# GIMP Resources

<span class="caps">GIMP</span> is an open source alternative to image editors like Photoshop and Fireworks. <span class="caps">GIMP</span> began originally as a Linux photo editor, but due to its powerful abilities and relative ease of use, it was quickly ported to more popular platforms like Windows and MacOS. Although Adobe Photoshop is by far the most popular image editor, it comes at a price. <span class="caps">GIMP</span> offers a similar featureset as Photoshop with the added virtue of being open source. This has several advantages, the most obvious being that <span class="caps">GIMP</span> is completely free since it is licenced under the <span class="caps">GPL</span> (General Public License). In addition, there is no need to wait for new versions of software for new functionality: because the source is public, <span class="caps">GIMP</span> is constantly being improved, and new features are added everyday. To find out more information, or to try <span class="caps">GIMP</span> yourself, go to the project homepage at [www.gimp.org](http://www.gimp.org)

- [Introduction to <span class="caps">GIMP</span> image editing tool with simple demos By Ryan Boudreaux](http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/webmaster/introduction-to-gimp-image-editing-tool-with-simple-demos/2141 "Nov. 27, 2012")
- [<span class="caps">GIMP</span> User Group](http://gug.criticalhit.dk/)
- [Other <span class="caps">GIMP</span> articles in <span class="caps">UCLA</span> Knowledgebase](https://kb.ucla.edu/tags/762)
- [Collection of <span class="caps">GIMP</span> links on del.icio.us](http://del.icio.us/tag/gimp)

For those who are Photoshop inclined and don’t want to go through learning a whole new program, a programmer named Scott Moschella has created a conversion pack for <span class="caps">GIMP</span> called GIMPShop which mimics the Photoshop interface in <span class="caps">GIMP</span>.

- [GIMPShop](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIMPshop)