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In the quest to find free photo editing software, I have compiled a list of
minimum requirements for the “Free software” category. Of course,
in the paid category, more features would be required. The min-requirements
list for your photo editing software should include: auto-scan, create album,
join one picture to multiple albums, password protect pictures, fixes, basic
editing, sharing, printing, and backup.
Auto-scan should be able to scan your entire computer hard drive for pictures
and catalog them in a generic fashion such as date. This will then free you up
to do the creative part of categorizing them instead of the tedious part of
finding them!
Album creation is just tagging your pictures into a collection by name. This
name is your album name. It’s that simple.
You should be able to join one picture to multiple albums because pictures are
multi-dimensional. You may take a picture of a flower in South Dakota and file
it in the “South Dakota trip” album; however, later you build a
“Flowers” album and now you need to store that same picture in the
“Flowers” album also. You don’t want to use up disk space
with multiple copies of the picture you just want to set two references to it.
That is the power of joining one picture to many albums.
Password protecting is always a good feature for your photo album. There are
pictures that mean a lot to you but you want it to stay private. You could have
pictures of the placement of valuables that are hidden but you want to have
pictures to help you find them again if you forget. This is just one
application of password-protecting pictures.
Fixes are the features that allow you to make it fast and easy to crop, remove
red eye, fix the contrast and color, and enhance your digital pictures.
Basic editing encompasses the ability to add visual effects, add captions,
zoom, and tilt.
You should be able to share you pictures with your photo editing software. You
should be able to send them via email, publish them to the web on your own
website. You should be able to make slideshows or move them to your iPod.
Printing is self explanatory. If your photo editing software can’t print
your pictures to a nice and expensive photo paper to keep or share in hard copy
form, you’re limited…very limited.
Your photo editing software should also give you a convenient way to backup
your pictures. You need to be able to keep them safe in a location other than
your local drive.
What is my specific recommendation for free photo editing
software? It is Picasa.
Click the Google Pack Button
below and install a copy for yourself plus the other
13 software goodies
that come with it called Google Pack.
NOTE:
I have been informed that
some of the titles are only
available for a limited time. Hurry! Download and install your copy
today before some of the software titles disappear!
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