Gimp

[mckinneyc]

Does anyone here use Gimp?

I have been using it to add motion blur and fog effects to my latest images however trying to figure out a way to add billowing smoke to a picture and meeting little success

[sovereign001]

You could go to the adobe site, and download free CS2 photoshop. THey have put it on there for free.

[King Class Scout]

I grabbed gimp to have an art pogram to work with again.  I tried checking out textures with it.  all you get is the Alpha channel...everything else is blank.

[admiral horton]

I use gimp and with scripts and plugins u can download and install u can do almost anything that photoshop can almost though
and its free

[admiral horton]

There r tutorials and if I remember right there is one on creating and explosion and it also tell u how to create billowing smoke as part of it.
just google gimp tutorials and maybe gimp tutorials billowing smoke that could help

[mckinneyc]

Hey guys,

thanks for the posts. I actually use GIMP and PS interchangeably. There are a huge number of free resources out there on the net for both, deviantart is a good place to look