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 Big Tall Olaf
 
Location: Waterbury, CT
Gender: Male
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< on 1/10/2014 5:02 PM >
|  | | | I've been shooting for a couple of years now, and I've been using the software that came with my Nikon to edit. It has some basic cropping and color editing and exposure and all that, what I want to do now is be able to cut pictures together. I tried to pirate Photoshop but it fried my hard drive, and don't have the money to get a legit version. What are my options for getting some software that will be able to cut things together, maybe layer them and color spot some of it? There's got to be an off brand software that isn't going to cost me $700.
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NotLost
  
Location: PA
Gender: Male
No sir, I'm not lost.
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<Reply # 1 on 1/10/2014 5:14 PM >
| | | | This is what I started playing with. It's free ~ is that a fair price?
http://www.gimp.org/
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Big Tall Olaf
Location: Waterbury, CT
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 2 on 1/10/2014 6:00 PM >
| | | | Free is actually a wonderful price! I'll try gimp when I get home to my computer late tonight, post a few of my more recent pictures once I'm at the hard drive. Thank you, kind sir.
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macaroo
 
Location: Atlanta, GA
Gender: Male
meep
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<Reply # 3 on 1/10/2014 6:51 PM >
| | | | You can get Photoshop & Lightroom (which is what I use) through a new subscription program for only $9.99/month. I personally don't have it but it's something I might do some time because I want to learn some Photoshop too. Anyway, it's definitely a great deal to try it out. Apparently it's based off a yearly subscription but you can cancel within the first 30 days if you don't like it.
http://www.techspo...iption-to-all.html
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Se7eN
Location: Seattle, Washington
Gender: Male
coming to an elevator shaft near you.
| | Re: Photo editing software
<Reply # 4 on 1/10/2014 7:05 PM >
| | | | a little Google Fu and a visit to ThePirateBay would likely furnish a pirated version of both Lightroom and Photoshop, if that's your thing.
I'd recommend not frying hard drives, I hear they don't taste great, they're much better baked.
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fiftyone_eggs
 
Location: jerzey
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Photo editing software
<Reply # 5 on 1/10/2014 7:05 PM >
| | | | Online Photoshop:
http://pixlr.com/editor/
F PhotoShop and their $50/month cloud subscription.
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Intrinsic
 
Location: Collingwood
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 6 on 1/10/2014 8:10 PM >
| | | | How does Photoshop 'fry' one's hard drive?
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Dr_Fu_Manchu
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<Reply # 7 on 1/10/2014 9:08 PM >
| | | | Posted by macaroo
You can get Photoshop & Lightroom (which is what I use) through a new subscription program for only $9.99/month. I personally don't have it but it's something I might do some time because I want to learn some Photoshop too. Anyway, it's definitely a great deal to try it out. Apparently it's based off a yearly subscription but you can cancel within the first 30 days if you don't like it.
http://www.techspo...iption-to-all.html
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You have to have a version of CS3+ in order to get that deal. Without having previously owning Photoshop the deal is much more
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RescueMe1060
Location: San Francisco
Gender: Male
Radioactivity, its in the air for you & me
| | Re: Photo editing software
<Reply # 8 on 1/10/2014 9:11 PM >
| | | | Posted by Se7eN
a little Google Fu and a visit to ThePirateBay would likely furnish a pirated version of both Lightroom and Photoshop, if that's your thing.
I'd recommend not frying hard drives, I hear they don't taste great, they're much better baked.
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are you saying it'll fry your computer if you were to download it from that site you mentioned?
http://www.flickr....rescueme1060/sets/
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tiffers
Location: Texas
Gender: Female
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<Reply # 9 on 1/11/2014 1:04 AM >
| | | | If you download trusted items from The Pirate Bay, nothing gets fried. Just don't go hog-wild and download every dadgum thing because it's free. Do you research, read comments and feedback, and you're fine.
Flickr: https://www.flickr...9156858@N05/albums |
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PierreB
Location: Montreal, QC
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 11 on 1/13/2014 4:45 PM >
| | | | I'm a full time photographer and 90% of my editing (whether it be live music, portraits and yes, urbex shots) are done with Adobe Lightroom.
The software is very easy to use and pretty flexible. Photoshop is nice, but I find it is way too big for my needs. Adobe created Lightroom for photographers and with photographers, and it uses the same algorithms that Photoshop uses.
The only thing missing for some of you urbex photographers is the HDR function. I don't HDR, so it's a non-issue for me.
Software runs around $150. It is sometimes on sale, just before the holidays you could pick it up for $70.
Versatile, easy to use, powerful... my go to software for sure.
pierrebphoto.com |
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tiffers
Location: Texas
Gender: Female
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<Reply # 12 on 1/13/2014 10:51 PM >
| | | | Posted by PierreB
The only thing missing for some of you urbex photographers is the HDR function. I don't HDR, so it's a non-issue for me.
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My personal opinion is that the HDR function of Photoshop is trash. I don't use Photoshop for my HDR, but Photomatix. I've tried a few other programs as well, but Photomatix was my favorite for HDR.
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PierreB
Location: Montreal, QC
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 13 on 1/14/2014 12:25 AM >
| | | | Posted by tiffers
My personal opinion is that the HDR function of Photoshop is trash. I don't use Photoshop for my HDR, but Photomatix. I've tried a few other programs as well, but Photomatix was my favorite for HDR.
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Totally agree, the few times I've done HDR have been with Photomatix. Although I read that the CS6 Photoshop has a much improved HDR algorithm, but for specific applications like HDR, I prefer specific softwares 
pierrebphoto.com |
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tiffers
Location: Texas
Gender: Female
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<Reply # 14 on 1/14/2014 7:56 PM >
| | | | Posted by PierreB
Totally agree, the few times I've done HDR have been with Photomatix. Although I read that the CS6 Photoshop has a much improved HDR algorithm, but for specific applications like HDR, I prefer specific softwares
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I haven't messed with it too much in CS6. I toyed with it a bit in CS5, but not since I upgraded. I think I'm too comfortable with Photomatix...creature of habit and all that.
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PierreB
Location: Montreal, QC
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 15 on 1/14/2014 9:04 PM >
| | | | Posted by tiffers
I haven't messed with it too much in CS6. I toyed with it a bit in CS5, but not since I upgraded. I think I'm too comfortable with Photomatix...creature of habit and all that.
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We are all like that. I'm a fan of once I find a formula that works, why mess with it? Good to know what newer versions and softwares do, but I'm soooo not an upgrade whore. Still have an old iphone, Lightroom 4 and run Windows 7. Won't even mention my TV :p
pierrebphoto.com |
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Se7eN
Location: Seattle, Washington
Gender: Male
coming to an elevator shaft near you.
| | Re: Photo editing software
<Reply # 16 on 1/14/2014 9:17 PM >
| | | | Posted by RescueMe1060
are you saying it'll fry your computer if you were to download it from that site you mentioned?
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no, I imagine that it'd be just fine so long as you read the comments on the given torrent you're thinking about using. tiffers' is right, if you use some caution you'll be fine. That's not to say I've never had to eradicate a virus obtained from a torrent downloaded through that site, so be aware.
Posted by tiffers
If you download trusted items from The Pirate Bay, nothing gets fried. Just don't go hog-wild and download every dadgum thing because it's free. Do you research, read comments and feedback, and you're fine.
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DawnPatrol
Gender: Female
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<Reply # 17 on 1/15/2014 1:24 AM >
| | | | Nothing i have used so far has come anywhere near the quality of lightroom. You can buy it for $80 if you're a student or $150 if you're not. Absolutely worth it if you do a lot of photography and have something against obtaining a free version... otherwise just download it.
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Eschaton
Location: Western NC
Gender: Male
Entry: Eschaton (es-kuh-tawn) noun | end of time, climax of history | Etymology: Greek for 'last'
| | | Re: Photo editing software
<Reply # 18 on 1/15/2014 9:43 PM >
| | | | For everyone who cited that Lightroom lacks an HDR function:
http://www.photogr...ducts/lrenfuse.php
It's donationware, so it's no more than the price of a beer.
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