OH-LZA From Finland, joined Jun 2001, 1000 posts, RR: 6 Posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 1288 times:
I'd like to know what you think is the best _affordable_ photo editor? I'm using Microsoft Photodraw and Microsoft Photo Editor which i both got with Microsoft Office 2000 Premium, of those i've got 1 pic thru the pre-screening with Photo Editor which i also find easier to use for editing.
Iflycoach From United States of America, joined Aug 2000, 1015 posts, RR: 2 Reply 1, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 1253 times:
Gimp - Free -- Good tool, I haven't used it to it's full extent but it's got the Photoshop power but the Photoshop learning curve!
Paint Shop Pro - $79 - http://www.jasc.com/ - I've worked with it a little and it seems to have less of a curve but not as many features.
Photoshop LE - $99 (Comes with some digital cameras and the Epson Photo line of printers) - This is just a stripped down version of version 6 but still very powerfull.
Photosuite 4 - $40 - Good program I used it for a while, really for the beginging person in image manipulation it also has other tools besides the editor.
Photopaint - $151 - This is basiclly a step down from Photoshop, some people choose it over Photoshop for the price and some just like it better!
Photoshop 6 - incase anyone is planning on buying this you might want to look into getting the Epson 1280 printer, it comes with a coupon that will get you Photoshop 6 the full thing for $299!
Flygga From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1237 times:
Actually Photoshop LE has been replaced by Photoshop Elements and it has more tools than LE had and is more powerfull. I used to use LE but I have Elements now and like it better. I bought it for $89 and I got $30 rebate from Adobe since I already had LE.
Ckw From UK - England, joined Aug 2010, 324 posts, RR: 19 Reply 4, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 1223 times:
I not sure there's a package I haven't tried over the years ... GIMP is fine but steep learning curve and very Unix-y interface which may be a problem for some. I suspect if you are not already familiar with fairly advanced graphics packages this may seem daunting.
The other downside with GIMP is that when it comes to printing, it does not have the colour management facilities incorporated in Photopaint or Photoshop.
Paintshop Pro ... used to be great value as shareware but commercially, it has little now to offer (and lacks some features) compared to other commercial packages.
Photoshop - arguably the best photoediting package around BUT do you need all the features of the full product? LE and Elements are both good, but not particularly better than other top end offerings - you will also need a machine with lots of memory to get the best out of Photoshop.
Corel Draw - has the advantage of including Photo-Paint AND Coreldraw which is probably one of the best vector based packages around. Photopaint is a match for Photoshop LE/Elements and is less demanding on the PC spec.
I currently have GIMP, PS LE and Corel on my PC - I use all of them from time to time, but when I want to get work done (as opposed to playing around and experimenting) I find I keep going back to Photopaint.
Iflycoach From United States of America, joined Aug 2000, 1015 posts, RR: 2 Reply 6, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 1211 times:
http://www.gimp.org
I had all the links in there but only one showed up - I'll remeber the HTTP next time!
Jwenting From Netherlands, joined Apr 2001, 10213 posts, RR: 25 Reply 9, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days ago) and read 1184 times:
At least on my (Windows) system, Gimp is terribly slow. PSLE is fast. I haven't tried the latest Corel! version (I have 6, which is too limited).
Personally, I do not like PSP. The interface just does not work for me.
If someone can send me a check for $500 I'm upgrading to PS 6.0
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