One For Your Art Teachers: Photobie [Free Photoshop Alternative?]

[6Foot2]

Photobie is image editing software that combines features amateurs can use with advanced tools professionals will appreciate. Photobie is free for personal use with no Pro upgrade to pay for -- all features are free. Photobie is also a community of people ...

 

Link: Photobie: free image photo editor, GIF animation, digital scrapbooking software

 

Download link: Photobie - Reviews and free Photobie downloads at Download.com

[enjay]

"Free for personal use" doesn't typically extend to schools...

[Roopert]

Stick with gimp! (the photo editing software that is!)

 

GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program

 

[JJonas]

or Paint.net

 

from http://www.getpaint.net/license.html

 

Can I use Paint.NET for business, commercial, or government use? Or is it only free for "personal" use?

Yes -- the Paint.NET application is free for all uses including personal, business, commercial, government, and school. You may install it on as many systems as you'd, although we do request and appreciate a donation to support our ongoing development costs.

[JJonas]

Im getting filtered for Photobie

 

Access was denied because: Either 'deny' or 'exception' was matched in policy

 

The URL Photobie: free image photo editor, GIF animation, digital scrapbooking software was found in the following categories : Suspicious.

[enjay]

or Paint.net

 

Our Art & Design teachers says Paint.Net isn't sufficient for her needs in a graphic design course; it is, however, what we teach everyone else to use and I definitely recommend it.

[JJonas]

We did a deal on CS4 master collection. 500 machines, 50 home machines, with a free upgrade to CS5 master collection. But that deal has finished now

[gtg93]

"Free for personal use" doesn't typically extend to schools...

 

"If you'd like to use Photobie software and artworks for commercial purpose, please contact us to get our permission."

 

This is from their Terms Of Use so I couldn't imagine a school been turned down

 

Photobie: free image photo editor, GIF animation, digital scrapbooking software

[muppet]

I've been in touch with Photobie (a guy called Cheng) and he has confirmed that Photobie is free for Educational purposes and establishments. More interestingly he also stated that it could be used within schools to produce non-comercial and comercial images! All that they ask is that you subscribe to their forums.

If anyone wants more details just pm me.