Digital Photography Software

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what photo software should i start with for my photography courses?

Im getting a digital SLR camera and im taking photography classes. should i buy Photoshop cs3..or know of any others thats better price but great quality? i have a desktop with Vista incase that matters. Ive used photo editing software but basic stuff.

If you are enrolled in a photography school, ask the instructor. If you are a student, you should be eligible for student discounts on almost any software. You might have to send in proof, or show a student ID, but it would be worth it. (I know Photoshop CS3 is only around $150 with educational pricing)

If you are willing to spend the time to learn it, Photoshop would be the way to go. Photoshop Elements has most of the features of its big brother, and in some respects a nicer user interface. It can be had for around $100 ($35 educational). You might also want to take a look at LightRoom. Your DSLR should also come with a basic editing software / RAW converter.

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Digital Photography Software

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can i find a software for digital photography, that replace kodachrome 64 for film photography?

i love the overtones of kodachrome 64 and i wonder if i can find in digital era something similar. thank you!

I was lucky and I managed to shoot 7 rolls of Kodachrome before it was discontinued. It was the first time I had ever tried slide film, and I was absolutely amazed. It was awesome, like nothing I had ever seen before.

I have NEVER seen a program do a decent job of "simulating" Kodachrome, or any kind of film for that matter. It just doesn't look anything like the real thing. The colors and tones just don't look right. And it never can. You just can't replicate the look of real silver halide with a computer.

That Alien Skin program is horrible. It's funny though. Everyone wants to try to make digital pictures look like film. Why don't they just use film?? The funniest one is a program called "PolaDROID"...as you probably guessed, it's a program to try to simulate Polaroid pictures. But it's absolutely horrible. It has a really bad green tint with fake vignetting and looks nothing like real Polaroid pictures. Most of the programs that are used to "simulate" film were written by people who probably only used digital cameras and have only a very vague idea of what certain films look like.

Your best bet is to look for an E-6 film that might have a somewhat similar look to Kodachrome. Nothing is going to be exactly like Kodachrome. It was a one-of-a-kind film. But maybe you can find something that's close to it. But you're going to have to use REAL film. You can't fake it with a computer.

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