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Mar 5, 2013 20:19:07 #

Snapshot52 Loc: Boca Raton

Is photoshop and Picasa the samething? Does anyone now of a photoshop trial, I'm not sure if its for me, so I'd like to try it out, any ideas from this wonderful bunch of amatures such as my self would be great,
thanks,
Joe

Mar 5, 2013 20:45:29 #

St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet

Weidoh wrote:

Google's Picasa is an amazing tool for free, but does not match the power of Photoshop or it's free alternative GIMP. picasa.google.com

Mar 5, 2013 21:05:35 #

Erik_H Loc: Denham Springs, Louisiana

Weidoh wrote:

Photoshop and Picasa are two totally different programs. Photoshop is a professional level editing program made by Adobe and offers a free 30 fully functional trial, after which you have to buy it (for $999.00 USD).

Picasa is offered by Google and is free. I don't have any experience with it, I personally use Adobe Lightroom 4 and Elements 10, both of which I bought after the 30 day trials. Lightroom is a great organizer and very useful for minor tweaking of your photos (exposure, cropping, etc...) whereas Elements is more for manipulating your photos. Both programs are geared more towards the consumer / photo enthusiast market.

Mar 5, 2013 21:08:14 #

Snapshot52 Loc: Boca Raton

Thanks guys ill check them out,

Mar 5, 2013 21:20:20 #

PhotoDan Loc: Los Angeles

Really couldn't understand the question at first, the two programs are so different.

Got into Picasa 3 and played with it. It's a blast for playing with photos and can make some fairly sophisticated changes but..

Photoshop is the ultimate in photo manipulation. You can get a thirty day trial which will give you an idea of its power but, may scare you away. They have a subscription available for about $20.00 a month. They also have a lite version called Elements at $99.00 that is pretty awesome but not as precise.

I recommend getting a trial of Elements and seeing where that takes you.

Mar 5, 2013 21:38:23 #

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

before i'd download the 30 day free photoshop i'd look at some youtube videos on both an get an idea what they are. an try some these.
http://tv.adobe.com/show/adobe-evangelists-julieanne-kost/

Mar 6, 2013 00:23:00 #

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

I use free Picasa 3.9 for 95% of my post process tweaking (exposure, contrast, color saturation, sharpening, leveling, and cropping). I use PhotoShop Elements 10 for layering, cloning, and other major editing. http://picasa.google.com

Mar 6, 2013 00:48:07 #

DaryleH Loc: Mount Vernon, WA

Student version Photoshop $175 right now in my town

Update that was about two months ago at the local college for CS5

I got CS4 three years ago for $150

Mar 6, 2013 01:07:04 #

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

By now, you should have realized that Adobe offers free trials for CS6 and Elements 11. If you can't use Gimp or Picasa, try the Adobe trials. Good Luck!

Mar 6, 2013 01:35:34 #

DaryleH Loc: Mount Vernon, WA

Faststone and Irfanview are also free and good

http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

http://www.irfanview.com/

Mar 6, 2013 01:50:11 #

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

DaryleH wrote:

Faststone and Irfanview are also free and good

http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

http://www.irfanview.com/

Please be aware that my recommendations of Photoshop, Elements, Gimp and Picasa are based on the fact (among others) that all can be used on both Windows AND Mac platforms.

I used to run Windows when I started digital photography and have seen Irfanview come from a simple editor to a highly adaptable program, used and respected by many.

SIDE NOTE: Irfan, where is our Mac version?

Mar 6, 2013 02:00:56 #

DaryleH Loc: Mount Vernon, WA

Mogul wrote:

quote=DaryleH Faststone and Irfanview are also fr... (show quote)

I wasn't aware of that

:(

Mar 6, 2013 02:10:27 #

DaryleH Loc: Mount Vernon, WA

Looks like this is the close to Irfanview for Mac

http://alternativeto.net/software/xnviewmp/?platform=mac

Mar 6, 2013 02:30:36 #

DaryleH Loc: Mount Vernon, WA

After reading about Macs inability to use Window programs guess I can see PC users love hate relationship good or bad with windoz :-D

Mar 6, 2013 02:48:04 #

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

DaryleH wrote:

After reading about Macs inability to use Window programs guess I can see PC users love hate relationship good or bad with windoz :-D

Actually, there is a way to run Windows programs on a Mac. You need to partition the HDD (or format an external drive) and install "Boot Camp","Parallels Daestop" or "Fusion" all of which will enable you to boot into a Windows emulator.

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