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| Christian J |
 Sep 3 2008, 05:23 PM
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Can you recommend a very simple photo editing program for complete computer novices? All that's really needed is cropping/resizing/compressing JPG files from a digital camera. Brightness/contrast and unsharp mask might be fine too, but not too many other confusing features.
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| Darin McGrew |
Sep 3 2008, 05:40 PM
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I've been happy with iPhoto.
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| Christian J |
Sep 3 2008, 06:41 PM
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Forgot to mention it's for Windows, thanks for the hint.
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| Darin McGrew |
Sep 3 2008, 07:04 PM
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My digital camera came with a CD with basic photo editing software (both MS Windows and Macintosh versions). It was okay, but I prefer iPhoto.
The Gimp works, but has a lot of other tools visible besides the ones you want. I've heard a lot of recommendations for IrfanView, but I've never used it myself. |
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| Frederiek |
Sep 4 2008, 03:07 AM
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Programming Fanatic Group: Members Posts: 5,146 Joined: 23-August 06 From: Europe Member No.: 9 |
Picasa from Google maybe? It's free.
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| Christian J |
Sep 4 2008, 05:48 AM
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The Gimp feels complicated even for me.
 Irfanview might work, even though it's a bit crude in my experience. Haven't tried Picasa, will investigate! There's also Windows Photo Gallery, which apparently can be used on XP too. Haven't tried it much myself, as usual I fear potential bloatware.  |
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| Christian J |
Jul 17 2009, 06:22 AM
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Found this very simple Windows program (only for resizing JPEG images): http://www.rw-designer.com/picture-resize
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| pandy |
Jul 17 2009, 07:04 AM
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Why hasn't anyone mentioned IrfanView? It's especially good at downsampling. Has better algorithms than many a big and costly editor, e.g. Mitchell filter.
It's so small, fast and easy to use as an image viewer that everyone should have it for that reason even if it also has many other useful features. |
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| Christian J |
Jul 17 2009, 12:27 PM
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QUOTE(pandy @ Jul 17 2009, 02:04 PM)  Why hasn't anyone mentioned IrfanView? Darin has. Alas there's no way my target audience would have the patience to learn how to use it.  |
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| pandy |
Jul 17 2009, 01:47 PM
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Oh. So you look for en editor that has one single feature? Because I don't think it gets simpler than with Irfan.
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| stjepan |
Aug 12 2009, 04:31 AM
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Paint.NET
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| Christian J |
Aug 12 2009, 05:12 AM
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QUOTE(pandy @ Jul 17 2009, 08:47 PM) Oh. So you look for en editor that has one single feature? Because I don't think it gets simpler than with Irfan. Not a single, but not too many either. Alas Irfanview has lots of them, but not things like Contrast (IIRC). |
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| Beakers |
Aug 12 2009, 11:15 AM
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Hmmm glad I came across this post, I will be resizing about 40 images in the next week, to both half size and thumbnails.
Was going to do it with the batch processing options in Fireworks but it can be pretty dodgy, so will give this Batch Picture Resize a go and if that fails then it’s down to IrfanView. Iain |
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| Christian J |
Aug 12 2009, 12:15 PM
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Seems there are online photo editors as well, aimed at the kind of photo editing I have in mind. Possibly they put a limit on how large files you might upload, though.
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| MJK |
Nov 10 2009, 10:50 AM
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This site is pretty awesome: http://www.pixlr.com/editor/
As a die hard PhotoShop user, this is pretty close to the real thing. And you don't have to download anything. It's all in the browser. |
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| pandy |
Nov 10 2009, 02:26 PM
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That thing was pretty nifty!
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| cute456 |
Jan 6 2013, 11:25 AM
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ReaConverter is the best Photo and Image Editor ( Photo editing and Image editing software). The software allows you easily create, edit, enhance, print, and manipulate your digital photos and computer graphics, and easily create eye-catching graphics, beautiful collages, greeting cards, business cards, website designs, buttons and much more.
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| jonasmarsh621 |
Jan 7 2013, 09:04 PM
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All I know about is GIMP and Paint.net, for me I'd choose GIMP since it has better features.
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