What do you use for post-processing of food photos?

BridgetMc

Photoshop?  Lightroom?  Picnik?  Flickr?  The GIMP?  Picasa?  Something else?  Or do you not do any post-processing?

Philandclaire and I are presenting at BlogHer Food on free post-processing software programs.  We're both familiar with the GIMP, but we want to know what other programs are popular so we know which to focus on.  Knowing which programs you guys use would help us out a lot!

kokomama

I use Lightroom, but before I shelled out the $ for it, I used GIMP.  Loved GIMP, but the lack of user-friendly tutorials was a bit frustrating.

MrsWindyCity

Right now, Picnik, but it's going away in April (well it's going to be rolled into g+ and I really have no idea what that means or how it will work), soooo I need to figure out something else.

krkapple

MrsWindyCity:

Right now, Picnik, but it's going away in April (well it's going to be rolled into g+ and I really have no idea what that means or how it will work), soooo I need to figure out something else.

Exactly this.  I have your GIMP instructions, Bridget.  I plan on really digging in on those during my flights to and from Italy.

BridgetMc

MrsWindyCity:

Right now, Picnik, but it's going away in April (well it's going to be rolled into g+ and I really have no idea what that means or how it will work), soooo I need to figure out something else.

Right now, we're planning to focus on Picnik as one of the most popular free processing programs.  We're crossing our fingers it stays similar to its current format once it becomes part of Google+.

askarstad

MrsWindyCity:

Right now, Picnik, but it's going away in April (well it's going to be rolled into g+ and I really have no idea what that means or how it will work), soooo I need to figure out something else.

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TheMorrisseys

Picnik...just started to figure out Lightroom. It's not very user-friendly

lovethebeach16

I also use Picnik. I read somewhere that the Windows Live Gallery is pretty similar. I tried it and its not as user friendly as Picnik and doesn't offer some of the same things, but its not bad.

melbride2005

MrsWindyCity:

Right now, Picnik, but it's going away in April (well it's going to be rolled into g+ and I really have no idea what that means or how it will work), soooo I need to figure out something else.

Same here - hoping it will be easy to figure out once it's on Google+ 

BlueGeneBaby

MrsWindyCity:

Right now, Picnik, but it's going away in April (well it's going to be rolled into g+ and I really have no idea what that means or how it will work), soooo I need to figure out something else.

This now but I used to use Photoshop.  I switched because Picasa/Picnik seems to have more automatic fixes that make photos look decent while Photoshop is overkill.  I also found that, because of all the options, it was easier to change a little here and change a little there and all of a sudden my photos looked over-processed and unrealistic in Photoshop compared to Picnik.

joeysgirl2008

Picnik. Which sucks, because that means I need to use/learn something else and I'm fairly stupid with computer programs.

ellkaysmom

Lightroom. Love it.

I've used GIMP before and still do occasionally.

BensBabe823

Congrats you guys, I'm so happy for you!

I am using Picnik. I ordered a copy of Lightroom but haven't had time to take it out of the box yet. I've never even heard of GIMP so I'll have to check that out - thanks!

Mrs.RCH

I use Lightroom now but I used to use Picasa and Picnik.  They were both super simple to use.

redkitchensrockoffice

I use Iphoto because I have a Mac.

aamadore

Reading this post has helped me understand that I clearly have no clue what I'm doing!

aamadore

redkitchensrockoffice:

I use Iphoto because I have a Mac.

Me too!  But now I'm curious if I can get better results by trying one of these other programs, or if my photos just suck overall and no program will help!

Denverite

I pretty much stick to the minimal post-processing available on iPhoto, which is pretty obvious from my photos.  HA!  I'd love to learn a little more about ANY post-processing that is (1) easy to learn and (2) cheap or free. 

 

BridgetMc

Denverite:

I pretty much stick to the minimal post-processing available on iPhoto, which is pretty obvious from my photos.  HA!  I'd love to learn a little more about ANY post-processing that is (1) easy to learn and (2) cheap or free. 

You appear to be our target audience then! 

Arterr0

We (the photo portion of my blog is a joint venture between DH & I) use Aperture, but we're thinking about getting Lightroom. 

TheMilkmansWife

I use Picasa.

evitawylie

Picnik, for now... I found Pixlr as another free option and may switch to that after Picnik goes away to G+ in April.