Google Day 1

My three goals for today are:
- Learn what is the best program for professional photographers to edit their pictures.
- Learn what is the most used program that people our age use to edit their pictures.
-  What are the programs that offer the most effects to edit pictures for fun.

Research
Goal 1 - Learn what is the best program for professional photographers to edit their pictures.
http://www.slrphotographyguide.com/photoediting-software.shtml
http://photo-editing-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
http://photosoftwareblog.com/10-best-photo-sharing-websites-online-storages/
There are many programs and  they are different ones if you want to pay or not. If you are willing to pay you may use Corel Paintshop Pro,Adobe Photoshop Elements, Serif PhotoPlus X5 and many others. If you want a free program there is Picassa, Picnik, GIMP, Adobe PhotoShop Express etc.

Goal 2 -  Learn what is the most used program that people our age use to edit their pictures. 
http://sixrevisions.com/tools/five-best-image-editing-software/
Pixlr
One of the most used programs is Pixlr. This program offers 3 different editors for the type of picture you want to edit. There is Pixlr Editor for more advanced photos. Pixlr Express for a quick and efficient editing. Also there is Pixlr-o-Matic which is used for editing everyday pictures, it comes with more effects and colors to play with.

Goal 3 -  What are the programs that offer the most effects to edit pictures for fun.
http://www.squidoo.com/funny-photo-tools
http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/freebies/28-online-photo-editing-websites-to-have-fun-with/
Befunky
Pixlr
Fotoflexer
Pizap
Dumpr
Poladroid
Photovisi
There are many fun editing programs that offer a variety of effects,distortions, colors and templates like collages or different settings for people to make a different picture.

For next class.....
One thing that I want to learn next class is what makes a picture a good picture. What do professionals have to look out for when they are editing.For example the light, focus and others.