PhotoScape

Photoscape is a great free photo editing software application for creating collages, editing photos, capturing screens, and more. The Editor section is easy enough for beginners to use, while the other sections of the program may be a little more difficult. You will need a little knowledge about creating animations to use the Animated GIF section. You will also need to know how to navigate through your folders on your computer using the folder panel in Photoscape to locate the photos that you want to use. The good thing about being a beginner and using this program is that they have a nice help file. To install and use Photoscape you will need the following:
Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7

Photoscape is User Friendly, It also contains some good parts like Screen Capture Effect, Page Editor, Photo Editor, and Rename Tool. Overall, I will say this is a great program. I cannot find one complaint. If you are a beginner using this program, take a look at the help file that they offer. The photo editing section is pretty self-explanatory. The screen capture is also self-explanatory. Creating the animated GIFs and collages will probably be a little more difficult if you have never done it before. But the help file will walk you through that. So, I recommend Photoscape for beginners and advance users.
Photoscape is free to use. You can read more about Photoscape and download it from their website.


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