Good Free Photo Editing Programs?

What exactly is it for your after?

I use Babya Photo Workshop Professional 12.0 for most editing, MS Photo Editor (free if you have Office XP), GIMP 2, Canadownload Photo Editor, ArcSoft PhotoImpression 4, Serif DrawPlus 4.0, Photo Plus 6.0, 3DPlus 2.0, IrfanView 3.98, ArtStudio 2005, Visage Software- Image Editor (like MS Photo Editor), Paint.NET etc for all the basics.
Obviously professionally or more rigorous editing is carried out by other apps, most of them are costly and over 1GB in size.

(Only mentioning some free ones)

Really nothing fancy..just want to recolor if possible and crop existing photos. Like I said..I have stripped down XP..no Office..just Open Office..which is great..but free. Yup..we need some free stuff this year.

Try Googles free photo software "picasa 2" its the best free photo editing and cataloging software available.

Yes, it loads up inside 3 seconds too, for me. The latest I have is version 2.6.0 which is named Picasa2. Funnily, after my reinstall of XP on this HDD, I've total forgotten about it till now when reminded by kodi. :grin:

i like the gimp

sinclair_tm said:

i like the gimp

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Great program ,but for the average happy snapper it's overkill

Yea..Picasa2 was a snap to download..THANX!! Is there also a way to tweak the color on a flatscreen..or are they by nature kinda light. Seems like my photos don't come out as rich as I expected. This monitor is a 21 inch KDS.

There should be some buttons on the front or side of your monitor for color, contrast and brightness. Or see if your display control panel has any options for making adjustments.

Have you installed the monitor drivers?

The picasa program seems to improve the image considerably. Do you know if there is a feature in picasa2 that will enlarge or bring forward the image?

Jacey2 said:

Yea..Picasa2 was a snap to download..THANX!! Is there also a way to tweak the color on a flatscreen..or are they by nature kinda light. Seems like my photos don't come out as rich as I expected. This monitor is a 21 inch KDS.

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LCDs just aren't the choice for serious photo work. I sometimes use the LCD on my laptop simply because of that. I can move the panel around to adjust the contrast and quickly see what fixes I need to make. For serious editing I strongly recommend a good 19" CRT with a flat tube. I personally have a 19" NEC DiamondTron 930sb monitor. It's big and heavy, but super sharp and precise with color.

How big and how heavy..in other words...the old space hawgs of yesteryear? How much can one be had for..really miss rich colors.

This is what I have for one of my Photo Editing suites: Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2060u 22" Monitor

It excellent!

there are much better i.e. work has given me an Apple WQXGA but thats on a professional level.

An exPENSIVE space hawg

Can't have both now can we

Jacey2 said:

How big and how heavy..in other words...the old space hawgs of yesteryear? How much can one be had for..really miss rich colors.

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I paid $89 for it. BRAND NEW.

Whats wrong with something like this: http://www.shopmagenta.com/product/NB1-14947A99.aspx?refer=99914

Or if you want the Mitsu 21": http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260062086511&category=174

I can't visit eBay from work, but the Mitsubishi looks like it'll do the job just fine.