Editing software for a 10 year old

[flamin lib]

Awhile back I asked for photo editing software for elementary age children. I think I found it in Irfanview.
http://www.brothersoft.com/irfanview-6224.html

Pretty bare bones basic:
crop
color balance
photo effects
brightness/contrast
and a bunch of stuff above most ten year old's pay grade so it can bridge into full featured packages.

The only downside is a lack of one-touch import into your selected folder. You pretty much have to use Explorer to move images from camera to hard drive. I may yet discover a way in Irfanview as I've only scanned it enough to show my Grandson how to work through the basics and send to printer.

Oh, and it's free.

[csziggy]

1. I love Irfanview!

It's my favorite software for printing my genealogical document scans. Their print dialog is the simplest for quickly determining which aspect will print the largest image of the scan and for making sure that there is a border for punching holes or binding into a booklet.

Try their File:Acquire/Batch function. That may be able to capture the pictures from the camera if it is TWAIN compatible.

[JohnnyRingo]

2. I love Irfanview too.

My favorite use is for printing though. It allows for multiple pictures on one sheet of photo paper, and lets you decide sizes, margins, and even custom ratios. While viewing an image in full screen Irfanview, just click the tilde key and select "print" from the drop down under "file". It won't print immediately, it's just takes you to an impressive set up screen where you have nearly unlimited printing priveleges.

For simple photo edit I still use Picasa for my first tweak. It's absolutely free from Google and allows for cropping at 5X7, 4X6, square, or custom. It features a "feeling lucky" button that often does what takes forever manually. If you download it, don't forget to uncheck the box that adds the Google Toolbar to your computer though:

http://picasa.google.com/

Picasa is as complex or simple as you want it to be, and I know many here use it as well. It's quite intuitive and doesn't require instructions to fumble your way through it. Any ten year old can turn good pix into impressive images.