You
can
dramatically improve the appearance of your pictures with
an image-editing program which allows you to fix problem
photos and make your photos look like the scene you photographed.
Basic color, contrast and tone adjustments, sharpening,
redeye and color cast removal can be done very quickly
and easily. You can also crop, resize your
photos for email, clone out unwanted objects,
add text, and create composite images and panoramas.
Adobe
Photoshop Elements is what I teach and recommend as it
has the most features, is easy to use, and there are many
how-to books and free online tutorials written for it.
You can also import and edit scanned photos and restore
old or damaged photos. You can print your photos right
from the program at the size you want. In addition, Elements
5 makes great slide shows, scrapbook pages and greeting
cards.
Mimimum System Requirements for Elements 5:
Windows XP with Service
Pack 2
256 MB RAM (512 MB or more recommended)
900 MB of available hard-disk
space
Monitor with 1,024x768 display
resolution