Photoshop Alternative?

The Gimp
http://www.gimp.org/

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 10:42:41 -0600, "Bruce Baillie" scribbled:

I would like to edit photos but cannot justify the cost for Photoshop. One of the things I would like to do is cut or paste parts of the photo. Is there another application that will do basics at a lower cost?

PaintShop Pro, The Gimp.

Bruce Baillie wrote:

I would like to edit photos but cannot justify the cost for Photoshop. One of the things I would like to do is cut or paste parts of the photo. Is there another application that will do basics at a lower cost?

Almost any image manipulation package can do that: Photoshop Elements, Paint Shop Pro, The GIMP, Ulead PhotoImpact, Mindscape FotoEdit DeLuxe, PhotoLine 32 and many more.

—
Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/

"Bruce Baillie" wrote in
news:412b7001$:

I would like to edit photos but cannot justify the cost for Photoshop. One of the things I would like to do is cut or paste parts of the photo. Is there another application that will do basics at a lower cost? Thanks

21 day limited evaluation, 39 dollars to buy, it’s very good program

http://www.lview.com/index1024.htm

There are quite a few "low cost" programs available, but the ones that are "approaching"
professional capabilities are

Picture Window Pro
http://www.dl-c.com/Temp/

Corel PhotoPaint (part of the Corel Draw v12 "Suite") http://www.corel.com/

Serif PhotoPlus
http://www.serif.com/photoplus/photoplus9/index.asp

The GIMP (free … but pretty much a "rolling Beta" …) http://www.gimp.org/

Of all of these, I’d probably choose Picture Window or Picture Window Pro.

"Bruce Baillie" wrote in message

I would like to edit photos but cannot justify the cost for Photoshop. One of the things I would like to do is cut or paste parts of the photo. Is there another application that will do basics at a lower cost? Thanks

"Bruce Baillie" wroet…

I would like to edit photos but cannot justify the cost for Photoshop.

One

of the things I would like to do is cut or paste parts of the photo.

Is

there another application that will do basics at a lower cost? Thanks

Adobe Photoshop Album Free edition 2.0

Frans

"Bruce Baillie" wrote in message

I would like to edit photos but cannot justify the cost for Photoshop. One of the things I would like to do is cut or paste parts of the photo. Is there another application that will do basics at a lower cost? Thanks

The Serif stuff is quiet good and reasonably priced

"Bruce Baillie" wrote in message

I would like to edit photos but cannot justify the cost for Photoshop. One of the things I would like to do is cut or paste parts of the photo. Is there another application that will do basics at a lower cost? Thanks

free PhotoFiltre http://www.photofiltre.com/

"Bruce Baillie" wrote:

I would like to edit photos but cannot justify the cost for Photoshop. One of the things I would like to do is cut or paste parts of the photo. Is there another application that will do basics at a lower cost?

MS Paint is free.

The Doormouse

—
The Doormouse cannot be reached by e-mail without her permission.

Thanks for the advice.
I purchased Paint Shop Pro and Ulead PhotoImpact off ebay for good prices.

"Johan W. Elzenga" wrote in message

Bruce Baillie wrote:

I would like to edit photos but cannot justify the cost for Photoshop.

One

of the things I would like to do is cut or paste parts of the photo. Is there another application that will do basics at a lower cost?

Almost any image manipulation package can do that: Photoshop Elements, Paint Shop Pro, The GIMP, Ulead PhotoImpact, Mindscape FotoEdit DeLuxe, PhotoLine 32 and many more.

—
Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/

in article 412b7001$
wrote on 08/24/2004 9:42 AM:

I would like to edit photos but cannot justify the cost for Photoshop.

Use Crayons.

you could get PSCS for that price there

Artio

"Bruce Baillie" wrote in message

Thanks for the advice.
I purchased Paint Shop Pro and Ulead PhotoImpact off ebay for good

prices.

"Johan W. Elzenga" wrote in message

Bruce Baillie wrote:

I would like to edit photos but cannot justify the cost for Photoshop.

One

of the things I would like to do is cut or paste parts of the photo.

Is

there another application that will do basics at a lower cost?

Almost any image manipulation package can do that: Photoshop Elements, Paint Shop Pro, The GIMP, Ulead PhotoImpact, Mindscape FotoEdit DeLuxe, PhotoLine 32 and many more.

—
Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/

Crayons? Is this the kind of answers expected here?
"TheOne"…. bad nick for a useless aid…

Photoshop Elements is the best alternative to Photoshop
itself, at a fraction of cost. For house users and a great amount of professionals, not involved in color correction or pre-press tasks, Elements is an excellent product.

Regards

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 12:08:11 -0700, TheOne wrote:

in article 412b7001$
wrote on 08/24/2004 9:42 AM:

I would like to edit photos but cannot justify the cost for Photoshop.

Use Crayons.

You could just use Paint that comes free with Windows. I use it all the time for simple tasks.

"Bruce Baillie" wrote in message

I would like to edit photos but cannot justify the cost for Photoshop. One of the things I would like to do is cut or paste parts of the photo. Is there another application that will do basics at a lower cost? Thanks

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:43:31 +0200, Joan F wrote:

Crayons? Is this the kind of answers expected here?
"TheOne"…. bad nick for a useless aid…

Oh geez, here we go again…

in article , Joan F at
wrote on 08/25/2004 3:43 PM:

Crayons? Is this the kind of answers expected here?

What you expect is not relevant. All types of "answers" are allowed.

in article , Frederic Banaszak at
wrote on 08/25/2004 5:16 PM:

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:43:31 +0200, Joan F wrote:

Crayons? Is this the kind of answers expected here?
"TheOne"…. bad nick for a useless aid…

Oh geez, here we go again…

There is a never ending supply of goofy people that don’t know a damn thing about Usenet and have to be educated.

I do enjoy my hobby.

"Arty Facting" wrote in message

you could get PSCS for that price there

Yeah right… have a link to share?

Stephan

End of flame.

TheOne is not my business, sure!

Added a Kill filter in my Agent to avoid more stupid garbage from TheOne. In more than 8000 posts here no one from this God of Usenet was useful. Will do with everyone like this kind of people, wasting time of us. From now, silently…

Sorry about my "question" about "answers". The Filter will do better job. People talking in a desert doesn’t hurt… 😀

Happy Photoshopping!

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:16:29 GMT, Frederic Banaszak
wrote:

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:43:31 +0200, Joan F wrote:
Oh geez, here we go again…

Make sure you filter this name too…so you will not see the messages written under this name.

hahahahaha

in article , Joan F at
wrote on 08/25/2004 11:42 PM:

Added a Kill filter in my Agent to avoid more stupid garbage from TheOne. In more than 8000 posts here no one from this God of Usenet was useful. Will do with everyone like this kind of people, wasting time of us. From now, silently…

Sorry about my "question" about "answers". The Filter will do better job. People talking in a desert doesn’t hurt… 😀
Happy Photoshopping!

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:16:29 GMT, Frederic Banaszak
wrote:

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:43:31 +0200, Joan F wrote:
Oh geez, here we go again…

in article , Joan F at
wrote on 08/25/2004 11:17 PM:

End of flame.

TheOne is not my business, sure!

Good, move on, now that you are educated to how Usenet really works.

uh-hu noway Stephan

if you wanna go non-legit please do so without any help at all from me

on the otherhand if you seek legit software why not wait for Photoshop Elements 3?

I read somewhere in this ng or another that PSE3 is due out soon (September?)

Let’s hope it is purty decent stuff

Arty Arty Artio

"Stephan" wrote in message

"Arty Facting" wrote in message

you could get PSCS for that price there

Yeah right… have a link to share?

Stephan

Hail oh Mighty One

I see another mortal has problems with these things they call "emotions"

will they never learn?

Artio

"Joan F’r" wrote in message

Make sure you filter this name too…so you will not see the messages written under this name.

hahahahaha

in article , Joan F at
wrote on 08/25/2004 11:42 PM:

Added a Kill filter in my Agent to avoid more stupid garbage from TheOne. In more than 8000 posts here no one from this God of Usenet was useful. Will do with everyone like this kind of people, wasting time of us. From now, silently…

Sorry about my "question" about "answers". The Filter will do better job. People talking in a desert doesn’t hurt… 😀
Happy Photoshopping!

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:16:29 GMT, Frederic Banaszak
wrote:

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:43:31 +0200, Joan F wrote:
Oh geez, here we go again…

Yes, Paint is good as is Photo Editor

Artio

"Grady Seasons" wrote in message

You could just use Paint that comes free with Windows. I use it all the

time

for simple tasks.

"Bruce Baillie" wrote in message

I would like to edit photos but cannot justify the cost for Photoshop.

One

of the things I would like to do is cut or paste parts of the photo. Is there another application that will do basics at a lower cost? Thanks

"Arty Facting" wrote in message

uh-hu noway Stephan

if you wanna go non-legit please do so without any help at all from me
on the otherhand if you seek legit software why not wait for Photoshop Elements 3?

I read somewhere in this ng or another that PSE3 is due out soon (September?)

Let’s hope it is purty decent stuff

Arty Arty Artio

YOU told the OP he could get PSCS for cheap on eBay, I said : "yeah right" followed by: "…". This usually means "you are full of it", you know, like when somebody says :"sure" followed by a long silence. You advise people to go on eBay and buy pirated software, not me, let’s make that clear.

Stephan

Stephan – do a fine wine thang and matoor

"you could get PSCS for that price there

Artio
"

Arty Arty Artio

"Stephan" wrote in message

"Arty Facting" wrote in message

uh-hu noway Stephan

if you wanna go non-legit please do so without any help at all from me
on the otherhand if you seek legit software why not wait for Photoshop Elements 3?

I read somewhere in this ng or another that PSE3 is due out soon (September?)

Let’s hope it is purty decent stuff

Arty Arty Artio

YOU told the OP he could get PSCS for cheap on eBay, I said : "yeah right" followed by: "…". This usually means "you are full of it", you know,

like

when somebody says :"sure" followed by a long silence. You advise people to go on eBay and buy pirated software, not me, let’s

make

that clear.

Stephan

Bruce,

Try Corel PhotoPaint 10. You can probably pick it up for little money on Ebay. (I think v.10 was the last version that sold separately from Corel Graphic Suite). I use it for creating magazine covers and photo editing. It uses Photoshop plugin filters, so you have a lot of versitility with it. It has good support for 4-color printing and color management. I have never had a complaint about it from the printer I work with, who, BTW, prefers Adobe products to anything else.

Also, the interface is easy to use.

Ken Ryland

Bruce Baillie wrote:

I would like to edit photos but cannot justify the cost for Photoshop. One of the things I would like to do is cut or paste parts of the photo. Is there another application that will do basics at a lower cost? Thanks

Emotions? What are emotions here? Nothing. Only words travel here. It call goofy ones, I call bastard ones. What’s the difference? Some bits more or less.

An Educated by TheOne (but not enough yet, need more blood in my mouth!)

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 16:38:31 GMT, "Arty Facting" wrote:

Hail oh Mighty One

I see another mortal has problems with these things they call "emotions"
will they never learn?

Artio

Ah I see the power grow in you

Hail Oh Mighty One

Artio

"Joan F" wrote in message

Emotions? What are emotions here? Nothing. Only words travel here. It call goofy ones, I call bastard ones. What’s the difference? Some bits more or less.

An Educated by TheOne (but not enough yet, need more blood in my mouth!)

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 16:38:31 GMT, "Arty Facting" wrote:

Hail oh Mighty One

I see another mortal has problems with these things they call "emotions"
will they never learn?

Artio

"Arty Facting" wrote in message

Stephan – do a fine wine thang and matoor

"you could get PSCS for that price there

Artio

Do you mean "matoor" like in:
Tigana ayaa waxaa uu ahaa xidigihii ugu cadcadaa xulka Faransiiska 80aadii uuna
u ahaa matoor dhexda Faraxsiiska xulkii ku guuleystey koobka Yurub ee lagu …. ?

1) Learn how to use your spell check
2) Have something to say
3) Learn to reply properly

Stephan

Why, whatever you say

Arty

"Stephan" wrote in message

"Arty Facting" wrote in message

Stephan – do a fine wine thang and matoor

"you could get PSCS for that price there

Artio

Do you mean "matoor" like in:
Tigana ayaa waxaa uu ahaa xidigihii ugu cadcadaa xulka Faransiiska 80aadii uuna
u ahaa matoor dhexda Faraxsiiska xulkii ku guuleystey koobka Yurub ee lagu … ?

1) Learn how to use your spell check
2) Have something to say
3) Learn to reply properly

Stephan

No reply?

I wonder if the whine is maturing?

Arty Arty Artio

"Arty Facting" wrote in message

Why, whatever you say

Arty

"Stephan" wrote in message

"Arty Facting" wrote in message

Stephan – do a fine wine thang and matoor

"you could get PSCS for that price there

Artio

Do you mean "matoor" like in:
Tigana ayaa waxaa uu ahaa xidigihii ugu cadcadaa xulka Faransiiska

80aadii

uuna
u ahaa matoor dhexda Faraxsiiska xulkii ku guuleystey koobka Yurub ee

lagu

… ?

1) Learn how to use your spell check
2) Have something to say
3) Learn to reply properly

Stephan

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:20:35 -0700, TheOne wrote:

in article , Frederic Banaszak at
wrote on 08/25/2004 5:16 PM:

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:43:31 +0200, Joan F wrote:

Crayons? Is this the kind of answers expected here?
"TheOne"…. bad nick for a useless aid…

Oh geez, here we go again…

There is a never ending supply of goofy people that don’t know a damn thing about Usenet and have to be educated.

I do enjoy my hobby.

You’re very good at it, I must say.

Not that my opinion means anything, of course. 😉

Dobri Frederic

Can see the stars in the night sky from where you are?

At some time when you can see the stars in the sky or some other mundane or profound presence that poses and promotes thoughtfulness try this:

Imagine you, your history and those attributes that make you you.

In your village or town or city

In your county and country

In your earth and yes, even to those very stars in the sky – you are unique

The only one in history, now and future It is wonderful

Keep this in mind and the very next person you meet has exactly those same wonders and uniqueness

Great innit?

Arty

(please excuse my indulgence – I don’t usually get so profound it must be the meatballs I had at teatime)

A

"Frederic Banaszak" wrote in message

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:20:35 -0700, TheOne wrote:

in article , Frederic Banaszak

at

wrote on 08/25/2004 5:16 PM:

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:43:31 +0200, Joan F wrote:

Crayons? Is this the kind of answers expected here?
"TheOne"…. bad nick for a useless aid…

Oh geez, here we go again…

There is a never ending supply of goofy people that don’t know a damn

thing

about Usenet and have to be educated.

I do enjoy my hobby.

You’re very good at it, I must say.

Not that my opinion means anything, of course. 😉

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 23:05:15 GMT, "Arty Facting" wrote:

(please excuse my indulgence – I don’t usually get so profound it must be the meatballs I had at teatime)

A little Pepto-Bismal might help that. Plus, it’s such a nice color.

ahh thank you – the bisodol worked a treat

Artio

"Frederic Banaszak" wrote in message

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 23:05:15 GMT, "Arty Facting" wrote:

(please excuse my indulgence – I don’t usually get so profound it must be the meatballs I had at teatime)

A little Pepto-Bismal might help that. Plus, it’s such a nice color.