damo Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Hi all, Can someone recomend open source image editing software that is appropriate for a beginner to learn to edit photos. I am interested in panographs mainly. I did download and try gimp but it was over my head and not too easy for me to pick up so I am looking for something aimed at noobs. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJCM Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 (edited) Paint.net ? http://www.getpaint.net/ Windows Only though Edit: // It's not Open Source but it's Free Edited September 26, 2012 by MJCM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damo Posted September 26, 2012 Author Share Posted September 26, 2012 thanx, I'll take a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daffy D Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I use the FREE Photofiltre:- http://photofiltre.f...r/frames_en.htm It does most things and is easy to use. Just be carefull not to click on the ASK toolbar during installation if you don't want it List of tutorials:- http://photofiltre.f...utorials_en.htm Download additional modules for more effects:- http://www.photofilt.../plugins-en.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I started to recommend Gimp but then re-read your post. FastStone Viewer is my main viewer/manager but it has a fair set up editing tools in it also. I primarily use Photoshop but sometimes when I want something simple and quick will use this one. When you display an image just move the mouse to the left side of the screen and the editing tools pop up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FracturedRabbit Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Adobe Lightroom. Easy to learn the basics, but very powerful tool to catalogue and edit your photos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endure Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 There's Photivo for photo processing http://photivo.org/photivo/start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schondie Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Another fan of FastStone Image Viewer here. For just the simple tasks; cropping, adjusting the colours, getting rid of red eyes and renaming etc. it's an absolute winner. It puts that awful ACDSee to shame as it's around a 4 or 5mBs download. For more complex tasks I use either GIMP or PhotoShop. There's so many great tutorials online for every enhancemnt you could ever want to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteimage Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 you can try raster image processor, it is simple and you can learn by following its tutorial and examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eezergood Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 I have heard, not advising you to do so, that some software can be found online & downloaded from something called a torrent site??? Lightbox being 1 such example of a good product - just had a play myself, and seems manageable with practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kan Win Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 I am interested in panographs mainly. http://paper.zibb.com/trademark/panographs/29447526 Trademark details Panographs® is a registered trademark used for Mounted and Unmounted Photographs, No sure what you meant by your interest, hence my question? Win into Panoramic Photography Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FracturedRabbit Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 DPReview published an article yesterday giving an overview of Photoshop alternatives. http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/05/17/10-photo-editing-programs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby nz Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Simplest I have on this machine is called PhotoScape Very easy to use Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candypants Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Adobe Lightroom. Easy to learn the basics, but very powerful tool to catalogue and edit your photos. indeed, readily available in thailand as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manarak Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 If a free program is needed, the best is probably to invest some time into GIMP, because it is fairly advanced in features and will still be around in years. About Paint.net, I found this frightening (quoted from dpreview): Paint.net is a free Windows-only program that's often mentioned alongside GIMP (it's free, for one thing) but avid users give it an edge in terms of learning curve; if you know your way around Microsoft Paint, you should get the hang of Paint.net pretty quickly.I remember Paint (classic, not paint.net) from the windows 3.1 days and how it didn't improve all through windows XP... Apparently paint.net improved things a lot, but since I haven't touched paint since the last century... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angiud Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Adobe Lightroom. Easy to learn the basics, but very powerful tool to catalogue and edit your photos. indeed, readily available in thailand as well +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FracturedRabbit Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Adobe Lightroom. Easy to learn the basics, but very powerful tool to catalogue and edit your photos. indeed, readily available in thailand as well +1 By which I hope you mean that you can purchase it from the Adobe South East Asia store. It's too good and too cheap not to do the decent thing and purchase a legal copy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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