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tgos3:


I'm not a photo guy, so I can't say if this will do what you need, but the price is right.

Worth trying before laying out cash for a paid app I would think.

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I am a photo guy. 
I have tried GIMP several times and gave up. finding it frustrating to use, with poor ergonomics (i.e. it doesn't fit the way my brain wants to work ;-) , with the second steepest learning curve of anything I have tried.  Since I already had PS and LR, it wasn't worth the effort for me.   There is a reason that PS and LR are pretty much the standards of the photo editing industry (with a few other contenders, some on Mac only) aside from mere historical inertia.

If you are willing to put up with GIMP, consider trying RawTherapee, which has the deepest, most flexible and technically sophisticated (in terms of what is exposed to the user) controls I have encountered, but also a steep learning curve.  There is a large user community, lots of tutorials and a very big User Manual.  All free for home or small business (i.e. <$25 K income from photo work per year)  I use it occasionally when i want to get down to the nitty gritty of stuff that Photoshop and Lightroom have made more 'user friendly' but also more opaque, but I have not mastered it yet.   I did not mention it before because it certainly has a steep learning curve, steeper than Lightroom or Photoshop, at least in my experience.

If you aren't willing to study the manual, don't even think about using it routinely, IMO.  Check it out online and see if it is not too overwhelming for your purposes.
http://rawtherapee.com/ 

The ergonomics are pretty reasonable, but the number of choices in how to process stuff is daunting...'with great power comes great responsibility' to figure out which of the many features work best for you, on any particular image.  It helps if you actually have a reasonable technical understanding of the characteristics of digital images, but the User Manual teaches you about that pretty well.

If/when i get my next camera that can not be used with my versions of PS and LR, I will probably try to master RawTherapee, rather than be Assimilated by Adobe subscription apps.

I don't think either of these is what you are looking for, but since GIMP was mentioned, I thought you might as well be made aware of what may be the most flexible and sophisticated free editor for civilians (i.e. not medical, aerospace, NASA, JPL, NSA, etc).  Not for the casual user, though, at least in my experience.

tg

beatkilla:
I didn't realize Lightroom was a yearly subscription deal now.....i have the standalone versions from years ago.

I still run a Canon 1d mkiv and 1dX so i am old school. :lol:

tgos3:

--- Quote from: beatkilla on July 30, 2023, 08:14:03 AM ---I didn't realize Lightroom was a yearly subscription deal now.....i have the standalone versions from years ago.

I still run a Canon 1d mkiv and 1dX so i am old school. :lol:

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I still shoot 6x7cm and 35mm B&W film, develop it, and scan it, so I am very old school,
but I edit the scans in PS and LR, and I also do lots of digital photography, so I am not a Luddite ;-)

DrumistSiveston:

--- Quote from: TSNéa on July 31, 2023, 06:30:40 PM ---Hi,
When I worked with buy phenq Windows, I used a free version of Photo Filtre.
I was satisfied with the basic performance, as I'm in no way a photo guy.

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This is good. Do share some of your edited photos with us.  8)

bluewingolive:
Wow! Thanks for all of your feedback and experience sharing.  Alot to ponder.

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