Saturday, March 12, 2011

Photoshop Alternatives

Picnik is a free image editing program that offers all of the basics for free.  If you want the full version is costs $25 a year.  It is also 'affiliated' with flickr, facebook, myspace, etc.  This is the only web-based photo-editing program I have used.  There are many options for the user to choose from and is a great free/low cost alternative.

As I was researching alternatives, GIMP seemed to be recurring in many of my searches.  The one downfall I see immediately is that the user must download the program to their computer.  This is not a huge problem however.  As I was looking at the features available I think this would be a great program to download and use.  There were a variety of features just like there are on Photoshop.  

There are many great alternatives to photoshop that are currently free to the user or at a low cost.  Photoshop also offers a personal program to the public which is much less expensive, however you do get what you pay for.  There are fewer options, but for basic photo-editing it is nice.  At this point, I don't have to worry, however the next school I teach at may not be as fortunate at Keytesville.

No comments:

Post a Comment