Software Question

[chris_2808]

Hi guys,

I use an olympus camedia 350 zoom for nothing to strenuous, family pictures and nights out are about as good as it gets for me. However i love my camera and playing with the photos i get.

My PC crashed destroying my copy of the CAMEDIA software used to edit the raw digital pictures, i have the disk but no product key for it, i tried getting in touch with olympus a coupld of times but they didnt respond.

I was wondering if you guys could recommend any software that would do a similar job, either bought or free to download? Something that allows colour fixing would be good.

Chris

[Jon]

Olympus uses RAW? I believe this only uses "standard" file types, like JPEG or (maybe) TIFF, in which case almost any photo editing program will do the job.

[robertwgross]

I can't understand how the Camedia software could have been installed in the first place if you don't have the product key. Sometimes that is printed on a tiny label and affixed to a plastic sleeve for the disk.

---Bob Gross---

[chris_2808]

I can't understand how the Camedia software could have been installed in the first place if you don't have the product key. Sometimes that is printed on a tiny label and affixed to a plastic sleeve for the disk.

---Bob Gross---
Originally i had the product key but have since lost it.

[chris_2808]

Olympus uses RAW? I believe this only uses "standard" file types, like JPEG or (maybe) TIFF, in which case almost any photo editing program will do the job.
Such as? sorry i really don't know!

[Jon]

Paint Shop Pro, Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, Microsoft PictureIt, Microsoft Digital Image Suite. I use Paint Shop Pro. Most people use PhotoShop for heavy-duty photo editing. Elements or the Microsoft products should handle light needs. Your local big box store will probably have others, as well. Irfanview (http://www.irfanview.com/) is a free download that'll give you some sharpening and colour management as well as re-sizing and easy file viewing.

[chris_2808]

Paint Shop Pro, Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, Microsoft PictureIt, Microsoft Digital Image Suite. I use Paint Shop Pro. Most people use PhotoShop for heavy-duty photo editing. Elements or the Microsoft products should handle light needs. Your local big box store will probably have others, as well. Irfanview (http://www.irfanview.com/) is a free download that'll give you some sharpening and colour management as well as re-sizing and easy file viewing.
Thanks thats all i was after really!