Photo Editors - Free and Excellent

g21-30 · February 10th, 2009, 02:16 PM

The thread discussing the display of license plates made me think of this. I discovered this "free" photo editor a few years ago. It is well maintained and has many features only available in more expensive packages (Photoshop comes to mind). I use it on a daily basis.

Try it out:

http://www.irfanview.com/

Feel free to expand this list with any that you favor!

kkim · February 10th, 2009, 02:18 PM

I use that plus an older version of a program called ThumbsPlus.

Alex · February 10th, 2009, 03:01 PM

http://www.gimp.org/

The Gimp is a very powerful photo editing program. Not as easy to use as Irfanview, but more powerful. Can do about 80% of what you can do in Photoshop, and it's free. Photoshop is more powerful, and more user friendly, but free is good as well.

Broom · February 10th, 2009, 03:09 PM

flickr has a pretty good built in photo editor too

BlueTyke · February 11th, 2009, 11:23 AM

Great Idea Sam!

Some free stuff I know about. I usually take pictures at the maximum size my camera can do and so they are rather huge files. While I do keep a set uneditied I also re-size them.

The best multiple image re-sizer I found is MIR this is fairly easy to use and it's pretty fast. There are a lot of other options you can do like adding text to each photo (aka watermarks) and so on.

AND

If you like pano's (multiple shots taken to expand a landscape) Autostitch is an awesome and FREE program that will stitch them together for you!

Example:
Bay Area, Nor Cal.

If I remember any more I'll throw them up

Broom · February 11th, 2009, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueTyke

Great Idea Sam!

If I remember any more I'll throw them up

eww

komohana · February 11th, 2009, 12:46 PM

thanx for the links and suggestions in this regard...cool

noche_caliente · February 11th, 2009, 07:02 PM

there's a windows live thing that does a decent photo stitch too.... of course it IS a windows thing - but some people like windows...

grandmaster · February 11th, 2009, 10:18 PM

GIMP didn't work for me, it shuts down after I try and import a picture....don't think I have a virus, but I could be wrong.

February 10th, 2009, 02:16 PM	#1
g21-30 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Sam Location: Northern Virginia Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): Ninja 250R 2009 Posts: A lot.	Photo Editors - Free and Excellent The thread discussing the display of license plates made me think of this. I discovered this "free" photo editor a few years ago. It is well maintained and has many features only available in more expensive packages (Photoshop comes to mind). I use it on a daily basis. Try it out: http://www.irfanview.com/ Feel free to expand this list with any that you favor!

February 10th, 2009, 03:01 PM	#3
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	http://www.gimp.org/ The Gimp is a very powerful photo editing program. Not as easy to use as Irfanview, but more powerful. Can do about 80% of what you can do in Photoshop, and it's free. Photoshop is more powerful, and more user friendly, but free is good as well. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

February 10th, 2009, 03:09 PM	#4
Broom Track Junkie Name: Jon Location: Dallas Join Date: Dec 2008 Motorcycle(s): '08 Ninja 250r Track Bike, DR350 commuter, KDX220 woods bike Posts: 602	flickr has a pretty good built in photo editor too __________________________________________________ Las Escobas -- Track Bikes Save Lives JonBroom.com

February 11th, 2009, 11:23 AM	#5
BlueTyke So slow I'm first! Name: Sunny Location: San Jose, CA Join Date: Oct 2008 Motorcycle(s): 06 Kawasaki Ninja EX250 Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 10	Great Idea Sam! Some free stuff I know about. I usually take pictures at the maximum size my camera can do and so they are rather huge files. While I do keep a set uneditied I also re-size them. The best multiple image re-sizer I found is MIR this is fairly easy to use and it's pretty fast. There are a lot of other options you can do like adding text to each photo (aka watermarks) and so on. AND If you like pano's (multiple shots taken to expand a landscape) Autostitch is an awesome and FREE program that will stitch them together for you! Example: Bay Area, Nor Cal. If I remember any more I'll throw them up __________________________________________________ Learn from the mistakes of others, you cannot make them all yourself. Save yourself the trouble and Learn.

February 11th, 2009, 12:46 PM	#7
komohana ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Steve Location: Kekaha, Kauai HI Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 05 GSX-R 600 2003 EX250: Woodcraft Bars, Levers, Mirrors, Shim'd Mixture, Synthetic, '08 Rear Shock Posts: A lot.	thanx for the links and suggestions in this regard...cool __________________________________________________ Remember when sex was safe and motorcycles were dangerous?

February 10th, 2009, 02:18 PM	#2
kkim Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: Too much.	I use that plus an older version of a program called ThumbsPlus.

February 11th, 2009, 07:02 PM	#8
noche_caliente ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Kim Location: mundo de ensueño Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): '08 250 Posts: A lot.	there's a windows live thing that does a decent photo stitch too.... of course it IS a windows thing - but some people like windows...

February 11th, 2009, 10:18 PM	#9
grandmaster ninjette.org member Name: Levi Location: St. George, Utah Join Date: Dec 2008 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Ninja 250R, CR125R Posts: 191	GIMP didn't work for me, it shuts down after I try and import a picture....don't think I have a virus, but I could be wrong.

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