Photography Software : Top 5 Free Photography Software Editors for Windows

Executive Summary about : Photography Software  By www.basic-digital-photography.com

Digital Photography Software

Software especially for enhancing, correcting, manipulating, organizing, printing, sharing, and using your digital photos in creative ways. These products are primarily for manipulating images and most have limited image creation tools and features.

If you’re really on a budget, you will be glad to know that there are many free photo editors out there ready for your download. These programs give you basic image editing features to perform standard photo enhancement tasks. I’ve compiled a list of 5 free photo editing programs for Windows which you may like to look at. These are quality programs which give commercial ones a serious run for their money.

Do take note, however, that some of these programs may be limited in features unless you buy an upgrade version.

1. The GIMP

The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an open-source program originally developed by two university students in 1996. It has now morphed into a powerful image editor with a huge user base. The latest version, the GIMP 2.0, has a revamped user interface that places it up threw with mainstream image editors.

Gimp Free Photography Software

2. Picasa

Picasa is a powerful and free software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. If you always had problems keeping track of your pictures, Picasa will help you do that by sorting them into visual albums. Moreover, if you want to quickly touch up your photos, Picasa offers many one-click fixes to do just that. What’s more, the program allows you to easily share those photos through email, printing or CDs.

Picasa Free Photography Software

3. VCW VicMan’s Photo Editor

VCW VicMan’s Photo Editor has a host of features similar to Adobe Photoshop. With this program, you can easily zoom into and pan within your image and perform standard image editing. The color adjustment options are also very extensive. The program comes in a limited free version, as well as a commercial Pro version which sells for $30.

VCW Vicman Free Photography Software

4. ImageForge

ImageForge is a freeware image editor gives you a great set of tools for painting and editing images and photos. Whether you want to touch up your photo shots, or add a creative effect to a boring photo, ImageForge can provide you with the tools to do it. You can even share your photos easily by creating photo albums and simple slide shows.

Image Forge Free Photography Software

5. Paint.NET

Paint.NET is an on-going project at Washington State University, with features that match commercial applications, including support for layers. It is provided as freeware and is readily available for download. Besides standard image editing features, there’s also a special Effects API for you to create your own special effects. The program also has a strong user forum that supports its progress and development.

Paint Net Free Photography Software

Conclusion

I hope you’ll learnt a thing or two about the best free photo editors for Windows. Using a free photo editor is a great way to save money, while satisfying all your photo manipulation needs. However, I do advise that for serious, long-term photo editing tasks, go for commercial grade software such as Ulead PhotoImpact  and Paint Shop Pro.

Agus Mardiana says :

I use Photoshop CS 2 for my self. They are great powerful tool for editing my digital cameras images.

Download Links to your Free Photography Software Editors for Windows

The GIMP

Picasa

VCW VicMan’s Photo Editor

ImageForge

Paint.NET

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Photography Software : Adobe Photoshop

Executive Summary about : Photography Software  By Oscar Upegui

Review

The software giant Adobe has revamped its popular Creative Suite package and agreed to a new version. Photoshop CS4 provides an improved working space, OpenGL-based features such as rotation of the canvas, new panels for Masks and Adjustments, on-the image that we can apply some adjustments to the style of Photoshop Lightroom, a 3D engine, and then only for begin.

Confines all the characteristic features of Photoshop in a single window of variable size and we can move to any position. If you open more than one document, they are displayed on separate tabs.

With Photoshop CS4 palettes are disappearing. In an effort to reduce the disruption of dialogs, the settings as Levels, Curves, Hue / Saturation, etc., now appear in a single Adjustments panel (settings) which means that your screen is no longer dotted with a few dialog boxes.

Advantages

• Easy to use .
• Good working space.

Disadvantages

• Just the price…

Adobe Photoshop CS2

Executive Summary about : Photography Software  By  www.photographyreview.com

Description:

Adobe Photoshop CS2 software, the professional image-editing standard and leader of the Photoshop digital imaging line, delivers more of what you crave. Groundbreaking creative tools help you achieve extraordinary results. Unprecedented adaptability lets you custom-fit Photoshop to the way you work. And with more efficient editing, processing, and file handling, there’s no slowing you down.

Some people says :

1. jorgemonkey says :

Summary:

I started using PS7 at my work, and I use it mostly for dropping out products ontoa white background for web use. Its a pretty intimidating program at first, and it will take a very long time to master everything it has to off. I have been using the program for about two years now and I have tons of things to learn about the different tools & whatever else the program can do.

Strengths:

Very powerful, easy to adapt to the newest version of PS when it comes out. The RAW converter it comes with does an excellent job. Being able to run batch actions & desiging your own actions is very useful

Weaknesses:

Price. If I wasn’t a student, I wouldn’t have been able to afford it.

Similar Products Used:

Paintshop Pro for a very short time

1. mjs1973 says :

Summary:

This is the cream of the crop as far as photo editing software goes IMHO. I have only scratched the surface of what this program is capable of of doing. I was using PS 5 before purchasing this and the new tools like the healing brush, spot healing brush, and patch tools are great for cleaning up old slides.

The exposure adjustment and shadow/highlight tools are also wonderfull additions. These may not be new for people upgrading from CS but are a giant leap when going from PS5 to CS2. For me, the best part about this program is the build in RAW converter. It is so easy to use, and does a wonderful job with my RAW conversions. It’s as easy to use for batching a large group of RAW files as it is a single image.

I also love how the browser opens as a seperate program. The one thing I don’t like about it is that it can really slow down your computer if you don’t have enough memory. I’m only running a Toshiba Satellite P35-S609 laptop with a Pentium 4 3.20Ghz processor (538) with 512mb of RAM right now, and an upgrade would help. This is not CS2’s fault tho.

I gave it a value rating of 5 because I got the student version for $200, There is no dif. between the student version, and the regular version, other than the price. I dought I would have even considered this program if I had to pay full price. UPDATED 2/10/06 per MJS1973 to clarify computer configuration by ken1953

Strengths:

Easy transision from older versions of PS. RAW converter. Browser opens as a seperate program. Very convienent tools such as the healing bursh, spot healing brush and the patch tool.

Weaknesses:

Price, if you have to pay full price that is. System requirements. Beef up your RAM if you don’t have at least 1gig. This program can be very overwhelming if it’s your first time using Photoshop.

Similar Products Used:

Photoshop 5 Photoshop Elements 2.0 Photoshop CS for some very basic stuff at work