99ta Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 My wife is wanting a good photo editing software. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Photoshop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Photoshop/thread. fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04silvrz Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 gimp for free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Automotive Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Photoshop. Lots to learn but well worth it. Though I have to ask, what will it be used for primarily? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99ta Posted January 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Photoshop. Lots to learn but well worth it. Though I have to ask, what will it be used for primarily? my wife just likes to mess around with pics she takes. we bought a new comp and it dosen't have a photo editor on it. nothing major.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.cos Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Photoshop elements is pretty cheap compartivly to photoshopCS. I would reccomend this for starters and Scott kelbys photshop elements book. Gimp is a free alterative but can be flustering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.cos Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Picasa is Aldo another free alternative Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spam Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Torrent CS5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin Miata Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Photoshop elements is pretty cheap compartivly to photoshopCS. I would reccomend this for starters and Scott kelbys photshop elements book. Gimp is a free alterative but can be flustering. +1 on starting out with Photoshop Elements. It's enough for most people, especially if they aren't seasoned photo editors. If you really get into it and end up needing more features, then you can always go for the full version. You can find Elements for around $70, and a full version of Photoshop will run you something like $650 last time I checked, unless you can get the Student/Teacher version which should be around $200. You can also find it all over major torrent sites. Personally, I downloaded a 30 day trial of CS3 a few years ago from the Adobe website, then edited some code that basically removed the 30 day trial part. Clean, virus free Photoshop straight from Adobe, minus the whole paying part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 paint.net for basic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99ta Posted January 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Thanks guys. I downloaded gimp for her, we will see if she can use it and go from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04silvrz Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 gimp is the best free one there is! and it's super easy to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ansonivan Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 For basic corrections/resizing I love Adobe Lightroom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Lightroom 3 is great for organizing massive amounts of photos and editing very quickly. Weddings are very easy with it and it usually takes me about 3-4 hrs to do +2,000 photos including, culling, white balance adjusting, straightening, cropping, and then burning to DVD for clients. More advanced editing gets done in CS5, but thats usually only 1-2 photos per request to remove something or other tricky stuff the client wants. Typically if a photo would need run through photoshop I'd just cull it out of the pile all together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1fynz Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 If you have a mac and the most recent software with the mac app store, you can get Aperture for $70(vs 200 in store). Pretty much the same as Adobe Lightroom from what I've read. Its been great for doing large batch editing, and its non destructive(you can always access the original, unedited photo) And of course Photoshop for the really nitty gritty stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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