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  • Phyzelda
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    Ah yes- will try again
  • AndyPix
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    Easy mistake to make :)
  • Phyzelda
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    Give me excel any day! ha!
  • eporium
    eporium Posts: 107 Forumite
    As mentioned above The GIMP is a very good image editor. It is also very popular which means there a lot of tutorials on youtube on how to use it.
  • knightstyle
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    edited 4 December 2015 at 4:15PM
    Not long ago you could get an old version of Photoshop for free. I have CS2, old but does everything I want.

    Another thought. Our local photo shop has DIY print machines that allow some editing, cropping, colour balance etc. and are not expensive.
  • bsod
    bsod Posts: 1,225 Forumite
    edited 4 December 2015 at 4:40PM
    most people don't need fancy multi gigabyte third party editor's, microsoft paint can crop photo's, it has been bundled with windows in one form or another for three decades.

    https://youtu.be/hlnodEYZ71w?t=101

    on your w7 machine, click start, then type paint
    Don't you dare criticise what you cannot understand
  • paddyrg
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    GIMP is great, but likely too powerful for what you need! It's a bit like trying to make toothpicks with a chainsaw, yes you can, but may also cause yourself problems and pain. Paint.net is probably a little gentler for a first time user.
  • Moneymaker
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    I use GraphicConverter but it might be Mac only.
    http://www.lemkesoft.de/

    Ah, it's not free. I got it so long ago that I've been getting free upgrades forever.
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