Gary2880 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (7 years 11 months 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 5398 times:
i use arcsoft photo studio2000, came free with my scanner i think, or printer, not sure if you`ll be able to pick it up anywhere but great software does everything i could want it to do
Flyfisher1976 From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 802 posts, RR: 2 Reply 6, posted (7 years 11 months 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 5368 times:
Surprised that no one has mentioned Neat Image. I would highly recommend this program. Although the freeware version is limited it will allow you to process an unlimited number of photos for noise reduction and sharpening. I use the plugin version of this program in conjunction with Photoshop to process all of my photos...Highly Recommended. Download the free version of this program and try it out...you won't be disappointed.
It is a file viewer with some basic editing facilities, certainly better than a lot of stuff given away with cameras and scanners. I used to use this exclusively until I could purchase Photoshop Elements 3.0. Xnview has a useful Enhance Detail option which sharpens and generally improves the appearance of your photo (no options, it just does what it does). If that doesn't work out it has a seperate Sharpen function, where you can control the amount (but nothing else). It will get you started for free as it also has crop, colour, hue, light level controls, etc. etc. Pretty basic, but generally useful and it is free! One thing it cannot do is rotate an image very well, I had to use a free program with my scanner to do that.
NZ107 From New Zealand, joined Jul 2005, 5702 posts, RR: 39 Reply 9, posted (7 years 11 months 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 5257 times:
Oops, my bad... Sorry guys..
I just take too much for granted. Yeah, I found out that they had come with scanners from work so I've re-installed all of that.
Thanks for all of your help, it's much appreciated!
Kukkudrill From Malta, joined Dec 2004, 1122 posts, RR: 5 Reply 10, posted (7 years 11 months 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 5235 times:
Quoting Flyfisher1976 (Reply 6): Surprised that no one has mentioned Neat Image. I would highly recommend this program. Although the freeware version is limited it will allow you to process an unlimited number of photos for noise reduction and sharpening.
A problem with the free version of Neat Image is that you can't control how it saves. Processed images get saved as a jpeg with quite a bit of compression (typical file size 100k), meaning you can't do any further processing and chances of acceptance at a.net are affected.
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LHSebi From Germany, joined Jan 2004, 1049 posts, RR: 9 Reply 11, posted (7 years 11 months 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 5175 times:
Quoting Flyfisher1976 (Reply 6): I use the plugin version of this program in conjunction with Photoshop to process all of my photos...Highly Recommended.
I strongly disagree! I think neatimage messes with the picture too much. I would only consider using this with night shots, or shots where you were forced to shoot with a high ISO to reduce grain. Any day time shots with ISO of 100/200 or so shouldn't really require the use of neatimage.
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Sulman From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 2029 posts, RR: 35 Reply 12, posted (7 years 11 months 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 5174 times:
Elements & PSP are inexpensive and have good sharpening tools. I used elements (2.0 came with my camera) for a long time and really got to like it.
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