Editing program - Photography Forum

Moritz Huber 13.11.05, 21:05 Post 1 of 20

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At the moment i´m thinking of buying a new editing program because i´m not enterely happy with Paint Shop Pro 7.
Which do you recommend me?

Rob Mitchell 13.11.05, 21:18 Post 2 of 20

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I'd suggest you take a look at photofiltre. It offers a lot of features for editing. It might not have everything you are looking for but worth a look, especially as it's just a €25 shareware program.

Of course, if you want to go more mainstream, I'd look at Corel Photopaint or the Adobe products.
I still use Photopaint 8 and it does more than I'll ever need.
That goes for Adobe Elements to, I have Version 2 (was free with a printer) and does a lot.

Other alternatives would include Gimp of course. Another free program.

Good luck in your choice.

Deleted user 13.11.05, 23:26 Post 3 of 20

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Hi Rob - I have Gimp on a free cover disc - can you tell me more about it so that I dont have to install it .. Cheers, Paul.

Moritz Huber 14.11.05, 12:41 Post 4 of 20

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I have photofiltre on a CD, will try it now but from the few minutes I took to explore it, it didn´t seem to me much more better then PSP 7. But I will see, thank you for your answer!

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Now that I tried photofiltre, I must admit that in many cases it is more elaborated but in some PSP 7 is better. Hmm, I will see and inform myself about the other programs more, and maybe someday buy one. Thank you

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Ruud van der Lubben 14.11.05, 16:23 Post 5 of 20

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I am using Paintshop Pro X and feel very happy with it, upgraded form PsP 9.0 just 2 weeks ago.

Annika Ljung 01.08.06, 22:01 Post 6 of 20

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I would recomend photoshop CS2.
Here's some examples of what a little 18 year old girl can do with a photohop elements program (wich isent half as good as the CS2 one)

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f91/s ... tjarna.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f91/s ... /Sunok.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f91/s ... tella2.jpg

I really recomend this program.. Love it! :P

Robert van der Sanden 02.08.06, 15:23 Post 7 of 20

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GIMP is certainly worth trying. It gives the feel of PS. I use it for quite some years now and am still very content with it.

http://www.gimp.org/

It's an open source program that is widely used in the Linux world but is also available in a Windows version. Good quality software I would say.

Cristina Dirnea 31.10.06, 12:18 Post 8 of 20

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Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Paint Shop Pro 9.0 are the best; and GIMP for simple and quick manipulations!

wgilbank 21.10.07, 12:26 Post 9 of 20

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I would use Photoshop CS2 very good program but lots of free
tutors online if you get stuck

Deleted user 29.10.07, 06:31 Post 10 of 20

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I mean that the pay release of photofiltre, photofiltre studio (Release 9 now) plus a lot of adobe free filters (such as the *.8bf on 8bf.net) covers the most of the purposes you ´ll ever need.
And it can allready import Raw.
Better as some expansiver programs.

BR
Fernando

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Storm01 22.08.08, 22:55 Post 11 of 20

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Besides the GIMP which is what I have and love, are there any other good free programs out there, until I can afford Photoshop? thanks

Deleted user 23.08.08, 01:25 Post 12 of 20

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Save your money and try out the following: -

photofiltre - excellent

the gimp - the windows version is not as good as the linux

photo! editor (not a misprint) - excellent for quick fixes

I used a combination of all three until my wife bought me Photoshop CS3 extended. Lucky me! ;~D

Kindest regards,
John.

Storm01 23.08.08, 09:19 Post 13 of 20

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HI JOhn, thanks for responding, I downloaded the program you suggested and I am lost, I see some nice features but I am lost...thanks again. I will keep playing with it before my thirty days are up.

Deleted user 25.08.08, 00:49 Post 14 of 20

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All the programs which I suggested are FREE! If the one that you are using gives you a trial period then it is NOT one of the ones I suggested. Here's where to find them: -

http://photofiltre.en.softonic.com/

http://pho.to/editor/

http://www.gimp.org/downloads/

Kindest regards,
John.

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allison kennedy 02.10.08, 20:37 Post 15 of 20

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Hi,

I am very new to photography and learning everyday.

I am looking for a programme which is simple to use for blurring faces, taking out tattoos, smoothing backgrounds etc, any advice is very welcome.

Allison xx