Having a good photo editor will make all of the difference in the world when you want to have quality pictures. Especially these days when everyone is able to print their own pictures.

So what would make a good photo shop software?

A good photo editor will allow you to fix common problems with pictures such as getting rid of red eyes, whitening teeth,enhancing the photo's coloring, adjusting the background, and being able to lighten or darken the photograph as needed. You should also use one that will allow you to easily sort and find your photo's.

How much does photo shop cost?

The range of photo shop software is from $50 to over $200. The higher the price the more features it will have but for the majority of people a mid grade photo software has everything you will need to produce quality photos.

What kind of features does photo shop have?

Photo shop now has a membership site that will allow you to store 1500 photo's in their data base. That means that no matter where you go, if there is an Internet connection you can share your photo's with people. For example, my grandma lives six hours away and when I go visit her I am able to show her a lot of pictures of her great grandson. This allows her to feel connected and to see all of the wonderful things he does even though there is a 300 mile distance between them.

Other features include being able to get rid of background clutter in your photos, adding special effects, changing your photo from color to black and white or even use color curves to insure your photo has the perfect color.

Photo shop allows you to make scrap book pages, cards, photo books, and allows you to easily and quickly organize your photo's so you will always know where they are.