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Aug 26, 2014 12:16:29   #
BobHartung Loc: Bettendorf, IA
 
selmslie wrote:
Don't take it as a forgone conclusion that you need to use an Adobe product. There are many other editors out there and most of them are just as capable and easy to use as Photshop Elements and for less money, like Corel PaintShop Pro. Some are even free, like Gimp.

It's just that the Adobe stuff is more common and there are more articles and books written about them. That does not make them better. Most of the books and articles will not help you as much as just using the editor yourself.
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As a tangential issue their is the issue of training. I have found www.lynda.com to be very useful with literally hundreds of hours of training in photography, photo processing, and many other topics. Several levels of membership are available.

You might want to look over the training of the multitude of programs available and see which might seem to be the best for you to start with.

Just my $0.02

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Aug 26, 2014 15:56:37   #
seroposi
 
I preferred Elements over PSP ( Corel ) but disliked it's Organizer.

Download free trials and see whichever you feel more comfortable using.

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Aug 26, 2014 16:55:57   #
LarJgrip Loc: The Fraser Valley
 
DavidPine wrote:
Welcome to UHH. It depends on your personal computer abilities. If you are competent with software I'd go with PS and LR. If you are a novice, I'd go with Elements. Your personal skill should be the deciding factor. Good luck.


I too am looking at purchasing a program but aren't they pretty much as user friendly as the next and just their flexibility and capabilities change?

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Aug 26, 2014 20:56:51   #
GPappy Loc: Finally decided to plop down, Clover, S.C.
 
I use elements most of the time, there are loads of tutorials available and it is usually pretty reasonable. GIMP is a free one but a little steep on the learning curve to me. There are loads of tutorials here on UHH to help you there. There is also PhotoPlus that is available from a place called Worldstart.com that is less than $20 and does almost everything that PhotoShop does. It will do layers and will work with Topaz plugins.
(At worldstart look under software/miscellaneous)

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Aug 26, 2014 22:55:01   #
Racmanaz Loc: Sunny Tucson!
 
If you don't want to spend money right now you can download the free program Lightzone. It will do just about anything you want that Lightroom 5 will do at this point.


http://lightzoneproject.org/

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Aug 27, 2014 09:03:09   #
Searcher Loc: Kent, England
 
Racmanaz wrote:
If you don't want to spend money right now you can download the free program Lightzone. It will do just about anything you want that Lightroom 5 will do at this point.


I am always looking at new (to me) software so I started looking at Lightzone reviews and I picked up this quote from Tex Andrews in which he mentions DAM being weak. Do you know what DAM is?


Hey everyone. This is tex Andrews, co-founder of the LightZone Project. Thanks for your interest! Uhhh, yeah, we got kinda swamped by you all. Totally unprepared, about 100x the normal traffic. But please do be patient. We're trying to get to you all. LightZone is a cool software, and some of you are going to love it. IS it really a replacement for Lightroom? Well, I don't think so: LightZone's DAM is pretty weak. But LightZone does do some very cool things on the editing side, is really easy to use, and is way powerful. It won't suit all of you—-but for those it does prepare to be in love. Great contrast control, and super B+W conversion. Be sure to watch our videos if, ahem, you can manage to get on the site! But things will calm down soon so come back if you've been thwarted. It's free, and it will be free tomorrow, and the next day, and the next...

Thanks again, guys! tex andrews

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Aug 27, 2014 21:18:09   #
Racmanaz Loc: Sunny Tucson!
 
Adobe Lightroom has serious competition in the form of LightZone, a free open source application.

How about this one?
http://www.networkworld.com/article/2224998/applications/lightzone--serious-foss-competition-for-lightroom.html

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Aug 28, 2014 02:17:44   #
marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL
 
labrow708 wrote:
Hello everyone: I am a new kid to the block. :D


Do you truly mean Photoshop as a brand name or are you calling all editing software "photoshop"?

If you mean the brand, I agree that Elements would be a good starting point.

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