[THIN] Re: Microsoft Photo Editor

  • From: "Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms" <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:03:04 -0500

And one more free online photo editor I just remembered is Picnick
http://www.picnik.com/

Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com


On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms <
jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> By the way how about just having people use the free Online Photoshop
> Express?
> Then you don't have to install anything.
>
> https://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html
>
> Jim Kenzig
> Blog: http://www.techblink.com
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 7:46 AM, Adam Thompson <adwulf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 2008/12/16 Hamilton, Ronnie <ronnie.hamilton@xxxxxxx>:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Sorry for the OT but would anyone know if there are any licensing
>> > implications if I were to install and use the MS photo editor found in
>> the
>> > Office XP suite and not install anything else just the photo editor.
>> Would I
>> > need a license for the office XP suite or is photo editor ok to use. It
>> > seems to be discontinued from Microsoft and I cant find any license
>> > information on it. Its just all the users have been using it on Citrix
>> and
>> > now they have got Vista Pc's but do not have the Office XP suite on
>> these
>> > machines and its easier to use than photo gallery. Most of the users
>> have
>> > very limited PC skills and the Vista machines are totally locked down to
>> 2
>> > applications.
>> >
>>
>> I'm not sure what the license details are for Photo Editor, but I have
>> heard of some people having product activation problems with Photo
>> Editor (although Photo Editor does not have an activation menu
>> itself).  I suspect that you would need a license for Office, even if
>> you only want Photo Editor.  MS Discontinued their bundling of Kodak
>> Imaging after Windows 2000 - you can still get it on XP/Vista, but you
>> need a license: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308979
>> This article: http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/HP011454871033.aspx
>> - suggests that if you *upgraded* from Office XP, you can still
>> install Photo Editor.
>> Best thing would be to speak with MS and ask them about a license
>> solely for Photo Editor.
>>
>> If that isn't workable, perhaps you could check out Paint.NET, which
>> is available at the tempting price of FREE:
>>
>> http://www.getpaint.net/
>>
>> --
>> AdamT
>> "At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents
>> do not cease to be insipid." - Nietzsche
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