Photo Editing Software - You decide
Digital cameras today are providing many people the ability to take a better and quality photo. Even with all of the technology these cameras have, we still find ourselves at times unhappy with the image we have captured. With all of the capabilities available to us through digital photography software, we still have the ability to transform that picture to a perfect photo by modifying and editing.
The following are just a few examples of some of the more popular digital photography software products on the market today for the editing of your graphics and photos.
Infran View - Using this software program you can change the graphics also being able to crop and cut your images. You can create slideshows and even enhance your graphics. It is also perfect for group processing while being featured in one simple and free software program.
Image Force — Another free software program with editing and painting tools. This tool has an image editor allowing the transfer of images from digital cameras and scanners. It’s best use is for modifying, sending and printing photos. Provides quality output, but is a more complicated program to use.
Kodak EasyShare Freeware — A widely used program for modifying, sharing and printing photos. Perfect for beginners since it is easier to use than many other programs.
PhotoFilter — A simple software program but has limited features. Although it does have a user interface and lots of image adjustments buttons, effects and filters.
VCW Photo Editor - Provides lots of editing and painting features. Includes tools such as, text tool, color replacement, gradients, editing in any scales, selections by region or color, special effects, etc. Upgrading to a higher version will give better features than the more basic free version graphic editor.
Picasa - This is a Google freeware program, providing the ability to share and edit all your photos saved on your computer. A positive to this software is that it automatically sets all the images and then sorts them into albums complete with dates on each folder making for easy organization and recognition of all photos. This is accomplished by drag and dropping the images to organize and create labels on each album. Picasa also has the ability to share and send your pictures through uploading them in your emails, and blogs.
Serif Photo Plus — This digital photography software includes options like editable text, image slicing, export optimizer, image maps, smart shapes, selection tools and other image enhancement tools. A current version is now available for free online, but a CD can be ordered adding a shipping charge.
ADG Panorama Version 5.0. - In line with other software programs, Panorama also allows the sharing of photos easily while generating them quickly. In addition, offers added features that embed, edit and publish 360 degrees of interactive panoramic composition directly on the web. ADG Panorama is internet dependent.
Picture Shark — Another freeware program that allows you to “inscribe” visible text or logos on the pictures. Another feature is the Wizard user interface, providing the ability to produce real watermarks. It also has a feather that create edges between the picture and the stamp, to make the image smarter and offers a support any image format.
These are some few of the available digital photography software. As a digital photographer, you can always play with your image. Put some creativity and don’t be afraid to explore. Practice and research more on the software program that you think would work best.