Looking for recommendations: simple GIMP

[Algot Runeman]

David Groos wrote:
>
>     >>>>
>     >>>> I want students to be able to annotate images, such as photos
>     taken
>     >>>> through a microscope, adding arrows and labels to parts of
>     the image, for
>     >>>> example.  It might also be nice if there were
>     contrast/brightness/saturation
>     >>>> controls.  Need the ability to export back to jpeg/png.  I
>     don't want really
>     >>>> any other capabilities.  I just used GIMP for the first time
>     and I had to
>     >>>> wade through 'layers' and tons of other concepts that I don't
>     need but it
>     >>>> does look awesome.  Does anyone have advice on software that
>     would be good
>     >>>> for this need?  This is a very key app in a science classroom
>     and will form
>     >>>> part of the basic set of apps for my program.
>
David,

I've just started playing around with KDE on Windows.
http://windows.kde.org
In the 4.4 Distribution, I came across a program called showFoto which 
looks promising as a tool to do simple photo editing, including text 
annotation.

It looks like it is related to DigiKam.
http://www.digikam.org/drupal/node/326
The DigiKam site indicates compatibility across Windows, Mac and Linux 
and is open source.

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