Beginner's Photo editing software

[nin137]

i just bought a digital camera and wanted to supplement it with an image editing program. i remember using paintshop pro way back when and that i really liked that program but from what i read in reviews now all of these programs have gotten so darn complicated! i'm just looking for any suggestions on a less advanced photo/image editing program which i could use that doesn't have a very steep learning curve.

[jeofrey10100900]

try infanview. very basic program. link
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...scription.html

[Strider]

Another good one is GIMP : http://www.gimp.org/

[nin137]

thanks i'll try these (i think i've used the first one before but i've never seen gimp) i'm also going to see how the canon software pans out.

[glc]

Gimp is hardly for beginners - it has a pretty steep curve. Maybe you should look around for an older version of Paint Shop Pro if you already know how to use it.

[jayb1234]

Paint.NET seems pretty easy to use compared to irfanview and gimp.

But you need to have .NET Framework2.0 installed to use it.

[rave]

Paint.net is much easier than GIMP. i would never recommend gimp to anyone. i always switch back to windows to use photoshop rather than dealing with the 3 differnnt windows of gimp and hardly confgurable brushes

[TwoRails]

Originally Posted by nin137 i just bought a digital camera and wanted to supplement it with an image editing program. i remember using paintshop pro way back when and that i really liked that program but from what i read in reviews now all of these programs have gotten so darn complicated! i'm just looking for any suggestions on a less advanced photo/image editing program which i could use that doesn't have a very steep learning curve.

If you like PSP, then you may still want to consider it. Yes, it got non-user friendly for a while, but starting with version 9, and a lot in version 10, it's now a lot more user friendly. There is still a lot to learn with it, but many things can be done "automatically" instead of manually now. Without knowing your personal skill level, it's hard to say if it is a good choice or not.

Wow... learning something new everyday! In looking up the link for PSP X, I discovered that vesion XI is now out!

http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satelli...elCom%2FLayout

HTH

TR

[cycling-rod]

I would recommend Picasa: http://picasa.google.com/download/index.html It's free and easy to use. One advantage with Picasa is it will search through your hard drives and gather together every photography it finds - even those photographs you have forgotten you had.