photo editor?

brandx

I know this has probably been discussed before but opinions change and I would love some feedback. I take a lot of photos, mainly scenic,architectural and wildlife. I am currently using Picasa2 but am wondering if I should change to Gimp or possibly invest in PhotoShop Elements 4. Are either of these substantially better than Picasa and if so, how? Or are there any other options I should consider?

Looking forward to your comments.

Andy_Millman

Are u avin a laf?

moonrakerz

I've used Elements and Album since they came out, wouldn't use anything else. I have tried some others, including Picasa, but still stick with Elements.
It does a lot of what you can do in the full Photshop but without (too much of !) the complexity. It makes Picasa look very basic - which to be honest it is !
I don't know if you can still get it but there used to be a "bundle" of these two available in places like PC world.

brandx

Thanks moonrakerz. Excuse my ignorance but what is 'Album' ?

moonrakerz

Adobe Photoshop Album. It's the photo storage system to go with Elements, it stores, organises and can do limited "fixing" of your photos. Have a look on the Adobe website.

Aiadi

or get yourself an Apple and use iPhoto which is really the best.

wolfman

Aiadi wrote:

or get yourself an Apple and use iPhoto which is really the best.

Hmmm, £700+ for a decent Apple vs £30ish for an Elements license...

They're about the same. My flat mate actually uses Elements on his MacBook. Much of a muchness, although Elements seems to have a little more complexity to it.

Aiadi

wolfman wrote:

Hmmm, £700+ for a decent Apple vs £30ish for an Elements license...

Was just avin a laf. Adobe all the way.... and as the wolf says, even better on a Mac.

f1charlie

You could have a look at Serif Photoplus. Offers much of the functionality of Photoshop (the full version) at a fraction of the price. Current version is 11 but you can usually pick up version 10 pretty cheap on ebay.

CAT-THE-FIFTH

GIMP 2.0 is a good photo editor but is not as easy to use as its competitors. However it is free so why not download it and give it a try!!

brandx

Thanks all. I thought about giving GIMP a try CAT but will it interfere with Picasa in any way or is it OK to run them both?