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Permalink Reply by Jeanelle Caraway on March 6, 2010 at 7:30am

I totally agree about obtaining different moods through various post-processing techniques. I use Photoshop CS4 for Jpg processing, and Adobe ACR for Raw image processing.

Permalink Reply by Joseph Engel on March 7, 2010 at 11:41pm

I'm with Jeanelle. I still use cs4 for most of the visual work I have to do, granted I'm very novice and stumble my way through.

Permalink Reply by Penny Leigh Bunch on March 10, 2010 at 5:23am

I just recently got corel paintshop pro photo x2, bought it used, so I don't think it is the newest version, but I am really enjoying it so far!! Before, I was just using the Walgreens.com website to touch up what I could, but I can do so much more now! I am loving it!

Permalink Reply by Jen Ryan on March 12, 2010 at 6:39pm

I do both. I love Photoshop CS4 like it's part of my body but I also love having a photo 'naked' as I call it. Straight from the camera.
This is one of my naked photos

Permalink Reply by Joseph Engel on March 16, 2010 at 8:00pm

That looks awesome for no editing Jen! Once in a lifetime lighting!

Jen Ryan said:

I do both. I love Photoshop CS4 like it's part of my body but I also love having a photo 'naked' as I call it. Straight from the camera.
This is one of my naked photos

Permalink Reply by Jen Ryan on March 17, 2010 at 9:28am

Thanks Joseph! That day was incredible!
Here is another shot from earlier that evening.

Permalink Reply by Clarissa Knotts on April 23, 2010 at 4:37pm

I use CS4 or Photoscape. I started out with Picasa, then quickly grew out of it. I only lightly like to enhance images, but I do love turning pics into different forms of art.

Permalink Reply by Lucy Roberts on May 1, 2010 at 8:41pm

I have a pretty unhealthy fear of letting my "naked" photos loose in the world. I do 90% of my shooting in RAW so I really have to do some sort of tweaking.

I use Lightroom and CS3 and love them both!

Permalink Reply by Audrey R on December 2, 2010 at 5:38pm

I use editing programs (Picasa or Picnik) mostly for pictures of people because I think it and express more of a mood that way, but for landscapes I like to keep them as is.

I'm planning on getting Photoshop soon but for now what I use will do.

One of the pictures is a sunset, no editing. The other one is a person with editing.

Permalink Reply by Douglas Brown on March 31, 2011 at 5:15pm

I don't do a lot of editing of my photos but have found Picasa to be a decent free editor that allows me to enhance the contrast of my wildflower photos and really make them pop of the screen.

Permalink Reply by Douglas Brown on March 31, 2011 at 5:30pm

An example of the difference a little enhancement with a basic editor like Picasa can do to the initial photo.  Subtle but makes a difference.

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After