Hey guys i want to get some software but i don't want to spend an arm and a leg for it. Any ideas on good software for a semi newbie with a D40. I have been working on my skills for about 6 months or so and i now firgure its time to get some software to improve my pics i take

 

im sure you mean software

Im pretty sure you heard of Photoshop. Im using Photoshop CS3 which is really good for beginner. and I just started not too long ago.

 

Yea ^^ long day at work thanks i feel stupid now. Thanks

 

a very cheap program, actually it's free, is called Photoscape.com...give it a try. I used it until I bought photoshop elements 8.

 

Gimp is an open source version of photoshop, take a look at it.

 

I'm thinking about buying Elements 8, how do you like it?

 

Picasa from google. It's free, can handle raw, and is so easy to use it's stupid.

I've had print work published that I edited solely in Picasa, fwiw.

 

I'd say start with Picasa (free!) then consider Adobe's Elements after you have some understanding of photo editing. There used to be a cost-effective upgrade path from Elements to Photoshop. Not sure about today.

I don't really see Photoshop as good for a noob. The learning curve is wicked. I'm using it since version 3, read a bookshelf full of how-to books, and still use maybe 50% of what it offers. When I show noobs my workflow they go "huh?." But several noobs I know use Picasa just fine.