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04/05/2004 02:20:18 AM · #1 |
What's the most popular basic editing software out there? I don't want a giant like photoshop to apply my 'basic' editing in the Open Challenge...
So what do you guys normally use for basic editing? |
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04/05/2004 02:24:48 AM · #2 |
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04/05/2004 02:28:23 AM · #3 |
| Paint Shop Pro, or maybe whatever came with your camera. |
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04/05/2004 06:54:35 AM · #4 |
| well nothing better than photoshp. |
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04/05/2004 10:47:13 AM · #5 |
If you bought Photoshop, you'd really be wasting money almost needlessly on tools that you'd never need. You can get the newest version of Paint Shop Pro (8) on ebay for around £35.00 if you're lucky. That has everything for basic editing plus loads more (it is probably comparable to one of the earlier versions of Photoshop, I wouldn't know). One useful thing you can do is to hide all the tools you don't need and make a custom toolbar of all the useful functions, e.g. unsharp mask, that are allowed in Basic Editing. If this is too expensive, try Paint Shop Pro 7 or even an earlier version. Failing that, the free downloadable program "GIMP" is meant to be good.
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04/05/2004 10:52:19 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by Delphi00:
What's the most popular basic editing software out there? I don't want a giant like photoshop to apply my 'basic' editing in the Open Challenge...
So what do you guys normally use for basic editing? |
I've used PSP for a year or two (back in PSP4 and 5), then PhotoImpact (PI) 7 for a year or so, and settled in on Elements 2.
I personally think I get the best results from Elements. When I used to do masks in PI, I always found traces left. My use of PSP was a while back so we'll just say it was too early to judge (though I recall I liked PSP4 better than 5).
Now I use a combination of ThumbsPlus (www.cerious.com) for cataloging, batch operations, and very light cropping/editing/resizing, Breezebrowser (www.breezesys.com) for conversion from raw, and Elements 2.0 for most of my detailed work.
Elements 2 is great. My only regret is that it doesn't support 48 bit color.
Message edited by author 2004-04-05 10:52:44. |
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04/05/2004 10:53:40 AM · #7 |
adobe album 2.0
adobe element 2.0
neat image
Message edited by author 2004-04-05 10:54:20.
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04/05/2004 10:55:40 AM · #8 |
Photoshop 7.0.1
BreezeBrowser
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04/05/2004 03:26:27 PM · #9 |
| Try Gimp. Its really powerful considering it's free. The website is gimp.org |
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04/05/2004 04:52:49 PM · #10 |
If you want basic and free, try IrfanView
kevin |
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04/05/2004 05:00:53 PM · #11 |
I'm a cheapie, all my programs I got for free.
Corel PhotoHouse - crop, resize & sharpen
Adobe PhotoDeluxe - basic 90degree rotations, contrast, brightness, hue & saturation
My scanner's program - to do tiny rotations
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04/05/2004 05:04:05 PM · #12 |
This was done in PSP8 - so it's capable of pretty serious amounts of stuff.
I also find it very quick, accurate, and easy for 'basic' editing: curves, levels, USM, cropping etc. are all v straightforward, and quick. And it never hurts to have something that will grow with your own abilities.
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04/05/2004 05:32:55 PM · #13 |
Try Irfanview. Many times I find that it is enough for basic editing. (crop/resize/sharpen/contrast/color)
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