Any free programmes like photoshop

BOBS

My daughter would love adobe photoshop but wondering if anything similar that i can download that is free. She is 13 and really dont want to invest in adobe ... thanks,.:beer:

John_Gray

There's Photoshop Elements for about £50, or The Gimp free.

BOBS

Thanks John - will put that one onto her laptop - maybe just a phase and no point investing - though she is really getting into her photography and wanting a DSLR - eek ..... think thats another thread

pogofish

Tons - Gimp and its various front ends are maybe the most competent but there are others like Hornil Stylepix (free version) and Faststone Viewer that do a load of the main tasks in a far less resource heavy way.

The last two are also more suitable for someone getting into photography IMO. I suggest them as first-line editing packages them to my students, then gimp if they really need the extra functions and photoshop only if there is something they can't do in the others.

santer_2

Another one

http://www.getpaint.net/

EchoLocation

It really depends on how involved any image editing is likely to be. Certainly at her age investing in Photoshop is unnecessary, the GIMP will be the best first option given it's free and pretty powerful.

The interface of the GIMP has put some people off it, but the latest 2.8 release now has the option to work in a single window mode, which should feel a more familiar environment to work in. As this is for her photography I'm not sure on the GIMP's handling of RAW files, but there are plugins available and open-source RAW viewer's anyway. Also, Youtube has plenty of GIMP tutorials.

debitcardmayhem

EchoLocation wrote: »

It really depends on how involved any image editing is likely to be. Certainly at her age investing in Photoshop is unnecessary, the GIMP will be the best first option given it's free and pretty powerful.

The interface of the GIMP has put some people off it, but the latest 2.8 release now has the option to work in a single window mode, which should feel a more familiar environment to work in. As this is for her photography I'm not sure on the GIMP's handling of RAW files, but there are plugins available and open-source RAW viewer's anyway. Also, Youtube has plenty of GIMP tutorials.

Ufraw for raw files, puts the output straight into GIMP

yangptangkipperbang

GIMP can be fiendishly complex, it is not really something to start from scratch with - I would suggest starting with something basic like Picasa - then move onto Photoshop Elements.

EchoLocation

yangptangkipperbang wrote: »

GIMP can be fiendishly complex, it is not really something to start from scratch with - I would suggest starting with something basic like Picasa - then move onto Photoshop Elements.

It's all relative though. It's only complex if it's a complex thing to do. It's not like the GIMP makes you jump through hoops for something that can be done with a single-click in other programs. If it's complex in one program it's complex in another, and usually it's understanding the process that's complex not the process itself.

In_for_a_Bargain

A question in regard to Picassa, I know you can arrange your photos on a timeline but can you also then keep them in their original folders and order or do they stay in the timeline order. I am trying to arrange pics of my granddaughter that are in various folders but I would like to keep them that way for other purposes?