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Software is inherently required for digital photography, and opens up options for post-processing film as well. Questions related to the tools used for digital image editing, processing, organization, distribution, and presentation should have this tag.

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Seeking Mac Software Solution for Correcting Barrel Distortion

You can use Hugin to do these types of corrections. They also have a nice guide for lens calibration, which allows you to calibrate for the distortion of your lens, then save those settings to apply …
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How do I export JPEGs from Lightroom without the grey/black box around each picture?

Select the images in the Library module and click "Export..." in the lower left. It sounds as if you might be using the Print module to export to files.
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What free/cheap software would help me wade through 3,000 photos?

I used Picasa from Google for quite a while before deciding to move to Lightroom. It's free. Good tagging options Decent editing options (but really only for basic editing)
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Which software to assemble a time-lapse from images?

If you are on a Mac, one of the best ways is using Automator, which you can use to do basic cropping/editing and conversion to video (although this part usually requires Quicktime Pro). There is a goo …
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What is the best photographic editing tool for iPad?

I think the Photoshop mobile app is going to be one of the better options.
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Lightroom vs. Elements vs. Photoshop: Side-by-side comparison?

It's not a true side by side comparison, and it doesn't cover all the features, but you could take a look at the photo editing program comparison at Adobe.com.
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Why pick DPP over Aperture?

I use DPP for a lot of my editing, but my alternatives are Picasa and Gimp. It is a pretty good tool, but it shouldn't be compared to Lightroom or Aperture. Either of those are better all around too …
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How do I merge bracketed files together into an HDR image on a Mac?

I use Lightroom on a Mac to do most of my usual processing, so I opted for the LR/Enfuse plugin. It is a "donationware" product, so the price is up to you, and the tool itself works wonderfully, and …
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What software to use to create a "photo-presentation"?

Well... except for the non-Mac requirement, I think the answer is iMovie :) There are a few alternatives, some free and some not: Paid: These are probably both going to give you more control over th …
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What noise removal tools work best, and why?

If you shoot Canon, their "Digital Photo Professional" software that comes with the cameras actually has a pretty decent noise removal tool. …
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What software can I use for post-processing?

The biggest step you could take is to commit to either Aperture or Lightroom. These applications are both trying to fill the same space in a photographer's workflow, and they each work best if they ar …
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How do you optimally resize and sharpen images for printing?

The ICC profiles are not really related to sharpness, they are used to get correct color. As far as sharpening goes, you want to over-sharpen a bit from where you would normally for screen viewing, b …
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What are the key photography-related features from Photoshop that are missing in GIMP?

I am on a tight budget and chose to use GIMP for editing since it is free. What important photographic post-processing features am I missing from Photoshop?
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