I'm looking for a new photo edit tool. I had Corel but with new laptop now looking for something good but not a big learning curve. If anyone can give their 2 cents on something decent but simplistic
Photoshop Elements. I love it.
DirtFarmer
Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA
Free trials are useful. If you have several programs in mind, just do one of the free trials at a time. Otherwise it can get confusing remembering which program did something better than the others.
You might even try out the manufacturer's software. There is usually a free program you can download from their website. Fits the camera you have.
The basics of Lightroom Classic are not that complicated and don't have a "big learning curve". I enjoy it so much that it would be wrong if I didn't recommend it.
Affinity Photo. Why? Instincts get you started, and the rewards are plentiful.
Affinity Photo. Why? Instincts get you started, and the rewards are plentiful.
keywest305 wrote:
I'm looking for a new photo edit tool. I had Corel but with new laptop now looking for something good but not a big learning curve. If anyone can give their 2 cents on something decent but simplistic
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Key West
Adobe Lightroom, in the photo arena, is absolutely the king of editors.
If you're ready to do more with your pictures I would suggest that you look at some YouTube tutorials about the most recent changes that have come about in Lightroom Classic.
I am a Beta tester for 2 other companies, of which I cannot talk about any more than that, and I absolutely have no interest in using the other software.
And come up with the monthly subscription plan, you can quit anytime you want to. You are always up-to-date with every feature that they have available, and besides Lightroom, you get Adobe Photoshop and adobe bridge.
In the last year or so Adobe has made tremendous strides with new changes to the Photoshop program and makes it much, much easier to go from Lightroom and end to Photoshop to do various different tasks, such as cleaning up elements out of a photo. And many, many more features... Such as "Adobe Generative A.I." in the newest version of Photoshop during the last week...
Give it a look on YouTube and consider it
All in my humble opinion
Cheers
George Veazey
ACDSee similar to Corel in terms of license, Close to being as powerful as LightRoom or Elements, Excellent online support & tutorial stuff
Jimmy T wrote:
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I agree that Topaz Photo AI is the most useful software worth buying. With it images shot with too short a lens, too high an ISO and too slow a shutter speed can be turned into perfect photos. If one wants to keep things really simple and inexpensive, it can be used with the Windows or iOS built in editors for cropping and adjustments. I use it with Bridge>ACR>PS>Bridge because the selection tools in ACR and Neuro filters in PS (especially Depth Blur and Smart Portrait) are just too cool to ignore. Last week I took photos from the stands of my granddaughter in a gymnastics exhibition using the Canon RF 18-150 is STM. Straight out of the camera they were unusable. After PS Depth Blur and Topaz Photo AI they look like I used the RF 400 f2.8 L. I saved over $9000.
After many, many years of Photoshop and Corel and a few others I have settled on PhotoShop Elements. Over the years I started to spend more time processing than actually shooting. Once I retired and could spend more time shooting, I realized it was more fun using a camera than a computer.
Elements gives me most of what I want, and everything I actually need.
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