What's the best photo manipulation program?

Question

I want a powerful one that can do everything, the same that they use in the movies during Post Production.

Answer 1

Photoshop... Photoshop... Photoshop...

Answer 2

I use the program called Photofiltre - yes that is the correct spelling.

Here is the site to download :

http://photofiltre.free.fr/download_en.h...

Click on this and the first link says 'English Version'

Click that and it will download :)

It's very easy to use, and it's free, unlike most of the other photoshop programs.

Answer 3

you want the latest version of Photoshop.

but

you want to purchase all the plug-ins too

there are several groups you can buy

eye candy

mock

alien skin

photographic edges

texture explorer

etc

Answer 4

Try Photoshop. It has the tools to do just about anything you want to photos.

Answer 5

I'm not so sure about movies, but if your talking about Digital stills, Photoshop CS2/CS3 reigns the crown.

  http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/...

Answer 6

Photoshop works really well, the newest version is what i recommend.

Answer 7

No one program can do everything, but Photoshop is the standard. As for movies - depends on what exactly you are doing. Are you talking about photo-manipulation in terms of motion graphics/special effects? Film uses several programs, some very specialized that are usually priced out of reach for the average consumer - a program like Flame runs about $80,000. USD

CGI is not cheap and very difficult to learn - but photoshop is a key program/skill set. I would start there. Maybe take a class at a film school to get a grasp of the basics and to see what you actually want to do. Post production is a very specialized field - you need to figure out what part of it most interests you.