Best image editing program?

**mountain_rage** · November 22nd, 2004, 06:48 PM

What is the best image editing program out there. And how do they all compare. Jasc paint shop pro, adobe photoshop, core photo paintl, the gimp, other.

**DigitalJunkie** · November 22nd, 2004, 07:12 PM

Picasa is free.

**ratbag** · November 22nd, 2004, 08:32 PM

photoshop if youre gonna edit might as well get the best

**mountain_rage** · November 22nd, 2004, 08:50 PM

i tried picasa thought it sucked. The gimp is also free and you cna do alot more with it.

**muskrat_love** · November 22nd, 2004, 09:12 PM

Photoshop is the best, hands down.

**g-smooth2k** · November 22nd, 2004, 09:32 PM

Adobe Photoshop is the clear winner.

**ducttapeBigSexy** · November 22nd, 2004, 09:39 PM

gotta agree - photoshop all the way. if you need a free open-source app though, The Gimp is where it's at

**-0-BACKLASH-0-** · November 23rd, 2004, 06:29 PM

photoshop, baby. I'm sure for basic editing those other programs are good...I know paint shop is very similar to photoshop and costs much less.

**rebirth** · November 23rd, 2004, 06:52 PM

Potoschlop!

**mountain_rage** · November 23rd, 2004, 09:09 PM

Ive tried pretty much all of them so i was just curious to see what others use. For very simple stuff i tend to use paint shop pro just because i find it more user friendly then photoshop. But for extremem editing photoshop is the best. The gimp i just started looking into it because ive gotten into this opensource craze. Getting more interested in the projects. Then corel was my first ever program I used. Its not bad but more geered towards photography then just graphics all together. If im not mistaken they are fairly well known in the buisness marketplace. Other is just for people who may want to say paint or other microsoft crap. Or maybe something new ive never tried. Anyway I basically saw what I expected everyone loves photoshop.

Just out of curiosity anyone know what the dif is between photoshop pro or whatever it is and elements. My brother just bought elements recentrly and I havnt looked at it but I kinda wonder why the price is like 600$ less. Canadian.

**neoufo51** · November 23rd, 2004, 10:52 PM

Here are the freeware ones.

Pixia - http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/
PhotoFiltre - http://www.photofiltre.com/
Sodiodi - http://www.sodipodi.com/
The Gimp - http://www.gimp.org/

**neoufo51** · November 23rd, 2004, 10:57 PM

If you don't want something too powerful like Photoshop but still want a good image editor with support for MANY formats, I would take a look here. Easy to download and it has a very loose shareware restriction.

http://www.polybytes.com/pvfeatures.htm

**.:sp00ky:.** · November 24th, 2004, 05:34 AM

I use psp9 the most but maybe i should give photo shop ago.

**ratbag** · November 24th, 2004, 07:54 AM

elements is a lite version of photoshop for those who want a great editing program but cant or dont want to spend $600 (right ha) on photoshop

**FrozenShadow23** · November 24th, 2004, 01:10 PM

Photoshop is by far my favorite, GiMP is second, because I'm not as proficient at using it. Corel Draw is also getting better as of late, but still not good enough to compete with the likes of Photoshop.