In our previous article on Photo Editing sources, We have provided the Web Sources that help you in editing your photos online (5+ Online Photo Editing Sources). This is the Guest article by James, who revealed about the 10 Best and Free Photo Editing Tools.
With the advent of digital cameras, memories are easier to make than they have ever been. You can snap a photo with just one click to capture the image and then edit it with ease using free photo editing software. These Photo Editing Tools made their impact by helping people for editing their photos easily.
Before the evolution of these tools people used to edit their photos with the help of Photoshop, which is not a easy job for all. Now, with these tools that which were designed as dedicated tools for Editing of the Photos like resizing, cropping, changing format, special effects, and many more.
Here are ten of the top free image editing programs.
- Gimp
- Paint.net
- Picnik
- Pixlr
- FotoFlexer
- Lunapic
- Helios Paint
- BeFunky
- PhotoScape
- Flauntr
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1. Gimp [Windows, Mac OSX, Linux]
With GIMP, you can edit, add effects, touch up or alter any of your pictures. It has nearly all of the features and filters that the popular commercial software. This application has a high learning curve, but it is professional quality editing software.
2. Paint.net [Windows]
The project started out as an attempt to get an enhanced version of MS Paint. While based on the Paint program, you have quite an arrangement of features available like noise, embossing, sharpening and red eye removal.
3. Picnik [Web Based]
Picnik enables basic editing like cropping, brightness, contrast and red eye correction on your photos. You are able to upload your own photo for editing or use one of their sample photos to see what the program can do. This application was recently bought by Google, so expect some big changes.
4. Pixlr [Web Based]
You can pick one of your photos to edit or create a new one with Pixlr. The images can be edited easily, and you have plenty of filters and correction tools at your disposal. Some favorites are the magic wand, bloat and pinch tools.
5. FotoFlexer [Web Based]
This web-based program has convenient tabs listing the available effects. You can manipulate those photos and save them as either JPG or PNG files. There are also tools available to add text, place your pictures in frames and create photo greeting cards.
6. Lunapic [Web Based]
Lunapic places a lot of editing tools and effects at your fingertips. You can use the normal tools like brightness and contrast, or you can spice it up with colored animation and the kaleidoscope effect. This powerful tool allows you to save in GIF format so you can open it up on your desktop.
7. Helios Paint [Windows, Mac, Unix]
This is another enhanced version of the Paint program which adds many extras. You can cut parts of your pictures, spray paint on your images with adjustable nozzles and use the magic wand tool for selection. You can export to PDF.
8. BeFunky [Web Based]
BeFunky has a lot of filters and effects available for its free users. You can use sepia tone, give it a patriotic feel or change it into cartoon. You also have the ability to drop custom frames onto the picture. You can remove the watermarks by upgrading.
9. PhotoScape [Windows]
This photo editor offers many features. You can draw pictures, batch edit photos, resize your document, do color corrections and create animated GIFs. Two of the best features are that you can batch rename images and split them into several pieces.
10. Flauntr [Web Based]
With Flauntr, you can alter your photos to your personal tastes. There are editing tools, effects tools and backgrounds available to add one click effects to your pictures. You can also create icon shots for the social media networks and write on them using their text effects.
You can create new photos and change existing ones with ease using these applications. Give them a shot, and you won’t be disappointed.
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Hi, interesting post. I have been thinking about this topic,so thanks for posting. I’ll probably be coming back to your posts. wow i really found this to be interesting. thanks for sharing. Nice Post I will dig it
For me Photoshop still rules even though I have trial verison.
@Shashank even i prefer Photoshop. I S/W app that has many things to do. But presently i love gimp for editing photos.
I do use only Photoshop.
But heard that Gimp is good.. and also opensource
Some one said me Harry-potter animation is done with it..
i don knw how far its true
My favorite goes to “Pic pick”
Gimp is easier than photoshop…but sometimes I get so frustrated using it!
Picnic .. the online thing.. is the best for me!
And for everyone’s info… Photobucket Has Awesome editing tools to!
And a nice set of fonts!
i like the gimp as it is open source and photoshop cs5 is quite good and still learning to become a good graphics designer
wonderful site for editing…but i still use Photoshop…
For me PhotoDekho’s Free Online Photo Editor is best. Try this.
I still prefer using photoshop. Why its not here by the way? There are free downloads of Photoshop right?
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