If you have Windows 7 you may want to try Windows Essentials - it has a good photo manager and I have used the editing tools - easy and work very well.
It's free and there's plenty of tutorials etc for it.
support.microsoft.com/hub/4338813/windows-help
There's also The GIMP, or GIMPshop, which is the same program made to look and act like Photoshop. Both are free and work very well.
I am learning lightroom and I don't find it all that logical.
Depends pug what level you want to do.
Picasa does straighten, crop, fix light levels, saturation, basic effects like sepia etc. Also has a blemish/touch up tool for small hides.
The latest photoshop has 'content aware fill', google it, amazing. But harder to learn, you need to get your head around layers/masks.
Paint shop pro is like a slightly dumbed down version of photoshop, easy to make nice graphic effects.
This is all good![]()
Mrs Pugsie is doing her diploma in photography and has arrived at the first module which involves digital touch-ups... I think we have Picasa - but I have no idea how to use it
Also have Corel 10 - I was pretty good with that around 10 yrs ago... Is PaintShop Pro the Corel thing that Mr Google found for me![]()
download.cnet.com/Corel-PaintShop-Pro/3000-2192_4-10001995.html