editing?

[Kate Edwards]

I am a total newbie to this, so far any shots i have taken and posted i havent messed around with prog wise. IF i wanted to edit or play with any of my shots could anyone reccomend good (free) programs to use. I'd like to see if they made a difference
thanks in advance

[Lynn M. Watson]

Picnik is good and free, it's a web-based application and very easy to use . . .

[Lord Shadow]

Pixlr and Picnik are two good, free, online photo editors. They will allow you to adjust white balance (in a bit of a difficult way, but it still works), correct exposure settings, and crop.

[Slambert]

You can also download trials of Adobe products like Lightroom and Photoshop - they're both fantastic and lots of fun to play with! I think the trials generally last about 30 days.

[Daniel Sutter]

http://www.gimp.org/ The Gimp is a very strong tool, and it's free and open source. I don't use it, but lots of people do. It covers everything form basic adjustments to advanced photo manipulation.

[Kate Edwards]

thanks all thats great:-) i'm going to take a look

[Jen Pinch]

I found pixenate a couple of days ago, it's really easy to use and save back on to your computer, I've yet to explore the others.

[Mel W]

I use Picasa most of the time.

[andy c]

i use picassa - which has a link to picnik and both are fairly good. I did download a month's free lighroom a while back which does knock the socks off the freebies, but be warned... it does slooooooooooow you computer down

[Kate Edwards]

thanks for the warning andy - i already have picasa but have never really used it - when i get chance i'll have a faff with it

[Natalie Payne]

photoscape is free and easy and has a few fun presets, used it alot beofre i bought lightroom

[Nikkers]

I use both photofiltre and photo pos pro, both free and both very good programs..

[Jessica Lynn]

I agree with Daniel, Gimp is great I love it! It's free and can be downloaded on both Mac and PC. They have lots of tutorials on their site to help you but it's very easy once you play around with it a bit.

[sally czerwik-hampshire]

i edit in picassa,it does most of what i want to do, i have photoshop but it isn't really workable on my netbook(screen too small)

[Amy Price]

PICNIK!!! It is free, has many features, and very user-friendly. There is a premium version for $5 a month if you choose to pay month to month. (It's cheaper if you purchase more months at one time). I have had the premium version for nearly a year now, and it is AMAZING! If you're new to photo editing, this is what I would recommend. I've tried Photoshop, but it's a little more complicated, in my opinion.