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  "path": "/threads/recommendations-for-a-photo-editing-program-for-beginners.2634181/",
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  "textContent": "One of my customers wants to scan in and enhance photos that are in poor condition. I can show them how to use their scanning program to get a detailed and lossless image, but I'm not knowledgeable about photo editing / restoration (about the best work I've done in recent years was with Paint Shop Pro 5 and the clone brush to remove some of my mum's tendency to write on photos).\n\nIn yesteryear I would have suggested Photoshop Elements as it was (relative to Photoshop) cheap, but apparently PE has moved over to a subscription model too these days. My customer hasn't ruled out a subscription but it feels silly to get them locked into a subscription only to find that this really isn't their cup of tea.",
  "title": "Recommendations for a photo editing program for beginners?"
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