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Having just bought my first ever Dslr I've been reading a lot online, manly on here, to try and get to grips with things and learn as much as I can.
One thing I come across endlessly is threads and advice on PP. This is something that I have never really gotten in to, other than a bit of cropping, cloning and red eye removal. The other BIG recommendation that is made a lot for SLRs is to shoot RAW, however this seems to need a lot more PP knowlege.
One thing that particularly appeal to me is white balance adjustment for them pics that could have been good if the cameras auto brain hadn't got confuddled by multiple light sources, plus I'm a bit lazy with white balance and generally just let the camera decide in Auto WB.
I've also looked at a couple of tutorials, like the "make them eyes pop" one, and would like to try things like that.
I'm not particularly flush and can't afford silly money on software, I'd also like if possible to limit the numbers of programmes I use. I currently have
Faststone Image Viewer,
Nikon View NX
Paint.net
The only one I use at the minute is Faststone and that's only really for cropping, red eye, cloning and photo organising. I don't know if it has the capabilities to do much more or not.
So the question is, if I were to concentrate on using JUST 1 programme for editing (not counting organisation) is there a general consensus as to which is best. Should I stick with one that I have or invest in something better, mainly thinking Lightroom or Elements from what I read.
One last thing, please do suggest full blown PS as there is no way I will ever be able to aford it.
Many thanks
J
One thing I come across endlessly is threads and advice on PP. This is something that I have never really gotten in to, other than a bit of cropping, cloning and red eye removal. The other BIG recommendation that is made a lot for SLRs is to shoot RAW, however this seems to need a lot more PP knowlege.
One thing that particularly appeal to me is white balance adjustment for them pics that could have been good if the cameras auto brain hadn't got confuddled by multiple light sources, plus I'm a bit lazy with white balance and generally just let the camera decide in Auto WB.
I've also looked at a couple of tutorials, like the "make them eyes pop" one, and would like to try things like that.
I'm not particularly flush and can't afford silly money on software, I'd also like if possible to limit the numbers of programmes I use. I currently have
Faststone Image Viewer,
Nikon View NX
Paint.net
The only one I use at the minute is Faststone and that's only really for cropping, red eye, cloning and photo organising. I don't know if it has the capabilities to do much more or not.
So the question is, if I were to concentrate on using JUST 1 programme for editing (not counting organisation) is there a general consensus as to which is best. Should I stick with one that I have or invest in something better, mainly thinking Lightroom or Elements from what I read.
One last thing, please do suggest full blown PS as there is no way I will ever be able to aford it.
Many thanks
J