Photo Editing Software?

[dudeinwashingto]

Hello Canoniites!

Good Morning

I am just getting into serious photography and have a CANON 80d.

My photos and pictures are getting out of hand

I would love to organize and better edit pics

Adobe Photoshop 15 - around $ 70.00 on amazon is said to be the bestseller. 

Since i would be travelling and posting pics on Instagram and Facebook and Flixer all in one Go...

i was thinking of getting a photoeditor that is intuitive and easy to use.

any suggestions?

thanks much

[kvbarkley]

Mac or PC?

[TTMartin]

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@dudeinwashingto wrote:

Hello Canoniites!

Good Morning

I am just getting into serious photography and have a CANON 80d.

My photos and pictures are getting out of hand

I would love to organize and better edit pics

Adobe Photoshop 15 - around $ 70.00 on amazon is said to be the bestseller. 

Since i would be travelling and posting pics on Instagram and Facebook and Flixer all in one Go...

i was thinking of getting a photoeditor that is intuitive and easy to use.

any suggestions?

thanks much

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Adobe Lightroom is the program you want to ORGANIZE and better edit your pictures.

[dudeinwashingto]

this is for MACBOOK 2016 

[kvbarkley]

Have you tried Photos?

(I should elaborate. Photos is Apple's entry level photo organizer/editor that replaced iPhoto.)

[jbpdxor]

Have you tried Canons Digital Professional Pro? It is free from Canon USA. I think I like the DDP a little better now that I am taking photos with my new 80D. It seems faster for me.
Elements 15 has more features, so I would suggest that you obtain a free trial. Plus goto Youtube for video sampling.
I am using the DDP & I also have PSE15( photoshop elements 15}

[TCampbell]

Adobe "Lightroom" is the most popular product which handles both "digital asset management" (keeping everything organized) as well as performing the most common types of adjustments.

I think you can still "buy" Lightroom... but lately Adobe is on a strong push to get everyone to do the annual subscription.  It's $10/month to subscribe to the photography bundle, which mostly includes Lightroom and Photoshop (and a few other minor tools) ... but they require minimum 1 year subsriptions (so $10/month is really $120/year).

I did everything in Apple's "Aperture" (that was the pro photography app from Apple) but a few years back they discontinued development and no longer sell it (a shame because I really liked it.)  I have since converted over to Lightroom.

[TTMartin]

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@TCampbell wrote:

Adobe "Lightroom" is the most popular product which handles both "digital asset management" (keeping everything organized) as well as performing the most common types of adjustments.

I think you can still "buy" Lightroom... but lately Adobe is on a strong push to get everyone to do the annual subscription.  It's $10/month to subscribe to the photography bundle, which mostly includes Lightroom and Photoshop (and a few other minor tools) ... but they require minimum 1 year subsriptions (so $10/month is really $120/year).

I did everything in Apple's "Aperture" (that was the pro photography app from Apple) but a few years back they discontinued development and no longer sell it (a shame because I really liked it.)  I have since converted over to Lightroom.

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An advantage of the Adobe subscription is it allows you to sync Lightroom on your computer with Lightroom Mobile on your tablet/cellphone. Since you mentioned wanting to post from cellphone apps, this might be a particularly useful feature to you. 

[dudeinwashingto]

thank you all!

[theblakeimage]

You can't really go wrong with the Adobe Creative Suite. Personally I'm using a combination of Lightroom and Capture One for file management, tethered shooting, and cataloguing. I rely heavily on Photoshop for the rest of my retouching and editing work.