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Originally Posted by kygirl79
I have Picaso downloaded and find it easier to use than many other software programs. However, I'm wondering if you can do any of the following with Picaso....if you know please let me know 
Can you whiten teeth?
Can you make borders?
Is there any type of watermarking in Picaso?
If not can you recommend a free software that does have this? I'm at the point I need to look at software before I buy it, however I've been alternating with Photobucket as well. I'm not liking the results of my photos, however Photobucket has most of the options I'm looking for.
Thanks,
Nat |
I use Photoshop Elements 6. This application is now available (same version) for both the PC and Mac.
I would not worry too much about watermarks and such on your images, as long as what you want to to is to protect your images posted online. Such images are very small in size (around 7-something pixels x 4-something pixels). These look good on the screen, but sort of grainy when printed.
Just think about this: an 8MP sensor can provide you with an image that if printed at full size it's around 40" x 30" (give and take a couple of inches). An image saved for posting on the net that is around 700 pixels x 400 pixels (or so) can be printed around 7" x 5" or so in size before it looks too grainy.
Sooo, don't post the original image (full size), but with Photoshop Elements save it as follows: "Save For Web," and in a size like I told you above.
This is what I do:
1. I do any post processing with Elements, save the original to another hard drive, and work on a copy of the original. Once the photo looks good on my screen, then I size it horizontally to 750 pixels or so, and the program automatically sizes the vertical portion of the photo.
2. I use a Mac, and have a couple of applications that can size any photo the way I want, then I use Elements once more to add a frame.
3. Reopen the now small photo with Elements, and then click the Text Tool action on the bottom edge of the photo, and write my name. Then I add a frame to the photo.
4. The next step is to save the photo for posting on the web. I select "Save For Web" from the menu, and go though the steps required by Elements.
This photo is of no use to a person who wants to print it and sell it. It would look good on the screen, and anybody here can download it for their viewing pleasure. It's not the original full-size image, just a small-size copy of the original.
What i like about Photoshop, or Photoshop Elements, is the great number of "actions" available free, or at a charge, online. Actions are things such as the frame you can see in my photo. There are other actions that allow you to combine or blend two or three identical but differently exposed images into one, much like using a set of three ND filters over the lens. For example, Fred Miranda's DRI action costs very little money, but it allows you to blend images at a fraction of the time it would take you to take the photos using ND filters. Other actions do B&W work for you, and so forth.
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