 Tammy J. Bradley |
photo editing software I need some advice about photo editing software. What I have is The Print Shop, which is not very good and it drastically reduces the resolution on my pictures... don't know why, but even without that problem I would like to get something that can do a lot more. I have heard that Photoshop and Paintshop are good, but I don't even know how much I should plan on spending for a good photo editor. Any advice is greatly apppreciated. THANKS.
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W. |
Hi Tammy, Photoshop and Paintshop ARE good. They are, however, also VERY expensive (US$ 649...) and require a skilled user. Better start small: SnipShot is a simple, online editor: http://snipshot.com/, FREE. Picasa2 is FREE. Excellent for beginners. Download from http://picasa.google.com/ PhotoLine32 (http://www.pl32.com/) and Helicon Filter (http://www.helicon.com.ua/pages/) are shareware editors, that you can try for FREE as long as you like. Next step up would be Adobe "Photoshop Elements" or similar. The PAID applications. So I suggest you try the FREE options first. Have fun!
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Willie L |
Tammy, Get rid of that Print Shop. My wife uses it and it's not really a photo editing software. It is "Print Shop" software for creating Greeting Cards, Flyers and such. It has very limited image editing functions. Don't start learning image editing with that software. Good Luck.
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Todd Bennett |
Tammy, Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI is about 100.00 or so. I recently purchased it and find it easier to use than Photoshop. W is correct though that it might be better to start with one of the free programs first to get your feet wet. There is another free software out there called PhotoFiltre which is not to bad. The also have some pluggins on their site for various things. You can find it by doing a Google search.
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Tammy J. Bradley |
Thanks to all of you for your help. I will check into these websites and no more Print Shop for me.
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Who Me? |
know someone in college? have them purchase PS for you at $150 for top of the line software. If they are free or cheap, you'll find out why or never know what you are missing. Take it with sugar
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Mike Rubin |
You can download trial versions of most programs to help you decide. W.Smith has a god idea about starting with the free programs. I have PS Elements and it's a good program, retails for about $70. However I now start with lightroom. You can Download a 30 day trial and the intro price is $200. After the intro price it will be $300.
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W. |
If you had US $ 50,000 spare change, you could afford a private plane (OK, second hand). But you would of course be crazy to buy it, because you couldn't even get it off the runway without the proper training. (Let alone land it safely . . . ). Same with Photoshop. Better start with a paper plane. :–P
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Todd Bennett |
Very good analogy W!
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Pat Worster |
I have both Microsoft Digital Image 9and 10 and I have Pse 2.0 and 4.0. Digital image is much more user firendly and you can do almost everything you can in photoshop.
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Who Me? |
Photoshop is a sophisticated editing 'instrument' – not unlike an aeroplane – with a steep learning curve, requiring a skilled, experienced 'operator' to exploit its possibilities properly. So, as long as someone is NOT a skilled, experienced editor ('operator'), he won't recupe his investment in Photoshop. Better start with a paper plane.
I started off with PS and didn't know how to use it. The book was to thick so I just started to play around with it. If I had any problems, I referenced the manual or asked in a forum, no problem. Its pretty logical once you start using it. You can't break PS by trying it out. And once you get the hang of it you'll be glad you made the investment.
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Todd Bennett |
Actually Derek the analogy is very good. Mirriam Webster states the following as a definition for analogy: 2 a : resemblance in some particulars between things otherwise unlike : SIMILARITY b : comparison based on such resemblance You may disagree with W's point that he brought up in his post; but, no two people are alike. While you might be able to read the book, figure things out on your own, etc, etc, others have to see things done before they can do them. Others may feel they don't need the level of complexity Photoshop has. Others may feel there is a better program than Photoshop.
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Deborah Liperote |
Well hello Willie, W.Smith and Derek... looks like the gangs all here. I purchased Photoshop cs2 when I got my camera and was able to get it 1/2 price because of the deal they offered. then I split that with a friend and she got to use one download while I used the other so I got it for 150.00 I got it last year this same time and I know pretty much how to run it. Just like Derek(???) said I just got a couple good books and went for it. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO glad I did!
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