Photo editing Software?

[Goldar]

For many years I swore by Arcsoft's Photo Studio. It's a great photoshop wannabe, and has a ton of great features at very low ram/overhead.

I eventually grew into photoshop, but only naughty copies as I don't want adobe getting any of my personal information! (I love photoshop and other creative suite offerings from them - but Absolutely HATE adobe!!).

There are a lot of good ones for mac too, if you're on that platform. I love Pixelmator as it's got everything needed, plus accepts 8bf filters and plug-ins that photoshop uses. But my mac died and I don't see replacing it any time soon.

[ceo54]

Originally Posted by Ptenisnet

It is possible to make an accurate selection using the magic wand tool but you must adjust the settings to suit your needs and you need to spend some time on it. There are several tutorials online on how to use it. Read them.

Absolutely. Thank you Mes Ami

[ceo54]

Originally Posted by MonkFish

i'm not sure, but i used cs5 for a few months last year on a really old computer ( it had a 3 1/2" disk drive! and usb1! ) i think it was 1ghz and 1gb memory, sure it wasn't the fastest, but it worked!

I think it might work but with all the multi tasking going on, I would want my machine to process as fast as possible and with at least 25 heavy apps running that pisses me off.

I'll try GIMP, if I won't get the desired results, I'll drop you a PM

Thanks for informative, sincere help.

[ceo54]

Originally Posted by alexora

There is another good option: a free online applications that needs no download and incorporates many of Photoshop's features.

Try it: pixlr.

Crappy Internet Connection wouldn't allow me to do that. I would rather like to install a ware on my machine.

However, I've saved the link for future references, It appears useful.

Thank you for the tip.

[ceo54]

Originally Posted by Goldar

For many years I swore by Arcsoft's Photo Studio. It's a great photoshop wannabe, and has a ton of great features at very low ram/overhead.

I eventually grew into photoshop, but only naughty copies as I don't want adobe getting any of my personal information! (I love photoshop and other creative suite offerings from them - but Absolutely HATE adobe!!).

There are a lot of good ones for mac too, if you're on that platform. I love Pixelmator as it's got everything needed, plus accepts 8bf filters and plug-ins that photoshop uses. But my mac died and I don't see replacing it any time soon.

I'm using Win 8.1.

I'll look for the program you recommended and write you back.

[Pad]

Just a general comment relating to learning curves. No matter what program you use you've got to expect to put in a bit of time learning how to use it. I could be wrong about this - but I don't think there is any program that will isolate part of an image you want to cut and paste with a single click of the mouse. The magic wand is a pretty blunt tool unless you know how to use it, and learning how to use it takes time and effort.

I've used Gimp a lot and like it.

One last thing - YouTube is a great source for tutorials for Photoshop, Gimp and other progs like that. A search for "Gimp magic wand" produced this tutorial amongst many others which might be of some help.

GIMP 2.8 Transparent Background/Paste to New Background - YouTube

GIMP 2.8 Transparent Background/Paste to New Background - YouTube

Good luck.

[alexora]

Originally Posted by Pad

Just a general comment relating to learning curves. No matter what program you use you've got to expect to put in a bit of time learning how to use it. I could be wrong about this - but I don't think there is any program that will isolate part of an image you want to cut and paste with a single click of the mouse. The magic wand is a pretty blunt tool unless you know how to use it, and learning how to use it takes time and effort.

I've used Gimp a lot and like it.

One last thing - YouTube is a great source for tutorials for Photoshop, Gimp and other progs like that. A search for "Gimp magic wand" produced this tutorial amongst many others which might be of some help.

GIMP 2.8 Transparent Background/Paste to New Background - YouTube

Good luck.

Amen: all very true.

Image editing requires the user to dedicate him/herself to learning how to use effectively any given image editing application.

I find that Photoshop is the most useful tool, but despite having used it for many years, I am still learning new things about it on a regular basis.

It takes time and perseverance. Hard work, I know, but well worth the effort.

[NeoPornXXX]

I have used GIMP, ArcSoftPhoto Studio, Corel, Paint.NET and PhotoShop, this last one is the most complete, but it takes time to learn it. If you have limited CPU/RAM, GIMP is may be a better option.

[ceo54]

I'm using GIMP for two days now and it doesn't appear to be very complicated. Sure it's a very long road before I could reach the point of making professional looking artworks.

the conclusion of this thread is that Photoshop is the best we've got but I'll keep using GIMP as I'm just a beginner and will keep it until I step up the ladder.

Just one thing remains that no contributor has laid their eyes upon i.e 3d text inserting, I tried GIMP but I've done better with Picasa. Are there any plugins that I could install or any other program which would allow me to insert 3d text.

This is what I accompolished in two days

[alexora]

Originally Posted by ceo54

I'm using GIMP for two days now and it doesn't appear to be very complicated. Sure it's a very long road before I could reach the point of making professional looking artworks.

the conclusion of this thread is that Photoshop is the best we've got but I'll keep using GIMP as I'm just a beginner and will keep it until I step up the ladder.

Just one thing remains that no contributor has laid their eyes upon i.e 3d text inserting, I tried GIMP but I've done better with Picasa. Are there any plugins that I could install or any other program which would allow me to insert 3d text.

This is what I accompolished in two days

There is a script for that.