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stacey1981_2 · 19 July 2008 at 9:40AM

Hi could anyone tell me if there are any free downloads I could use to edit my photos, iv not get the best pc I keep trying to download adobe trials but no luck, I just want to add some borders and text ect to my pics, any ideas what I could use, either free or very very cheap? thanks in advance

superscaper · 19 July 2008 at 9:52AM

http://www.gimp.org/

f1charlie · 19 July 2008 at 9:57AM

http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/PhotoPlus/default.asp

isofa · 19 July 2008 at 10:32AM

Photoshop Express is free to use online: https://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html

Google Picaca: https://www.google.com/picasa

Paint.net - https://www.getpaint.net

If you want a good cheap version of Photoshop to run on your computer, look for Photoshop Elements, this is an excellent package, with many of the features in the full professional version.

Conor_3 · 19 July 2008 at 1:56PM

Paint.Net is good and doesn't have the nightmare interface GIMP has.

stacey1981_2 · 19 July 2008 at 1:56PM

Thanks for your replies, I`ll have a look at them now, very greatful

Danyúl_II · 19 July 2008 at 11:36PM

Paint.net is the best imo.

superscaper · 20 July 2008 at 12:19AM

moonrakerz wrote: »

It appears to be a fully genuine registered copy and works a treat. There are no docs with it so get the "Missing Manual" to go with it.
The price on Amazon for PE6 is £54.98 - I paid £21 for mine. I took a bit of a gamble and it paid off - plus I have a free copy of MS Frontpage !

Agree with others, definitely pirated. Microsoft don't allow download versions of their apps unless it's direct from them or through a special scheme such as student licensing (academic alliance). No retailer is allowed to offer download versions which is proof in itself they're illegal.

As an aside I don't know why anyone would give any payment details to such a dodgy looking site anyway, besides the dodginess of the products. Has all the telltale signs of a scam site.

(reported to Adobe and MS)

Danyúl_II · 20 July 2008 at 1:40AM

I just download all my software anyway.
Disclaimer: Obviously free software.

Obv.

moonrakerz · 20 July 2008 at 8:29PM

superscaper wrote: »

Agree with others, definitely pirated. Microsoft don't allow download versions of their apps unless it's direct from them or through a special scheme such as student licensing (academic alliance). No retailer is allowed to offer download versions which is proof in itself they're illegal.

As an aside I don't know why anyone would give any payment details to such a dodgy looking site anyway, besides the dodginess of the products. Has all the telltale signs of a scam site.

(reported to Adobe and MS)

1. It wasn't MS software.Your first paragraph is therefore completely irrelevant, as is half of your final comment.
2. "Scam" is the most misused word on this site- definition: "A confidence trick or confidence game, more often known as a .........., scam, .........is an attempt to swindle a person or people (known as the "mark" or sometimes "griftee") which involves gaining his or her confidence."
3. I responded to an advert, I paid my money, I got exactly what I paid for. Why is this a "scam" ?
4. If anyone wishes to use my credit card details improperly it isn't my problem - it is my card issuers.
5. The software works fully and has been successfully registered with Adobe.
6. I did read the "blurb" on their site - that is why I said I took a chance.
7. Please explain where "scam" comes into this.
8. Sounds more like sour grapes to me !

PS: I have been using BitDefender for several years now downloaded from US sites at half UK prices. BitDefender even responded to an e-mail regarding a problem that arose once. Another "scam" I presume !

superscaper · 20 July 2008 at 9:47PM

moonrakerz wrote: »

1. It wasn't MS software.Your first paragraph is therefore completely irrelevant, as is half of your final comment.
2. "Scam" is the most misused word on this site- definition: "A confidence trick or confidence game, more often known as a .........., scam, .........is an attempt to swindle a person or people (known as the "mark" or sometimes "griftee") which involves gaining his or her confidence."
3. I responded to an advert, I paid my money, I got exactly what I paid for. Why is this a "scam" ?
4. If anyone wishes to use my credit card details improperly it isn't my problem - it is my card issuers.
5. The software works fully and has been successfully registered with Adobe.
6. I did read the "blurb" on their site - that is why I said I took a chance.
7. Please explain where "scam" comes into this.
8. Sounds more like sour grapes to me !

PS: I have been using BitDefender for several years now downloaded from US sites at half UK prices. BitDefender even responded to an e-mail regarding a problem that arose once. Another "scam" I presume !

What possible motive would I have for sour grapes (out of the 2 of us only you are the one with a vested interest in whether the software is pirated or not)? I don't use photoshop except at work and there I obviously haven't paid a penny for it. I've seen a lot of pirate software sites and that's what this is. I'm not sure why it isn't obvious to you. I don't see how the fact you've got it and it works doesn't make it pirated? As for the danger of giving payment details, it has no positive reviews online, it's a poorly made website, there's no telephone number or address. It doesn't require a licence to set up a website you know. TBH you've already paid money (to a pirate) my post was more to warn others not to throw money away. If people really want to pirate software they can certainly do it without paying someone else to do it. As for the Microsoft software you've completely missed the point. The fact that the MS software proves it's pirated means the website as a whole is a software pirate. Unless you're suggesting it's selling pirated MS software but legitimate Adobe software!?! As for bit defender, I was actually talking about MS's office apps (such as frontpage and expression, i.e. the same apps that site is actually selling). It's not some strange rule I made up but actually taken from MS's own antipiracy pages on how to detect pirated software, and was also confirmed to me by email from someone at MS last time I enquired about a site selling MS (office) software downloads.

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