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Blogger and commercial-prepress worker Philip McClure runs Photoshop by day and GIMP by night. Which is better? Read his thoughtful comparison to find out.

Specifically, McClure points to what the average user wants from an image editor–retouching personal photos, removing red-eye, replacing the background, etc.–and highlights GIMP’s prowess in these areas. He also points to the program’s advanced, Photoshop-like features, such as layers, alpha channels, and robust plug-in architecture.

Ultimately, McClure says, Photoshop is the obvious choice for business environments, but home users should always choose the open-source GIMP–instead of pirating Photoshop. It’s an interesting comparison and a good read. — Rick Broida

Gimp vs. Photoshop [GRIMTHING.COM]

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If you’re anything like me (And, really, who is?), you’ve undoubtedly deleted a few digital photos from a memory card that you didn’t mean to delete. If not, then you’ve probably accidentally deleted a master image from your desktop before you backed it up and after you formatted your memory card. Either way, you’ve lost the original photo. What do you do?

You download a copy of PhotoRec — available for anything from DOS to Mac OS X — and hope for the best. It’s free, open-source, and even a great general purpose file recovery tool.