If you are like most of the world and can’t afford a copy of Adobe Photoshop, a popular free alternative is the open source software known as GIMP. I think most people would agree that Photoshop is still a much better software, but it is always hard to beat free. Another advantage that GIMP has over Photoshop is the large number of GIMP plugins that are available to improve the software.

Much like Firefox and WordPress, the open source community has come together and created several plugins that will improve the GIMP in several ways. TechZilo has taken the time to gather a list of what they feel are the 40 best GIMP plugins, which has been broken down into categories for easy reference. The main categories focus on adding features for photographers and web designers, but there is some other good stuff there for all GIMP users.