|
Gimp Software Alternative
A Free Software Download
+
13 Free Bonus Software Titles
Won PC World's People's Choice Award 2007
"Best
Free Image Editor"
"Respondents like Picasa's task-oriented interface, which steps users through common
jobs like red-eye removal and color correction." - Preston Gralla, PCWorld
See Button
Below To Download Your Software
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!
Enjoy the Google Pack and enjoy Picasa Photo Editing Software!
|
