Decent editing program

[poker_jake]

I've used PhotoShop in the past for post processing, just wondering if there are any other programs that are better or cheaper?

 

[MTVision]

Photoshop elements is cheaper than photoshop. GIMP is free

 

[Marc32]

Elements or Corel PaintShop Pro x4. x4 is pretty good and is only about $70.

 

[mwdoher]

You can get Adobe Lightroom 3 for $89 if you're a student. Fantastic if you're doing a lot of shoots.

 

[MLeeK]

Elements 10 is a very impressive editing program. Stripped down version of Photoshop. Although there are things you can't do in Elements, there is MUCH you can do and basic photo editing and processing is pretty complete with it.

Lightroom is a great program for cataloging and developing. It does not pixel edit. It is only a parametric editor so no cloning or actually changing the photo at all. You can change exposure, white balance, curves, contrast... If you don't edit? It's an amazingly wonderful program. For cataloging your images it's phenomenal.