Re: Consumer Reports rated digital photo editors including freeware - Page 8

 On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:57:18 -0700, John Corliss wrote:


Are these the Windows freeware photo editors recommended in this thread?
http://www.gimp.org/  (The Gimp, functional editor)
http://photoscape.en.softonic.com/  (Photoscape, functional editor)
http://www.irfanview.com/  (Irfanview, fast viewer)
http://www.xnview.com/  (XnView, fast viewer on Mac & Linux too)
http://picasa.google.com/  (Picasa, claim to fame?)
http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm  (Faststone, image viewer)
http://www.snapfire.com/  (Snapfire, suspect bait-n-switchware)

  On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:10:59 GMT, Wlm Singleton wrote:

Ooooops. Paint.Net was also discussed in this thread, making these the
freeware (term used loosly to mean at no cost to use) windows photo editors
of choice.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
http://www.gimp.org/  (The Gimp, functional editor)
http://www.irfanview.com/  (Irfanview, fast viewer)
http://www.getpaint.net/  (Paint.Net, functional MS Paint replacement)

NOMINALLY RECOMMENDED
http://www.xnview.com/  (XnView, fast viewer on Mac & Linux too)
http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm  (Faststone, image viewer)
http://picasa.google.com/  (Picasa, what is it's claim to fame?)

ALMOST UNKNOWN
http://photoscape.en.softonic.com/  (Photoscape, functional editor)

NOT RECOMMENDED
http://www.snapfire.com/  (Snapfire, suspect Corel bait-n-switchware)

Any others?

 

http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php

Yrrah

 On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 03:13:33 GMT, catherine yronwode

Can anyone tell me how Picasa compares to other similar free or cheap
software?
I really like the search function of Picasa and I also like the photo
editing functions.
Overall, I have been very pleased with Picasa and use it more than the
Adobe and Kodak and Arcsoft programs that came with my digital
cameras.

For photo editing, Advance JPEG Compressor is great for making files
smaller, making thumbnails of any size, and cropping, but it isn't
free.

For just quick re-sizing to make files smaller to send in email or for
the web, the free Windows Picture Resizer (I'm not sure of the exact
name) that integrates into XP is awesome - fast and easy.

But for an overall picture handler, editor, and searcher, Picasa is
great. I'm curious if there are others which might be even better than
Picasa.