I've actually spent time with the GIMP in the hopes of not spending any money on Photoshop. While it can do many things, it's years behind Photoshop. It also feels awfully kludgy to me. -----Original Message----- From: William Fenton <billyfenton@gmail.com> Sent: Sep 28, 2005 9:53 AM To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Too good to be true? Long time listener, first time poster. Why not try some of the free tools that are available. The Gimp is a nice, free alternative for photoshop. In many ways it's more scriptable in terms of running changes on a batch of images. Gimpshop is a derivative of the Gimp that is supposed to clone the menu configuration of photoshop that runs on os x and possibly windows. www.gimp.org http://www.gimpshop.net/ pyraf is a python wrapper to the IRAF that the pros use. It adds some GUI functionality and is also free. http://www.stsci.edu/resources/software_hardware/pyraf -Bill Fenton _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com