I need a free paint program

[Animalpower]

I have gimp, but it's not easy and not practical to make skins or icons, is there a program similar to adobe photoshop but that is free. Give me a link. Any free program for painting?

 

[D a w n]

gimp is similar to photoshop. There isnt any better program than gimp that is free.

 

[Marc Mamales]

use MS Paint, its free

 

[Dentothor]

use MS Paint, its free

DONT use mspaint. Ever.
GIMP is the closest you can get to photoshop free.

 

[I3lackDeath]

The best tip I can give you is to simply experiment with GIMP. It's capabilities are HUGE, you just have to learn how to use it propperly, which takes time.

And yes: Paint is out of question, only use it for quick screencaps or something. >_>

 

[MiniMage]

DONT use mspaint. Ever.
GIMP is the closest you can get to photoshop free.

Why not? I love MSPaint. I made this in MSPaint. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y126/Cool_lil_Dude/TheLatestDarkBridgePanorama.png?t=1299274197 and I made this http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y126/Cool_lil_Dude/KoBTnewMountainINprogress.png?t=1299274211

What's not to love? The tool is not your problem, it's your experience using the tool in question. Gimp is indeed the best one out there if you wish for you goal to be similar to photoshop. Learn the tool and gain results. It's that simple.

 

[Dentothor]

for beginners it is THE worst tool to use. there are a minimal amount people who can succesfully use MSpaint. so its not the best way to go

 

[MiniMage]

Do I qualify as one of those people? I'm curious because I've asked for critiques countless times before, but nothing really that helps me. I hear wows and yays, but nothing that really points out what level I am at. :O

 

[rcshaggy]

I had Photoshop once and all the software as well, until my damn old computer had viruses and I never had a virus protector and it was a very old and not really good computer,
Now with Windows 7, a Titan Tower computer, and a very protective virus protector, I have been doing good, but now I kinda miss Photoshop, and doing all those things with it.
MEH....

 

[Whisper]

I had Photoshop once and all the software as well, until my damn old computer had viruses and I never had a virus protector and it was a very old and not really good computer,
Now with Windows 7, a Titan Tower computer, and a very protective virus protector, I have been doing good, but now I kinda miss Photoshop, and doing all those things with it.
MEH....

That's a bit off topic

And i was working for a long time with GIMP
some days ago i downlaoded Photoshop
well photoshop >>> gimp
more filters, better shading etc, etc
so DL photoshop atleast Trial version

 

[I3lackDeath]

some days ago i downlaoded Photoshop
well photoshop >>> gimp
more filters, better shading etc, etc

I assume that's why you have to pay for it. xP
Sure, you can download it via Torrents and stuff, but let's avoid that, shall we.
Trial version might be nice to try out, but usually trials were cut tremendously.

 

[D a w n]

a small bump that might be useful for you. Just found a gimp edit that makes it look more like photoshop http://www.gimpshop.com/ . But I haven't tested it yet

 

[Kala]

I've been always using Paint. Best program ever ^^
And if you don't believe that you can do "true art" with Paint, just watch this:

 

[kola]

paint is the worst tool ever...

use gimp.

I have gimp, but it's not easy and not practical to make skins or icons, is there a program similar to adobe photoshop but that is free. Give me a link. Any free program for painting?

if you can't do icons with gimp... you won't be able to make any with photoshop

 

[Dentothor]

I've been always using Paint. Best program ever ^^
And if you don't believe that you can do "true art" with Paint, just watch this:
[YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE]

I AM IMPRESSED.
however this proves my point. you can either be THAT badass in paint or you arent. there isnt a middle ground. so only pros can do shit like that on MS paint.

 

[Grey Nightmare]

Photoshop Elements - Cheap and Cheerful but more than meets most needs <3

 

[kola]

I AM IMPRESSED.
however this proves my point. you can either be THAT badass in paint or you arent. there isnt a middle ground. so only pros can do shit like that on MS paint.

He's pro, but if he would have used Gimp, the result would have been better.

 

[GhostThruster]

Not necessarily better, but it would have been quicker.