Press Release
Digital Photography Group Features Presentation on Open Source
Photo Software Program
Thursday, February 16, 2006
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

For more information, contact Charles Burkett, Digital Photo SIG
leader, at info@...

The Digital Photography Special Interest Group of the Greater
Cleveland PC Users Group will host a presentation by computer
professional Phillip Williams on the GIMP, a FREE open source
graphics creation and manipulation application similar to Adobe
Photoshop. The meeting will be a short "course" showing how to use
the GIMP to do common digital imaging tasks, such as manipulating a
photo, removing red eye, correcting colors, resizing images and
changing them to black & white.

The imaging editing program, the GIMP, offers the following benefits:
-Much of the power of Photoshop for free
-Supports for a large number of file types including Adobe's PSD
format
-Since the program can legally be used for free it is great for
businesses or lab environments trying to comply with the law
-Ability to script repetitive task for easy mass photo manipulation
-Hundreds of plug-in's are available to increase the power of the
software

Phillip will provide a FREE copy of the program to a limited number
of people who rsvp before the meeting. Reserve your copy by visiting
www.digitalphotosig.org.

The Speaker
Phillip Williams owns Linux CD-R's (http://linuxcdrs.com), a
distribution company for Open Source Software and runs the Northeast
Ohio Linux Users Group (http://www.neonlug.org/). In addition, he
works as a programmer for Excellware, Inc. and has been a computer
professional since 1992, working on both Linux and Windows platforms.

The Location
Maple Heights Branch of the Cuyahoga County Library
5225 Library Lane
Maple Heights, Ohio 44137-1291

Digital Photography Special Interest Group
The Digital Photography Special Interest Group is a special interest
group of the Greater Cleveland PC Users Group that is dedicated to
sharing information about digital photography. Meetings are free and
open to the public and take place on the third Thursday of each
month. To sign up for email about the activities of the group, visit
www.digitalphotosig.org. The group is led by Charles Burkett.

The Greater Cleveland PC Users Group
The Greater Cleveland PC Users Group is a non-profit organization
founded in 1982 that shares information about computer technology
with people who want to stay informed of rapidly changing personal
computing trends, products, and technology. For more information,
visit www.gcpcug.org.

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