photoscape X

I prefer my photos to be very natural looking, but sometimes they need a bit of help--a spot removed, a bit of cropping, taking a light pole out of the scene (!)--and Photoscape has worked well for me for years, especially since it's free.

If you take a little time to click all the options to learn how it works, you will find that Photoscape does just about everything you need.  The process I use the most is adjusting the colors and the brightness when the settings on my camera are not quite right.

It also comes in handy when I upload my photos to my blog. I resize the longest side to 900px (and then make them 'original size') for two reasons:

                  1) they upload very quickly and, therefore, load faster when others visit

                  2) they look fine on computer screens but the resolution is too low to be printed if they are 'borrowed' without my permission.

If you are looking for an editing program, give it a try.  

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Years later...

I hadn't been to the photoscape site for a long, long time until another blogger mentioned there was a new version. It's called photoscape x. It's still free and does even more things!!

Because I have enjoyed using this program for many years, I decided to purchase the 'pro' version as a way to support the program. It is much less expensive than many others.

You can change the black background to white, if you prefer. Click here for  photoscape x.

3 comments:

Mikael Bergman said...

I'm using photoscape i sometimes
that's a good tool

Andrea said...

Hi i am not very good following instructions in the computer, so i do not easily change what i've been used to. But you said it as if it is really easy, maybe i will try. I have long been using Picasa for cropping and slight editing. And i like the face of your blog using wide photos unlike the template i am currently using. Maybe i will try this too. Thanks much.

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