Free program to work with photos

Irfanview is nice but limited.

There is a open source Photoshop like program called The Gimp that is very powerful.

From their site

The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.

www.gimp.org

I have used irfanview for a while, mainly just to resize photos. Thanks for the links guys!

I use photoshop 7.0, if anyone wants image resize just let me know.

i just installed GIMP and played iht it very briefly. Thats pretty nice! I like it better, so fer, than Adobe 5.0. Never used anything higher and I am not that great of a judge.

dennis said:

i just installed GIMP and played iht it very briefly. Thats pretty nice! I like it better, so fer, than Adobe 5.0. Never used anything higher and I am not that great of a judge.

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Try using adobe photoshop 7.0 + or photoshop cs.

I also have another program called Photo Impact, which is basically something similar to adobe photoshop.

I still use infranview for resizing and sharpening up pics. Never really mess with photos but its handy. Still gotta learn what all these buttons on my camera mean! lol

Jdinh04 said:

Try using adobe photoshop 7.0 + or photoshop cs.

I also have another program called Photo Impact, which is basically something similar to adobe photoshop.

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I don't think all that many people have a need for programs with such a steep learning curve as Photoshop. I have 7.0, but I am also a photographer. Most of the professional level features of photoshop/image ready would be of no greater use than programs such as Photoshop elements or LE. Not to mention PS is up around $500. A little bit overkill for basic work like resizing images.

If all you need to do is basic resizing, cropping or color enhancement, Photoshop elements (~$40) or any one of the many great freeware or shareware programs would be a good bet.

-joe

A nice free one for individual use is photofiltre, available for download. It has really nice intuitive features, it's small and will do for the amateur photographer.