I'm not sure what you mean--Gimp doesn't touch the original image unless you tell it to.

					Steve McDonald
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> From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Francis
> Kayiwa
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> On 1/15/25 9:56 AM, Menzies, Luke I wrote:
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I'd like to second Valerie's suggestion of GIMP (Gnu Image Manipulation
> Program). It is a good, open source, free alternative to PhotoShop, and it runs
> on MacOS, Windows, and Linux.
> >
> > Personally, I am a rabid Linux fan. I have been looking for alternatives to
> Adobe Acrobat for manipulating PDFs (crop, rotate, combine, OCR, sharpen,
> etc.) that will run on Linux because it is not possible to run Adobe products on
> Linux, even using Wine (Windows emulation software).
> >
> > LibreOffice Draw is free, open source, and can do a lot of the things I want to
> do with PDFs. I'm pretty sure it will run on MacOS, Windows, and Linux.
> >
> My bigger reservation of Gimp (it's been a minute) is that it didn't
> (doesn't?) do non-destructive work on images. I cannot verify if this is still true
> of Gimp because I moved on to
> 
> https://www.darktable.org/about/features/
> 
> In my mind Gimp requires a professional (which I am not) who knows what
> they are doing.
> 
> Cheers,
> ./fxk
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