
One of the most commonly asked questions I find on twitter is a varient on the theme of "
free software" for a variety of tasks. While I can throughly recomend the use of paid software I also know the thrill of performing a task at an advanced level and "sticking it up 'em" by not having to pay for the tools to perform the task.
When it comes to free editing of images for your videos you could try free online software as mentioned in my article, or if you require real grunt you cannot go past GIMP. This is a open source project, available for free for Windows and Mac and Linux.
I intend to provide some tips and pointers for using GIMP in future posta but in the meantime I found a great tutorial on How to Touch Up Portraits in GIMP . I hope you find this useful.