This was done using the free software on Picassa from Google. Picassa is a great picture-organising tool, I don't know how I'd keep track of my pics without it - it's super-fast for browsing images and has some really good picture-editing tools. For some of the simple fixes - cropping / straightening / lightening / darkening / sharpening / saturation / etc - it is almost as good as PhotoShop and nowhere NEAR the mucking about.
Who said there's no such thing as a Free Lunch??! lol.
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Very nice photomontage!
Say, I wonder if you know if Picassa has a retouch tool, to take out a blemish on the photo?
Alas, no. For all that is it an amazing free tool, Picassa doesn't have the level of sophistication needed for cloning areas of a photo for removing blemishes. Programes like Photoshop or Lightroom are still the kings there... But what I find Picassa excellent for is WORKFLOW - being able to browse my images superfast, delete the duds and organise the rest into groups for fine-tuning in Photoshop. It's so easy to work between the two, so I might do some simple fixes in Picassa (eg, straighten or crop), or experiment with certain effects, and the add the finishing touches in Photoshop... I have to say, the "clone" tool in Photoshop is my new best friend! (probably everyone's best friend, the way it can seamlessly remove wrinkles!!)
Thanks for the response Kyle.
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