any free photgraphy software that`s good for the novice?

Does anyone know of any free software that would be easily understood by someone who hitherto has just pointed the lens at something and clicked-that`s as much as I have learned.


It has to be idiot friendly.

 

Hi, Claire

I did a lot of searching some time back and found this one which I find fairly simple to use ....

http://www.picnik.com/

 

Thanks Guys-thought I would have a play.

 

Paint shop pro by corel is not free but is a basic good programme £50 online.
CJ.

 

Picnik is really FUN, but it can only be used online, that sometimes is a PITA.
Paint.net and Photoscape can be downloaded gratis and are pretty good albeit less glamourous. Paint.net is slightly less intuitive than the other two, and it is a bit slow sometimes, but it's pretty easy to get to use it,and has some really nice tools and lots of free plug-ins to make even more things. These may or may not crash your system (huzzay!) depending on what processor you have. Lunapic is another online editor that is funny to use for playful things but it is not, in my opinion at the same level as the others. Photobucket has also an online editing thingy, which is free, but I did not use it much.

 

I`ve tried the ones Victoria and Marley suggested, thanks guys, I will try those you suggest now Ivory.

Benacre, thanks for the offer-very trusting of you, but it`s best if I don`t borrow things of worth-I have a full house of rambunctious inhabitants

 

Not sure it qualifies as "photo software" (in fact I'm not sure what sort of things photographers do with software these days; I've got a copy of Photoshop but I use so little of it that I can't begin to imagine what the rest does!)

Anyway, the thing I use for resizing, adjust colours, sharpen, red eye ... etc. is

http://www.irfanview.net/

 

Claire, editing is a lot of fun, but do not bother with the instructions for use! Just take a little time to fool aound aimlessly,the trial and error sistem is the easiest, and you can always undo, or close a pic without saving and start from the beginning!

 

I can`t claim to have ever read instructions on anything to do with pcs-hardware or software, so I will most certainly be using that approach Ivory,

Thanks all for the very useful replies.

Much appreciated.

 

lol, that's my british twin allright! :D

 

If you want a really good, free application, go for The Gimp. It is very comprehensive and runs the "Professional" applications close. Why buy expensive software when you can get a very good one for FREE?

 

I'm the same but when i see cameras for sale thye all seem to use a point and shoot one more than their bigger more expensive ones:lollol: