Cleaning up back scatter

[DiveLvr]

Can anyone tel me of some inexpensive (maybe shareware) software I can use to "clean up" my pictures. I'd like to take out back skatter but also come of my pictures need some color or contrast adjustement, cropping, etc.

Thanks in advance,

DiveLvr

 

[DevonDiver]

Photoshop does a great job, but not hardly shareware. You can get older copies/versions though. I use CS2 and it works fine.

Noise filter and history brush (darken/lighten) is the trick

 

[under water]

Have you tried the software that came with your camera. Some of those products (Canon, Olympus, etc) are pretty good these days. You might be able to download them from the manufacturer's website.
I use Lightroom and Elements from Adobe. Not shareware, but you can download a trial and if you are, or know, a student, can get a discount if they buy it.

Picasa & GIMP are two popular free photo editing products.

 

[Doubler]

You don't need full blown Photoshop. Go to COSTCO or Amazon and pickup Photoshop Elements 9 they may be up to 10 now. Costs around $90. You can do everything you want with it. Later on pick Topaz.

Jim

 

[CuNanoTube]

Just a note: About 10% of people who have photoshop have paid for it.
You can read whatever you want from that.

You could also check out GIMP. It is open source and generally quite good.

 

[Michael Kazma]

It is not cheap but Adobe Lightroom is amazing! All photographers should have it

 

[Jax]

Just a note: About 10% of people who have photoshop have paid for it.
You can read whatever you want from that.

You could also check out GIMP. It is open source and generally quite good.

:citation:

 

[CuNanoTube]

:citation:

Okay, the semi-official rate is 60% (illegal), but I would stipulate many many more have illegally DL'd the program.
Software Piracy

I would be pretty sure that the demographic that pirates software is concentrated in students however. (I may have over 1TB of "Free" data....)

 

[Jax]

+1 on the GIMP . . .

 

[scubamarketing]

Get your lighting right and you won't need to clean up backscatter

As for free, another vote for Picasa and GIMP.