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paulminus273
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You could down load a trial of light room may be all you need if you just crop (same as cs6 to use) and you can do all the levels ect . If it is all you need it is a lot cheaper
swanseamale47
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Take a look at Gimp, it's a free "photoshop type" software, not as good as CS6 but excelent for the price... Free!
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would have to agree use GIMP if thats all u use it for
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More votes for Elements/Lightroom if that is all you are doing Photoshop is overkill!
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Faststone Image Viewer is free and can do what you have been doing do far (and some more!).
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In order of cost and complexity;
Picasa 3, which is free, and does most of the basics of what people need, and is very easy to learn, and is none destructive.
Gimp, similar to Photoshop CS*, and is free. More complex than Picasa, and not as refined, but there is probably loads of videos to do a lot of what CS does, though not as sophisticated. It is a global, and pixel level editor, in that you changes to selected pixels through the use of selections.
Photoshop Elements. costs about £50, and does a lot of what the full CS* does, and has the benefit of being a pixel level editor, which Picasa is not, and also has a RAW editor. (a cut down version of Adobe Camera Raw included in the full CS*) Loads of tutorial vids on the internet.
Pixlr is a web based free editor, in that you upload your images to their website to edit, in a similar interface to Photoshop. Obviously you need to be connected to the internet to use it, but if you are on a computer without any editing software, but has an internet connection, then it's very handy.
LightRoom is primarily a RAW processor, though you can edit Jpegs almost as well. It can be had for about £90. LightRoom 4 has the same RAW processing engine as the Adobe Camera Raw plugin included in CS6. It can do other things.
And then there is the full Photoshop CS*, it can do probably anything you want to do to a Jpeg, or RAW file, and the vast majority of people don't get anywhere near using all of it's features. I don't, and I've taught classes about it in the past. You tend to learn what you need to know, and there are thousands of vids on the net showing you whatever you want to do. But it can be daunting with so many options to the newcomer.
It is expensive too, at about £600,
though can be had for about £190 if you're a student, have a child in school, or even if you are only on an Adult Learning/Evening course. Almost all Adobe products can be had cheaper this way.
IF I was starting from scratch, I would go for Elements, as it has the best balance of features, power, and easy interface to learn. Though Picasa, Gimp and Pixlr are all very good free options.
Not many people need CS*, but many want it.
There may be other options people may add.
Picasa 3, which is free, and does most of the basics of what people need, and is very easy to learn, and is none destructive.
Gimp, similar to Photoshop CS*, and is free. More complex than Picasa, and not as refined, but there is probably loads of videos to do a lot of what CS does, though not as sophisticated. It is a global, and pixel level editor, in that you changes to selected pixels through the use of selections.
Photoshop Elements. costs about £50, and does a lot of what the full CS* does, and has the benefit of being a pixel level editor, which Picasa is not, and also has a RAW editor. (a cut down version of Adobe Camera Raw included in the full CS*) Loads of tutorial vids on the internet.
Pixlr is a web based free editor, in that you upload your images to their website to edit, in a similar interface to Photoshop. Obviously you need to be connected to the internet to use it, but if you are on a computer without any editing software, but has an internet connection, then it's very handy.
LightRoom is primarily a RAW processor, though you can edit Jpegs almost as well. It can be had for about £90. LightRoom 4 has the same RAW processing engine as the Adobe Camera Raw plugin included in CS6. It can do other things.
And then there is the full Photoshop CS*, it can do probably anything you want to do to a Jpeg, or RAW file, and the vast majority of people don't get anywhere near using all of it's features. I don't, and I've taught classes about it in the past. You tend to learn what you need to know, and there are thousands of vids on the net showing you whatever you want to do. But it can be daunting with so many options to the newcomer.
It is expensive too, at about £600,
though can be had for about £190 if you're a student, have a child in school, or even if you are only on an Adult Learning/Evening course. Almost all Adobe products can be had cheaper this way. IF I was starting from scratch, I would go for Elements, as it has the best balance of features, power, and easy interface to learn. Though Picasa, Gimp and Pixlr are all very good free options.
Not many people need CS*, but many want it.
There may be other options people may add.
redhed17
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User interfaces are personal things, one man's clunky is another man's logical and intuitive. :shrug:
That's why it's good that they have trial versions, and of course you can try the free software for as long as you want to see if it is the right one for you. :shrug:
