Two titles come to mind,

1) GIMP which is open source http://www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/gimp/
and
2) Serif PhotoPlus 5.5 http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/products.asp which
is free for registration.

I personally prefer PhotoPlus as it has a strong similarity in look and feel
to Photoshop. GIMP has a strong following and has versions available for
Linux & (I think) Unix. But both will serve you well.

There is also a French product called Photofiltre. I played with it a bit,
but I didn't feel it was as powerful as GIMP or PhotoPlus. Don't get me
wrong, it was a nice editor but I don't believe a serious hobbyist would
prefer it over GIMP or Serif.

"bric-a-brac" <bric-a-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> What's the best piece of free software for editing digital photos?

"bric-a-brac" <bric-a-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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: What's the best piece of free software for editing digital
photos?

IRFAN view.

Really good, and comes with a ton of free plugins.

EDEB.

IMO, Irfanview is more of a Photo Organizer with "touch-up" capabilities.
(cropping, minor color/exposure correction, etc) It doesn't do layers, or
curves, and I'm reasonably certain it can't use Photoshop Plug-ins. But it
is pretty good at what it does.

"EDEB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "bric-a-brac" <bric-a-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> : What's the best piece of free software for editing digital
> photos?
>
> IRFAN view.
>
> Really good, and comes with a ton of free plugins.
>
> EDEB.
>
>

What's the best piece of free software for editing digital photos?

bric-a-(E-Mail Removed) (bric-a-brac) wrote in
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> What's the best piece of free software for editing digital photos?

Irfanview
irfanview.com
version 3.92 is available with upgraded plugins.

--
Judy

"JunkMonkey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:LcK3d.78907$MQ5.3678
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> I'm reasonably certain it can't use Photoshop Plug-ins.

Wrong.
Adobe 8BF and compatible filters
I use it exclusively to edit digital photos.

--
Judy

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 00:09:02 GMT, bric-a-(E-Mail Removed) (bric-a-brac)
wrote:

>What's the best piece of free software for editing digital photos?

You'll need 2.
Digital Camera Picture Enhancer
Does what no other freeware can. It's excellent
http://www.mediachance.com/digicam/enhancer.htm
DL
http://www.mediachance.com/digicam/dcenhanc.zip

..PhotoFiltre
http://photofiltre.free.fr/frames_en.htm
DL
http://photofiltre.free.fr/utils/pf-setup-en.exe

regards

Dud
--

"I do not agree with a word you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." -- Voltaire

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 00:09:02 GMT, bric-a-(E-Mail Removed)
(bric-a-brac) wrote:

>What's the best piece of free software for editing digital photos?

Photofiltre
===========================================================================
Chris

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 23:35:37 -0400, Duddits <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 00:09:02 GMT, bric-a-(E-Mail Removed) (bric-a-brac)
>wrote:
>
>>What's the best piece of free software for editing digital photos?
>
>You'll need 2.
>Digital Camera Picture Enhancer
>Does what no other freeware can. It's excellent
>http://www.mediachance.com/digicam/enhancer.htm
>DL
>http://www.mediachance.com/digicam/dcenhanc.zip

The impressive DC Enhancer has some drawbacks: No drag-n-drop support;
it only handles 1 photo at a time; if you save as jpg, you will lose
all EXIF and IPTC data, if any.

It also does not keep your dpi resolution intact. After being saved in
DC Enhancer, an original 300 dpi image showed as 72 dpi in Photoshop .
In PhotoStudio 2k the same image showed as 200 dpi.

>.PhotoFiltre
>http://photofiltre.free.fr/frames_en.htm
>DL
>http://photofiltre.free.fr/utils/pf-setup-en.exe

ArcSoft PhotoStudio 2k www.arcsoft.com has an auto-enhance feature but
it is not as good as that of DC Enhancer. PhotoStudio 2k saves the
image resolution, but does not save the EXIF and IPTC data in jpegs.

Irfanview also has impressive enhancement features if you load the
right plugins, and it will keep your resolution, EXIF, and IPTC data
intact.

PhotoStudio 2k is better for image editing, Irfanview better for image
filtering effects. PhotoStudio 2k has an overall friendlier user
interface.

M.L. <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> ArcSoft PhotoStudio 2k www.arcsoft.com has an auto-enhance
> feature but it is not as good as that of DC Enhancer.
> PhotoStudio 2k saves the image resolution, but does not save the
> EXIF and IPTC data in jpegs.

> PhotoStudio 2k is better for image editing, Irfanview better for
> image filtering effects. PhotoStudio 2k has an overall
> friendlier user interface.

Hello,

Do you have a link to that program?
I did search around the Arcsoft site and could not find it.

Thank you.