Photo editing.

[slimmx]

I just bought Canon ip4000 to print hundreds of pictures that built up on my pc. The program that comes with it to edit pics is horrible though. Does anyone have any suggestions for a good photo editing program? I don't need nothing professional, just something to take care of little details.

[ViRaL1]

I hear good things about Paint Shop Pro, and it's not terriibly expensive and there's even a free trial.

http://www.jasc.com/products/paintshoppro/

If you're looking for free, do a forum search for GIMP. There's a Window$ version out there somewhere.

[canadateck]

I second PaintShop Pro.

[thecoalman]

I'll third Photoimpact... http://www.ulead.com/pi/runme.htm

The Gimp is free http://www.gimp.org/

[rallynavvie]

Has anyone tried Photoshop Elements? I heard it was a slim version of Photoshop (aimed more at touching up and editing photos) with some album and sorting featured built in. There's a free trial of it at Adobe's website. Wondering if it's worth the $100. I've got two CS serials now so I don't think I'd need it, I'm just curious to find out what people who have used Photoshop think of it.

[freestyler]

@ Coalman

That's a damn good deal there for PhotoImpact.

[thecoalman]

@ Coalman

That's a damn good deal there for PhotoImpact.

Yes it's comparable to Photoshop IMO but I have limited experience with photoshop. The only thing you don't get is PS extensions used by most pro's such as .AI

It has one feature that's really cool, you can work with path objects in a 3-d enviroment. You can work in layers (top part of example image) but there either on top or bottom but with PI you can move them in and out.

Ive' often wondered can Photoshop and Paint Shop do this (the bottom part)?

[housepig]

you should also check out The Gimp - www.gimp.org.

[racer-x]

thecoalman wrote:

It has one feature that's really cool, you can work with path objects in a 3-d enviroment. You can work in layers (top part of example image) but there either on top or bottom but with PI you can move them in and out.

Ive' often wondered can Photoshop and Paint Shop do this (the bottom part)?

You can do that in Photoshop, but you'll have to distort the objects manually. There is no 3-d module to work in besides the 3-d filter.

As for Elements, it's great for beginers and about 80% of the features found in Photoshop. I've seen it as low as $70 and it sometimes comes free with a new digital camera or printer.

[enstg8er]

elements gives you more for the money than photoshop.

[thecoalman]

You can do that in Photoshop, but you'll have to distort the objects manually. There is no 3-d module to work in besides the 3-d filter.

8) It's actually quite easy to use. You can click on any object, hit the z merge tool and check the z-merge box and set the elevation.



Like I said before unless your a professional where using propietary Photoshop extensions is required it isn't worth the coin. I doubt Elements is on par with PI, PI is Ulead's flagship image editor. It come's with a lot of extras too.

[slimmx]

Thanks a lot everybody. I tried gimp and photoimpact and I really like photoimpact.

[Garibaldi]

you should also check out The Gimp - www.gimp.org.

I'll second that. The GIMP is cross-platform and open source.