| Besides their trusty camera digital | | | | internet or off line though regular classes |
| photographers need a full cache of arsenal. | | | | offered by certified professionals. |
| All digital photographers must have a | | | | |
| complete range of adequate photo album | | | | Photoshop is in reality the desk top darkroom |
| software, this includes digital camera import | | | | for digital photographers. |
| and downloader software to automate the | | | | |
| picture import process, a photo organizer, or | | | | Photoshop takes digital photography to new |
| a photo gallery/ album software with detailed | | | | levels by going beyond necessary picture |
| photo database capabilities and editing | | | | editing requirements. Photoshop users are |
| software for taking care of simple but | | | | able to take their not so successful |
| necessary photo enhancements or for the more | | | | photographs to become the base of new digital |
| adventurous, complete digital manipulation. | | | | art by allowing the user to apply extreme |
| | | | manipulations and effects turning a useless |
| Below are the top software programs no | | | | image into an artistic creations. |
| serious digital photographer should be | | | | |
| without. | | | | - PicaJet- A powerful but still affordable |
| | | | photo management and image database program, |
| - RoboImport - A very affordable digital | | | | recommended for easily cataloging and |
| camera import software that automates the | | | | searching your digital photo catalogue. |
| workflow required when downloading your | | | | PicaJet automatically imports the metadata of |
| photographs from your digital camera or | | | | your photographs and indexes your photos |
| memory card reader. RoboImport will Import | | | | accordingly. The real attraction of PicaJet |
| your photographs and rename your images with | | | | for digital photographers is its genuine ease |
| appropriate descriptive names into a | | | | of use. Picajet will assign each photo to |
| specially designated folder to be easily | | | | each appropriate available category, making |
| located when needing to access them latter. | | | | locating your digital images from a hue data |
| RoboImport will do much more than less | | | | bank of thousands of photographs possible and |
| respected photo management program by | | | | without fuss. |
| performing some of the more tedious but | | | | |
| necessary digital image editing tasks without | | | | PicaJet is an ideal program for ease of |
| the usual fuss. It is not expected that | | | | printing as it automatically arranges on the |
| digital image downloader software should | | | | assigned paper and selects the most |
| rename your photos, RoboImport does this and | | | | appropriate printing options. Incredibly |
| more. Roboimport fills in IPTC data required | | | | PicaJet also reads and plays back various |
| for professional photographers in a language | | | | video formats. Unlike most other digital |
| that is recognized by appropriate archiving | | | | photograph organizers PicaJet even allows for |
| or editing programs. RoboImport will auto | | | | privacy of those personal images or pictures |
| correct resolution issues, incredibly it will | | | | you would rather not share. Like Photoshop |
| set your images to 300 DPI (dots per inch) | | | | Picajet is so rich in functions it is |
| for expected printing quality, as many less | | | | impossible to mention every incredible |
| advanced cameras only shoot in a poor 72 DPI, | | | | feature in just these few words. |
| 300 DPI is absolutely necessary for any | | | | |
| photographer who will be wanting to print | | | | PicaJet is perhaps the best value for money |
| their photographic treasures to share away | | | | of available digital photo management |
| from their computer. RoboImport will also | | | | program. |
| protect your photographs from accidental | | | | |
| deletion by allowing you to set your photos | | | | - Neat Image- this is a very handy little |
| to read only. | | | | tool for digital photographers. Neat Image is |
| | | | a filter software program designed to reduce |
| - Photoshop - This digital photo editing | | | | noise and grain produced by digital cameras. |
| program is certainly not cheap, but is | | | | Shooting in low light environments does |
| considered to be the awesome editing tool of | | | | seriously affect the quality of digital |
| professional digital photographers. | | | | photographs; Neat Image greatly enhances an |
| Unfortunately Photoshop is also not so easy | | | | images quality that may have been compromised |
| to learn completely to benefit from the high | | | | by an inadequate camera or poor lighting. |
| cost for most photographers. The good news is | | | | |
| that due to the popularity of the program, | | | | Neat image is available as a standalone |
| and the real benefits Photoshop offers | | | | program, or for photographers with Photoshop |
| serious digital photographers there are many | | | | it may be added to work as a noise reduction |
| ways one can comfortably learn Photoshop | | | | plug-in. |
| techniques either in your own time on the | | | | |