Blog«An introduction to Gimp - Free image editing software!
An introduction to Gimp - Free image editing software!
UBC Web Design
29 March 2016
13 December 2024
3.15 minutes

Gimp is a free and open source image editor that can be installed on any computer. For customers wanting to edit and upload images to their website Gimp is a nice free alternative to Photoshop. Common tasks that you can perform in Gimp include cropping and resizing images, exporting images, editing photos and adding text to an image. Pretty much any basic tasks you can do in Photoshop can also be performed in Gimp for free.

Check out our toutorial below for instructions on how to download and install Gimp on your computer. For more information about Gimp check out their website: www.gimp.org
 

1. Go to gimp.org

Open up a browser and go to www.gimp.org and click the download button.
You will also find many helpful tutorials about how to use Gimp on this website.

Gimp 1

 

1. Choose download

Choose the right file for your operating system, most computers will need a Microsoft Windows download, if you are using a Mac you will need the OS X download.

Gimp 2

 

3. Run the install operation

Click on the gimp download file, open it and click run.

Gimp 3

 

4. Select language

Choose your preferred language and click OK.

Gimp 4

 

5. Install Gimp

Click the install button and wait for it to install.

Gimp 5

 

6. Finish install operation

Click the finish button, Gimp is now installed and ready for you to use on your computer.

Gimp 6

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