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

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:p

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. :(

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.

Another for Picasa!

Paint Shop Pro served me well for years, and if you can find one on eBay (even an earlier one, I used V4 for choice) well worth having.

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!

Thanks for the replies guys - I'm on the case!!

Regards
mcdhu

My favourite is ACDSee Photo Manager, been using it for years now. The trial is free for 30 days.