There are many good online software stores. The best example for such a site would be Amazon. A good program, similar to Photoshop would be Virtual Photographer.
One can purchase the program Adobe Photoshop CS4 from Amazon. Photoshop allows one to alter and edit images as well as add in additional effects. One can also use raw image processing and create effects such as overlaying and over shadowing.
Photoshop is a powerful graphics editing software. For graphics designer, its ubiquitous and has become a standard. I like this tool because you can create photo effects such as the sketch effect
Adobe Photoshop
Photoshop has many effects that can be selected from the Filter menu.
Photoshop is for images. Pictures and stills. After effects is for videos. Effects and post processing. Neigher can be compared.
You can purchase (download) Adobe CS4 through Adobe's website as well as at other software retailers. With proper identification, you can also purchase educational versions at drastically reduced rates at Adobe's site as well as sites like Academic Superstore.
Photoshop was originally created by Thomas Knoll in 1987 on his Macintosh computer while he was a PhD student at the University of Michigan. In 1988 he showed Photoshop to both Apple and Adobe and Adobe purchased the rights to distribute the software. Photoshop 1 was released in 1990 for the Macintosh only. The first version for Windows (version 2.5) appeared in 1992. The software has been enhanced and expanded up to the current version 12. The Photoshop .PSD file format is widely used in graphic and video software as a standard format and there are numerous companies that develop plug-ins that add special effects to Photoshop.
Adobe photoshop is the leading graphics editing program used on both Mac and PC. The software is used to manipulate images in numerous ways and has many professional effects. It is considered the industry standard.
Its Photoshops little brother and is cheaper than Photoshop. ImageReady has fewer features than Photoshop, being designed for quick editing of web graphics rather than effects-intensive graphics editing for other applications
Adobe have Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects and alot more design software. Microsoft have Microsoft Office. EA Games release game software which is normally produced by various companies. Logitech have webcams but produce software specifically for their webcams.
Unfortunately the only ways I now of is by using either photoshop or adobe after effects which both cost. Photoshop is cheaper than after effects though because after effects is at its cheapest £600
You can turn color pictures into black and white. You can adjust the sharpness and brightness. You can also make pictures bigger or smaller.