Picasa / Picnic/ Iphoto

[THAIPHUKET]

I admit, I don't edit much, slight cropping, contrast, that's about it. Previously used Iphoto only on my Mac. Now with my laptop PC Windows I gotten used to Picasa. I believe it's editing function are better, you view?

Picnic I have played very little with, much too impatient to wait for lengthy upload plus I admit, I never bothered to find out what the editing diffferenc is to Picasa except more gimmicky for special effects. I admit to my ignorance. How do you use it?

Plus I got an organizational headache. Where to store photos on Mac? Thousands are in Iphoto, plus they where seemly automatically copied into Picasa, Double space used, I guess, not very economical. Where should new shot be loaded up to first?

I like Iphoto as a storage place, much, much easier to shift photos around from one folder into another, however I do prefer Picasa's editing.

Gee, was life easy with shoe boxes :-)

TP

[hughden]

Adobe Lightroom. Great cataloguing tool and editing tools so sophisticated I almost never use Photoshop any more. Non-destructive, which means your original photos remain untouched, and LR shows you how your photo would look after your edits are applied. Then you just export the photos you want in the size and file type required. Also offers slideshows, web gallery creation and print management. I run it on a Mac but it is also available for Windows.

[saintofsilence]

I have just moved from iphoto to Aperture I am not to good with editing etc but i have found it really for organising . easy to use much better than iphoto in my opinion and the price is down to $99 if you buy it online.

also you can download a trial

[hughden]

I have just moved from iphoto to Aperture I am not to good with editing etc but i have found it really for organising . easy to use much better than iphoto in my opinion and the price is down to $99 if you buy it online.

also you can download a trial

The OP seemed to be looking for a Windows solution? However, if you are after Aperture (Mac only), then the new App Store has Aperture for sale for $79.99 as a direct download. It's good, but not as good as Lightroom for cataloguing and editing. Better at slideshows, facial recognition and GPS data; if those are what you are after.

[Tywais]

My most used photo viewer/organizer is FastStone Image Viewer. It is a Windows program and is freeware.

[astral]

FastStone for me too.

A convenient viewer and resizer.

I use the batch mode before posting photos on the web in Picassa.

I also have AcrSoft PhotoStudio for other editing.

[THAIPHUKET]

Sorry for confusion, my main work is on Mac. So Lightroom or Aperture seem to be it answer.

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We have been using Apple's Aperture for several years and find it to be easy to learn and use. It is great for sorting and making decisions about what to keep and what to toss out.

No experience with Lightroom.

Perhaps someone knows the difference between the 2 and can describe them. Product descriptions don't help when it comes to understand workability differences