program for fxing photos

[Ellie]

i was looking at photoshop cause you guys always talk about it and i saw it priced for 469 and then i saw it priced for 199. Why the huge gap in prices? Theres a program called coral and i think its like 120 have you guys ever heard of this one? Any programs you would suggest? im just using a free one right now but would like to buy a program?! thanks!
Ellie

[Ellie]

sorry i misread the corel one actually i think you can get it for like 80! sorry for the mistake i stil may be mistaken! maybe someone can set me straight!
Thanks!

[jointhetrain]

well, in the photoshop area
-the latest version cs3 is out wich will be the priceist
-there are lighter photoshop versions wich you most likely will find efficent
-there are trial of photoshop located here of older versions for you to try Adobe - Downloads
-and if you search adobe labs you may find there cs3 [the latest version] beta tester too but that will still have bugs and etc.

Corel I have never used, I doubt it is as good since its not the industry standard and I know the lower photoshop version like elements are fairly afforable at least for you to get your head in the door

[Bob]

The full blown version of Photoshop is overkill unless you make your living with it or have money to burn. Photoshop Elements, which is much le$$ expen$ive will do 98% of what you'll ever need. The diff in prices is 'cause one is an upgrade and the other a full ver. The software is the same, the installer is different. The installer on the upgrade looks for a previous version.

Corel Photopaint (that's what it used to be called) is a very good image editor in it's own right, so is Paint Shop Pro. Photopaint is part of the Corel Graphics Suite (CorelDraw is the primary app). I use CorelDraw V11 a lot for layout of trade show posters and publicity material, it's my fav vector graphics app and I've been using it since V3.0. I never did like Adobe Illustrator.

If you're averse to spending money, give GIMP a try. I believe Will posted a link to the latest version in another thread. I've only played around with GIMP a little bit, but it looked pretty good. I have NO idea how color management works with it, but I'm sure that there is a discussion board on GIMP somewhere.

[Will]

Like Bob said, the more expensive one is the full one and the cheaper one is the upgrade

Ive never tried Corel so I cant help you there

I mentioned The GIMP somewhere you should try that its alot like photoshop but free and a little different i think the url is thegimp.org or gimp.org somethin like that

[Taylor]

Hey thanks guys I needed all that information too . Ill probly buy the chea version of it.. cause right now Im almost happy with iPhoto, so I can only imagine how happy Ill be with something that proffesional.. even if it is the cheap (er) end.

- Taylor

[Will]

Originally Posted by vistasucks

Hey thanks guys I needed all that information too . Ill probly buy the chea version of it.. cause right now Im almost happy with iPhoto, so I can only imagine how happy Ill be with something that proffesional.. even if it is the cheap (er) end.

- Taylor

Try GIMP

[Taylor]

Ok....... Thanks! (I love free stuff....)

[Ellie]

THanks guys! GIMP is free? any one know what it stands for? Anyway thank you guys very much! I might look into the lower versions of photoshop. luckily i wont be payin for it...now i gotta convince my dad to buy it! haha! So anyway thanks again!!!

[Taylor]

Hah, just use GIMP its as good, if not better, and whats best is that its FREE. I cant stress that part enough