CompareSoft ComparePhoto

by Avanquest

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• Item Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000CBC88O
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #219,341 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

The Digital Imaging SolutionProduct InformationIf you’re considering Adobe® Photoshop® but cannot afford the expensive price tag…ComparePhoto is right for you. Enjoy the powerful functionality and ease of use you would find inComparePhoto mainstream competitors’ products at big savings. Think of ComparePhoto as the generic brand alternative to Adobe® Photoshop® and other expensive photo editing software titles.ComparePhoto is a powerful and robust image editing and graphicdesign application that can edit digital pictures design web graphics orcompose layouts for print. It includes precise graphic design tools anautomated scripting engine and a high-performance back end for a speedyfull-featured work environment.ComparePhoto provides the peace of mind to know that the memory-based undoand redo feature is limited only by the computer’s memory. ComparePhoto isalso able to open an unlimited number of images at once each of unlimited sizeagain restricted only by the computer’s memory. This application usessub-pixel sampling technology to insure all graphic projects are crisp andappear professionally processed. When a user is ready to show his work to theworld ComparePhoto offers script and batch automation and can save in allpopular formats including JPEG GIF PNG SVG and many more.ComparePhoto is a multiplatform photo manipulation tool suitable for a variety of image manipulation tasks including photo retouching image composition and image construction. It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program an expert quality photo retouching program an online batch processing system a mass production image renderer an image format converter etc.ComparePhoto is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily s

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2.0 out of 5 stars For Older OS Computers, October 6, 2011

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Psycho_Archer - See all my reviews

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This review is from: CompareSoft ComparePhoto (CD-ROM)

As with so many other older programs, this one does not fully work with Vista. The most annoying aspect was that I bought this program specifically to do transparent backgrounds, a feature that doesn't work with Vista. Other than that, it seemed like a nice program, and I would have loved it if I still used XP.

2.0 out of 5 stars Just an old version of The Gimp which is FREE!, May 15, 2008

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Leah Cowan "luvthisjob" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CompareSoft ComparePhoto (CD-ROM)

The Gimp is a free program that is offered as "open Source", which means that other companies or people CAN modify the source code, and sell it as their own, as long as they give credit to The Gimp. From what I see here, this is not even modified, but they did add some extra plug ins on the CD. The problem is that the plug ins can also be downloaded for free from the gimp users forum, and this is a very OLD version of the Gimp, and even the newest version crashes on my Vista computer.

HOWEVER, the written manual that came with it was ALMOST worth the money. It was less than $[...], but I felt very cheated, although, I think that this is an old product that is being sold from companies that just happen to have bought the old stock. I know that Avenquest is not selling it anymore, and maybe the plug ins that were on the CD were not available when it came out. The manual has 2004 as the publishing date.

I guess if you are running XP or even Windows 98, and don't want to take the time to download the plug ins (it does take hours to go through them all, download and install them correctly), and want a good written manual on how to use the program and even write your own plug ins, than it would be worth the money. You can always update to the newest version of The Gimp, but I don't know if the plug ins would work. There are 452 pages of books on The Gimp, and it is a VERY GOOD PROGRAM, but it does have a steep learning curve like photoshop. In fact it is very comparable, if you take the time to download plug ins, and use the forum. If you are going to spend the money though, I would get a good book that includes a cd with plug ins, and download the Gimp yourself. Here are a few: Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional (Beginning from Novice to Professional),AND
The Artist's Guide to GIMP Effects: Creative Techniques for Photographers, Artists, and Designers,AND
GIMP 2 for Photographers: Image Editing with Open Source Software,ANDGrokking the GIMP. Grokking The Gimp is said to be the best one out there, but I would start with the beginners guide. You can download the manual as a PDF as well, but I like to hold books in my hands.

One more thing, I have tried MANY graphics programs, and own several. My favorite is Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 WITH Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 for Photographers, but There is another free one called paint.net that is backed by Microsoft, and is also open source. It has a user forum as well, and hundreds of user created plug ins. I find it much easier to use, and it works on Vista. It is also updated regularly. Just do a search for it, and make sure you go to the official paint.net website. Unfortunately it's not paint.net :)