Photoshop Elements 3

This is almost like a primer for Adobe Photoshop—so beginners, don’t feel intimidated. Elements does have some of features that Photoshop is well known for, which comes quite handy when you’ve decided you’ve like to try your hand on something more upscale than cropping and resizing.

It’s so easy to use this program, what with it being simple and easy to navigate. And talk about user-friendly—at start up, a “recipes” palette asks if you’d like a step-by-step tutorial of program.

Elements can also import stills from video clips, as well as PDF files. And when you’re feeling a bit lazy (or is just plain ignorant about how to use some of tools), a “Quick Fix” wizard can help you adjust essentials: lighting, focus, color, and rotation of images.

For those who like their photos in widescreen editions, Elements’ Panorama Tool helps you seamlessly put together photos to create a panoramic photo. It blends in colors, as well.

And when it’s time to print and show off your photography skills, you can pick one of “picture package” templates to automatically print them in a specific size.

PhotoImpact 10

A little bit more technical than Photoshop, PhotoImpact needs a lot of patience to master. This program is best for eager learners with a lot of time in their hands to figure out “too-technical” features that would scare away first time photo editing users.

1.)Make sure it’s professional looking. No one likes looking at website that reminds them of a book report they wrote back in school. Invest in learning a good web design program (Dreamweaver MX and Microsoft Frontpage are good picks), and let your creative juices flow. Make sure it’s compelling, well-designed, and organized. People don’t exactly find it fun to weed through haystacks of cyberfiles to get information that they want. On that note, don’t make it a heavy site. Putting up some flash intros may be great eye candy, but average internet surfer only waits 10 seconds for a page to load, and then they’re off to next.