Photoshop

Hi everyone,

I wonder if you people out there with Photoshop could tell me what version you use, and what you find it good for, I've been looking on e.bay and was surprised at all the different versions that there are, and I'm totally lost.

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  • O.K perhaps I had better say what I'm hoping to do and will your version do this, I'm looking to remove noise when cropping a photo, make pixels smaller if this helps also when cropping a picture, and Highlight dark areas without making the whole photo look washed out. The versions I've seen on E.bay range from £30 to over a £100. Does anybody have the elements 7 or 8 and are they suitable for what I want or should I be looking at the more expensive ones.

  • Hi Bishy,

    You don't need to spend a fortune to achieve what you want. I had a massive problem with noise, and this was pointed out to me on the forum, although I already knew. I have now eliminated it simply by changing the settings on my camera. There is a noise (grain) reduction setting on the Lumix. If you set the camera to a low ISO and set the grain reduction to maximum on the camera, you will not get grain. The higher the ISO the more grain you will get. The downside of a low ISO is camera shake and blur, but the Lumix also has a good jitter stabiliser.

    As for increasing the resoution, there is no point in having it any higher than (I think) 72dpi on an ordinary PC because the screen resolutions on ordinary PCs are only about 72dpi and nothing higher will show. It is only if you want to print everything that a higher resolution will show, and that again depends on the resolution of your printer. The Lumix downloads at 180dpi on most settings.

    You can change the resolution on almost all editing software, including the freebie I use.

  • I should have said that you will never completely eliminate grain!! I made it sound like I had managed this, and of course I haven't. I'm still very much a learner.  Photos taken in low light, such as at dusk, need a higher ISO setting and therefore grain. Most of your photos will be taken in normal light conditions. I take hundreds of shots and delete a good proportion of them, as I'm sure most people do.

    Birdwatcher is quite right, many of the freebies do exactly what you are looking for. I would try one before spending a fortune on something you need a degree to use (and I'm not exaggerating). You said before you use the Nero one but don't rate it. My hubby has this on his computer and I don't rate it either.

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  • I should have said that you will never completely eliminate grain!! I made it sound like I had managed this, and of course I haven't. I'm still very much a learner.  Photos taken in low light, such as at dusk, need a higher ISO setting and therefore grain. Most of your photos will be taken in normal light conditions. I take hundreds of shots and delete a good proportion of them, as I'm sure most people do.

    Birdwatcher is quite right, many of the freebies do exactly what you are looking for. I would try one before spending a fortune on something you need a degree to use (and I'm not exaggerating). You said before you use the Nero one but don't rate it. My hubby has this on his computer and I don't rate it either.

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