Photo editing software

Jul 23, 2026 Last reply: 3 hours ago 25 Replies

Picasa. Yes the old version, the one that still has face recognition. Lots of useful features though I rarely use it for editing.

For non-RAW I find software such as Faststone and Irfanview quite sufficient. Otherwise I'm lucky enough to have a Canon camera that includes quite well respected processing software.

It seems the writing is so small that I cannot read it. Is this normal?

Not normally, sounds like a screen scaling issue? Presumably Win11?

I don't remember having to tweak GIMP settings, but you could check under Edit > Preferences > Interface > Display > Monitor Resolution

I have quite a high DPI display (2880x1800 on a 14" laptop using 200% scaling) and GIMP is on autodetect at 122 pixels/inch

Also worth looking at DaVinci resolve. It was and still is the worlds most capable colour grading software for motion pictures, but over the years has acquired many additional tools for photo editing, effects, post production etc - they are starting to eat Adobe's lunch since they view the software as a add on to their hardware sales, not a revenue stream. So the basic version is free, and the pro version a one off purchase (remember them?) for ~£300.

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Don't let it scare you, it's a massive program with a huge learning curve if you want to puss it to its limits, but things like cropping and clone brush are simple to get at. The Internet knows nearly everything about it.

Ah, a name from the past. I used to take some of their mini-converter PCBs out of the boxes and build them into video fibre-optic products. They seem to be a lot smaller and cheaper now.

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