Scanning 6x6 negs and paintshop

[bri]

Hi Mark I have used PaintShop Pro for many years and would thoroughly recommend it for the amateur photographer. I find that it does all that I need in terms of manipulation of photographs. You might also like to have a look at the free programme from Gimpshop, which is an excellent programme, especially since it is free. Have a look at http://www.gimp.org/ As to scanning 6X6 negatives and slides, I have a CanoScan 9900F, which does me very well, in conjunction with a super programme called Vuescan - see http://www.hamrick.com/ I find the quality of scanned 6X6s is very good. Best wishes whatever you decide Brian Parker

 

[goofybird]

On Photoshop, I finally decided to try it myself - I found an interesting (read cheap) way to get the full version - if you buy an older version (I just bought V6.0), the upgrade to the current version is only around $160. I got the old version (make sure that it can be registered) for only $108 on Ebay. The upgrade is available on Ebay too, but the price isn't that much less than just getting it from Adobe.

Looking around, I couldn't find a full current version for what I will pay when I am done, in fact the price I am paying is close to the list price for the academic version.

Good luck - Ted

 

[markuspd]

Thanks again for the great advise all, I had thought also about paintshop pro but with photoshop going so cheap I got one of those.
Same as you Ted I just bought an older version 5 for au$75 [unregistered and express delivered] which is boxed and new and apparently upgradeable to the current version [PC or Mac].
Seems the latest commercial version can be bought for around au$420 on ebay.
Makes sense to buy and old version as long as its unregistered, if you buy a current one in a couple of years it IS an old version and you`ll need upgrades anyhow.