Hello. I apologize for asking such a question, but I have no knowledge of this stuff. I am building a trading card reference website and I need to crop images that get sent to me so may post them the way I like. So I will receive an image that shows both sides of a card, and I need to split it into two files, front and back. I also need to take an image from a flat bed scanner that features multiple images and cut them up.
I used to use the Windows Paint 3D to do this but I can no longer use that program. Thanks Microsoft.
So I am looking for a free and EASY program to do this. I have a brain injury and some of this stuff gets so overwhelming.
Most forum members are professional designers or design students, so the software tends to be the expensive and hard variety. You might not get many opinions on free and easy.
However, you might try GIMP. It’s free, but not especially easy. However, you mentioned doing pretty basic stuff, so you probably won’t need to learn most of the features.
Are you doing the scanning?
Many scanner drivers will separate images into separate files on output to file.
(or at least my little desktop Canoscan did.)
Thanks for the help. I’ll check out the programs suggested. The scans I am talking about were ones sent to me by collectors. When I scan them myself I do one side at a time.
Once you settle on a program to use, the crop tool is what you need to use. You’ll need to create one file for the front and one file for the back — so don’t open the image, crop it, and save it without having a backup for the other side.
I didn’t know IrfanView was still around.
It’s only Free for non-commercial use. IrfanView EULA
But I don’t see anywhere what the license fee is or how you pay it.
I’m sorry to hear about the challenges you’re facing. For something free and easy to use, I’d recommend trying IrfanView or Photopea:
IrfanView: A lightweight program for Windows that allows quick cropping and saving of images. You can easily select parts of an image and save them as separate files. Photopea: A free browser-based editor that works like Photoshop. It’s user-friendly and perfect for splitting and cropping images without needing to install anything.
Both should be straightforward, and I hope one of them works well for your needs. Let me know if you’d like a quick guide for either!
