Post-Processing Advice

[AvMan]

Hi guys :) Im going on holiday in a few weeks and Ill be taking my DSLR with me. As of yet I dont have any post-processing software on my laptop but because Im going to be taking lots of photos I really need to get something before I go. I don't really have enough money at the moment to head down the Adobe Photoshop route so I was wondering if anyone knew of any imaging software that doesn't cost the earth but will still get the job done well?

The software needs to be able to handle RAW format as well.

Any ideas? Thanks! :yes:

[JamesSuperBoy]

One of my buddies uses Gimp which is free -

I found a link to

http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/best-free-photo-editing-software-10-top-image-editors-you-should-try-1135489

I like your Flickr pics

Where are you going?

[Deiform]

If you have an idevice, iphoto is amazing. other than that and photoshop, I dont know of any others. MS Paint might work, but probably not.

[AvMan]

One of my buddies uses Gimp which is free -

I found a link to

http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/best-free-photo-editing-software-10-top-image-editors-you-should-try-1135489

I like your Flickr pics

Where are you going?

Yeah I've heard about Gimp before :) does it support RAW? Thanks for the feedback on the pics too. Im going up to Northumberland in the mountains, Northern England :D

[Steve Jobs]

Adobe Lightroom is pretty damn powerful in terms of processing and basic re-touching. Shoot your images in RAW and take the rest from there.

Lightroom is probably all you'll ever need - it really streamlines your workflow when you start pounding your computer with work too so you can enjoy your trip :)

[JamesSuperBoy]

Yeah I've heard about Gimp before :) does it support RAW? Thanks for the feedback on the pics too. Im going up to Northumberland in the mountains, Northern England :D


Sorry its kind of late to call my buddy and I dont really know about this but a quick search found this.

http://howtogimp.com/raw-photos-with-gimp/

So the answer is no but you get a free converter -

Enjoy the hols -

[lightPainting]

you could also download the trail version of lightroom 5.
its a 30day free trial

another option that is free is ipiccy.com

[AvMan]

Sorry its kind of late to call my buddy and I dont really know about this but a quick search found this.

http://howtogimp.com/raw-photos-with-gimp/

So the answer is no but you get a free converter -

Enjoy the hols -

Oh great, thanks James! :yes:

[JamesSuperBoy]

Is it school hols? we are of the 7th -21st wonderful.
Hope you can upload some pics -

[AvMan]

Is it school hols? we are of the 7th -21st wonderful.
Hope you can upload some pics -

Yeah it is. Im off 4th - 28th :D I'll definitely try to upload some to VT but they'll definitely be on my Flickr page. :yes:

Adobe Lightroom is pretty damn powerful in terms of processing and basic re-touching. Shoot your images in RAW and take the rest from there.

Lightroom is probably all you'll ever need - it really streamlines your workflow when you start pounding your computer with work too so you can enjoy your trip :)

Have you ever had any experience with any of the Corel PaintShop programs or the Cyberlink ones? :yes:


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[Steve Jobs]

Have you ever had any experience with any of the Corel PaintShop programs or the Cyberlink ones? :yes:

I haven't used paintshop since yonks ago! I probably wouldn't be much help with that. Lightroom has taken over :D

[AvMan]

I haven't used paintshop since yonks ago! I probably wouldn't be much help with that. Lightroom has taken over :D

Paintshop Pro X6 is the contender to Lightroom and is much cheaper so i'm thinking about that haha :D

[Steve Jobs]

Paintshop Pro X6 is the contender to Lightroom and is much cheaper so i'm thinking about that haha :D

Eh.
Get a trial of Lightroom and see how you like it. It's easy to move up to the Creative Suite too, you should always think of the future :cool:

[AvMan]

Eh.
Get a trial of Lightroom and see how you like it. It's easy to move up to the Creative Suite too, you should always think of the future :cool:

Thanks for your help :) decided to take the plunge and buy Lightroom and I'm really happy with it, getting great results! :D

[Steve Jobs]

Thanks for your help :) decided to take the plunge and buy Lightroom and I'm really happy with it, getting great results! :D

:bigsmile: Good man!
Post some stuff up, would love to check it out :)

[trustn01]

Paint.NET It's free and powerful. It's like Photoshop-Lite. Other than that I think Corel is good but difficult and expensive.

[benn_1198]

Hi guys :) Im going on holiday in a few weeks and Ill be taking my DSLR with me. As of yet I dont have any post-processing software on my laptop but because Im going to be taking lots of photos I really need to get something before I go. I don't really have enough money at the moment to head down the Adobe Photoshop route so I was wondering if anyone knew of any imaging software that doesn't cost the earth but will still get the job done well?

The software needs to be able to handle RAW format as well.

Any ideas? Thanks! :yes:

I can give you the master serial code for lightroom 5. It will get you the complete program absolutely free. All you have to do is download the free thirty day trial of lightroom 5. If you want to do this reply to this comment and i will give you the serial code.