I'm looking for a reasonably priced software that has (photo) editing features, and maybe add music (wma's), as well as burn jpegs onto cd-r's/dvd-r's (so I can play them on stand alone players). I have Nero Express in my computer, so I guess that should somewhat solve the burning process, but I'm not sure if it will be compatible with the software (whatever it is I get) I will be using. Any suggestions?
mmmm I use photoshop to edit then put them into NVExpress. Adobe Photoshop don't come cheap though, Nero Vision Express allows you to make slideshows with music, what exactly are you trying to do?
Macromedia Fireworks MX can also edit photos, all depends on what you want to do Abode Photoshop with a couple of extraordinary plugins works best for me, but It will cost you abit
I want to be able to take out "red-eyes", take out/put in backgrounds, brighten/darken, fix "ghost" effects, and just general editing, nothing hardcore. More amateur/novice software. I don't even mind older versions, as long as it has a lot of features. Yeah, I tried putting jpeg images on a cd-r and it turned out horrible. It played in my stand alone dvd player, but it was on "menu mode". The pic's were shown 6-7 at a time, and the resolution was awful. I just wanted to see how it looked, but man, I messed up somewhere. I gave up after that, I didn't want to make anymore coasters. I guess I need to start experimenting with it, but I figured it'd be easier with a separate proggy, then burn with Nero. I tried following the instructions, but it didn't turn out like I had thought.
I don't know of Paintshop pro might have some of them features, and i know adobe is great at getting rid of red eye
PaintShopPro has all the features you need to make the corrections you require on your photos before you use them in a slideshow.! It's 25% of the price of Photoshop ! Unless you are a professional photographer and/or a Graphic web artist/designer the need for Photoshop is not very apparent ! You will have to combine this to MemoriesOnTv or ProshowGold to achieve your slideshow presentation ;both programs will offer to burn via Nero when you are done ! MemoriesOnTv is a bit more user friendly then ProshowGold... however you have a better choice of transistions on Proshow... ! Good luck !
What about Ulead or Pinnacle? Any experience with this two proggies? Ever tried "PictureIt" from Microsoft? I read somewhere that the install was pretty invasive. That's another one of my criterias, I don't want a proggy that's going to mess up my pc.
Ulead... Pinnacle... are more professionnal oriented software.. means less user-friendly... and more expensive.. ! Is your choice... You say !! Photoshop.. Ulead.. Pinnacle = Expensive + for professional work ! PaintShopPro.. MemoriesOnTv.. ProshowGold == reasonable price + amateur/novice work!
It's whatever suits your needs, If your looking for a novice suggestion take Jeans advice get the more user friendly tool
