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