Is there a Value for Money Photoshop type prog?

[silverfoxcc]

Having not used one for years so am a bit out of the loop as to what is out there
What i need it to do is something like my old MGI photosuite that doesn't want to Play on Win 10

Stitch 'panorama type photos
Cropping
Reasonable editing to give some life back to over/under exposed slides etc
Getting rid of cracks and tears on old pics
Easy(ish) to use

Looking on Fleabay not sure what is what, with prices running from 0.99p to HOW MUCH?
What is out there for about £ 50.00 or so and would it tick all of the boxes?

edited to add 'not' after Having in first line!!

Edited by silverfoxcc on Sunday 11th November 08:42

[here_we_go]

Could try GIMP?

https://www.gimp.org

[2gins]

I find gimp a nightmare mainly because coming to it as a novice I have no idea what I'm doing and the manual is non existent / rubbish.

[rich888]

Serif Affinity photo editing software costs £48.99 so just within budget. Is available for use on Windows, macOS and iOS platforms.

https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/

Edited to add that you can download a free trial version.

Edited by rich888 on Saturday 10th November 23:33

[GravelBen]

Microsoft ICE is free and the best panorama stitching software I've used. You'll still need something else for the other stuff though.

Edited by GravelBen on Sunday 11th November 04:48

[Whoozit]

2gins said:

I find gimp a nightmare mainly because coming to it as a novice I have no idea what I'm doing and the manual is non existent / rubbish.

K

You won’t like Photoshop much, either.

[Derek Smith]

rich888 said:

Serif Affinity photo editing software costs £48.99 so just within budget. Is available for use on Windows, macOS and iOS platforms.

https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/

Edited to add that you can download a free trial version.

I've used Affinity from beta. Excellent programme. I was considering updating my Photoshop to the monthly method, but Affinitiy does everything PS does, so much more than I need.

I paid £29, presumably because I ran with the beta.

Serif are targeting their software to pro and semi pro users. Their latest DTP programme, Affinity Publisher, is in beta and equally good, although there are still a few bugs to eliminate.

If you don't need all the bells and whistles, Serif PhotoPlus X is still available. I still use it despite having Affinity Photo.

Edited by Derek Smith on Sunday 11th November 09:33

[CzechItOut]

I use Paint.net

https://www.getpaint.net/

I am not a power user, but it does everything I need it to which is mainly taking photos and editing them for the Web.

It doesn't have the advanced features of Photoshop, like the ability to record actions, but there are lots of help guides and tutorials and plenty of third party plugins.

[singlecoil]

2gins said:

I find gimp a nightmare mainly because coming to it as a novice I have no idea what I'm doing and the manual is non existent / rubbish.

Have you tried some of the YouTube videos?

[Strudul]

PIXLR. it's like Photoshop, but online and free.

[GroundEffect]

Value for money doesn't mean cheap.

[anonymous-user]

If you do a lot of panoramic work then hugin is excellent. http://hugin.sourceforge.net

[singlecoil]

In the endit all comes down to how much effort the user is going to put in to learning the program. Gimp in the hands of an expert is going to be way better than Photoshop in the hands of a novice.

[Drogo]

I’m using ON1 Photo Raw
Find it reasonably easy to use and lots of tutorials online.
On can be a bit slow but I think this is down to my old Mac late 09 pro.

[Craikeybaby]

There is a cheap version of Photoshop, it is called Photoshop Elements.