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Photo processing
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Hi all, I’ve been dabbling with photography for a number of years but really only the “point and shoot” kind, I’m beginning to realize how important exposure etc is. ie: if I take a pic of a white airplane I get a seriously overcast sky regardless of weather conditions, I suspect its better to get your exposure right in the first place but failing that, what is the best prog for fiddling around with your pics after you’ve transferred them to your computer? I have countless folders of pics on my laptop which I don’t want to dump because I think with the right editing a lot of them could be good or am I seeking the “Holy Grail” :D
Hi Andrew..and welcome to PI ;-)
With regard to exposure..yes..it is VERY important to get it right at the time, as even a good editing package will not save a grossly under or over exposed shot.
If you have the facility to shoot RAW on your camera, that will help somewhat, if the exposure is within a realistic range.
Photo editing packages are numerous. The most commonly used I guess would be Photoshop, the latest version being CS4. This is very expensive to purchase though, and maybe a little daunting to start off with.
Photoshop do a cut down version of their program called Photoshop Elements, which I think costs around the €80 mark. It is sometimes packaged with cameras or camera related products. I recently bought an Epson V500 and it came packaged with Version 6.
Another Adobe package is Lightroom, which is geared more towards converting RAW files.
All of the above programs are available as 30 Day Trial downloads which you try out for yourself for free during the trial period.
At the cheapest end of the market, ie. free, are programs like Picasa, and a Favourite of mine, Photofiltre.
Both of the above are free and are good packages to play around with. Then when you find the limitations in them you can move on to something like Photoshop.
Hope this helps. Look forward to seeing some shots.
Robbie
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