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Photo-editing software Updated: 01 Aug 2008

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Faststone image viewer Posted by: Ian Forsyth 01 Mar 2012 9:34pm

This free program is a delight to use its intuitive and its free!! BUT please consider sending a donation to the developer - it even handles camera RAW !!- I put it up way above GIMP!! and i use it with photoshop elements on occasions - Try it !!

Photoshop CS5 Posted by: Elizabeth Hardley 18 Jan 2011 4:38pm

I hardly think Photoshop Elements is the Industry Standard. The more expensive and sophisticated Photoshop CS5 would be used by professionals and many keen amateurs.This beats all other programs by a long way.

GIMP Posted by: supermathu 02 Sep 2010 7:59pm

It's supported on Linux too. That's waht it's made for.

GIMP upgrades are free too Posted by: Valerie Blennerhassett 03 Feb 2010 8:56pm

of course!

Current version is 2.6.8
http://www.gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-2.6.html

Photofiltre Posted by: Peter & Mrs Jo-Ann Prendergast 25 Oct 2009 6:56pm

Is a free downloadable program that covers all of your checklists, works well, and is not too complicated.
I have just used it to reserrect a 20year old 6x4 That was in terrible condition after being pinned to the lounge wall. Flyblown, faded with parts of the image flaked off. The owner was delighted with the enlarged result.

paint.net Posted by: Jim Air 17 Aug 2009 8:21pm

also a number of people I know rate paint.net as a very good free program.

Picasa 3 Posted by: William D Mouat 17 Aug 2009 2:30pm

Picasa 3. This is a free download How does it compare to the other editing softwear

Reply 1: Posted by: Jim Air 17 Aug 2009 8:22pm

from what I hear it is good ...but not as good as paint.net

Reply 2: Posted by: Karen Cullen 24 Aug 2009 10:15am

Free version of Picasa is easy to use and seems ok for amature photographers.Photo adjustment has a reasonable range.

Reply 3: Posted by: Keith Duncan 27 Oct 2009 10:50pm

Picasa is a good basic photo management program. I use it for quick straight forward editing but do my more serious work in Paintshop Pro Phot X2

Reply 4: Posted by: MacThistle 02 Apr 2010 3:28pm

Picasa is good, but it does not have a resizing tool - something that should be a basic in all photo software. Some of my friends resorted to emailing photos to themselves as their mail program downsized some larger images making them easier to send.

Reply 5: Posted by: taj 08 Apr 2010 1:01pm

@MacThistle

There are a few ways to resize in Picasa.
1 way to do it is: Select photos to resize, then click file> export pictures to folder and in that dialog box that pops up, you can specify sizes.

Another way is to use the email button at the bottom of the screen.

Missing program Posted by: Jim Air 01 Aug 2009 11:48am

A number of people I know are now using Adobe Lightroom and are very happy with it. Unfortunately it is not included in these comparisons.