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Photographer

Vitabello

Posts: 148

Nicosia, Sicily, Italy

Hi guy's,

I might have a strange question. Please note that i'm not a professional photographer like the most of you.

I love to make pictures of daily things. Like a beautiful car.. or a man painting his house, or a cat chasing a mouse. Things like that.

Personally i don't have photoshop. And i like to edit my pictures with filters on online filterwebsites. Don't get mad, i just like to do that wink

The thing is.. The programs i know, make the resolution of the image lower. And that really sucks. So i was hoping sobody here, know's a website/program which doesn't put the resolution lower? (i'm not buying, so it must be for free)

If you do know, please tell me here, or send me a pm? You would help me a lot!

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36949914

Sep 18 14 04:35 am Link

Photographer

Kent Art Photography

Posts: 3588

Ashford, England, United Kingdom

Google Paint Shop Pro.  There are usually older versions completely free, and more recent versions with free trials.

Sep 18 14 04:43 am Link

Photographer

Kjos Photography

Posts: 164

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, US

Gimp or Picasa might fulfill your needs.

Sep 18 14 04:48 am Link

Photographer

Vitabello

Posts: 148

Nicosia, Sicily, Italy

I have Gimp, but i would like to have more premade filters. Stuff like you can find on the internet, if you know what i mean.

Is Picassa of Google paint shop more like that?

Sep 18 14 05:09 am Link

Photographer

Vitabello

Posts: 148

Nicosia, Sicily, Italy

I think it's imposible to find... I found one thats quite good. Easily add filters to it online, but still it crops the resolution (a bit) but still.. sh*t

Sep 18 14 07:28 am Link

Photographer

Zack Zoll

Posts: 6895

Glens Falls, New York, US

Your best bet would be to get a copy of Photoshop Elements. It's not free like GIMP is, but it's given out like candy - older version are almost free.

Elements has a feature called 'actions', which is a predetermined set of adjustments - just what you want. GIMP has this too I believe, but it's easier to find good-quality, premade actions for Elements.

You could also look into OnOne's Perfect Photo Effects suite. Those are great actions, and usually cost real money - but if you keep checking the site, eventually you should be able to get them for free. It seems like they offer the actions as a free download a couple months before the new versions come out. Or, at least they did for the last few versions.

Lastly, you could buy a used Wacom tablet. Assuming it's sold with the software, it should come with Elements and a basic version of OnOne's software, or something comparable. Plus hey, you get a tablet.

The stuff that's always free always comes with drawbacks. The actions reduce your resolution, and GIMP doesn't like RAW files at full bit depth.

Good luck!

Sep 19 14 08:10 pm Link

Photographer

Rudy Joggerst

Posts: 396

Las Vegas, Nevada, US

If you can spare $9, "Toy Camera AnalogColor" might be an option for you. Very easy to use and doesn't change the resolution or size of your photos.

http://www.pentacom.jp/pentacom/toycamera_analogcolor/

Sep 19 14 11:45 pm Link