Best photography software
- Thread starter brir
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Another vote for gonk
If you want a bit more then Affinity. But that's not free.
If you want a bit more then Affinity. But that's not free.
brir
Striker
Cheers, will have a look
gonk is free, but not particularly simple. I normally use Affinity as mentioned by @AB22 Easy Tiger above - trial versions downloadable free and they regularly have half price offers so if you like it, wait for one of them.
Did you get any software with your camera? That is often the simplest and obviously won't cost you anything extra - but it will be limited in what it can do and how well it does it.
Did you get any software with your camera? That is often the simplest and obviously won't cost you anything extra - but it will be limited in what it can do and how well it does it.
Love Lightroom. Then photoshop if there’s any heavy lifting to be done. But, then I get a full creative cloud sub through work
tonyfromalnwick
Striker
If you want something really simple, have a look at Snapseed. Nowhere near as technical as those already mentioned, but much easier to get you started.
Murray72
Goalkeeper
This still the majority vote?
Just starting out and looking to see which is best to use.
TIA.
Lonz
Striker
Really not sure to be honest mate. It’s probably been a year since I used it now.
It certainly won’t be a bad option to try out if you can get a free trial or pay for a month subscription.
Murray72
Goalkeeper
Cheers, there's a free version with restricted tools but a free 7 day trial as well. I'll it a go, not that I know what I'm doing with it.
Lonz
Striker
Youtube tutorials are your friend.
If anyone is interested, Humble Bundle is currently selling a Corel bundle including PaintShop Pro 2023 (as well as After Shot Pro 3, Painter 2023 and VideoStudio Pro 2023). You can get all of them for under £25 at the moment so not bad for an upfront price. Ignore Humble Bundle saying the codes are for Steam, you actually redeem them on the Corel website.
bobster999
Winger
Photo Pea is quite good as well. It's an online photo editing software but will also open Photoshop files
I currently use Capture One Express, which is a free download. Occasionally use gonk for more esoteric processing. Both are free and very powerful, and capable of a lot more than I currently need or understand.
Planning to migrate my PCs and laptops at some point to Linux, as losing confidence in Windows. Evaluating DarkTable and gonk for the future.
Planning to migrate my PCs and laptops at some point to Linux, as losing confidence in Windows. Evaluating DarkTable and gonk for the future.
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