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| Thread ID: 63159 | 2005-10-31 09:14:00 | What is a good image editing programe? | Tribomb (5547) | Press F1 |
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| 400969 | 2007-11-01 20:54:00 | Xara Extreme and Pro will do most of what PhotoShop can do, only quicker and a lot cheaper:thumbs: http://www.xara.com Trial is available |
minster (9180) | ||
| 400970 | 2007-11-01 21:20:00 | Photoshop is the best. Been using it daily since ver2.5 (about 1992-3) & nothing yet surpasses it. Have tried Gimp, Corel Photopaint, Irfanview, Ulead, Lightroom etc. - all good in their own way for non -vector editing but none as good as Photoshop. Unfortunately it is slightly expensive but for professional & serious imaging work it's the bees knees. For vector image manipulation get Illustrator or Freehand. | fnphoto (2434) | ||
| 400971 | 2007-11-01 21:28:00 | I find Paint.NET (http://www.getpaint.net/) to be quite a good program. Be aware however that it does need .net 2.0 framework to be installed. | Sherman (9181) | ||
| 400972 | 2007-11-01 21:57:00 | I have several image editing programs but usually go for picassa for quick & easy touch ups of pictures . Have found though that picassa does not seem to actually change the image on the hard drive, just the way you view it . ie if you edit a pic in picassa,then open the same pic with a different program it will appear unchanged . Graphic Workshop Professional is also worth a look . You can download a fully working evaluation copy from http://www . mindworkshop . com/ Actually Picasa doesn't destroy or modify the original, although it has associated the changed photos to itself, it will not ruin the original and you can always view that version in another viewer . If you accept the changes in Picasa (it'll ask permission) it will still have the original for viewing . Look into the folder where Picasa was told to keep the photos and you'll see a grayed-out folder with the originals in it . You can access the originals any way you want . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 400973 | 2007-11-01 23:48:00 | ...to do heaps of photoshop like things?? If you have broadband have a look at www.picnik.com (www.picnik.com). Its a surprisingly fast online image editor that has free, and premium (US$24.95 subscription) editing tools. HTH |
bachelorno1 (6556) | ||
| 400974 | 2007-11-02 02:06:00 | If you have broadband have a look at www.picnik.com ( Its a surprisingly fast online image editor that has free, and premium (US$24.95/yr" target="_blank">www.picnik.com). Its a surprisingly fast online image editor that has free, and premium (US$24.95 subscription) editing tools. HTH It looks good to my amateurish eye. Nevertheless I think very quickly I would want something that can do more. That may be the premium version but it does not seem to give you a trial period to see what it can do before you decide Misty :( |
Misty (368) | ||
| 400975 | 2007-11-02 02:08:00 | Photoshop is the best. Been using it daily since ver2.5 (about 1992-3) & nothing yet surpasses it. Have tried Gimp, Corel Photopaint, Irfanview, Ulead, Lightroom etc. - all good in their own way for non -vector editing but none as good as Photoshop. Unfortunately it is slightly expensive but for professional & serious imaging work it's the bees knees. For vector image manipulation get Illustrator or Freehand. Hi fnphoto What did you find the limitations of Lightroom to be ? Misty |
Misty (368) | ||
| 400976 | 2007-11-02 07:28:00 | For the professional Photoshop sets the benchmark. However for the amateur it is far too expensive and complicated. For the beginner Photoshop elements is a good choice, there is just so much support both on the web and in Photo magazines it is very hard to come unstuck. Personally I like and use Picture window 4 available from dl-c.com for $US90. It is particularly suitable for someone with an older computer or a laptop as it has such a small footprint. |
tutaenui (1724) | ||
| 400977 | 2007-11-02 08:20:00 | You might want to look at CorelDraw 12 - going cheap now the next version is out. It's not as sophisticated (read "hard to learn") as Photoshop and it's a lot cheaper. Good results too. | johcar (6283) | ||
| 400978 | 2007-11-02 18:11:00 | I'd vote for Corel 12 as well. You get a separate photo program as well as a very good drawing program. The Photo part of it is every bit as good as Photoshop, even if you're doing 'professional' stuff. Photoshop is overhyped... dare I say it, it's just like saying you have to run a Mac and Photoshop if you're a 'pro'... a load of twaddle designed for those who need to think they are cool. I also like the Gimp for 'better than basic' photo work. |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
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