best software for the money?
August wrote: Picasa, it's free and does a nice job... works with RAW files too.
Picasa is an easy-to-use software that is free from Google at
www.picasa.com
and can do a lot of your basic editing. I have taught 3 courses on Picasa at a seniors learning program and it was well received.Gimp is another that some folks here use (free) at www.gimp.org/
For more complicated editing, Corel Paintshop Photo Pro X3 is on sale for $40.00. It uses layers and a lot of the features of Photoshop without the high price. It is not as widely used so less advice is available but Amazon has a good book on it.
store1.corel.com/corel/product/index.jsp...er=1&pid=prod3580084
Shoot, learn and share. It will make you a better photographer.
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Baydream wrote:
August wrote: Picasa, it's free and does a nice job... works with RAW files too.
Gimp is another that some folks here use (free) at www.gimp.org/
For more complicated editing, Corel Paintshop Photo Pro X3 is on sale for $40.00. It uses layers and a lot of the features of Photoshop without the high price. It is not as widely used so less advice is available but Amazon has a good book on it.
store1.corel.com/corel/product/index.jsp...er=1&pid=prod3580084
Took the words right out of my mouth... “Amateurs worry about equipment, professionals worry about money, masters worry about light, I just make pictures… ” ~ Vernon Trent
Regardless of what editing program you choose, be aware that the learning curve is steep and requires that you be interested enough to use quite some time on learning the different tweaks and finesses of the program. This is the difficult part, but also the fun part.
If you have little or no experience with photo editing, I suggest a small program to start with, and then that you progress to a more complicated program like Gimp or Photoshop Elements.
A very easy program is Ifranview , that I use to batch convert images (for instance for uploading to this site), to look through a folder and to do minor changes to images. The program is so small and easy, I recommend it as a side program to any program that take more than two seconds to load (i.e. Gimp, Picasa and Photoshop).
Good luck on your choises!
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It can be used easily for very simple editing, and grow with you as you become better with it (and more professional).
Matthew
PS They offer a free trial here: www.adobe.com/products/photoshoplightroom/
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