photo software

[shane shaw]

I have a Canon EOS 400D and want to know what is the best computer software for a pc to edit and touch up photos ? a lot will be astro photos and some will be just normal pictures. I currently have digital phot profesional that came with the camera.
I thing I would like to do also is take the red eye's out of photos that i forgot to take out when i took the photo ??
any help would be appreciated


shane shaw

[iceman]

Photoshop is the best, but also the most complicated.

Photoshop Elements is its younger cousin and can do a lot of what photoshop does without the complexity. Might be a good place to start.

[ving]

yup, photoshop seems to be the popular choice. i use paint shop pro 10, but thats on normal pics not astro.

[acropolite]

Paintshop is very easy to use, but as Mike said Photoshop is the best. There are also lots of how to books on photoshop.

[Phil]

photoshop best program i have used it for years.
Phil

[astro_south]

If you want to make broad changes to pictures - then perhaps Lightroom is another option. I have had a play with it and I like it a lot - though I can't remember if it removes redeye. If you want to make detailed touch-ups then Photoshop is your best bet, but if you want something more advanced than DPP (and easier to use and set up a flowpath of processing pictures), then Lightroom might be just the ticket. From what I have read, the next version of Photoshop (CS3?) has components of LR built in.

[nightsky]

G'Day,
The one Mike suggested PhotoShop Elements Ver 5 is on special at this shop http://www.softwareoutlet.com/cat/GRA-006 and considering the Australian $ is strong at the moment,it's really cheap,not sure how much the postage is though.worth checking out.
Cheers
Arthur