market where none exists... who just keep on figuring out new ways to charge you for things that are supposed to be free. If they could slap a patent on air and charge you for breathing, they'd do it in a heartbeat.

[koontz1973]

Basically, if you have Photoshop or access to Photoshop, use that. Otherwise, GIMP is a nice, free alternative.

-Sully

I have access to PS and still use GIMP. PS I found to not be intuitive and doubly hard to use. I spent a lot of hours trying to get to grips with it, trying new things to see what effect it gives with no pay off. I spent an hour looking at natty's gimp tutorial and went from there. GIMP is so much easier to use. Is it better than PS, no idea, and do not really care. I am sure someone like DiM will disagree and say PS is as easy to use but not in my case.

Either one is good, but as natty says, why spend a fortune on a product when a free alternative can give you the same results. It is not the programme you use, it is how you use it.

[Victor Sullivan]

Basically, if you have Photoshop or access to Photoshop, use that. Otherwise, GIMP is a nice, free alternative.

-Sully

I have access to PS and still use GIMP. PS I found to not be intuitive and doubly hard to use. I spent a lot of hours trying to get to grips with it, trying new things to see what effect it gives with no pay off. I spent an hour looking at natty's gimp tutorial and went from there. GIMP is so much easier to use. Is it better than PS, no idea, and do not really care. I am sure someone like DiM will disagree and say PS is as easy to use but not in my case.

Either one is good, but as natty says, why spend a fortune on a product when a free alternative can give you the same results. It is not the programme you use, it is how you use it.

I'm the opposite, but I suppose it's what interface you like. I've never bought Photoshop, but I've used it. I haven't found GIMP to be entirely intuitive, but then again, I'm an old man that doesn't exactly come from a technological generation.

-Baby Boomer

[Industrial Helix]

Meh, I just prefer Photoshop because that was pretty much what I was trained on in school. I downloaded Gimp once, but I didn't take to it because I didn't want to figure out what every little icon was nor figure out each little nuance to each tool. I was accustomed to photoshop, so that's what I stick to...

[The Bison King]

I've never used GIMP. I tried downloading it earlier today, but it screwed up before it completed (my Comp hate downloading new programs for some stupid reason, I can't even run Google Earth )

Since I have photoshop I didn't really have a use for GIMP until I found out that you can make rotating globes!!!

does any one know if you can do that in photoshop since I can't get GIMP to run?

[natty dread]

I tried downloading it earlier today, but it screwed up before it completed (my Comp hate downloading new programs for some stupid reason

The problem is probably with your internet connection. Try contacting your ISP.