How many of you enhance your photos before posting them? On occasion, I will brighten a photo, or tweak the contrast a bit, but typically that’s about as far as I go. Awhile back I got a photo enhancement program. Much of it seems pretty complex, but I’ve been playing around with some of the very basic features.
This photo of our Silkie chick is untouched.
This is the same photo but I brightened it. I also adjusted the color and contrast. Notice what a difference there is?
Here is the same photo but I used the pencil feature on it.
What do you think about photo enhancing programs? Are you thankful for them? Or, do you curse them?
THE JOY OF CAKING 
I use them all the time and am still not sure if I’ve got the hang of it. Your pictures are great what software do you use?
Thanks Sandra! I adjust the photo while it’s in the basic window photo gallery. I have a more complex program but I haven’t learned enough about it yet.
I wish I can figure out photoshop but it’s not happening anytime soon.
I did use a very old Microsoft program that was easy to use and had a lot of features. Alas, the program was discontinued and now it’s not compatible with the new windows 7.
I’m using picasa which is easy for cropping and resizing with a few fun add ons. It is simple to use but limiting.
Joanne
GIMP and Paint.NET are the photo programs I use. They are both free and once you get used to them, you can get photos looking pretty good really quickly. I too usually only use them for contrast/brightness and sometimes to add a little saturation. They are also great for removing dust or spots that you don’t want in an otherwise great photo 🙂
I am a complete novice. I use picnik and that’s about it.
What a cute little baby. I love the black and white effect.
Finally pictures of the babies!
I have ‘gimp’ and think it add a little professional ‘bump’ to photos. I often don’t use it because I just don’t have time.
I love them, I use Photoshop and Illustrator. I use them at work so I had to have them at home. I always use the software to clean up my pics a bit. Nothing fancy but just clean out the icky stuff my boring point and shoot does.