What Photo manipulation Program do you use?

[mlakrid]

Since I got my new camera I am a photo taking fool.

After I edit them slightly, mainly cropping unwanted portions and small color adjustments I will be putting up some of my photos to see what you all think.

My question is what photo manipulation program do you use and WHY?

Pleas post a response as well as answering the poll...

Thanks!

Mike A!
photo N00B enthusiast!

 

[madmatt]

Photoshop CS2 (included with Creative Suites 2.3 Premium)

 

[Perris Calderon]

added gimp for you mlakrid

 

[Lee]

Photoimapct 12 (now been aquired by corel argggggh).

 

[Evil Marge]

Paintshop Pro X which isn't in the poll options as it's extremely easy to use

 

[NetRyder]

If you're doing basic photo-related stuff like cropping, color correction, red-eye removal etc, you should try out Picasa. It's free, and it'll also help you to manage large collections of pictures better.

http://picasa.google.com/

 

[roj]

With an old Minolta Dimage A1, a load of xxx.mrw files of ancient potsherds, I have Photoshop, XnView, and have just added Picasa from earlier post. This way I can produce xxx.jpgs for ease of distribution to fellow idiots, all wanting to see some several hundred of these potsherds. These cover around 3,000 years of farming a 40 acre field just down the road. With maps, aerial photos, distribution diagrams, the potsherds, the need for macro images of some, I need all the help I can get, hence the varied options.
roj
As I type, Picasa is doing it's thing, cataloguing around 50Gb of images - Yo!
and still plodding on 30 minutes later.

 

[Sazar]

If you're doing basic photo-related stuff like cropping, color correction, red-eye removal etc, you should try out Picasa. It's free, and it'll also help you to manage large collections of pictures better.

http://picasa.google.com/

That's typically what I use for minor edits.

 

[Grandmaster]

"PhotoShop CS (Legit Copy)"

I find that option funny. It's okay if every other program on the options isn't legit? 0_o

Btw, I voted for PS for the basic stuff, although something like Picasa or Paint.NET is more useful for that. I just don't do enough "basic editing" to justify installing either of those.

 

[rotjong]

Paintshop Pro X and Paint.NET.

rotjong

 

[Perris Calderon]

'm amazed nobody is using gimp

 

[LeeJend]

I resent that, I am.

It's as powerful as Photoshop (full version) and open source freeware.

 

[Techno Child]

Gimp right here... No photoshop, now or ever. :cheeky:

 

[kcnychief]

I use paint baby, I'm hardcore!

 

[lancer]

I use paint baby, I'm hardcore!

haha

i used photoshop 7 and cs, depends what machine i am on, sometimes i use paint for extremely simple stuff.

 

[Mainframeguy]

Gimp FTW :up:

 

[ray_gillespie]

Photoshop, simply because I've used it for a long time and I'm used to it 🙂

 

[SPeedY_B]

iPhoto/Picasa for basic touch-ups etc. Gimp/Gimpshop for manipulation 🙂

 

[Khayman]

Paintshop pro XI

 

[mlakrid]

wow,

Thanks for all the sugestions guys...

I will probably get Elements and DL all the freeware suggestions...

🙂