Help with editing picture

[firefighter]

I am wanting to put some text over the top of a picture, how do you do it?

I'd like to do it with both a photo and a downloaded pic. Obviously it's possible but I do not know how to go about it. So far I tried it out in word but made a bit of a mess of it, I can usually figure this stuff out but I want it to look reasonably good.

Thanks much

[Buyasta]

I am wanting to put some text over the top of a picture, how do you do it?

I'd like to do it with both a photo and a downloaded pic. Obviously it's possible but I do not know how to go about it. So far I tried it out in word but made a bit of a mess of it, I can usually figure this stuff out but I want it to look reasonably good.

Thanks much

You'd be best served using a dedicated image editing tool.. if you want something powerful and open source, I'd recommend GIMP, however if you're after something more lightweight and easier to use, but still fairly powerful, Paint.NET is rather good, and freeware.

[nadroj]

My vote is for Irfanview, http://www.tucows.com/preview/194967. Download plugin's as well. It's easy to use & does most day to day things easily.


A tutorial before you decide: http://www.butterscotch.com/tutorial...n-In-IrfanView

[Big Dave]

I use Adobe creative suite 5. It's only around $4.5k too.

What about just using 'paint' ?

[Buyasta]

I use Adobe creative suite 5. It's only around $4.5k too.

What about just using 'paint' ?

Holy crap, that's really come down in price, I seem to remember it being $10-15k last time I checked (which admittedly was many years ago)... Of course, it's still not worth it in many cases since there's OSS that can do all the same stuff, you're pretty much just paying for a combination of support and the fact that as the industry standard, pretty much any courses you might do will be taught using those tools, and tutorials will be easier to find.

As for using paint...

[Maha]

I just use stabilo, if a mistake is made theres always twink.

[steve_t]

You'd be best served using a dedicated image editing tool.. if you want something powerful and open source, I'd recommend GIMP

+1 GIMP is kinda like a free Photoshop but obviously not as powerful or frickin amazing like Photoshop actually is. For a free program, I rate it highly!

[SMOKEU]

I use Adobe creative suite 5. It's only around $4.5k too.

It's free. http://torrents.to/search/btjunkie/A...ve%20suite%205

[Big Dave]

It's free. http://torrents.to/search/btjunkie/A...ve%20suite%205

Not if you want a successful design business. I've worked in studios that have been audited.

[Big Dave]

Holy crap, that's really come down in price, I seem to remember it being $10-15k last time I checked (which admittedly was many years ago)... Of course, it's still not worth it in many cases since there's OSS that can do all the same stuff, you're pretty much just paying for a combination of support and the fact that as the industry standard, pretty much any courses you might do will be taught using those tools, and tutorials will be easier to find.

As for using paint...

Premium is down, the rrp is just under $3k aussie on the adobe site.