Photo Software Recommendation Please
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From: Sunrise Senior Living
Photo Software Recommendation Please
I've been using Kodak Easyshare Software since I took my first digital camera (a Kodak) out of its box, but find it a resources hog and a bit 'clunky' despite taking all the upgrades.
Can anyone please give me a personal recommendion for a better program from all the usual candidates which must be easy to use and simple to maintain. All I want to do is store and organise family pics (holidays etc) and get rid of 'redeye' - nothing more complicated than that.
I would like to trial any candidate software on my lappie (Dell Inspiron with loads of memory and Xp Home) with a view to transferring my pics across from the Easyshare on the family PC - a Dell Dimension also well endowed with memory and running Xp Home.
I don't mind paying!
Thank you
Cheers
mcdhu
Can anyone please give me a personal recommendion for a better program from all the usual candidates which must be easy to use and simple to maintain. All I want to do is store and organise family pics (holidays etc) and get rid of 'redeye' - nothing more complicated than that.
I would like to trial any candidate software on my lappie (Dell Inspiron with loads of memory and Xp Home) with a view to transferring my pics across from the Easyshare on the family PC - a Dell Dimension also well endowed with memory and running Xp Home.
I don't mind paying!
Thank you
Cheers
mcdhu
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From: Chez Sprog
My mum (!) is very keen on this: Picasa 3: Free download from Google
Personally I like media centre for pics. I have a bit of music on, while my photo's breeze by on the Ken Burns effect
Personally I like media centre for pics. I have a bit of music on, while my photo's breeze by on the Ken Burns effect
More bang for your buck
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From: land of the clanger
By far the best for photos is adobe's light room, but a tad expensive. But you can at least trial it for free: Adobe - Photo Management Software - Photoshop Lightroom
Paint shop pro used to be very good but since coral took it over it's got too pricey used to be around £50 now aroubd £250.
Paint shop pro used to be very good but since coral took it over it's got too pricey used to be around £50 now aroubd £250.
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From: is everything
I concur with Picasa. Free, good, and lots of features if you want to investigate them. The way it describes its features is a bit intimidating, but the basic premise is it will never harm your original image, so you can experiment a bit. You should try Picasa simply to know what you can do for free.
paint.NET is a good, free, photo editor.
Irfanview is a good, free, simple to understand photo viewer.
I'm sure one or more of the above will fit your needs.
paint.NET is a good, free, photo editor.
Irfanview is a good, free, simple to understand photo viewer.
I'm sure one or more of the above will fit your needs.
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From: Wiltshire
Picasa is great for the basics. If you want to be a bit more adventurous, Serif FreeSerifSoftware – free software downloads is very good, and FREE!
