Infanview will allow you to save your files from other formats to JPG's. I'm not familiar with Photofiltre. What format does Photofiltre allow you to save files in?
Infanview is free by the way.
Infanview is free by the way.
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Free photo editing/enhancing programs?
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I'm not sure what file types exactly Photofiltre allows you to open/work with/save. I'm not sure where to find that info on it right now. I'd say probably about 10-15 different standard picture file types though.
And I'll have to check out Irfanview! Thanks everyone for the help and suggestions so far
Is it easier to work with, or does it flow better than, The Gimp?
And I'll have to check out Irfanview! Thanks everyone for the help and suggestions so far
Is it easier to work with, or does it flow better than, The Gimp?
Infanview is nothing like Gimp. Gimp is more like Photoshop, meaning it's a graphics program where you can do more things, and create cool backgrounds as well as cool special effects. Infanview is a really basic photo editor, but it will allow you to save files in the jpg format, which is the primary format used in photo editing.
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It's nothing like Gimp?? YES!!! I kind of gave up on the GIMP and uninstalled it. I am going to look at Infanview right now
Awww, don't be a quitter! I thought Gimp wasn't too bad to get started with, although I'm sure I was only skimming the surface of its capabilities. It's really "the" program to use for animations, but the trouble I had with it was file size...Just to test it out, I opened an 8K .jpg file with the Gimp, then saved it under a different name, same extension, same compression...and it magically became a 32K file. Does that make any sense?
Anyhow, this became a big issue for me with the Gimp program because I needed gif animations to be less than 50K and even optimized over and over again, I could still only get them down to 80K or so, and then they looked bad. Frustrating. And Gimp is a real processor-hog; it bogs down my little old 'puter.
I'm just now getting started with photofiltre, but I did notice on their site that there are additional downloads that may or may not include more backgrounds. You should take a look over there, Patty
Hi, Me again! I went over to http://www.photofiltre.com/ and if you use the link on the left for "downloads," there is a whole list of additional patterns almost at the bottom of the page. I downloaded the ones containing 120 and 77 patterns and just unzipped them to a file on my desktop. Then, when you open a new image in photofiltre, the "New" box opens up. Here you set the dimensions for the image, and toward the bottom you choose either background color or pattern; choose background pattern, find the folder unzipped to desktop, and pick a pattern. They are all jpg and seem to be pretty decent. Hope this helps!
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Patty...You did a beautiful job with your current Valentine siggy.
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Thanks!!Originally Posted by xocats
Patty...You did a beautiful job with your current Valentine siggy.
....Well Irfanview seem to be extremely simple, more so than even Photofiltre
LOL, simple as in "easy to use," or simple as in "this doesn't do anything that I want it to do?" It didn't sound like ifranview was what you were looking for.
I don't know what to look for in a program for making backgrounds. The one I was going to tell you about I guess wouldn't be good for that, either. But there must be SOMETHING other than the gimp program?
I don't know what to look for in a program for making backgrounds. The one I was going to tell you about I guess wouldn't be good for that, either. But there must be SOMETHING other than the gimp program?
Any thing else I think you'll have to buy. I swear by photoshop but its not cheap.
I love Photoshop myself, and that's primarily what I use for all of my graphics, however for free, The Gimp is excellent. It's just a bit harder to figure out than Photoshop, but it can pretty much do everything that Photoshop can do, and it has some EXCELLENT built in plug ins and filters, and you can create some really cool effects.
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Okay, okay.........I'm going to get some slightly earlier version of Photoshop soon, probably. At least within the next month or so maybe. Or some other program. Any suggestions? Price range probably up to about $150 or so. I know you cannot get too good a program for just that but well any recommendations???
Oh and Allezany - could you pleeeeeeease teach me how to make great backgrounds like that on Photofiltre?
Oh and Allezany - could you pleeeeeeease teach me how to make great backgrounds like that on Photofiltre?
I highly reccommend Paint Shop Pro, it's similar to Photoshop at a fraction of the price. There are also hundreds of free tutorials, brushes & tubes available on the net for PSP, plus many groups you can join for help.
I purchased version 8 about a year ago on ebay for about $25. Now you can get it for under $20, version 9 is also very affordable & ever version 10 goes for well under for under $100. If you're interested, just check on ebay.
I agree that Photoshop is an awesome program, but I surely can't afford it!
IMHO, PSP is the best value out there... you can get a great program without spending a small fortune.
I purchased version 8 about a year ago on ebay for about $25. Now you can get it for under $20, version 9 is also very affordable & ever version 10 goes for well under for under $100. If you're interested, just check on ebay.
I agree that Photoshop is an awesome program, but I surely can't afford it!
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Whoa! I never knew PSP was that cheap!! Thanks sooooo much for the info, I'll have to check on eBay. Do you know how much it goes for in stores? The version that you have?Originally Posted by cagnes
I highly reccommend Paint Shop Pro, it's similar to Photoshop at a fraction of the price. There are also hundreds of free tutorials, brushes & tubes available on the net for PSP, plus many groups you can join for help.
I purchased version 8 about a year ago on ebay for about $25. Now you can get it for under $20, version 9 is also very affordable & ever version 10 goes for well under for under $100. If you're interested, just check on ebay.
I agree that Photoshop is an awesome program, but I surely can't afford it!IMHO, PSP is the best value out there... you can get a great program without spending a small fortune.
I bought PSP at Best Buy for $99. Sounds like Ebay is the way to go. It is A LOT cheaper than Photoshop. Photoshop goes for about $700. I like Photoshop a lot better, though. For some reason, I can't figure out how to center and align things with PaintShopPro, as easily. However, there is no doubt, there are a lot of cool things you can do with PSP.Originally Posted by sweetiecat3
Whoa! I never knew PSP was that cheap!! Thanks sooooo much for the info, I'll have to check on eBay. Do you know how much it goes for in stores? The version that you have?
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You're welcome.Originally Posted by sweetiecat3
Whoa! I never knew PSP was that cheap!! Thanks sooooo much for the info, I'll have to check on eBay. Do you know how much it goes for in stores? The version that you have?
You would probably have a hard time finding version 8 in a store, I don't know what it would sell for. You can probably still find version 9 & definately get version 10 in stores for around $100.... Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart, Circuit City, Office Max, etc.
That's one thing that I liked about my old Microsoft PictureIt program, was the "center on canvas" tool.
Centering a vector is easy. Just click the "Object Selection Tool" on your tools toolbar. You can vertical center or horizontal center.
To center a raster layer, you can use a ruler or grid view, to help guide you in centering it yourself. Or if you paste your object as a "new raster layer", it will automaticly be centered on the canvas for you.
Centering hasn't been too much of a problem for me since I don't do very much centering.
Is it easy to center with Photoshop? I only have 2 days left on my trial download & I really haven't had much time to play around with it.
