Photo Software

[chockey]

I'm looking into photo editing software for windows, any suggestions. I have the disk that came with my new camera but have not loaded it yet and surely its just basics.

CHuck

[yellow_2002_germany]

You are right concerning the editing software included with most cameras. It is usually pretty basic allowing you to do only a few things. Some cameras and scanners have older versions of Photoshop Elements included as part of the bundle.

Photoshop, either the full-scale pro version CS3 or Elements, is the most widely used and supported photo editing software out there. Elements is reasonably priced at about $99 or so. The full-scale pro version is usually around $600!

There are others out there as well. Before taking the plunge maybe buy a few digital photo magazines and read about the different choices. The magazines are certainly cheaper than buying a piece of software that you may not like.

[Flared69]

elements is probably what you want.

other than that there is:

The Gimp (GNU Image Manipulation Program?) which is open source, free, but has a steep learning curve and probably is a little overkill. It will also need a liiiitttlle bit of knowhow to get working.

JASC Paintshop Pro is also a cheaper version of Photoshop and has many of the same features.

I'd go elements myself, it's relatively basic but it will get the job done right for most photo-editing tasks (refining and manipulation). Photoshop is more of a graphic design tool imho.