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Title: Photo editing software?
Post by: only1asterisk on October 08, 2005, 05:36:39 AM

Need a Windows XP photo editor.  My wife like to mess with pictures.  Whats best for under $500?  Under $250?

David

Title: Photo editing software?
Post by: TarpleyG on October 08, 2005, 05:51:42 AM

If you have $500 to spend, I think you can get PhotoShop.  Undeniably the best around AFAIK.  Big learning curve though.

Greg

Title: Photo editing software?
Post by: Marnoot on October 08, 2005, 06:13:55 AM

You can get Photoshop Elements 4.0 for around $80-$95. While it is a stripped down version of Photoshop, it really has everything the average user is going to need. I have elements and my brother has the full photoshop; there's never been anything I've wanted/needed to do with a photo/photos that has required me to use Photoshop over just Elements.

Title: Photo editing software?
Post by: MaterDei on October 08, 2005, 09:09:39 AM

Gimp is a good, freeware graphics package.  I don't know whether it does photo editing or not though.  It's worth a look.

Title: Photo editing software?
Post by: Guest on October 08, 2005, 09:25:38 AM

email me and i may be able to help

Title: Photo editing software?
Post by: Standing Wolf on October 08, 2005, 12:29:56 PM

If you buy Photoshop, be sure to read the manual.

Any nitwit can figure out some basic stuff. The people who read the manual from cover to cover are the Photoshop wizards.

Title: Photo editing software?
Post by: jefnvk on October 08, 2005, 12:48:41 PM

Gimp is what I use.  Free, and for free it does everything I need it to.

If you really wanna pay, PhotoShop.

Title: Photo editing software?
Post by: BobCat on October 08, 2005, 03:18:32 PM

ImageJ is free from NIH - http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/ - it is very powerful but there is a learning curve.  Platform independent, lots of plug-ins available.

Title: Photo editing software?
Post by: garrettwc on October 08, 2005, 06:48:39 PM

Photoshop Elements from Adobe, Paint Shop Pro from Jasc are both good ones in the $100 range.

Title: Photo editing software?
Post by: Justin on October 08, 2005, 07:38:22 PM

They can have my copy of PhotoShop when they pry it from my cold, dead hands.

PhotoShop is the best.  Period, end of story.

I've only toyed with GIMP here and there, and while it's rough around the edges it's well done.

For low-medium cost commercial packages, PhotoShop Elements or Paint Shop Pro will probably do what you need.

Title: Photo editing software?
Post by: Zundfolge on October 08, 2005, 09:28:40 PM

Quote

PhotoShop is the best.  Period, end of story.

+1

Of course I have over a decade of experience with it and use it professionally so I may get a little better results out of it then the average user.

If all you want to do is simple resizing, minor color correction, brightness/contrast adjustments and such, then GIMP is your best value (and I would recommend it over Photoshop Elements).

But if you want to put in the time to learn it ... Photoshop just cannot be beat.

Title: Photo editing software?
Post by: RadioFreeSeaLab on October 09, 2005, 07:40:31 PM

The Gimp.  100% free.
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html
Download both packages on that page, install GTK first, then Gimp.  You'll be all set.

Title: Photo editing software?
Post by: Brian Williams on October 10, 2005, 04:42:29 AM

Do a search for PSP412.zip and download the last Paint shop Pro Shareware edition and see if it works for you, it will run on XP.  I use PSP ver 7 and it does All I need.

Title: Photo editing software?
Post by: Winston Smith on October 10, 2005, 06:22:16 AM

Is there a readme for ImageJ? I can't find anything more in depth than "how to install"

Title: Photo editing software?
Post by: BobCat on October 10, 2005, 06:44:01 AM

Winston,

At http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/ click on "Documentation" and it will take you to http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/docs/index.html - where you will find links fo  "introduction" and "basic concepts" and so forth and so on - as well as a .PDF of Overvies and Examples.

If this does not work in your browser, please let me know.  I'm just using netscape and it seems to work.

Regards,
Andrew

Title: Photo editing software?
Post by: Winston Smith on October 10, 2005, 07:05:42 AM

Thanks bobcat.