Finally got a chance to practice with the free photoshop software. You have a lot of options such as adjusting hue, sharpness, saturation, exposure, tint, and several others. It is easy to manipulate the pictures and see the change in a few seconds. This definitely beats the version you can buy. Even though you have more options with the version for purchase, basic photo editing works wonderfully with the free one. I only made a few changes to the picture, some color and some touch up. The Google program Picasa will accomplish some of the same functions as photoshop express. All you need is a google account to access it.

I have to thank the wife for this bit of info….

A difficult part of my job is to help patrons modify/edit images and load them onto facebook, myspace, blogs, and etc. The problem is that a person can only do so much in the program Paint. Forget about fixing “red eye” or reducing an image. Eventually, most patrons tend to leave frustrated. Now, thanks to Adobe(thanks to the wife for telling me) you can access an express web version of Photoshop. You need a valid email address to sign up. You get roughly 2 gigs of server space to save photos. There are wizards/tutorials to help you share photos and make galleries. Once I try it out I will report back.