photo management software

dunworth1

I have a cannon 1100D

and have been using the software provided "eos utility" and "digital photo pro"

but i find it very hard to select from multiple shots which is the best?

what software other then Photoshop do you guys use?

Kenny Logins

Lightroom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZK350bz1C0

vandriver

+1 for Lightroom
You can download an evaluation copy from adobe to try out for a month

magicbastarder

try fast stone image viewer if you don't want to shell out on lightroom; it's quick and free.

dunworth1

download lightroom seems pretty decent.

will download fast stone viewer later

dinneenp

For easy, no learning curve Picasa 3.
I have it but plan on changing to Lightroom for it's much, much, much, much extra capabilities

Salmon Leap

dinneenp wrote: »

For easy, no learning curve Picasa 3.
I have it but plan on changing to Lightroom for it's much, much, much, much extra capabilities

Another +1 for Lightroom

BIRDCAGE1

+1 for lightroom. Adobe have just released the Lightroom 5 beta which you should be able to download for free to get a feel for the software. I was using Picassa 3 for a good while until a friend of mine put m onto lightroom around the time of the LR4 beta release which got me hooked.

Sabre Man

GIMP

Kenny Logins

Sabre Man wrote: »

GIMP

That be image editing only.

BIRDCAGE1

Sabre Man wrote: »

GIMP

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dunworth1

BIRDCAGE1 wrote: »

????

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=gimp

BIRDCAGE1

thanks dunworth1 I had never heard of this software before.... cheers

Kenny Logins

It's free. That's the only good thing about Gimp.

Sabre Man

Kenny Logins wrote: »

It's free. That's the only good thing about Gimp.

What specifically do you dislike about it?

Kenny Logins

Sabre Man wrote: »

What specifically do you dislike about it?

I suppose that was a bit unfair, I just never really got on with it and didn't find it intuitive, but that's just me..

Personally, 'free' is the only reason I would choose it over any other photo editor, given the option.

5uspect

Sabre Man wrote: »

What specifically do you dislike about it?

Well, if you're going to copy Photoshop at least put everything in sensible locations. Why, for example, would anyone lump curves and levels under the nebulous 'colour tools'? Below is Photoshop on the left and GIMP on the right. See how the various adjustments are grouped in Photoshop? Curves and levels etc. are grouped together while colour adjustments like Hue/Saturation and Colour Balance are also grouped. In GIMP they're all just buried in one vague menu. Sloppy design like this can make GIMP a chore to use.



The GIMP is a serviceable editor but it's still got a lot of rough edges and performance issues.

Of course I'm being harsh, it's free after all.

frozenfrozen

I agree that GIMP is not one bit pleasant to use compared to photoshop, but on the topic of this thread go with lightroom it's really the best option except for the price.

Fiona

I use Picassa for my editing and then I have a free version of CS2 Photoshop that I downloaded from the Adobe website for putting my logos on pics.

Cookie P74

Another +1 for Lightroom. Aside from the photo management and editing, I also think the book and print features are excellent for ease of use.