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Adobe Photo Elements 4 the software of choice?
Is Photo Elements 4 the software of choice for the amateur dslr user? Or can
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Adobe Photo Elements 4 the software of choice?
shipping wrote: Is Photo Elements 4 the software of choice for the amateur dslr user? Or can you recommend something better? This is just my experience. YMMV... There are a number of choices of software for photo editing, and organizing depending on your budget. For organizing, and basic photo editing I like PICASA2 from GOOGLE. It is free for non-commercial use. It will also allow you to resize your photos and export them fairly easy. It also works with your email program to email photos. If you have a limited budget, GIMP for Windows from http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/ is GPL software. It works fairly nice, but I have problems making it print on some printers in Windows. I end up saving the corrected file and using PICASA2 to actually print the file. Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 came with my Canon Digital Rebel when I purchased it. It works fine. It is a couple years old now. I find I am doing more photo processing in Linux now, and using FL-Photo and GIMP in Linux. They work fine there. Cosmi has a $10 photo software that I don't recall the name of. It is fairly okay. It also comes with a scrapbooking program for the people that are into that. I actually picked it up for someone that was looking for a scrapbooking program, because at the time it was the only one I could find and it had a photo program with it. Office Depot has that one. It is a fairly good photo editor for the money. (Of course I had to check out the photo editor!) This is in the rack of cheap software at Office Depot in the CD size cases. I think I have also seen this same program at CompUSA, but I am not sure. The people who have the Kodak cameras are not real happy with Kodak's software. Canon's own software for processing photos is pretty lame. I had a Casio, and that software was fairly bad also. To create DVD's that play on your DVD player, I am using Roxio Media Creator. I have run into some problems with it. It has a 999 photo limit. I do not care for Roxio as a photo editor. I am trying to figure out QDVD author in Linux to accomplish this task, and having some luck, but not as much as I would like. (I can only get one audio file on a slide show right now, instead of an entire slide shows length of audio, and I maxed out the memory that was allocated for the program at around 700 photos. It doesn't have a limit set, just the amount of memory that is allocated to the program, and it crashed around 700 photos.... I could most likely figure out some way to adjust the memory so it would do more photos if I really needed it to.) So there are a number of choices. You just have to find the one that works for you. In Windows, I like PICASA2, and if it is more complex I use GIMP. Beyond that I ask a Custom photo lab for help. I used to use Adobe Photo Elements 2, however I don't even have that loaded on my pc anymore. In Linux I use FL-Photo and GIMP, and beyond that ask a Custom Photo Lab for help. (Normally, if I am asking them for help it is something I am going to make a large print of ...something larger then 13x19, as that is what my printer will do, or something that I am entering into competition.) roland |
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Adobe Photo Elements 4 the software of choice?
"shipping" writes:
Is Photo Elements 4 the software of choice for the amateur dslr user? Or can you recommend something better? Full PhotoShop. Or Picture Window Pro, maybe. Depends on the kind of stuff you're trying to do and your personal style of working. I'm a heavy user of adjustment layers with layer masks myself; PhotoShop CS adding 16-bit adjustment layers is what finally moved me away from Picture Window Pro for nearly everything (the one remaining problem is how slowly Photoshop starts up). -- David Dyer-Bennet, , http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ RKBA: http://noguns-nomoney.com/ http://www.dd-b.net/carry/ Pics: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/ http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Dragaera/Steven Brust: http://dragaera.info/ |
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Adobe Photo Elements 4 the software of choice?
How about Corel Paint Shop Pro X? You can process RAW file format as
well, for a fraction of the cost of PS. John A. Stovall wrote: On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 08:21:24 -0500, "shipping" wrote: Is Photo Elements 4 the software of choice for the amateur dslr user? Or can you recommend something better? No, Adobe CS2 is the software of choice for serious amateur dSLR users. ************************************************** ** "The booksellers are generous liberal-minded men." Samuel Johnson "Life of Johnson" (J. Boswell), Vol. I, 1756 |
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Adobe Photo Elements 4 the software of choice?
"shipping" wrote in message news:dpRsf.1607$CV.1112@dukeread03... Is Photo Elements 4 the software of choice for the amateur dslr user? Or can you recommend something better? Elements 3 and 4 are so bloated it's not funny, like CS vs. CS2. Elements 2 is pretty fast for making quick changes and I use it a lot for quick stuff when loading CS or CS2 is overkill. |
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Adobe Photo Elements 4 the software of choice?
shipping wrote:
Is Photo Elements 4 the software of choice for the amateur dslr user? Or can you recommend something better? I don't use PE 4 but PE 4 appears to be a very good photo processing program for amateur DSLR users who don't want to make a career of processing their photos. But for just about the same amount of money, I also think considering Corel's Paint Shop Pro X and Ulead's PhotoImpact 11 might well be worth looking at too. I don't think Paint Shop Pro X (1) or PhotoImpact 11 (2) is as user friendly as Adobe's PE 4, but each gives you a bit more program usage options than PE 4. That's important to consider because your amateurish standing will change. The one big advantage Adobe PE 4 will have over the other programs is availability of third party filters. But now we're talking bigger bucks in spending. I use Adobe CS and would upgrade to CS 2 but many of my third party filters don't work in CS 2. Shame on Adobe, which may end up losing me as a user. (1) - Corel's Paint Shop Pro X appears to be a rehash of Jasc Paint Shop Pro 9, before Corel bought the program from Jasc. Corel added a user friendly palette to help amateurs understand the usefulness of the tools. This is a very good feature and well worth considering but the problem is the palette takes up a lot of area on the monitor. (2) - Ulead's PhotoImpact 11 has a lot of "Goodies" which allows for creative imaginations to cut loose. There's a lot of filter effects that's built into the program that can be used to easily add pizazz to photo's. Each of these programs might be available on a trial basis and you might well consider taking advantage of trying them out for about 30 days before buying. |
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Adobe Photo Elements 4 the software of choice?
David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
Is Photo Elements 4 the software of choice for the amateur dslr user? Or can you recommend something better? Full PhotoShop. Or Picture Window Pro, maybe. Depends on the kind of stuff you're trying to do and your personal style of working. What I am missing in the PSE (and gimp which I quite like) is full color management (including soft-proofing) and the lack of 16-bit editing. For me these features are not worth the price difference, YMMV... For printing I recommend the QImage - http://www.ddisoftware.com/qimage/ There is enough color-management for the serious amateur trying to print on his photo-quality inkjet, including soft-proofing - it is just not so practical as the 'live-view' in the full PS. There is a promising open-source project too (a gimp fork) where the beta is scheduled soon - might be an interesting alternative for people wanting the color and 16-bits: http://cinepaint.movieeditor.com/ Regards -- Stano |
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