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Can someone please recommend me a good bit of software for editing photos which would allow a novice to begin tweaking stuff without [i]too[/i] much difficulty?
I'm using a Mac.
I am currently using iPhoto to rather crudely tinker with brightness levels, but suspect there are more effective programs available!
If it's cheap then that's a definite bonus...
Snapseed?
GIMP 2.8
snapseed seems to be aimed at photos taken with mobile phones??
Will have a look at GIMP, seem to remember download a copy years ago but never really doing much with it.
For raw files or JPGs? Editing or just processing/developing? If you want low-cost raw processing, then check out Darktable (free). Nowhere near as intuitive as Adobe's Lightroom, but a fairly powerful processor nonetheless. Personally, I think that Lightroom is good value and great software.
Lightroom is superb.
What's the difference that makes Snapseed no good for other photos? I've only used it on iOS/Android, but it's available on MacOS and surely a photo is a photo?
I use Lightroom, which is excellent and well worth the money IMO if you take plenty of pictures, but it's not really cheap in absolute terms.
Wouldn't personally recommend Gimp as being suitable for beginners' photo editing; YMMV of course.
Lightroom seems like a good bet for you. We use it for all of our batch processing.
paint.net is free and does all the basics.
(I do like snapseed on my phone/pad though - very nice app)
I like gimp and use it a fair bit but its more a graphic design package than a photo editing suite.
Another vote for Seahorse
What limitations of iPhoto do you think you've reached?
Photoshop Elements, available for £50 if you shop around. It's full Photoshop with a few features missing, for 1/6 the price.
Lightroom 4 on a mac ....works really well
Gimp seemed fragmented ....
Agreed iphoto doesnt flow feel logical
Still miss photoshop after switch to mac but light room works for 95% of the work
28 day demo on lightroom from there website not on app store
I do most of my simple stuff in Picasa. In fact I don't do any complicated stuff. RAW processing is done with the Sony bundled software and the rest in Picasa, with the odd pic chucked through photomatix for tone mapping
Kinda related...
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Lightroom here too.
As you're on a Mac, you could try Aperture also, but as I still do most of my photo editing on a PC, I've stuck with lightroom, which is exceedingly good for efficient workflow and powerful editing if you don't need layers. All it needs is CA fill and slightly better brushes for dodging and burning.
The trouble is, Adobe know that too, and would rather you spent considerably more on photoshop
Lightroom if you want to process lots of photos in the same way and quickly. Photoshop elements if you want to 'tweak' individual photos occasionally but in more detail than Lightroom