Like the title saids, i would like the users of LYN to recommend me a photo editing software. I am using it mostly for web design purposes such as creat banner, buttons and so on. I prefer open source software and lightweight. I've tried photoshop cs2 before but it's not my type and it's too resource eating. I prefer something more user friendly. Thx

there's alot of freeware out there like Paint.net,GIMP but i think i'll prefer PHOTOSHOP coz i've been using it since 4 yrs ago...

adobe photoshop but the licensed software easily cost you over rm2k.
the cheaper solution is adobe photoshop element. license software cost underr rm500. cut down version of photoshop but we can always install the add on.

you may try google's own picasa which is available for free download,

How about GIMP? izit good?

Actually GIMP is the choice after A-Photoshop, but people only familiar with Photoshop. GIMP is a good and advance editing software, only they do not want to spend time to learn, just a bit different with adobe, I use it before.

If you interesting, try to exprience it. You won't regret!

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Added on February 19, 2008, 2:49 pmActually GIMP is the choice after A-Photoshop, but people only familiar with Photoshop. GIMP is a good and advance editing software, only they do not want to spend time to learn, just a bit different with adobe, I use it before.

If you interesting, try to exprience it. You won't regret!

GIMP is ok...just kinda different frm photoshop...need time to digest on how to use GIMP coz the shortcuts are different frm photoshop..

out topic : how to crop photos using GIMP???anyone can teach me???

thx alot..downloading GIMP now, actually i dun have photoshop to begin with, hence start from scratch isn't a problem for me..

Does GIMP suppprt vista?
I have problem when i try to install it.

A little bit confuse every software on Vista support not only GIMP. We only can descripe like this "Gimp can be use under Vista but not fully support." :-P

i usually used cs2 because easy...we can edit everything from cs2

i personally prefer photoshop series (CS, CS2, etc) been using it since photoshop 5.0
bout the resources eating, its not so resources eating unless you open photoshop, illustrator and some software all together and doing on some kind of big banner project...

Lol, yeah i've been using photoshop since 5.5
Those days only got 64mb of ram on my pIII 550mhz, still can run fairly well

Edit: recommends photoshop or gimp

IMHO picassa is a photo management software .. not editing (ya, it has function to crop and such but that's it)

yup .. photoshop is not a resource hogging software .. i think what TS meant is harddisk space (1gig)

did TS mention about harddisk space??
i think he din mention about that.

anyway,i think the best freeware is still GIMP and its function is almost same as Adobe photoshop....

err .. resource doesnt mean ram. if that's what u assume u understand ..

and i didn said "yo, he meant harddisk space", i just said "i think ... bla2"

I think Adobe Photoshop (CS,CS2) most useful ~bcs i'm also using it too~

Since this is a photo editing thread question thingy, I want to ask, is there any software capable of sharpening my images? Of course its impossible to increase the quality of a low resolution image, but what about "bring out the clarity" of an image ?

In Photoshop, Filter > Sharpen.... BUT it is only for minor enhancement. You can also merely highlight a particular item you wish to "bring out the clarity" for enhancement. Sometimes if, as you said, quality of the resolution is too poor, then you are left few choices but to redo or recapture at a higher res if it is screen captured image.

try Paint.Net.

http://www.getpaint.net/features.html