How about some software talk

[zincman]

What is the groups favorite editing software. I currently use Adobe Photoshop CS. If you have not used it, is the ultimate with all the bells and whistles. But since I don't use it very often I have to re-learn the thing all the time. Does anyone have any suggestions for a down and dirty quick editing program.

[Photobitstream]

Check out iView Media Pro, http://www.iview-multimedia.com/

You can sort, catalog, and edit your photos using this software, as well as create slide shows and HTML galleries. The interface is simple, and learning the software is almost a no-brainer. It has saved me hundreds of hours in the last three years, and never crashes.

[EchoWars]

irfanview...free

http://www.irfanview.com/

very basic.

I have Photoshop...I rarely use it. Paint Shop Pro is my edtor of choice.

[ckelly]

My photo editor of choice is PhotoshopCS, as for viewing pictures i likes google's Picasa. It is a great photo viewer and has some simple editing functions that are pretty good. All in all an excellent piece of freeware

www.picasa.com

[zincman]

i really love CS and all it can do but I feel like I never have used it everytime I sit down and try it.

[Photobitstream]

Zincman, I've been using PhotoShop professionally for more than 15 years. If all you're doing is simple recropping, color adjustments, and tone adjustments send me a PM and I'll give you step-by-step directions. If you're using a digital camera you can get photos ready to print or put on web pages in just a couple of minutes. If you're scanning film and trying to make archival copies things get complicated fast. If you're restoring old photos, well, that's a whole book.

That said, I've used all the software suggested above, and it is all good. I prefer iView Media Pro, but that's because I was sorting upwards of 5,000 photos per week to send to customers. If you just need something quick and simple follow the links we've suggested, download evaluation copies and see which package works the way you want to work.

[botrytis]

I have been using Paint Shop Pro Powersuite Photo Edition. It is a very easy package to use and is much cheaper then Photoshop and does all the same things.

Dave

[zobsky]

there's always "GIMP" for those who like photoshop but not its price, .. interface a bit funky though.

for basic viewing etc, ... irfanview is good

for noise removal, i use neatimage

[zincman]

Thanks for the tips and help. Infraview seems to be a good ticket.

[Technics]

I like to use Photoshop Elements for the quick stuff. Picasa 2 has some pretty neat editing capabilities now too.

[ilimzn]

Zincman, I've been using PhotoShop professionally for more than 15 years.

Aha, they you would be the man to ask this question:
Is there any version of Photoshop that supports image sizes of more than 30000 x 30000 pixels?
I find it to be too obviously an arbitrary limit in the software as if it was a real limit it would probably have been 32768 (2^15). I'm trying to stich together a bunch of high-res aerial photographs (resolution good enough you can see the lines on the roads), for a total size of about 40000x25000 pixels.
The limits in Photoshop look very low to me, after all it's only 25x25" at 1200DPI and I've worked on photoploters that can do double that resolution and double the size - so there must be software to do it with ;)

[OvenMaster]

Paint Shop Pro version 5 for just $5 second hand does all I need and more. I've barely scratched the surface of what this can do. Awesome. People underestimate older versions of software that are available used.
Tom

[salred]

My $.02: "Picture Window Pro" from Digital Light & Color (http://www.dl-c.com/Temp/) This is software for photographers, and there are no "automagic" wizards. But it's supported 16bit color depth from day one, and its developer, Jonathan Sachs (who co-developed Lotus 123), provides support directly to customers via the message board on the site (which in itself is a treasure trove of techniques).

[zincman]

I just downloaded the trial, I will give a workout

[zincman]

Stared to use Picture Window Pro, so far so good

[kashbaugh]

That said, I've used all the software suggested above, and it is all good. I prefer iView Media Pro, but that's because I was sorting upwards of 5,000 photos per week to send to customers.

Will Media Pro allow the sorting and moving to different directories of images? I always end up with millions of files in the same directory and then have to view and rename and move them. It can get tiring.

Thanks for any info!

kma

[Haoleb]

I use paint shop pro 9. I just download the free trial and when that expires i just set the computer clock back to when it worked and use it.

Photoshop does do more stuff but its also not as easy to use.

[Photobitstream]

Will Media Pro allow the sorting and moving to different directories of images? I always end up with millions of files in the same directory and then have to view and rename and move them. It can get tiring.

Thanks for any info!

kma

Yes it does, and that is it's great strength for my workflow. When I was a motorsports photographer I'd shoot 1,000 photos on a typical day, sometimes 2,500 in one day when I had another photographer with me. Using iView Media Pro made sorting the photos as simple as any software I have seen. Still tedious, but manageable.

Download an evaluation copy and see for yourself.