What photo editing do you use?

[Vinca]

I'm thinking I have to get rid of some of my stuff on ebay, but it's been more than 20 years since I've sold on the Internet. I have a decent camera, but I still need to crop, lighten, darken, etc. to have good photos to post. I'm kind of a technophobe, so looking for something easy to use. It doesn't have to have a million options because I only use a few. Thanks for any help.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. There are dozens of photo editors

I rarely use any of them. If I have something special to improve I use GIMP, but it's hard to learn really. There are dozens of online photo editors. Many of them free. I used IRFanview for awhile back in the day, then settled on PhotoFiltre https://photofiltre.en.softonic.com/


I've found the best is to use my cell phone and upload directly to eBay (through the computer). I can either edit it on the phone, or use eBay's lighten, crop, rotate, and background features on the fly. They didn't have those 20 years ago.

If you haven't used eBay in 20 years you're in for some surprises. Search engines don't work like they did. eBay gives the business to high price items and big sellers. Little people get little visibility. Also there are a lot of crooks. Best advice today is to cut a video of every package. In one uninterrupted motion take video of item insertion into box or bag, seal it, and apply the label you've pre-printed for the item. Because buyers lie, distort, cheat. THey claim it's broken, you shorted them, it's not as described, you shipped them a golf ball instead of a toaster. Only way to dispute crooks is with evidence. eBay will always side with the buyer without such proof.

Also put high prices on things. That gets visibility, and helps pay for returns and refunds from the crooks.

And the postage will eat you alive.

[Vinca]

4. I didn't realize ebay had that feature. Sounds like a plan. Thanks.

[FuzzyRabbit]

2. I have been using Irfanview (free for personal use) for more than 20 years.

Irfanview is very easy to use for cropping, resizing, lightening, darkening, adjusting contrast. It's pretty intuitive, especially if you have some darkroom experience.

I don't use many of the tools that come with Irfanview, I only use it for fixing old photos.

For more detailed retouching I use an old Photoshop Elements that someone gave me a couple decades ago.

[John1956PA]

3. I use the adjustments in the Photo Gallery applet on my laptop.

I can lighten, darken, change contrast, adjust color, etc. The snipping tool on my laptop allows me to crop the images and to reduce their file sizes.

[Vinca]

5. My husband's more computer savvy than I am, so maybe he knows about that. Thanks.

[John1956PA]

6. You are welcome. I like free and easy-to-use methods . . .

. . . rather than spending money on software, loading it, and learning how to use it. I have used the simple method which I described above to edit hundreds of images, some of which I have posted on DU. Best wishes.