Chadeaux
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There are lots of photo editing programs out there, the most famous of which is photoshop. They were always super expensive, so I didn't use them. The subscription model was cheaper but if you miss your monthly payment, you can't work.
There are many free editors as well, of which I liked Gimp --- even though I never quite got comfortable with it, I did get great results.
Since about 2005 I've been using Paintshop Pro Ultimate (always spend the extra because I get plenty of goodies to expand my capabilities). This year though, they changed their licensing model (install on one desktop and only 1 laptop --- used to be 2 laptops which worked great for me).
As much as I hate what Serif did when they suddenly dropped their "Plus" line of software (had been a customer since the 1990's with their desktop publishing and photo editing software), I have to admit that I'm taken with their Affinity Photo. Really like the way I can work my images to get the results I am looking for.
Sure, we shoot every image to be as close to perfect as possible, but they all need a bit of "tweaking" here and there.
What do you guys and gals think? What's your go to program, and why?
There are many free editors as well, of which I liked Gimp --- even though I never quite got comfortable with it, I did get great results.
Since about 2005 I've been using Paintshop Pro Ultimate (always spend the extra because I get plenty of goodies to expand my capabilities). This year though, they changed their licensing model (install on one desktop and only 1 laptop --- used to be 2 laptops which worked great for me).
As much as I hate what Serif did when they suddenly dropped their "Plus" line of software (had been a customer since the 1990's with their desktop publishing and photo editing software), I have to admit that I'm taken with their Affinity Photo. Really like the way I can work my images to get the results I am looking for.
Sure, we shoot every image to be as close to perfect as possible, but they all need a bit of "tweaking" here and there.
What do you guys and gals think? What's your go to program, and why?