Software for use by Newbies

[eagle star]

Is Photoshop lightroom 2 a good software to acquire for newbies or are there some other recommendation, consideration that newbies are entirely new in this game.

 

[akszaksz]

lightroom2, Adobe CS4

 

[shaoken]

If you only do simple editing like increase contrast and brightness, then those free software is also suitable for you.

 

[Octarine]

Your camera comes with bundled software. Have you tried this first?

 

[pinholecam]

Free software :

Picasa - easy; Good photo management; very dummy proof; very easy to undo; does not affect your originals

More advance (ie. photoshop type editor)
Paint.net - small and fast. Very powerful once you load in the plug-ins that you need.


If you are paying, then :

Lightroom - easy enough; good photo management; same as picasa above, but a bit more powerful and better with curves and other advanced adjustment features.

 

[ZerocoolAstra]

Not forgetting GIMP, which is free.

Free software :

Picasa - easy; Good photo management; very dummy proof; very easy to undo; does not affect your originals

More advance (ie. photoshop type editor)
Paint.net - small and fast. Very powerful once you load in the plug-ins that you need.


If you are paying, then :

Lightroom - easy enough; good photo management; same as picasa above, but a bit more powerful and better with curves and other advanced adjustment features.