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which is easier to learn?
kingjohn3:
Which program is easier to learn for doing basic stuff? Paint.net, ms paint, gimp or photoshop cs2? I just want to make a custom background, custom spine and paste retail art onto it. Nothing too fancy. Keep in mind I know nothing about either of them.
kaysow:
that's debatable but don't use mspaint.
kingjohn3:
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Is it pretty ba
WolfAlmighty:
Yes, MS Paint is very limited in what it can do. It also has horrible compression and will sometimes screw up your colours and resolutions if you try to save as JPEG. It's fine if you only need very basic stuff, but for anything more advanced (even something simple like 'select by colour') you'll want another program. I use GIMP because it's what I've always used, but the other choices are probably good as well.
Arseen:
I use Paint.net.
It has lots of free plug-ins that should turn it into Wanna-be Photoshop.
I also use limitedly Windows 7 MS Paint (older ones screw images immeadly, but W7 takes few saves before starts to fuck the images up).