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WANTED: Photo Editing Software...on the cheap

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February 08, 2020, 06:19 PM
erj_pilot
WANTED: Photo Editing Software...on the cheap
Before I recently upgraded my office system to Windows 10, I was using a fairly inexpensive software program to do some pretty simple photo editing...LView Pro. Unfortunately I've misplaced the license code/key to re-activate it on my new system and I've sent 2 e-mails to the company with no response.

I'll give the company another week to respond, but calculating I won't hear jack-squat, what are some recommendations for photo editing software that won't break the bank? I don't need anything as expensive, elaborate, and detailed as Adobe Photoshop...just looking to spend $25-$30 on something that allows cropping and color touch-ups.

Thanks!!


"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne
"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
February 08, 2020, 06:25 PM
Jager
Is free okay?

Irfanview

Plugins

Just go slow and select the compatible plugins.

Enjoy.
February 08, 2020, 06:26 PM
eyrich
The Gimp

https://www.gimp.org/



February 08, 2020, 06:32 PM
Scooter123
In 2017 the owner of Lview Pro made it Freeware. Go to the web site for Lview and download it. Wont cost you a dime and you already know how to use it.


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February 08, 2020, 06:56 PM
Cous2492
LightRoom.

On the cheap, if you are not making huge prints, Google Phots has decent lighting and color adjustments.
February 08, 2020, 07:09 PM
mcrimm
Check out Affinity. Very comprehensive yet inexpensive.


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February 08, 2020, 07:11 PM
erj_pilot
Ah...I did not know that, Scooter. Thanks!!

And thanks for the other replies. If I need something other than Lview, that gives me something to go on...


"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne
"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
February 08, 2020, 07:30 PM
bigdeal
quote:
Originally posted by eyrich:
The Gimp

https://www.gimp.org/
^^^This.


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February 08, 2020, 07:53 PM
mikeyspizza
fastone.org

FastStone Image Viewer 7.4 Freeware (Last Update: 2019-08-28)

An image browser, converter and editor that supports all major graphic formats including BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, GIF, PNG, PCX, TIFF, WMF, ICO, TGA and camera raw files. It has a nice array of features such as image viewing, management, comparison, red-eye removal, emailing, resizing, cropping, color adjustments, musical slideshow and much more.
February 08, 2020, 08:04 PM
bryan11
darktable 3.0 is a free application very much like lightroom. It's extremely powerful with a bit of a learning curve. There are many tutorials on youtube and an extensive manual.
February 08, 2020, 08:07 PM
Hobbs
Gimp
February 08, 2020, 08:41 PM
mark123
quote:
Originally posted by mcrimm:
Check out Affinity. Very comprehensive yet inexpensive.
Affinity Photo is also my suggestion.
February 08, 2020, 09:34 PM
smschulz
quote:
Originally posted by erj_pilot:
Before I recently upgraded my office system to Windows 10, I was using a fairly inexpensive software program to do some pretty simple photo editing...LView Pro. Unfortunately I've misplaced the license code/key to re-activate it on my new system and I've sent 2 e-mails to the company with no response.

I'll give the company another week to respond, but calculating I won't hear jack-squat, what are some recommendations for photo editing software that won't break the bank? I don't need anything as expensive, elaborate, and detailed as Adobe Photoshop...just looking to spend $25-$30 on something that allows cropping and color touch-ups.

Thanks!!


I just went to their website > LINK
Quote from THEIR site:
"Payment of a license fee is no longer required for the use of LView Pro 2006.
The license ID 486-434-128-136 activates a copy of LView Pro 2006."

I don't know much about this particular software but if this is yours - looks like you are back in business.