Which photo editing software to use?

Scott · Dec 18, 2008, 09:15 AM

It seems like there's enough free software out there to satisfy a need for touch-ups, cropping, colour correction, layers even?

What's the good and the bad?

Tizen · Dec 18, 2008, 10:14 AM

paint.net ?

benjy355 · Dec 18, 2008, 12:28 PM

Paint.NET!

caveman-jim · Dec 18, 2008, 12:43 PM

gimp?

Scott · Dec 18, 2008, 08:41 PM

So no votes for picasa. I'll check paint.net and the one time I tried gimp I couldn't figure anything out. It's not for me, it's a friend's mom and she isn't really hard-core tech so it'll need to be easy to figure out.

Razeus · Dec 19, 2008, 08:07 AM

gimp is a pain in the azz and so un-intuitive. I'd go with Picasa for the most basic tasks you mentioned or Photoshop Elements or a combination of both. if she had a Mac, then it would be a no brainder as she could just load up iPhoto and be done with it. But since 90% of users don't have this option go with Picasa 3 or PE 7.

Espíritu_de_América · Dec 19, 2008, 07:40 PM

Paint.NET is extremely easy to use. I recommend it as well.

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Dec 18, 2008, 08:41 PM	#5
Scott I like my backyard Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: London, CAN Posts: 9,159	So no votes for picasa. I'll check paint.net and the one time I tried gimp I couldn't figure anything out. It's not for me, it's a friend's mom and she isn't really hard-core tech so it'll need to be easy to figure out. __________________ I got a pair of tweezers, a can of air, and some bacardi :\ - sittal

Dec 19, 2008, 08:07 AM	#6
Razeus Radeon Arctic Islands Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 24,125	gimp is a pain in the azz and so un-intuitive. I'd go with Picasa for the most basic tasks you mentioned or Photoshop Elements or a combination of both. if she had a Mac, then it would be a no brainder as she could just load up iPhoto and be done with it. But since 90% of users don't have this option go with Picasa 3 or PE 7. __________________ Laptop: Dell XPS 15 9560 \| Core i7 Kaby Lake 2.8GHz \| 16GB DDR4 RAM \| Geforce 1050M \| 1TB Samsung 960 EVO Camera: Nikon D750 \| 24mm f/1.8G \| 35mm f/1.8G \| 50mm f/1.8G \| 85mm f/1.8G My life is dope and I do dope sht.

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