What’s the best tool for the job?

I need to purchase some photo editing software, but I’m not sure what the best tool for the job is.

What I need is basically this:

I take/have images of rooms, chambers, halls, etc with some art objects, paintings, statues, etc…

First, I need to remove some of those objects, take another picture (for ex. a painting) and paste this into the picture of the room, like it’s naturally attached to the wall.
Sometimes, the walls are in perspective, so I also need to be able to transform that picture of the new painting so it looks kinda natural in place.

So wich software tool is recommended to do all this?
I guess PhotoShop can handle all of this (and much more), but there is also the pricetag issue ;-). And I need a lot of licenses. Can PS live up to these expectations, or anything else that best fits my needs?

Thanks for any suggestions you can give me!

Regards,
Paul.

I need to purchase some photo editing software, but I’m not sure what the best tool for the job is.

What I need is basically this:

I take/have images of rooms, chambers, halls, etc with some art objects, paintings, statues, etc…

First, I need to remove some of those objects, take another picture (for ex. a painting) and paste this into the picture of the room, like it’s naturally attached to the wall.
Sometimes, the walls are in perspective, so I also need to be able to transform that picture of the new painting so it looks kinda natural in place.

So wich software tool is recommended to do all this?
I guess PhotoShop can handle all of this (and much more), but there is also the pricetag issue ;-). And I need a lot of licenses. Can PS live up to these expectations, or anything else that best fits my needs?

Thanks for any suggestions you can give me!

On 23 Jan 2004 03:33:32 -0800, (Paul Eggermont)
wrote:

I need to purchase some photo editing software, but I’m not sure what the best tool for the job is.

What I need is basically this:

I take/have images of rooms, chambers, halls, etc with some art objects, paintings, statues, etc…

First, I need to remove some of those objects, take another picture (for ex. a painting) and paste this into the picture of the room, like it’s naturally attached to the wall.
Sometimes, the walls are in perspective, so I also need to be able to transform that picture of the new painting so it looks kinda natural in place.

So wich software tool is recommended to do all this?
I guess PhotoShop can handle all of this (and much more), but there is also the pricetag issue ;-). And I need a lot of licenses. Can PS live up to these expectations, or anything else that best fits my needs?

Thanks for any suggestions you can give me!

Regards,
Paul.

Photoshop does all this.

If cost is an issue, you might consider "the GIMP"—free and available for both Linux ans Windows.

I have not used it much, but I think is has the basic functionality you are looking for.
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On 23 Jan 2004 03:33:32 -0800, (Paul Eggermont)
wrote:

I need to purchase some photo editing software, but I’m not sure what the best tool for the job is.

What I need is basically this:

I take/have images of rooms, chambers, halls, etc with some art objects, paintings, statues, etc…

First, I need to remove some of those objects, take another picture (for ex. a painting) and paste this into the picture of the room, like it’s naturally attached to the wall.
Sometimes, the walls are in perspective, so I also need to be able to transform that picture of the new painting so it looks kinda natural in place.

So wich software tool is recommended to do all this?
I guess PhotoShop can handle all of this (and much more), but there is also the pricetag issue ;-). And I need a lot of licenses. Can PS live up to these expectations, or anything else that best fits my needs?

Thanks for any suggestions you can give me!

This is fairly basic stuff with Photoshop, but it seems the price tag is overkill for what you want. If PS Elements has layers and free transform, it would be an inexpensive route. I’ve never seen Elements, though. You need something like free transform to skew the new picture to the right perspective.

I have Corel’s "Essentials" which has Photo-Paint 9. I’ve never used Photo-Paint 9 since I use PhotoShop 7, but it might do the trick. Corel sell Essentials 2 for $80, and cheaper legitimate versions may be available on eBay. Check in a Corel newsgroup with your same question.