Graphics software options

[bms]

Hi. If you going to use ricoh then you can use any software you like. Fo.simple croping etc i would sugest free picassa. Or as you mentioned elements. I us elements 6 and is powerfull software. I got it second hand f ebay and payed £5
cant go wrong for this price.

I think PhotoShop Elements 6 is available for £8.99 on play.com. Might be worth a quick search on there.

[Mark Clayton]

Hi - just wanted to post a quick update. Yesterday I downloaded a free trial of adobe photoshop elements 10 - my first impressions: very powerful software and will definitely do what I need + more. Today's task - learning photoshop hahah (or at least some of the basics). Found loads of good you tube videos to help with basic features so it's practice, practice, practice from here on in. I have some old photo's that i've always been meaning to get restored too so looks like I can tackle this as a little project and have a go myself when I master the software. So far looks like I'm going to purchase from amazon.com as its the cheapest i've found so far for elements 10. I want the latest version to make sure I don't have any compatibility problems with windows 7. Had too many headaches with windows 7 and legacy software in the past..... anyway that's it for now..... i'll let you know how I get on and once again thanks for all the support/advice - this is a fantastic forum!

[Ian M]

Mark, Have a look at this link http://www.photoanswers.co.uk/Video/ as there are a lot of video tutorials & quite a few using Elements. It's also worth buying Digital Photo magazine as it comes with a DVD with lots of very good tutorials.

[Mark Clayton]

Thanks for the link Ian - that's a big help!

[cardman]

elements works fine on win 7 64 bit version but compared to photoshop its quite basic.

[Paul]

elements works fine on win 7 64 bit version but compared to photoshop its quite basic.

true. but if you use this software most for the printing (as this is the cheapest software that use color menagment) and simple editing then is more then advance. and if you will use elements with at least 80% of his capability then you very good

[cardman]

yeh i have to use elements when printing as adobe does not have a ICC profile in it for the printer but elements does (this was installed when got the setup)
I edit template in photoshop etc and just save as psd then load into elements for printing

[Paul]

Photoshop have better color menagment then elements
what photoshop version do you own??

[cardman]

cs4 extended on main pc

on laptop i use Adobe Photoshop CS5 x32 Pre Release Portable (as it runs from my flash drive - doesnt need installing)

[Paul]

...so i dont understand why you not using this photoshops to print...