Nightmare+on+Editing+Street

Usually, photo editing is a breeze for me, because it is so much fun to create. My background is in journalism and page layout, but I make a lot of cards and crafts on my computer. But this time, the photo editing experience was a nightmare. I think one reason why it was so grueling was because I was trying to use the newer and unfamiliar programs, like GIMP, with some of my old photo editing knowledge. Not all programs are the same. I already have Adobe Photoshop Album, IMSI HIJAAK Digital Photo Studio and Print Workshop on my computer. I never used them because when playing with them got boring or too frustrating, I returned to just using Word and the photo tool bar. Now I have added Tux Paint, Photo Story 3 and GIMP 2. After spending hours waiting for these programs to download, I spent more hours trying to crop and resize photos to the right size. Unfortunately, I didn’t download the help files, so I was totally distressed. I am still worried about the size of the pictures because they are all different shapes. I tried to get them at 200x300, but a lot of them are 156x267 or some odd number. I still need to learn how to use the function keys, like background, paint and blur, because it would add some sparkle to my pages and make them more interesting to everyone who views them. I used the neon function in GIMP to break up the endless pictures. Plus, I know there is an easier and cleaner way to touch-up pictures without the cut and paste method I use in Paint. I figure that I have used about a fourth of my hard drive memory on photo editing programs. I am determined to use them.