PhotoScape

[John Dirks Jr]

Have any of you used PhotoScape for adding text and arrows to pictures? I just started using it. It's a free program. It's pretty easy once you get the hang of it. Here's the link if you wanna take a look.

http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php

[Richard Moore]

Thanks John!

I downloaded it and played for a while. I LIKE IT!!!

For my report photos, the main things I want to do, easily and quickly, are crop (I crop almost all of my photos), lighten if needed, resize and then add text (with black "shadow"), arrows and sometimes outline boxes or circles. For the last many years I have been using two separate, and now obsolete, programs to do that. Both have been working fine for me and I'm very used to them, but I think I will now try switching to this single program. I can already see that it does everything I need, without excess fuss, and the arrows are nicer and easier to insert as a bonus.

I'll play around with the other features later. Might have to make a "donation" if I do end up using it all the time.

Anyway, thanks again, John.

You now don't have to get me anything for Christmas! [;-xmas]

[John Dirks Jr]

I like it too. Not only the functions for use in reporting but a few others as well. Check out the GIF tool, and the Page function for making mosaics. There's some neato effects to play with.

Ease is the best part. Oh, the fact that it's free doesn't hurt either. A donation is a good idea.[:-thumbu]

[Erby]

HomeGuage will already let me do all that stuff for the pictures in my report, but I'll have to give it a try for GIF production.

[gtblum]

Originally posted by Erby

HomeGuage will already let me do all that stuff for the pictures in my report, but I'll have to give it a try for GIF production.

Ditto. It will also do overlays for IR images. Bet this will be usefull for posts here. Thanks John

Have a safe and Merry Christmas everyone. I gotta go shop

[John Dirks Jr]

You are welcome everyone.

BTW, I think I might try the Page function to make a company icon. I'll get some free graphics from around the web and put them together as a mosaic sorta thingy.