Photo Software: Manage, Edit and Share Your Digital Photos
Photo software is an essential part of the digital
photography experience. Software programs range in price from free to hundreds of dollars.
The first thing to decide is exactly what you need the software to do.
For many, simply organizing all those digital image files is a nightmare. For
others, editing and enhancing photos is a real need. Software that will perform
both duties is even better.
Photo Management Software
Our friends at Google have a handy free software program called
Picasa™
that makes photo management a snap. It will quickly find, organize and label
every picture on your computer. Basic edit tools clean up and enhance photos.
Share photos, create movies and slideshows and more
with this easy to use editing program.
Another popular photo editor is Preclick. It has many of the same features as Picasa with free and $20
upgrade versions. For photo file management and basic editing tools, these two
software programs deserve a close look.
Top Photo Editing Software
The standard and industry leader in editing software is
Adobe
PhotoShop CS. It will do just about anything you could want or imagine. But for the
average user there are two problems. The first is cost. At around $600 it ain't
cheap. The second is its complexity. Quite simply, learning how to use
PhotoShop isn't easy.
Many experts feel Jasc Paint Shop Pro has
nearly the same functionality as PhotoShop and is easier to use. For about $130
they throw in Corel Photo Album to manage and share photos. For those who like
the Windows look and feel,
Microsoft
Digital Image is a close runner up for under $100.
Free Photo Editors
GIMP is open-source software with features
similar to PhotoShop. Free and shareware software programs that feature painting as well as
photo edit
functions include Ultimate Paint,
VicMan and
Pixia.
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