Can anyone recommend a decent photoshop program?

[drakethib]

the cheaper the better.

Thanks

 

[dpuck1998]

Paintshop Pro is good for the money. Of course, Photoshop is the best...but expensive.

 

[wilde_oscar]

I'll second paint shop pro... but really wanted to answer well isn;t photoshop actually photoshop?

 

[tinkbutt]

you could get photoshop cheap if you can buy it through a school?!! we bought mine in the University bookstore.

that is how I got the whole adobe suit for 223$ it came with photoshop, Illustrator, bridge, and some others that I haven't used lol

 

[safetymom]

Photoshop Elements is the laymans version of full Photoshop. For most people it will do everything you need.

You can get a free trial from Adobe and if you watch the sales it is on sale quite often.

 

[jscottnc]

It depends on what you want. If you just want something to correct photos (red-eye, cropping, rotation, etc.) then the free download "Picasa" from Google will fit the bill. For more complex image manipulation, try "Gimp" -- the price is right (free).

 

[WaltD4Me]

Photoshop Elements is the laymans version of full Photoshop. For most people it will do everything you need.

You can get a free trial from Adobe and if you watch the sales it is on sale quite often.

My brother is a commercial photographer and he uses full Photoshop, mostly for techinal stuff, but he says Elements is really a great program, much easier to use and many of the features of regular Photoshop.

 

[drakethib]

Thanks All!!!

 

[IWISHFORDISNEY]

Well I have photoshop elements and can not figure out how to use it. Good luck!

 

[kab407]

Are these available for Apple?

 

[dpuck1998]

Are these available for Apple?

Most of those are made specifically for apple/Mac

 

[kab407]

Most of those are made specifically for apple/Mac

Thanks. I find myself taking more and more pictures and need to invest in photo editing software. I have no clue what to look at. I'll take a look at Elements.

 

[sydconmom]

try gimp. the website is www.gimp.org.

Its very similar to photoshop and it's FREE!

 

[tinkbutt]

Thanks. I find myself taking more and more pictures and need to invest in photo editing software. I have no clue what to look at. I'll take a look at Elements.

If you don't already have it on your mac iphoto is a good program just for the basic retouching, birghtness/contrast, croping, even straightning!!!

Ithink it is a free download!?

 

[mjperry]

Photoshop CS3 is great I have only used Pro version, but Paintshop pro is good and half the price.

 

[drakethib]

Gotta say the GIMP program has been working pretty good and you sure can't beat the price.

 

[DebºoºS]

I'm another for Photoshop Elements. I have Paint, Picture It, and a few others but I use Elements more often. The only function I don't like is crop and resizing. Picture It is easier.

 

[mjperry]

This is a free program you can DL it will do a few things, I use it some when I don't want to fool with PS http://www.irfanview.com/