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"MCheu" posted:
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When it comes to photo editing though,
Adobe photoshop ...
Jasc's Paintshop Pro ...
If you're running Linux or some sort of Unix, there's the GIMP ...
...."
A couple of other programs that are just as good ... and quite a bit less $$$ ... as
PhotoShop are
Picture Window Pro ... maybe even "better" for the Photographer-Set
Corel PhotoPaint
CinePaint ... a 16-bit per pixel version of The GIMP
ALL seem to handle 16-bit per pixel images quite well.
"MCheu" <mpcheu@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 07:18:59 GMT, "PeterH" <reply to
> newsproup@NOSPAM.net> wrote:
>
> >Is there as preferred scanner software for scanning photos?
> >
>
> There is no preferred scanning software for scanning photos. You can
> scan with whatever's handy. When it comes to photo editing though,
> Adobe photoshop is considered the best for Windows. Jasc's Paintshop
> pro is nearly as powerful for considerably less money.
>
> If you're running Linux or some sort of Unix, there's the GIMP. It's
> sort of the Unix/Linux equivalent to Photoshop. A version typically
> comes bundled in most distros, so if you're running Linux, odds are,
> you already have it.
>
> Not sure about Mac, but as there's a Mac version of Photoshop, I'd
> imagine it's photoshop.
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> MCheu