

If you'd like to give your photos a professional touch like that found in the magazine, then you should check out this plugin. Probably not a “photography” plugin per se, but useful for designers. It's very popular for creating buttons and badges.

This plugin is useful for giving images that “web 2.0” look where the bottom half of an image is subtly reflected underneath it.


Many times, it gets it right on the first try. Instead of messing around with the settings manually, this plugin makes the judgment call for you. However, you still need the picture to keep enough detail to be enjoyed by others seeing them. When posting pictures to the Internet, you need them to be small enough that others can download them quickly. Well worth having for this common problem – especially if you shoot a lot of low light or high ISO images. It doesn't suffer from much loss, so your photos stay sharp. It allows you to adjust the noise by each color level. If you need to get rid of any noise or grainy textures in your photos, then this is the plugin for you. It's available for all of Windows, Linux, and Mac and should be one of the first plugins that you download. There are so many ways this plugin processes images that many GIMP users have commented this package should be included with the standard installation of GIMP. There really is no way to completely describe all the effects this plugin has. Note: You can download GIMP for free at Photo by TheZionView View These are some of the most popular plugins that GIMP has to offer. In order to get the most out of GIMP there are heaps of plugins that can be installed to provide more functionality. GIMP is one of the most popular and open-source Photoshop alternatives and probably the first stop for a lot of people who cannot afford expensive proprietary software.
