Guide To Imaging Software
Say cheese! For years, home users and graphic designers have enjoyed the benefits of truly remarkable imaging software. In this guide, we’ll explore the ins and outs of what imaging software can do for you, and who are the leaders in the field of digital photo editing.
Most imaging software has certain basic features. It allows you to open pictures saved in various data formats (JPEG, GIF, TIFF, PNG, BMP, and more). It lets you change the brightness and contrast, crop, resize, rotate, transfer them to various media (such as floppy drives, hard drives, CDs, DVDs, and flash drives), change colors in some way, add text, and print them. More advanced software also allows you to straighten photos, duplicate areas of the picture, break down the picture into layers, adjust specific color channels, convert photos into various color modes (RGB color, CYMK color, Lab color, Grayscale, Line Art, and so forth), and optimize pictures for web sites (to maintain quality while reducing load time).
There was a time when computerized pictures were simply no match for pictures taken with a traditional camera. But the technology has advanced to the point that digital photos are now just as good (or even better, depending on the circumstances) than their classic counterparts. Of course if you’re just a hobbyist, you could settle for a ink jet quality print out of that funny photo of you during a weekend in Austin or your favorite pet. But even at the professional level, advances in both software and hardware allow experts to combine innovative programs and sophisticated reproduction devices (like thermal infared printers) to achieve near perfection.
Who is at the top of the list? It depends. In terms of quality, there is no contest. Adobe Photoshop is the leader in professional photo editing. I’m a graphic designer and use it myself—and trust me, there’s nothing that Photoshop can’t do besides fix dinner for you. But it comes at a heavy price. It’s price is around $620. Yeah, that’s what I say too…ouch! Their biggest competitor is Corel Photo Paint. In terms of price, how does free sound? Of course most of those programs don’t have a lot of the more advanced features. Free programs include IrfanView, Google Picasa, Windows Paint (comes pre-installed on Windows PCs), The GIMP, Serif PhotoPlus, and ImageForge.
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