DrJBHL

Join Date 04/2002

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Photoscape - An Awesome, Free Photo Editor

No secret – I love to ‘edit’ photos.

Another secret? Not everyone can afford Photoshop and various plugins to create ‘amazing’ art. Well, You might not create “amazing art”, but you will be able to do fun things to those holiday photos which you’re probably about to start shooting…

How about a free piece of editing software which offers:

Frames

Change size

You can add texts and other items while editing with PhotoScape

Auto Contrast

Balloons

Bloom

Brightness controller

Combining

Cropping

Filter

Mosaic

Vignetting Filter

Support for creating Animated GIF

Clone Stamp

Red eye Removal

And many more…

It offers various tools to do this:

Viewer: It can view photos from your folder or create a slideshow

Batch editor: You can batch edit multiple photos

Page: You can merge multiple photos on the page frame to create one concluding photo

Combine: You can even attach multiple photos vertically or horizontally to generate single concluding photo

Animated GIF: Creates a final animated photo in .GIF format

Print: It can print portrait shots and passport shots.

Splitter: Splitter can wedge a photo into numerous pieces

Screen Capture: A great tool for screen capturing.

Color Picker: Color picking becomes very easy with PhotoScape.

Rename: You can change photo file names in batch mode

Raw Converter: It can convert RAW to JPG format

Face Search: An awesome feature that can find similar faces on the Internet

Here… Take a peek: http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php

Honestly? I figure this is just about as good as you’re going to find for free. Some really nice screenshots here: http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/screenshot.php saved me the trouble of doing it.

Could the GUI be spiffier? Yes. Does it matter? Not one iota. The “Help” page even provides videos demonstrating the “how to” by list of feature.

Hope this helps with those photos!

Source:

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/3-free-photo-editing-software-windows-7

http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php

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huatian

thanks for this, got to start learning stuff like this.

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craggywaggy, I'd suggest you pick up another free program as well... Gimp:

http://www.gimp.org/

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/The_Basics/

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/

http://gimpology.com/

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No thanks, if I had got an e-mail like this, touting something it would have never made to me as would have been declared S*** and placed in the delete file automatically by my e-mail client

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"No secret – I love to ‘edit’ photos"

Me too.......cheers and thanks for sharing

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Welcome, ernie!

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Thanks for the info. I have wanted to get into this sort of stuff for some time.

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Uvah

Join Date 05/2006

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Don't like Photoscape. Used it once before and for what I want ... too limited.

@craggywaggy ... Do go for the Gimp. Its basically a Photoshop wannabe but ... it can do just about everything Photoshop can do without costing you a dime! Listen to the Doc ... remember. Doc knows best.

Around here anyway lol

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Uvah... Photoscape isn't an "instead of" for Ps - just does certain things. That's why I recommended craggywaggy try "Gimp"... just in case there are 'skinning' plans in the future.

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Island Dog

Join Date 06/2003

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Quoting OldMsgt,

reply 3

No thanks, if I had got an e-mail like this, touting something it would have never made to me as would have been declared S*** and placed in the delete file automatically by my e-mail client

Do you ever have anything positive to say? I mean you seem to thread-crap on just about everything.

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thanks i'll try gimp too, absolute beginner but i want to learn this stuff

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DaveBax

Join Date 10/2007

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Quoting Island Dog,

reply 9

Quoting OldMsgt, reply 3No thanks, if I had got an e-mail like this, touting something it would have never made to me as would have been declared S*** and placed in the delete file automatically by my e-mail client

Do you ever have anything positive to say? I mean you seem to thread-crap on just about everything.

ANSWER to your question reply. NO

ANSWER to your sentence statement. YES.

This is along with one other person that is the same way or actually even worst. This gets really old and drives people away. Especially people who have a worthy question to ask or something they post. Doc does a hell of a job trying to find then sort out what is total junk and post what he thinks may be of some use to some. Do I think everything he post is worth my time or interest, no. Do I leave a nasty comment about what a waist of time, No. If just a few enjoyed it then it was worth posting even if it wasn't my cup of Tea so to speak. If you don't have anything good to post or reply back with then just move on and let the thread go. I don't understand why some people just don't move on and get the hell out of here. Oh, yes I do understand. They have just been a total ass all their lives.

The Forums use to be really lively but have really taken a back seat lately. The people who made it that way know who they are and it was fun. So instead of getting into verbal fights they decided to not be active or as active. I remember not long ago when a Photoshop pic with members faces on them was a standard and happened all the time but not now. Oh they were the fun days.

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Thanks, Dave. I appreciate the kind words from my arch nemesis.

True, Not everything (or anything for that matter) can be of interest to everyone. It's not meant to be. Some stuff is for skinners/art interested folks. Other stuff for computer interested folks... and so on. I try to mix it up, but am not always successful. I hope for overlap.

Sometimes, it's just plain difficult to find stuff.

We really did have fun with Photoshop... you, me, Po', Shaunna and Mark, Ed (may he rest in peace), Skinhit.... lots of fun.

Hey... you've gotten good at skinning. Your Ps must be good... so bring it on, dude.

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DaveBax

Join Date 10/2007

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Quoting DrJBHL,

reply 12

Hey... you've gotten good at skinning. Your Ps must be good... so bring it on, dude

Bring it on, yes just what I wanted top hear. However it may have to wait till after the holidays as I'm having a very hard time right now. You know what I mean enough said.

BTW, I don't have all those face pics you have. Lets get some life back into this place after the Holidays at least.

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ElanaAhova

Join Date 09/2008

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Quick question for those in the know about these programs: Would GIMP be a tool with which one could do most of the things photoscape does? Thanks

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DaveBax

Join Date 10/2007

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Quoting ElanaAhova,

reply 14

Quick question for those in the know about these programs: Would GIMP be a tool with which one could do most of the things photoscape does? Thanks

This isn't the place to ask or answer this but I don't think anyone will mind.

To answer your question. NO, Photoshop does it all.

However Gimp may do what you want and will take learning as with any program. I would suggest you do a Google search for "gimp tutorials" and you can see what can be done. Some use it to make docks and actually there is a person using it along with Paint to make a Windowblind right now.

What do you have to lose by checking it out as it's a totally free download. You may find it is just what you are looking for. Hope this helps you a bit.

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Quoting ElanaAhova,

reply 14

Quick question for those in the know about these programs: Would GIMP be a tool with which one could do most of the things photoscape does? Thanks

Those who love Gimp say it does. I don't believe that, so I agree with Dave (please G-d, don't strike me down). I started learning on Ps 7, and now continue on Ps 12. It's the most incredible graphics program imaginable. In its next version there'll even be an "unblur" for blurred photos.

I have a manual fully 2" (at least) thick on it. No. No way Gimp does what Ps does.

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Quoting DrJBHL,

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"Would GIMP be a tool with which one could do most of the things photoscape does?"

No. No way Gimp does what Ps does.

Sounds like your talking about PhotoShop. Elana was talking about Photoscape.

I point this out cuz I'm also curious in learning what PhotoShop has that GIMP doesn't.

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DaveBax

Join Date 10/2007

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Quoting WhiteElk,

reply 17

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 16
"Would GIMP be a tool with which one could do most of the things photoscape does?"

No. No way Gimp does what Ps does.Sounds like your talking about PhotoShop. Elana was talking about Photoscape.

I point this out cuz I'm also curious in learning what PhotoShop has that GIMP doesn't.

Don't know what I was reading you are correct and I'm sorry. Can't answer her question because I don't know what this program does yet. However it also is free so give it a try if you wish.

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Fuzzy Logic

Join Date 05/2002

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Nice program. You can't really criticise something free and this useful.

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Quoting DaveBax,

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Actually Elana was taking about Gimp. Please read her post again.

LoL

She was asking how GIMP compared to PhotoScape. Doc talked about PhotoShop, not PhotoScap.

I use GIMP, so was curious to hear peoples answer.

In my post, I transposed scape with shop. But if you read his post again, you will see that Elk clearly knew Elana was talking about GIMP

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Jafo

Join Date 03/2001

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ANY graphic program is good.

Photoshop is simply the industry standard...and often simply an employment pre-requisite [knowledge of].

What makes good graphics is a GOOD ARTIST. The program is simply a tool.

Here's one I saw recently....[Photoshop]

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Jafo

Join Date 03/2001

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And...MSPaint....

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DaveBax

Join Date 10/2007

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Quoting Jafo,

reply 21

Here's one I saw recently....[Photoshop]

Would you please bring her to life and send her to me please? I'm waiting.

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Quoting Jafo,

reply 21

ANY graphic program is good.

Photoshop is simply the industry standard...and often simply an employment pre-requisite [knowledge of].

What makes good graphics is a GOOD ARTIST. The program is simply a tool.

Here's one I saw recently....[Photoshop]

that was amazing to watch, thats talented!

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I misread. Elana...

Quoting ElanaAhova,

reply 14

Would GIMP be a tool with which one could do most of the things photoscape does?

I think reversing that would be true....

That guy Nico is amazing. I saw a demo with MS Paint as well (a car if I remember)... but the has rather obvious Graphics training... no one just pops into Paint and does vectors...

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