photo editing software

im looking for a good, easy to use and completely free (please not a free trial) photo editing software

any suggestions other than Gimp

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Permalink Reply by Lucas Gagné on December 16, 2011 at 7:15pm

my only problem with GIMP is that its not user friendly at all

i guess ill just have to suck it up or buy Photoshop

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Permalink Reply by Navid Qureshi on July 27, 2012 at 2:40am

In order of my preference:

Photoshop elements (Good RAW and JPEG editing. Good learning info on the net, one step from full PS)

ACDSee ($40) excellent basic JPEG editing.

Corel Paintshop pro (v X3 2010) £16 at Amazon

Irfan View (free)

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Permalink Reply by CameraClicker on December 17, 2011 at 7:18pm

Photoshop Elements is perhaps slightly more than Corel Paintshop Pro, but I found it easier to use. It also prepared me for the jump to Photoshop CS5.

What works best for you, will depend on how your mind works. Download the trials and try them out.

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Permalink Reply by gopalshroti on December 18, 2011 at 5:04am

google's PICASA is a nice software with fast working capability.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Piersons on May 18, 2012 at 10:29pm

Faststone Image Viewer is a free editor, batch converter and all around time saver if you just need some quick fixes. It is also my go-to app for sorting and trashing the junk and it is a VERY capable application with a clean interface. (and does RAW)

Google it..

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Permalink Reply by Bill Hudson on June 24, 2012 at 9:14pm

Certain times of the year I may take 3..4..500 photos of a game and have to do it again in a few days or even the next day. I have found that google's PICASA has grown to be a very powerful Free, easy to use, editing software. I need and enjoy the speed and easy of the program to get through the large numbers of shots.

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Permalink Reply by Jesse Lee Moore on July 24, 2012 at 9:00pm

Paul Brooks has a good point. I used to edit my photos with Picasa and for a very short time, Gimp. But you get what you pay for. I've been using Adobe Lightroom 3. This program, as well as Adobe Photoshop Elements, can be found online for under $100. They're much better for editing, and much more user-friendly as well.

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Permalink Reply by Janel J. Díaz on July 26, 2012 at 6:42am

Actually, GIMP is very similar to Photoshop, so if you find GIMP difficult, Photoshop is going to be difficult too. But I suggest that you take the time to learn GIMP. It's no that difficult once you familiarize. There are very good tutorials in YouTube. You'll see why it is so popular.

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Permalink Reply by Lucas Gagné on July 27, 2012 at 7:09am

thanks everyone for the suggestions, i recently bought photoshop and love it

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Permalink Reply by Peter Loedden on November 6, 2012 at 8:25pm

Photography Network is pushing Snapheal for a bit now. Probably a good software, very useful according to the description. Unfortunately only for Mac users. Any software like Snapheal available for PC ?

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Permalink Reply by Mario Vargas on November 7, 2012 at 4:07am

I like too much Pixlr, is very similar to photoshop, works in line at its free, you can download also a portable version oft photoshop from cs3 to cs5 works very fine, haven´t all the option but woprks very nice