Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Imaging software
Sean Troy
>Hi all, What software have you found to be the best for making your digital pics of your turnings look there best? Ease of use and cost are being concidered. I tried the new Photo Shop CS and loved it, but the cost is quite large. Thanks, Sean
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Ken Grunke
>Sean, have you checked out Photoshop Elements?
It has much of the important basic features of full Photoshop, at only $100.
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YoYoSpin
>Sean,
S/W makers go through a new update cycle (i.e.; money-grab) every year or so. Try picking up a copy of a photo editing package that's a revision or two out of date. For example, the latest version of Paint Shop Pro is # 9, selling for around $120. You can pick up a copy of version 8 on eBay for around $10 to $15, and a copy of version 7 (that's what I use) is going for five bucks.
best regards,
Ed D.
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Jerome Laux
>I have used LviewPro for a while. It is inexpensive and seems to work well.
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Mike Schwing from Md.
>I am using "The Gimp". It is an open source version of Photoshop, basically, and it works GREAT. There is a learning curve, but for types of editing most of the woodworking pictures that get shown around here require, it is more than enough. Not as easy as something like AcDSee or its ilk, but surely worth the money.
www.gimp.org
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Mike Schwing from Md.
>Did I mention that is free?
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Ron in Drums PA
>I use PhotoShop CS.
For the average user I like to suggest Adobe's Photo Deluxe, Paint Shop Pro, and Gimp
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Barry Turner
>Try Photoshop Elements and Album. About $100 for both with rebates. Failry easy to use too.
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DWFII
>Second on the out of date versions...look for a copy of CorelDraw 9.
You'll get a full vector drawing program that's as good or better than Adobe illustrator; PhotoPaint--nearly as powerful as Photoshop (at least the previous iterations...I haven't seen CS) and more powerful than PaintShop Pro 7, as well as a rastor to vector conversion module, a scanning proggie and a pretty powerful 3D program. All for about $100.00 if you go for version 9 (current version is 12).
Corel seems to be pretty conservative, so they don do a complete overhaul every version (what software company does?). I've seen and fooled with version 11, extensively, and can only say that I haven't felt any compelling need to upgrade from 9. If you are a graphic pro, making you living with graphics, verison 9 might be a tiny bit behind the curve but if you are a woodturner first...you'll probably never exhaust the possiblities of CorelDraw ( in your lifetime.
Not affilated...just real happy with it.
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Barry Turner
>I just learned today there is a new Photoshop Elements 3.0 out. The advertising says it is all that Elements 2.0 should have been. More user-friendly interface........easier and more intuitive to use......etc. Might deserve a look.
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Chuck Ludwigsen
>And that it was originally developed on Linux, the free operating system ;-)
Chuck
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Fog Tanner
>And there is a Wyndowz version (port) for those that are computer challenged....
Hey, I resemble that remark
Ellis Walentine
>I've been using Paint Shop Pro for a many years, in fact, every photo on this site that I have processed was done in PSP. I like it much better than PhotoShop, although all the art directors I've known wouldn't settle for anything less.
A couple days ago, though, I got a notice that Corel had bought Paint Shop Pro from Jasc Software. I'm not sure what that portends. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
Ellis