Photo Editing Software

[Earl E. Nov...mber]

I Use to have  "Photo Editor" on my PC. Through a couple crashes and a new computer I am at a loss for a program to edit photos and do a decent job.
Tried a few of the on line freebees and they all leave me pretty flat.
What does everyone recommend

[jcsnapshot]

The software you need will all depend on how in depth you want to get with it. Microsoft Picture It is a very good basic editing program for around 30 bucks. Paint Shop Pro 10 by Corel has most of the same tools as Photoshop and PS Elements for around $ 100, and Photoshop is the choice of most "pros", but the full version is around $700.

[Digger]

I found a surprisingly complete and easy to use freeware program called "PhotoFiltre." It's pretty impressive, and the price is sure right.

http://www.webattack.com/get/photofiltre.html

[tmccall]

Well...  I've used just about all of them and there is no equal to Adobe Photoshop.  If you have a kid in High School or College or if you work in the education arena you can purchase Adobe Creative Suite 2 for about $399.

[ks_stickbow]

The GIMP is a opensource photoshop knock off and has all the power of photoshop for free

I am assuming that you are using windows and not linux/unix
To install:  Install the GTK fir then the program


http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/


This isn't by any means one of those online freebe's......it's free but you get every tool you need in one heck of a quality package for free. I do however use photoshop CS2 for it's user friendlyness, but give GIMP a try. It's complex but has a great users manual.

[Earl E. Nov...mber]

I went ahead and loaded Photofiltre last night. It may not be the greatest, but does pretty much everything I can think of it to do, and the price was right. Might have to try the "Gimp"  too. Thanks for the help.