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Newbie introduction and question
On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 09:18:25 -0400, Robert Coe wrote:
On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:20:33 -0600, ray wrote: : Before you consider buying photoshop, I'd suggest you try GIMP which is : available for free and offers a lot of the same functionality. I've found : that by shooting RAW and doing basic manipulations in UFRAW (also free) : things generally work out quite quickly and easily. Do those programs handle Canon .CR2 RAW mode correctly, including preserving Canon's idiosyncratic Exif data? Bob They do. -- Neil reverse ra and delete l |
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Newbie introduction and question
Gimp 2.4 has many features of the full Photoshop and it is free. There is a Windows version. It takes some learning. There is a good book by Apex Publishing. Make sure you get the new version of this book for 2.4. Both the book and Gimp 2.4 just came out.
Scott W wrote: Juan Moore Beer wrote: Hi All, My real life name is Dan and I am new to your hobby and this newsgroup. I have been lurking for three or four weeks and have enjoyed much of what is here. My newbieness is in the digital arena. I have taken my share of snapshots but lost most in a recent flood, so I decided to go digital. I bought a Canon 400D and love it, though I have nothing to compare it to. A sample photo of the kind I like to take can be found he http://www.flickr.com/photos/15996225@N08/?saved=1 Yeah, I know that the focus is not particularly sharp and the composition could be better, but I like it so there :-) My question relates to editing. In general, I like to stick with what I shoot, but I guess I might like to improve an occasional special shot for printing. My kit came with Canon Digital Professional. Is that similar to the Photoshop products I keep reading about? I can't help thinking that Photoshop and related products offer much more functionality, but don't want to buy it if I don't need it. If different, is Photoshop Essentials the way to go for an amateur? I use Canon Digital Professional from time to time, don't really like it that much. I believe you meant to say Photoshop Elements not Essentials, if so Photoshop Elements is the main program I use for editing. I have thought about getting the full version of Photoshop, but for that price I can get a new lens, and I would rather have the new lens. Scott |
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