is a great way to touch up your images or add postshooting effects, but keep in mind that many customers want the original, unedited photograph. For this reason, it’s a good idea to get into the habit of making copies of all your images and then editing the copies, not the original image.
You can either purchase photo editing software (such as Corel Photo Paint and Adobe photoshop), which is usually available at a reasonable price, or you can make use of free public software like Microsoft Digital Image Pro (which you can download as a free demo). Here are some good freeware packages that you can use to edit your photographs:
• Paint.net (http://www.getpaint.net/index.html) —This program was developed by Washington State University, with the help of Microsoft.There are many great features, including drawing tools, special effects,layers, and level adjustments. The source code is even available for you hackers out there who want to customize your editing tools.
• GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/windows/) —This open source program has features similar to those of Adobe Photoshop. It has a great set of features that make it a favorite among many photographers today.
• PhotoPlus (http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/) —Serif offers free trials and downloads of its software, including PhotoPlus (now up to version 6), on the grounds that if you try it, you will probably want to buy it. PhotoPlus offers a lot of useful features such as editable text, quick shapes, export optimizer, and photo enhancement.
• ImageForge (http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_imffw.html) —This program allows you to create and edit images, acquire pictures from your scanner or digital camera, apply special effect filters, produce your own photo albums and simple slide shows, and much more.
• Ultimate Paint (http://www.ultimatepaint.com/) —This is a great photo editing program that has a flexible brush handling method which encourages creative drawing and allows you to retouch and enhance photos using a comprehensive set of built-in tools and plug-ins. Features include resizing, rotating, flood filling, text operations and a lot more. The user interface is adjustable to the user's experience level, thus both novice users and experts can use it conveniently.
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