Adobe/ MS photo editor

[Seawiks]

I'm a newby to XP and digital photography. XP's photo media manager is good
for organizing, I need a software for creativity. The Olympus Stylus 300
camera is point & shoot, the CAMEDIA 4.0 software is point & shoot yourself
in the butt! You can edit photos, but there are no creative features. You
can't share photos through email unless your ISP provideds you with a code.

I 've been reading about Adobe Photo Shop and MS Picture It. Which one would
any of you recommend ($1- $50) ? Or would you recommend another??

 

[Paul Ballou]

Adobe Photoshop is a great program and I highly recommend it, but PS is an
expensive photo editor.
http://www.serif.com/photoplus/photoplus8/index.asp
Photoplus 8 is only $99.99. (This is not guaranteed but Registered Users
usually get a upgrade price $9.95. Some users have managed to get this price
even after registering the free version at the link below.)
http://www.serif.com/forum/default.asp
They have a great user supported forum to ask questions about any of their
programs. Some of the actual programmers also respond to user question in
the forum quite frequently.
http://www.serif.com/store/specialpromotions_gd.asp
They have a Great Deal on version 7 of the program. It includes the resource
CD, KPT Plugin Filters versions 3 and 5 $109.99
http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/
You download a free fully function version


--
Paul Ballou
MVP Design Gallery Live
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx

Control the things you can and Don't Worry about the things you can't
control.

 

[Joe Cilinceon]

I would suggest Paint Shop Pro at www.jasc.com

 

[Guest]

You can get a 30 day trial version of photoshop elements 2 from adobe site Free to try before you buy
Do a search for" Why not Photoshop Elements" goes into some detail of the products mentioned in the other posts
Richard Lynch or Yves Alarie