"picture it" software
Nov 15, 2011 09:46:37 #
Before you do anything, check out the photo editing software that comes with Windows 7--specifically, Windows Live Photo Gallery and Windows Office Picture Picture Manager (The latter , if you have MS Office).
Either program may be all that you need
Either program may be all that you need
Nov 15, 2011 10:48:39 #
Candiceob14
Loc: Central Texas
I've never used "picture it" but you may want to check out picnik.com. It has all of those things(frames and fun clip art) and it's really cheap. Good luck:)
Nov 15, 2011 11:10:14 #
I recently got the trial version for PS Elements 10 and i have to say its confusing me quite a bit whereas I have Lightroom 3.5 and its much easier to use. Another thing you might try is going to youtube for how to vids because a lot of people put the tutorials up there and are usually quite helpful. Just my two cents :)
Nov 15, 2011 11:56:48 #
I have always had problems with backward compatibility. PS requires a bit too much for my needs, and patience with a learning curve. You can try Picasa with some editing in Picnik to pick up frames, or use programs like Gimp all of them are free. Although I have later editions of Elements and a copy of PS on some machines I don't have them on the computer I use frequently and rarely use them.
Nov 15, 2011 12:00:42 #
I have 3 PC and 2 laptops I use weekly, and picture it is the first thing I download. I got the disk on ebay. Windows XP pro is the best for every day use, I have Window 7 taken off my PCs. A lot of old software will not work with 7 but will with XP.
Nov 15, 2011 12:38:22 #
I have W7 home edition and run quite a few programs that only run under XP. The trick is to go to the setup executable and right click on it run Troubleshoot compatibility then Troubleshoot Program then first checkbox click then press next chose the version to install it under where it worked before and push next.
Indi wrote:
quote=Brucej67 If you like "picture it"... (show quote)
Nov 15, 2011 12:52:00 #
Have you tried IrfanView? Free software is not all bad- and, commercial software is not all good. The balance is about 50/50. IrfanView works very well.
Nov 15, 2011 12:58:10 #
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Nov 15, 2011 13:07:19 #
Nov 15, 2011 13:35:04 #
There are a couple of good ones for fun edits that I have used. One is BeFunky.com and the other is Picnik.com. Both have free versions that will give you a lot of fun edits you can do with frames, text, etc. The paid versions are reasonable and give you more options. Just depends on what you want to do. Here's one I did for Halloween using Picnik:
Halloween Card
Nov 15, 2011 14:32:37 #
Oregonlady, if you are familiar with piccturee it. try Photo Impact pro, I have both programs and find photo impact pro to be about the same with ease of use or even easier than pitcure it. It also have frames that you want and many dif borders. It is a fun program and cost about the same as Microsoft pictur it. Check the box to be sure that it has the functions that you want, if it does. you will not have to learn a new program again because it wotks very much like pictur it
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Nov 16, 2011 05:05:37 #
oregonlady wrote:
i have used "picture it" (by microsoft) ... (show quote)
Jumping from Picture It to PhotoShop is like going from a Ford Pinto to an Indy 500 racer. No wonder you're dissatisfied! PhotoShop can certainly do what you want, and do it far better, but it requires using layers which you aren't familiar with and a very steep learning curve to get away from frustration.
If you chose to stick with PhotoShop (because you likely can't return it since you opened the package and registered it) and take on learning what it can do, you will be using a 10,000% better editing software and have FAR more capabilities that are too numerous to name here, but if you're a hobbyist you aren't interested in learning all that stuff.
Nov 16, 2011 05:12:25 #
[quote=Brucej67]I have W7 home edition and run quite a few programs that only run under XP. The trick is to go to the setup executable and right click on it run Troubleshoot compatibility then Troubleshoot Program then first checkbox click then press next chose the version to install it under where it worked before and push next.
Thanks Bruce, that did the trick for my Eudora. Didn't have to go the troubleshooting route. I just right-clicked on the Eudora executable, went to properties, Compatibility tab, and picked Windows 7 from the drop down.
Now everything is working perfectly.
Thanks Bruce, that did the trick for my Eudora. Didn't have to go the troubleshooting route. I just right-clicked on the Eudora executable, went to properties, Compatibility tab, and picked Windows 7 from the drop down.
Now everything is working perfectly.
Nov 16, 2011 05:29:11 #
[quote=Indi]
EUDORA! Really? I thought that was gone 20 years ago!
Brucej67 wrote:
I have W7 home edition and run quite a few program... (show quote)
EUDORA! Really? I thought that was gone 20 years ago!
Nov 16, 2011 06:11:16 #
[quote=marcomarks]
It's still around, but not as Eudora, per se. It's current iteration is based on, or IS Thunderbird. I really can't stand that one. Outlook doesn't do the things I want. I absolutely love Eudora (and my wife, too!)
Indi wrote:
quote=Brucej67 I have W7 home edition and run qui... (show quote)
It's still around, but not as Eudora, per se. It's current iteration is based on, or IS Thunderbird. I really can't stand that one. Outlook doesn't do the things I want. I absolutely love Eudora (and my wife, too!)
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