IMAGE EDITING PROGRAMS - WHAT DO YOU USE?

[cgratti]

Currently I use Photoshop 7 and Photoshop CS, I like 7 better, it seems my work flows easier. I have PhotoImpact, and Paint Shop Pro but they seem cheesy to me compared to Adobe Photoshop.

Adobe Photoshop Elements is a GREAT tool for starting out, but you will quickly outgrow it and need to move up to Photoshop. But Elements is a great price compared to it's big brother.

Any others I may want to check out, you never know. A product might come with a good tool to make your workload easier.

[ohenry]

I use Photoshop CS. I prefer processing RAW with C1 though.

[FotoPhreak]

I use Photoshop CS. I prefer processing RAW with C1 though.

Why do you prefer C1 for processing over CS?

[ohenry]

I use Photoshop CS. I prefer processing RAW with C1 though.

Why do you prefer C1 for processing over CS?

Primarily because I am more familiar with the workflow for C1, I like the way it controls white balance and exposure. It's a bit easier to do batch processing. I play around with CS RAW converter, but am more comfortable with C1. Of course the big advantage of using CS is that you go right from there into Photoshop. I have heard praises for both, some claiming one is better than the other for color or whatever. My skills aren't that good to notice color shifts though.

[ron chappel]

I despise photoslop because it's massively complicated and incredibly overpriced.
I do of course fully admit that some poeple need it though.

When i need full features i use the GIMP (lots of serious features and totally free!!!).It has minor bugs though

I've tried many different programs but the one i use most now (and i heard about in this forum) is IrfanView.
It has some sweet features that really appeal to me such as: turn it on and it is ready in one second (! hear that photostuffed..hello?),it has a great slide show built in (and you can change from slide showing to full manipulation mode with a touch of the enter key),you can escape the program with the escape key and it has one of the best colour manipulation windows i've ever seen.
It's free too,with no adds!!!
I'm seriously thinking of paying for the registered full version as i still have to use the gimp to do curves,cloning and fine sharpening

[defordphoto]

I use BreezeBrowser, CaptureOne LE and Pro, PS 7.01 and CS and Photoshop Elements, not necessarily in that order. They all have their uses. Photoshop 7.01 by far gets the most use. I am now just getting into PSCS and am sure that will take precedence once I get my feet wet. I will keep PS 7.01 on board though. Never know when I might want to scan a $100 bill! ;)

[evilenglishman]

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[karusel]

PS 7.0

[vvizard]

Not beeing a windows-user, and not having to much RAW-converters available for Linux, I tend to fire up an emulated win2k for Photoshop CS if I need to convert a RAW I know is any good. If I just want to check if any raw's went fine, I convert them in an opensourced Linux-app. The colors are way off (with no way to correct) but it gives me a clue if the picture is worth doing further work on. If I shoot raw, I either apply sharpening and such in Gimp. Although, if it's MANY pictures, I go the vmware+Photoshop route again, as I just feel more comfortable in Photoshop when I have to stay in the program for a long period of time.

For albuming I'm kind of in the deciding-process between two now. Bot opensourced free Linux-apps. One is named digiKam, and it's pretty good. Let me create albums/categories, browsing either by thumbnails or fullscreen-resampling, (basic RAW-conversion), lossless jpeg-rotation, exporting to HTML-galleries +++. The other I've recently discovered is Kimdaba. It let's me store information as location/people/keynotes in each image for indexing searching.. I'm gonna use them in parallel for some time I think, and see which one matures, and which one dies :-P

[garethhhhh]

Photoshop 7.0 & CS

[hodad66]

PS CS
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[CoolToolGuy]

I'm a 'Paint Shop Pro 8.1' kinda guy.

That is basically because when I was ready to move from Photoshop Elements (came with the camera), and Microsoft Picture It Platinum (which I still use occasionally) to something better, PSCS was just coming out, and it requires Windows 2000 or XP. Now I'm also a Windows ME kinda guy, and I was not going to let Adobe dictate my operating system upgrade. Besides that, there was a lot of chatter about the license management in PSCS, so Paint Shop Pro was the way to go.
I don't doubt that I will go to Photoshop at some time in the future, but I'll decide when, and perhaps the license issue will have gone away by then.

Have Fun
Rick 8)

[evilenglishman]

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[cgratti]

Not beeing a windows-user, and not having to much RAW-converters available for Linux, I tend to fire up an emulated win2k for Photoshop CS if I need to convert a RAW I know is any good.


Now this is interesting!!!!

I'm bloody sick of windows and have played around with mandrake in the past. Being a graphic designer I have had to stick with windows, simply for photoshop and other progs - I would like to know how well an emulated version runs, what software is needed etc etc :D

If you get the time could you post a quick guide or something??????

If your a graphics designer, why arent you on a MAC? They simple kick butt for graphics design.... I am a G. Design major at a University in PA and MACS are the ticket in that department. I still like WINDOZE better though for other things, easier to use....

[Tom W]

PS Elements here. And Windows.

Haven't outgrown it yet. :D

[cgratti]

PS Elements here. And Windows.

Haven't outgrown it yet. :D

You will...Photoshop is so much more powerful. Grab a copy of PS 7 and check it out, you will uninstall your PS ELEMENTS, trust me on that!

[evilenglishman]

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[AndyDe]

... Now I'm also a Windows ME kinda guy, ....
Rick 8)

Do you keep going blue & locking up as well ? ;-)

I use breezebrowser & PS7.01 with it's raw conversion.

[CoolToolGuy]

... Now I'm also a Windows ME kinda guy, ....
Rick 8)

Do you keep going blue & locking up as well ? ;-)

I use breezebrowser & PS7.01 with it's raw conversion.

Not nearly as much as the pundits wouuld have you believe. Plus, I don't have to worry about those pesky security issues that only affect the NT-derived versions of Windows (NT, 2000, XP).
When I got this PC, HP said that the only OS supported for this model was ME. So I didn't try to drop back to 98SE and I toughed it out. I'll stick with ME until its time to upgrade the PC.

Have Fun
Rick 8)

[drisley]

I've tried Breezebrowswer, Photoshop CS, and C1 Pro for raw conversion.

C1 Pro is the best by far in my opinion. Best controls, best output.

After that, I use Photoshop CS if I want to do further tweaking and sharpening.

[paulselhi]

Photoshop, irfanview and of course our own coloring software :lol:

[Sam North]

evilenglishman

I have to agree with your comments about C1 although I used the Rebel software. I was less than impressed.

I don't use Photoshop - I feel it's a little bit hyped up and Corel's PHOTO-PAINT is a pro program that does the job every bit as well: "[a] ...fully professional program, rivalling Photoshop for features, with powerful tone controls and brushes” (Tom Ang, Digital Photographers Handbook).

Sam