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Lumpus Title: Forbidden Eldritch Historian
Posts: 14
Registered: 2000-6-1 09:59:42
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Date Posted:
2/8/12 12:38pm
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Replacement for Photoshop 7? |
Ok, I've been using a really old version of Photoshop 7 for at least ten years now.
It does what I need it to do (auto-brightness/contrast) but isn't it time to switch over to something newer/simpler?
I don't do serious pic editing... just the basics, looking for fast & easy.
Suggestions???
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jarom_td  Posts: 122
Registered: 2000-8-8 12:45:59
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Date Posted:
2/8/12 12:38pm
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Replacement for Photoshop 7? |
Want something free? I use gimp for the rare occasion I need to edit a picture.
http://www.gimp.org/
I have no idea how it stacks up to Photoshop. It was free, so that's what I used.
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Locuus Posts: 124
Registered: 2003-3-13 22:55:35
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Date Posted:
2/8/12 12:38pm
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Replacement for Photoshop 7? |
A very nice and easy photo editing program that is also very powerful and used even by pro photographers is Adobe Lightroom. I thin kit is about $150.
I have used it and it is very user friendly and allows you to make all sorts of changes to pictures I would not have imagined. Pretty low learning curve too. Allows to apply the same change to multiple images with a couple of clicks, remove dust spots, correct for lens aberrations, make changes only to certain colors/ranges or areas of the picture. I'm pretty amazed by what it lets you do and how easy it is.
Adobe have some short and useful video tutorials for it too if you want to learn all you can do with it faster than just experimenting.
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Lonestar_1  Posts: 259
Registered: 2004-8-26 08:40:28
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Date Posted:
2/8/12 12:38pm
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Replacement for Photoshop 7? |
Gimp is very powerful program. It probably has most of the features Photoshop CS series has. It might be overkill though and overwhelming for some as well.
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Ah-Schoo  Title: Fuzzy Caterpillar of Friendliness
Posts: 3,034
Registered: 2000-8-11 09:05:29
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Date Posted:
2/8/12 12:38pm
Subject:
Replacement for Photoshop 7? |
Locuus posted:
A very nice and easy photo editing program that is also very powerful and used even by pro photographers is Adobe Lightroom. I thin kit is about $150.
I have used it and it is very user friendly and allows you to make all sorts of changes to pictures I would not have imagined. Pretty low learning curve too. Allows to apply the same change to multiple images with a couple of clicks, remove dust spots, correct for lens aberrations, make changes only to certain colors/ranges or areas of the picture. I'm pretty amazed by what it lets you do and how easy it is.
Adobe have some short and useful video tutorials for it too if you want to learn all you can do with it faster than just experimenting.
Lightroom is awesome for photos.
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Ravynmagi Title: Moderator
Posts: 1,098
Registered: 2001-12-23 17:10:17
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Date Posted:
2/8/12 12:38pm
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Replacement for Photoshop 7? |
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Paint.NET if you want something simpler.
GIMP if you want something with more Photoshop like features.
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Speak-pkhq Title: Sheep's bane
Posts: 113
Registered: 2002-7-7 21:32:14
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Date Posted:
2/8/12 12:38pm
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Replacement for Photoshop 7? |
jarom_td posted:
http://www.gimp.org/
I have no idea how it stacks up to Photoshop. It was free, so that's what I used.
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Sprawl-zero1eye- Title: IGN Vault Staff
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Posts: 1,001
Registered: 2002-6-28 03:39:29
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Date Posted:
2/8/12 12:38pm
Subject:
Replacement for Photoshop 7? |
Gimp is a decent open source alternative with a horrible user interface (at least when I last used it).
I'm married to Photoshop for life, unfortunately. It rocks for everything from simple things to things I can't even do. Kinda reminds me of Office in that respect...
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Date Posted:
2/8/12 12:38pm
Subject:
Replacement for Photoshop 7? |
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Photoshop elements or Picasa would be my vote if you're talking basic changes. One free, the other pretty cheap, both handle raw and jpg.
Otara
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Ravynmagi Title: Moderator
Posts: 1,098
Registered: 2001-12-23 17:10:17
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Date Posted:
2/8/12 12:38pm
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Replacement for Photoshop 7? |
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I just gave Picasa a try, since I'm looking for a free GIMP alternative that will support layers. Sadly no layer support in Picasa (Paint.NET has no layers either by the way). But looks decent, especially if you are a Google account user.
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