photo editing software

[chickpea]

Don't hate...I've been trying to find a post here on photo editing software recommendations. Can you point me in the right direction or can anyone give me some advice on what is a good one for a newbie that will be good to 'grow with' if you know what I mean?
Thanks in advance...

 

[FransD]

photoshop/lightroom/aperture

 

[Geaux]

Gimp = Free -- a lot of newbs start here
Paint.net = Free -- don't hear much of this program around here, but I've used it before, it's decent.
Photoshop Elements = slightly advanced
Photoshop CS5 = very advanced

 

[KmH]

Here you go: http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/search.php?searchid=205344

 

[chickpea]

This link goes nowhere???

 

[chickpea]

Thanks for the suggestions anyone have opinions b/w Lightroom and Aperture, those seem to be the front runners?

 

[2WheelPhoto]

LIGHTROOM 3

 

[CCericola]

Photoshop is the industry standard. Lightroom was built to be used in addition to photoshop. Aperture is Mac only, so if you have a PC, Aperture is not an option. Gimp is free and Photoshop Elements is a cheap introduction to some of what photoshop can do. There are demos of the adobe software. Try them out and see which works best for you.

 

[KmH]

This link goes nowhere???

Sorry, it did yesterday when I clicked on it. There are a bunch of threads just like yours if you use your thread title as the search term in the forum's Search feature: "photo editing software".

This same question gets asked a couple of times every week.