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mkblade - 26/11/06 at 10:08 PM

anyone recommend a photo editing software suiable for a beginner (me) and not to expensive !

many thanks
simon

flak monkey - 26/11/06 at 10:17 PM

Photoshop...always has to be. At the end of the day its still the best available, and if you want to stay legal you can buy a lite copy for about £100.

David

ecosse - 26/11/06 at 10:41 PM

Try this
http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html

Completely free and a good place to start and learn the basics

Cheers

Alex
PS
Did I mention that its free?

PPS
And thats legally free too

RazMan - 27/11/06 at 12:06 AM

Corel & Photoshop are monster progs which are great for the intermediate to expert user - definitely not for beginners though.

Paintshop pro is fairly good and free too.

McLannahan - 27/11/06 at 12:28 AM

Gimp is free and quite easy to use. It's available for Mac and PC too.

http://www.gimp.org/

stevebubs - 27/11/06 at 09:38 AM

quote:
Originally posted by RazMan
Corel & Photoshop are monster progs which are great for the intermediate to expert user - definitely not for beginners though.

Paintshop pro is fairly good and free too.


I'd second PSP.

Hellfire - 27/11/06 at 10:04 AM

quote:
Originally posted by McLannahan
Gimp is free and quite easy to use. It's available for Mac and PC too.

http://www.gimp.org/


I tried using this - it's not very user friendly and IMHO difficult to get accustomed to. I ditched it and continued with Photoshop CS2
Steve