Gimp vs Photoshop vs Picasa

[phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org]

The program 'xv' which runs under Linux has a 'histogram equalization'
control which may do what you would like. I found the gimp has a
significant learning curve, and xv is adequate for simple image editing
applications. The user interface in xv is somewhat unusual, but very well
executed.

Peter

> On Thursday 02 February 2006 07:43, William O'Higgins Witteman wrote:
>> I am slowing selling my wife on an OS migration, and so far one thing I
>> found in windoze image editing is a quick-fix utility for adjusting
>> photos.  In Photoshop it is called "auto contrast" or "auto levels", and
>> in picasa it is called "I'm feeling lucky", but it does a nice, quick
>> job of making less perfect images more perfect.  Is there a similar
>> setting or plugin for the gimp?
>
> I have looked on previous occasions, but I have not come across one yet.
>
> But on a side note, Picasa will run under wine.
>
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