Community weekly poll: What's your favorite photo editor and why?
- 8/29/06 2:19 PM
What's your favorite photo editor and why?
by Marc Bennett - 8/29/06 2:19 PM
What's your favorite photo editor and why?
ACDSee Photo Editor
Adobe PhotoShop
Adobe Photoshop Elements
Corel Paint Shop Pro
FastStone Image Viewer
The GIMP
IrfanView
Picasa
Ulead PhotoImpact
Other (what is it?)
photodraw
by mittens - 8/29/06 7:39 PM In reply to: What's your favorite photo editor and why? by Marc Bennett
yeah, yeah, I know it's old fashioned by now, but for me it's still the photo editor of choice for ease of use, and intuitiveness. Corel and Adobe are good, I can't disagree, but Ive tried them both and find I spend most of my time trying to figure out how, rather than actually playing with the pictures.
I use it mostly for sharpening up images that need a bit of contrast or darkening, for making graphics for backgrounds, and lettering.
In other words, it suits my needs, and isnt overloaded with features I'll never use anyway.
PhotoDraw (Glad i am not alone on this one)
by melissas70 - 8/30/06 6:53 AM In reply to: photodraw by mittensI know there are more powerful editors out there, but I have been using it for so long that I can quickly do what I need to do instead of spending hours learning somthing new. (I dont think that is as sad as it sounds)
Corel's PhotoHouse
by &yP - 8/30/06 8:13 AM In reply to: PhotoDraw (Glad i am not alone on this one) by melissas70My favorite photo editor? -> old Corel's PhotoHouse ver.1.1 (included in the Corel's WordPerfect 8 Suite)
Why? -> Because it's simple, easy to use and I can do my tasks (Resizing, brighting and sharpening) quick and accurate.
I also have and sporadically use:
Ulead's PhotoImpact5,
ACDSee's FotoCanvas Lite 1.1,
MS Picture It! Photo 6,
and PaintShop Pro 4 (very old and I don't know whose is it or where I got it from)
nope, just realistic
by mittens - 8/30/06 4:36 PM In reply to: PhotoDraw (Glad i am not alone on this one) by melissas70It works, who cares how dated it might be.
Now and then I haul out my husband's PhotoShop, determined that this time, by golly, I WILL learn it.
But, alas, like calculus, realize it's not my toy. I'm left staring at the photo I managed to download after five minutes of pushing this and pulling that, I can select something, but after that, my only option seems to be to leave. Sigh.
And for the age of the product it can be amazingly sophisticated in its effects.
Join the crowd..
by wheelzup - 8/30/06 12:10 PM In reply to: photodraw by mittensI'm glad I'm not the only one that keeps going back to Photodraw. Sure Photoshop Elements is a cool product and I'm learning to use it but when it comes to fast and easy I always open up Photodraw. I know of several others that do the same.
Is photodraw really easy to use?
by Commuter - 8/30/06 3:32 PM In reply to: photodraw by mittensA trial Corel package came with my Dell computer, and I found it fairly easy to use. When trial ran out I came across a disc for ArcSoft..and had a brutal time using it. Need a recommendation for someone fairly untechnical who just wants to do some adjusting to my grandchildren's photos. Need to buy something that's user friendly. I don't look forward to using ArcSoft again.
yes it is
by mittens - 8/30/06 4:31 PM In reply to: Is photodraw really easy to use? by Commuterit's basically intuitive, without a great deal of emphasis on layers or rendering. It's a photo editing and manipulating program, all the controls are right out there, and you can move the image all over the place on the screen. to me, that's a plus.
Selection is simple, you just click and it's selected.
click again and it's unselected.
The only problem is, it is no longer on the market, so you need to get the disks either online or from a friend. And the default 'save' format is .mix, easily enough changed picture by picture, but still a bit too proprietary for my taste.
And the only way to find out if it works is to actually use it for a few days.
This sounds like the perfect fit for an untechnical person, and a great way to introduce them to photo editing.
Great Shareware!
by bill Kline - 8/29/06 7:48 PM In reply to: What's your favorite photo editor and why? by Marc Bennett
I have used LemkeSoft's GraphicConverter for several years. I paid $25 for it about 1999, and one $10 upgrade fee. Thorsten Lemke updates it almost weekly, and it does everything to photos I need to do to them. It does great slideshows, prints catalog pages in infinite layouts, like I like to print 4 to a landscape page, and print the filename below each photo. I've never seen any program that does that as easily. I love GraphicConverter. If you have a Mac, download it from
http://www.lemkesoft.com
Graphic Converter Software
by bdeynyc - 8/30/06 12:37 PM In reply to: Great Shareware! by bill KlineIs this software available for the PC? It sounds great.
Barbara
I agree! GraphicConverter is G-r-r-reat!!!
by timztoyz - 8/30/06 3:39 PM In reply to: Great Shareware! by bill KlineI've been using GraphicConverter for at least 4 years and I've used it to open all kinds of photos, plus create my own albums and prepare photos for eBay. It's a lot simpler to use than PhotoShop -- and a LOT less expensive!
my favorite photo editor
by azcarl - 8/29/06 7:49 PM In reply to: What's your favorite photo editor and why? by Marc Bennett
so far it has been iPhoto from Apple. the why has to do with its simplicity and that it was designed to fit Mac computer architecture like a glove.
on the flip side of the coin I am not enthralled with the fact that to stay current version-wise one must religiously stay current with o/s updates, something I do not always do because of the unknown disruptions that are usually associated with o/s changes.
so at some point I will probably jump ship and find a suitable 3rd party photo editor for my Mac.
I've Been Using
by Riphly2 - 8/29/06 7:50 PM In reply to: What's your favorite photo editor and why? by Marc Bennett
GraphicConverter for 10 years and nothing has seemed an improvement on it.
So, I'll continue using it.
I use PhotoShop
by paul dexler - 8/29/06 7:55 PM In reply to: What's your favorite photo editor and why? by Marc Bennett
Years ago, I used Corel Phpto Paint. After all, it was less expensive. Did almost everything, too. Then I got some kind of deal on an older edition of PhotoShop, and found out why all the pros use it. I have since upgraded, and now I use PhotoShop CS2, and I'm still learning all its bells and whistles. But I'd rather have a program that can do more than I need, than one that does less.
Free is good too!
by gabby528 - 8/29/06 8:28 PM In reply to: I use PhotoShop by paul dexlerI use Photoshop Elements MOST of the time. I have also tried the GIMP which is a free download. It is full blown but the learning curve is kind of steep so I fall back on my Adobe Elements. I'm gonna keep GIMP on my machine however.
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