Picasa vs Photoshop elements 5

[littlejt]

EDITED

okay so here is my 2nd batch of edited pics.
i used picasa and photoshop lightroom

Original


PS Lightroom Beta


Picasa


Taken on the way to the Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK

Picsa was on auto settings
PS Lightroom i was playing with the settings

[lsisaxon]

Originally Posted by littlejt hey i was wondering which program is better for auto fixing your pics or for noobs at editing pics like me google picasa or photoshop elements 5? Orginal pic http://static.flickr.com/99/295195970_959e25a900.jpg Photoshop Elements 5 http://static.flickr.com/99/295184896_51fe0247bc.jpg Photoshop Elements 5 http://static.flickr.com/122/295261737_c991ed2cb3.jpg Picasa Google 1 http://static.flickr.com/107/295195974_90d90d7bb6.jpg Picasa Google 2 http://static.flickr.com/100/295195976_530a324387.jpg The pic was taken at the Edinburgh Castle,Edinburgh, Scotland, UK anyone can teach me photoshop elements 5? which pic is the better edited one? both pics were edited using the auto settings.

I think the original one is good enough. But if I'm forced to choose the edited one, I would go with the Picasa ones with a slight preference towards the 2nd one.

I don't know what you did but I have been quite impressed with "I feel lucky"

[molmotta]

Looks like you might have bumped the colour temperature a wee bit too high... contrast as well. Look at the clouds.

[pai]

agree... the original one looks better. the ps'd ones look fake. the picassa ones are better than the elements ones.

[shojibake]

You have to be aware that sometimes picasa's effects are not rendered out when you save the edits to a new file. Most notably the sharpen effect.

[littlejt]

dont you find the original pic abit fla and dull?
does the picasa pics look fake too?

Originally Posted by shojibake You have to be aware that sometimes picasa's effects are not rendered out when you save the edits to a new file. Most notably the sharpen effect.

hmm u use picasa too =p?

what do u mean

[lsisaxon]

Originally Posted by littlejt dont you find the original pic abit fla and dull? does the picasa pics look fake too? hmm u use picasa too =p? what do u mean

Nope.. the original is not flat and dull at all. It's just natural.

[littlejt]

oh .. i wanan try have those kind of saturated colours make it more appealing.. hmm.. or does the natural colour has more appeal?

[ExplorerZ]

Originally Posted by littlejt oh .. i wanan try have those kind of saturated colours make it more appealing.. hmm.. or does the natural colour has more appeal?

saturated is good... but over saturated is another story.

[littlejt]

thx guys for your advice...

imma try on another set of photos and post it up soon .. and you guys can help me out =D

[Final_depth]

prefer the original one...

[Trigger Happy]

i use both. picasa is free though, and so many times faster than ps. there are some more advanced features that you need ps for like dodge and burn. i work in picasa first and if that doesn't help then ps.

[mohgui]

use Picasa if you want a fast and easy way of enhancing your pictures. some of the presets are good. i haven't tried Elements yet, but i'm sure it's not as easy as Picasa.

[littlejt]

FIrst batch of pics

Quote: hey i was wondering which program is better for auto fixing your pics or for noobs at editing pics like me google picasa or photoshop elements 5? Orginal pic Photoshop Elements 5 Photoshop Elements 5 Picasa Google 1 Picasa Google 2 The pic was taken at the Edinburgh Castle,Edinburgh, Scotland, UK anyone can teach me photoshop elements 5? which pic is the better edited one? both pics were edited using the auto settings.

prev pics

[littlejt]

anyone?

[shojibake]

Originally Posted by littlejt dont you find the original pic abit fla and dull? does the picasa pics look fake too? hmm u use picasa too =p? what do u mean

Yes picasa is a fast and easy way of making changes to the original pic. After selection then I usually switch to photoshop. The changes in picasa are not applied to the picture unless it is saved as another file, as you've done. But sometimes the changes will not be saved. It usually doesn't happen until you've got a big enough library of photos.

As for your current pics i prefer the original and the picasa versions, but really i don't think it matters which software you use.

[fz30_user]

i must say i like picasa especially the "i feel lucky" button.. now i can appreciate the pix taken by my noisy, saturated fz-30.