I just downloaded a free photoshop type program called "Gimp 2". I took some photos that I had shot with my new camera in the pool and plugged them into this program. I simply went to the colors option. Then levels. Then hit Auto. I was amazed at how easy it was to really clean up the pics with this free program. I attached the before and after photos. I'm fairly new to photography in general so I don't know what you all will think, but I was quite impressed. Sorry the pictures are kinda boring. Some dive buddies invited me to the pool while they were teaching a class and I had to try out my new camera. Not much to look at in a pool so I shot the anchor since it had color.
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I've been using the Gimp for years -- I love it. I touched up some photos my girlfriend took with her Camera in Mexico, and the results were amazing. (Plus she's a good photographer and took good photos, so that probably helped more than my hitting the "auto" button)
If you can take photos in RAW, I use UFRaw (also free) as the frontend to tweak then pull it into the Gimp.
The joys of Open Source software.
I can try to put up some examples on my website this weekend.
If you can take photos in RAW, I use UFRaw (also free) as the frontend to tweak then pull it into the Gimp.
The joys of Open Source software.
I can try to put up some examples on my website this weekend.
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I started using Picasa from Google (free download) a few months ago. It is simple and has a one button "I feel lucky" that works well most of the time for some minor corrections. It works well for shallow water (40 feet or so). On a deep dive (100 feet), it is OK with light and contrast corrections. Not much it can do for color at that depth. I am only shooting a point and shoot (OLY 8000), for personal scrap books and showing friends, not professional. I do have the Adobe Photoshop, but way too cumbersome and time consuming for me.
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