After the thread several months ago touting Ashampoo products, I downloaded and began to use Photo Commander 7. I had been using a very old copy of Photoshop home edition before but went to PC7 because it makes it easier to do collages.
I'm finding that some common uses of the software are more difficult than they should be. For example, to crop an image, I first have to click the Quick-Fix tab then click on Crop-Select then choose between rectangular and free-style outlines then click OK on a message screen before I get a cursor change to allow selection of part of an image. This wears me out!
I've searched for options to set or toolbars to load and even read the online documentation but have been unable to find another way to get to the tool. Is this and ID-10-T user problem or a "software feature"?
I can't complain about the price, but the navigation seems more than a bit kludgy in this day and age.
Ashampoo Photo Commander 7
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Ashampoo Photo Commander 7
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Re: Ashampoo Photo Commander 7
Keep in mind that this is the previous version of Photo Commander. Ashampoo claims that cropping is much easier in the current (non-free) version 8:
(I have no experience with either version myself)Cropping photos to predefined sizes and aspect ratios is now much faster and easier.
Best wishes,
Hans
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Re: Ashampoo Photo Commander 7
I have the version 7 product but never use it. I guess they figure that since there are Ctrl-1, Ctrl-2, etc. that once you "memorize" all those shortcuts you're in like Flynn. When I first got the software I was not happy with it, and so it sits...
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Re: Ashampoo Photo Commander 7
Thanks, Al!
I was afraid that I was diving more rapidly into senility. Can't expect too much from a free product, but the collage feature is better than my old Photoshop version.
Thanks again.
I was afraid that I was diving more rapidly into senility. Can't expect too much from a free product, but the collage feature is better than my old Photoshop version.
Thanks again.
Bob's yer Uncle
Dell Intel Core i5 Laptop, 3570K,1.60 GHz, 8 GB RAM, Windows 11 64-bit, LibreOffice,and other bits and bobs
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