Is it possible to do good images without PHOTOSHOP

[Formulapower]

I am cheap and cannot justify buying an image editor just to mod civ 5 (that is all I would use it for) Is there any how to on creting good images without a software I have ot pay for??

 

[rhettrongun]

Yes, get GIMP instead of Photoshop. It's free software, and works great

 

[Formulapower]

I have been using Gimp but all my Images always turn out blurry and sometimes off center.

 

[Formulapower]

---UPDATE---


I got GIMP to work...I was saving the dds files with the compression set to "None" and it was distorting all the images...now it's set to DXT1 and it all good.

 

[CivWarGamer]

I have both GIMP and Paint.net and paint.net far exceeds GIMP. GIMP was so awful I had to uninstall it.

 

[The Little One]

I agree with CivWarGamer. Also, Paint.NET lets you save as .dds. With Gimp, you need a plug-in and that doesn't work on Windows 64-bit, which most computers seem to have now

 

[TheChanger]

saving DDS as DXT3 in Civ 4 was optimum i believe, not sure what it is in civ 5 now though

 

[SamBC]

I agree with CivWarGamer. Also, Paint.NET lets you save as .dds. With Gimp, you need a plug-in and that doesn't work on Windows 64-bit, which most computers seem to have now

Works fine for me here, Win7 64bit

 

[SamBC]

I have both GIMP and Paint.net and paint.net far exceeds GIMP. GIMP was so awful I had to uninstall it.

I don't know Paint.net, but I have to say GIMP is a great full-featured editor. What it's not good for is just picking it up and using it without taking the time to learn it, understand how it works. It's also not much use if you want to play with it to create simple pictures from scratch (though it's okay if you're an experienced digital artist and know how to use it - or so I'm told).

 

[Spatzimaus]

Works fine for me here, Win7 64bit

Same here. GIMP, Win7-64, DDS plugin works just fine. GIMP is the best choice for me for one additional reason: my work computer, which I've used to create a few images, is Linux-based and has GIMP as well.

 

[The Little One]

Works fine for me here, Win7 64bit

Same here. GIMP, Win7-64, DDS plugin works just fine. GIMP is the best choice for me for one additional reason: my work computer, which I've used to create a few images, is Linux-based and has GIMP as well.

Weird... it kept telling me a file was missing when I tried to install the plug-in, then I read somewhere that the plug-in only works for 32-bit