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Nov 9, 2011 15:38:04   #
NDMarks Loc: Dublin, Ca
 
Does anyone know of a good and simple free photo editor? I have GIMP and while it seems very powerful, I don't want to spend months learning how to use it. I tried to load Paint.net but it wants me to download a Microsoft service pack 3 and I hate doing that. I just want a basic editor, that maybe has some documentation I can print out.

Thanks

Nick Marks

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Nov 9, 2011 15:39:12   #
Mudpuppy Loc: Michigan
 
http://picasa.google.com/

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Nov 9, 2011 15:43:44   #
NDMarks Loc: Dublin, Ca
 
Thanks. I'll try that.

Nick Marks

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Nov 9, 2011 15:46:13   #
Mudpuppy Loc: Michigan
 
Mrkellyparker just told me about it the other day.. I haven't checked it out yet but he said he used it and it worked well..

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Nov 9, 2011 18:57:25   #
mommy115 Loc: California
 
I just typed in 'free photo editors' on google and was given quite a few to choose from. But for now I decided to stick with my PSE9. I was hoping to find one that did something additional to my PSE edits.

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Nov 9, 2011 19:44:16   #
photogrl57 Loc: Tennessee
 
Mudpuppy wrote:
http://picasa.google.com/


You can't go wrong with Picasa. It's a wonderfully simple basic program. Even though I use photoshop a lot .. I still have picasa its much easier to straighten photos with and I download all my photos into Picasa from my card reader. They may not stay there long but they all start out there.

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Nov 10, 2011 06:29:05   #
saside Loc: live in pueblo co
 
also try zoner is really simple

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Nov 10, 2011 06:49:44   #
dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida
 
Try Seif.com a British Company. I got the X3 for $0 with a rebate. X4 current edition runs $90. Right now you can download their starter for $0. X3 is last years photo editor and is very powerful exceeding Elements. The give away a lot of their older programs. As they say, you can not do color only colour in English editors. The free editor from description includes:

Straighten photos and crop to common print sizes
Repair old and damaged photos
Remove red eye, smooth skin, whiten teeth and more
Remove unwanted objects from pictures
Adjust levels, curves, brightness, contrast and more
Paint and blend with artistic brushes

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Nov 10, 2011 07:35:18   #
JimH Loc: Western South Jersey, USA
 
In case you're looking with no success, DPullum left an "R" out of SEIF.

http://www.serif.com

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Nov 10, 2011 08:56:40   #
dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida
 
OK< OK< I am on my second cup, do not expect me to spell this early in the morning... OUCH,,, it is the simple things in life that screw us up,,, sorry, but the suggestion is still a good one, perhaps,,, But I did spell Colour right, huh :oops: :lol:

If I apply the program to myself I could improve:
Straighten my photo area up
Repair old car I drive
Remove red eye the morning after
smooth skin that has aged in the Florida Sun.
whiten teeth stained from tea and coffee
Remove unwanted objects from picture like an X wife
Adjust levels in my bank account
curves improved on the nice lady two doors away
adjust my mental brightness early in the morning
contrast my self to those worse off
Paint a up-beat picture of the future
and blend with an artistic photographers

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Nov 10, 2011 09:18:24   #
Ducklady
 
I use IrfanView. Free and reliable. Does basic stuff, batch processing, DPI setting, etc.

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Nov 10, 2011 09:21:07   #
mlj Loc: Anderson, SC
 
You may want to try Picnik...the basic version only allows you to edit five images a day but it is user friendly. Picassa is also a good photo editor.

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Nov 10, 2011 09:32:51   #
Mudpuppy Loc: Michigan
 
dpullum wrote:
OK< OK< I am on my second cup, do not expect me to spell this early in the morning... OUCH,,, it is the simple things in life that screw us up,,, sorry, but the suggestion is still a good one, perhaps,,, But I did spell Colour right, huh :oops: :lol:

If I apply the program to myself I could improve:
Straighten my photo area up
Repair old car I drive
Remove red eye the morning after
smooth skin that has aged in the Florida Sun.
whiten teeth stained from tea and coffee
Remove unwanted objects from picture like an X wife
Adjust levels in my bank account
curves improved on the nice lady two doors away
adjust my mental brightness early in the morning
contrast my self to those worse off
Paint a up-beat picture of the future
and blend with an artistic photographers
OK< OK< I am on my second cup, do not expect... (show quote)


If you find that program let me know I could probably use to do a few of those things.. lol.. I nominate this for post of the year.. brilliant stuff..

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Nov 10, 2011 09:51:17   #
Sensei
 
Picasa is free and will probably do more than most shareware.

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Nov 10, 2011 10:01:51   #
MtnMan Loc: ID
 
I too think Picasa is awesome.

I have Gimp and Elements but can't beat Picasa for ease of use.

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