what photo software to buy?

finlander · #1 (**permalink**) July 7th, 2005

Can't spend the $$$ for Photoshop, but would like to be able to 'mirror' the original item. Just E-tex'd a pair of images printed on TRACING paper, not tissue paper. Put the image over some foil. Looks great. To just flip the paper over you get a faded image. Would really like a photo program with the mirror capability. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks, from the computer illiterate Finn.

finlander · #2 (**permalink**) July 7th, 2005

Found a PhotoPlus 6 after a Google search. Free downloadable program. Anyone heard of this one? Can it do the'mirror' bit? Thanks.

leadheadfred · #3 (**permalink**) July 7th, 2005

http://www.irfanview.com

This program is free and has many of the capabilities that PS has. Don't forget to check out the list of available plugins for extra features.

dvowell · #4 (**permalink**) July 7th, 2005

If you can afford it, there is no true substitute for Photoshop; however, since you already stated you can't...there are options:

First is to buy a used copy of Photoshop. You don't have to have the latest and greatest. You can get version 5 or 6 relatively cheap these days.

The second option I recommend to people is JASC software's PaintShop Pro. You can get this on Ebay for around $40 or so and it is very powerful.

Hope this helps!

-Danny