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Good photograhy program
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are you looking for somthing for editing images, if you are then if you can afford it Photoshop, for organization of the pictures iPhoto works well, if you don't like it after trying it get the trials of apeture and lightroom, and get whichever one you like best.
Really hard to beat Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 for $80, IMHO.Hey all,
I will be buying a Macbook in the near future for my photography habit I was wondering could someone recommend a good program to buy with my mac when i get it
Thanks
Richard
Definitely, I'd say that if iPhoto isn't enough, PS Elements is a really excellent starter photo app. It'll give you a lot of power at a reasonable price.
Well, the notable ones are Aperture, iPhoto, Photoshop CS3, and Lightroom.
However, three of those are more advanced programs, which wouldn't suit you if you are only a casual photo editor. If you do fall into that category, stick with iPhoto and get Photoshop Elements.
However, three of those are more advanced programs, which wouldn't suit you if you are only a casual photo editor. If you do fall into that category, stick with iPhoto and get Photoshop Elements.
CS3 runs like a dream on my 2GHz CD BlackBook (1 gig RAM). I found Aperture to be pretty sluggish, but Lightroom seems reasonably responsive.
Aperture is a great program, I've been playing around with the demo and you can do some very cool things with your photos with it. Plus it makes organising them a breeze.
Hey not understanding this
Why is nobody from the everything thats open source is great brigade that roam these boards not saying GIMP
Oh please say GIMP so I can take the p*** out of you
Why is nobody from the everything thats open source is great brigade that roam these boards not saying GIMP
Oh please say GIMP so I can take the p*** out of you
Hey not understanding this
Why is nobody from the everything thats open source is great brigade that roam these boards not saying GIMP
Oh please say GIMP so I can take the p*** out of you
The GIMP is great for some things but in this instance I think Aperture (or maybe iPhoto) would be better.
Of course, there's the old standard, GraphicConverter. The nice part about this application is the breadth of image types it will open and save as. Also, you can do batch conversions from one type to another. Lossless image rotation. Of course, it doesn't have any of the advanced features you find in Photoshop Elements, but I find it meets almost all of my needs.
I agree, but I'd really try to wait until PSE 5.0 is released so it is a Universal Binary. 4.0 is pretty slow on my MacBook.
Aperture is good, I like it a lot, but I do find myself doing a few little bits and bobs with most photos in photoshop after I have used aperture. I guess though most of this could easily be done in elements, so maybe elements and aperture would be a good combination. (aperture runs fine on my macbook original, the more ram the better though).