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GFF's Guide to selecting and using the right software
From Feathers to Bits
By Martin Joergensen (supported by Steve Schweitzer)
Having the right software can get you even better results when editing photos for the web.
Software
Preferred applications
GFF Author Martin Joergensen uses only two programs, which come in both Mac and PC-versions.
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Programs like Photoshop have som extremely useful - and advanced - facilities.
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Photoshop
Adobe's photo-editing battle ship, which is expensive but hard to be without, once you have tried it. It is the de facto standard for professional work, and has e huge number of facilities including the best editing, adjustment tools, automation and filters in the business. It can be expanded with plug in filters and different other tools including GIF and JPEG exports.
It is expensive, but man, it is nice!
ImageReady
This is also an Adobe Program. It can be bought separately, but is boxed with Photoshop in that program's latest version. Image Ready has some state-of-the-art GIF and JPEG facilities and an interactive preview function, which makes producing properly compressed pictures a piece of cake.
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Submitted December 30th 2008
As you point out, Photoshop is an expensive piece of software for most hobbiests. An Open Source (Free) alternative which has 90% of the features of Photoshop is the Gimp (Google Gimp for download site). I'd highly recommend it to anyone looking to get started. Both the Gimp and Photoshop have a fairly high learning curve so be prepared to spend some time with it.