i have a lot of colour photos that i want to convert to black and white as i have a growing collection of properly take black and white and want to add to them. I chose GIMP to convert as i had read it is a good free program.
I have hit a few snags , i opened gimp but my photos folder was greyed out , i then read that you have to select an individual photo and right click open with gimp , this worked.
I changed a photo to black and white as a test and then saved it with a new name as i did not know if it would over write the origonal.
So , this is my problem ...... the photo saved as a .xcf file , i presume this is the gimp prefix , the photo also has the gimp icon on it so i cant see it as a thumbnail , when i click to open it opens up in gimp.
This is my question ...... how do i make it visible as a normal thumbnail without the gimp icon and how do i open it without it opening in gimp.
Alternatively ..... is their another free software i could use , whatever anyone recommends will only be used for black and white conversion.
I have hit a few snags , i opened gimp but my photos folder was greyed out , i then read that you have to select an individual photo and right click open with gimp , this worked.
I changed a photo to black and white as a test and then saved it with a new name as i did not know if it would over write the origonal.
So , this is my problem ...... the photo saved as a .xcf file , i presume this is the gimp prefix , the photo also has the gimp icon on it so i cant see it as a thumbnail , when i click to open it opens up in gimp.
This is my question ...... how do i make it visible as a normal thumbnail without the gimp icon and how do i open it without it opening in gimp.
Alternatively ..... is their another free software i could use , whatever anyone recommends will only be used for black and white conversion.