canon 7d photo editing software

Rikki

I'm looking for free photo editing software for a canon 7d, to use on my macbook air.

InsideInsurance

So you spend around £1,400 on a camera body, plus more for the lenses but then want free software to manipulate the photos?

Assuming the MBA is up to date then Photos that is built into the latest version of Yosemite is ok and better than the iPhotos it replaced

GIMP is probably the best free tool and has many of the features of Photoshop but its user interface isnt anywhere near as instinctive and so has a much steeper learning curve.

agrinnall

InsideInsurance wrote: »

So you spend around £1,400 on a camera body, plus more for the lenses but then want free software to manipulate the photos?

Plus whatever ridiculous price Apple charged for the Macbook Air. Is there a line to be drawn between money saving and penny pinching, as I think this has gone over that line?

andygb

Rikki wrote: »

I'm looking for free photo editing software for a canon 7d, to use on my macbook air.

Didn't you get any software with the Canon?
They should have included Digital Photo Professional and Image Browser EX at the very least.

Mr_Toad

Photoshop Elements 13 £50ish

Keep_pedalling

There are free packages out there, Gimp is probably the best, although I have never used it on a Mac.

However as you do not appear to be short of a bob or two, why not subscribe to The Adobe Creative Cloud photographers package. It will cost you just over £8 a month, and with that you get the latest version of Photoshop and Lightroom.

https://creative.adobe.com/plans?store_code=gb

pogofish

If you want a less hefty package than Gimp, Faststone Viewer (runs on a Mac with Crossover) lets you do most of the essential photo editing tasks in a simple, effective and free package. It even reads and does basic tasks on RAW files. Its interface is a wee bit different and major dialogs can be a bit clunky but it all works well enough, especially on machines that are not state of the art. Its not that demanding on resources.

If you want more advanced image editing capacity - esp with RAW files, RAW-Therapee is a superb free package that handles just about any raw format you care to manipulate. Its heavily tecchie though and a bit of a steep learning curve when starting out - I now view it as essential though. It comes in versions for just about every OS out there.

pogofish

Mr_Toad wrote: »

Photoshop Elements 13 £50ish

Gah! - I wouldn't use Elements even if you paid me fifty quid! :eek:

I've always thought that for what little it does, associating it with Photoshop was one big swizz by Adobe! :mad:

andygb

pogofish wrote: »

Gah! - I wouldn't use Elements even if you paid me fifty quid! :eek:

I've always thought that for what little it does, associating it with Photoshop was one big swizz by Adobe! :mad:

Why?
It seems to do the job well enough for many photographers.

Johnmcl7

andygb wrote: »

Why?
It seems to do the job well enough for many photographers.

Agreed, it may not be anywhere near as powerful as the full Photoshop but it's not sold as such either. It's a popular choice for photographers as it goes well with Lightroom. Although it's not free, Lightroom would be my first choice of image editor for any decent cameras as it's obviously designed specifically for photographers.

John

paddyrg

If you're prepared to put in the legwork, GIMP actually is very good, and has masses of open source/community support meaning you can get some first-class results.

One if my favourite told is the wavelet plugin, which decomposes an image into multiple frequency maps - this means you can really lift creases and wrinkles, yet keep the pore-sharp details intact. It gives an incredibly subtle yet powerful flattering look, whilst appearing untouched. Apparently there isn't an equivalent for Photoshop, although you can simulate the effect to a degree, and it does have other great features GIMP doesn't have (at a price)