Photo Editor is a simple application and easy to manipulate image editing. Adjust color, add effects, rotate, crop, resize, frame, mirror, and draw on your photos. Options include adjusting color hue, saturation, contrast, and brightness. In addition, Photo Editor offers a large variety of effects to images Your photos including gamma. Upload or drag and drop your photo into the editor. Crop or resize your photo to get the size you want. Change the mood of your photo with a filter. Adjust brightness, saturation and contrast. Download your edited photo! Similar to Photoshop in interface and capabilities. Add-ons, including those created for.
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Fun and Easy Photo Editor
Paid version: PhotoScape X Pro
If you are a user of Windows XP, 7, Vista, or 8, please use PhotoScape 3.7.
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PhotoScape X is an all-in-one photo editing software which provides photo-related features
such as Photo Viewer, Editor, Cut Out, Batch, Collage, Combine, Create GIF, Color Picker, Screen Capture, RAW images and More.
Try a variety of effects, filters and adjustments to make your own distinct style.
Apply film effect to get your own analogue feelings.
Apply light leak effect to turn out a boring and featureless photo into an astonishing photo.
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- Viewer: Photo | Video | Audio Browser, Loupe View, Full Screen, Flag, Star Rating, Lossless Rotate, Share (Email,Twitter,Facebook), Metadata (Exif,IPTC,GPS) Viewer.
- Editor: 1,000+ Filters & Effects, Frames, Objects, Brushes & Tools, Rotate, Straighten, Flip, Resize, Crop, Circular Crop, Perspective Crop, Mask (Local Adjustments), Redo+, Project.
- Cut Out: Remove the background from an image. (Magic Eraser, Lasso tool, Brush tool)
- Batch: Batch edit multiple photos.
- Collage: Merge multiple photos on the collage frame to create one final photo.
- Combine: Attach multiple photos vertically or horizontally to create one final photo.
- GIF Creator: Create Animated GIF.
- Print: Print photos.
- Screen Capture: Capture your screenshot and save it.
- Color Picker: Zoom in on images, search and pick a color.
- Split: Slice a photo into several pieces.
- Batch Format Change: Convert multiple images to another format at once.
- Batch Resize: Resize multiple images at the same time.
- Batch Rename: Change photo file names in batch mode.
- Filters & Effects: Magic Color, Miniature, Bloom, HDR, Surrealistic, Grayscale, Sepia, Badicoot, Black & White, Negative, Auto Levels, Auto Contrast, Sharpen, Blur, Add Noise, Film Grain, Reduce Noise, Despeckle, Soften Skin, Bokeh Blur, Dehaze, Shadows/Highlights, Point Color, Replace Color, White Balance, Vignette, Color Fill, Pattern Fill, Dilate, Erode, Curves, Levels, Color Balance, Channel Mixer, Selective Color, Hue/Saturation, Graident Fill, Gradient Map, Chromatic Aberration, Opacity, Enhance Document, Threadhold, Jitter, Edge, Emboss, Watercolor Pencil, Colored Pencil, Posterize, Cellophane, Newsprint, Dither, Stippling, Brush Strokes, Mosaic, Kaleidoscope, Triangles, Crystallize, Frosted Glass, Stained Glass, Glass Blocks, Illusion, Motion Blur, Zoom Blur, Radial Blur, Twirl, Wave, Underwater, Spot Light, Tiny Planet, Text Mask, Stretch, Scissor, Fisheye, Reflection, Perspective, Lens Correction, Transform, Warp, 3D Objects, 3D Planes, Brighten, Darken, Deepen, Vibrance, Clarity, Contrast, Saturation, Color Temperature, Tint, Exposure, Gamma Correction, Doge, Burn, Vivid, 80+ Films, 80+ Duotones, 100+ Light Leaks, 120+ Overlays, 40+ Old Photos, 40+ Dirt & Scratches, 40+ Textures, 20+ Lens Flares, and more. [Expand]
- Frames: 290+ Frames, 240+ Shapes, Borders
- Objects: 1,000+ Stickers, 240+ Figures, Image, Text, Text Warp, Magnifier, Arrow, Line, Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Circle, Object Transform, Object Mask
- Brushes & Tools: Draw | Scatter | Paint Brush, Paint Bucket, Mosaic Brush, Fix Red Eye, Mixer Brush, Spot Healing Brush, Liquify, Clone Stamp
- Photo Merge: Merge to HDR, Focus Stacking
- Macro: Record multiple actions and then play them back all at once.
- Photos Extension: Extension for Photos app (macOS 10.11+)
- Languages: English, Español, Português, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, 日本語, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 한국어
- Top 13 PhotoScape X Tips and Tricksby guidingtech.com
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- Windows,Mac無料写真加工アプリ、PhotoScape Xが最強だった!by 8270chihaya.net (Japanese)
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* Version 4.1 (Oct 22, 2020)
- New Text Effects: Long Shadow, Overlays & Masks, Background
- New Object Effects: Long Shadow, Overlays & Masks
- New Filters: Gradient Opacity, Radial Speed Lines, Lines, Concentric, Geometric Collage
- New Filter Objects: Mosaic #2, #3, #4, Frosted Glass
- New Text Warp: Gradient Upper, Gradient Upper 2, Gradient Lower, Gradient Lower 2
- New Features: Copy and Paste multiple objects, Add Empty Cell (Print tab), Flip Horizontal/Vertical (Text object)
- Improved Enhance Document
- Improved Object Transform
- Improved Spot Healing Brushes
- Improved Gradient options
- Improved Raw Engine
- Added 119 Film Looks
- Added 104 Film Extras
- Added 150 Nature
- Added 108 Comic Stickers
- Added 4 more Draw Brushes (Stipple)
- Added 1 more Text Outline Type
- Added 6 Object Transform Skew Types
- Added 8 Canvas Grid Types
- Support Nederlands, Polski (English, Español, Português, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Nederlands, Polski, 한국어, 日本語, 简体中文, 繁體中文)
- Improved UI
- Fixed bugs
* Version 4.0.1 (Dec 21, 2019)
* Version 4.0 (Dec 17, 2019)
- Macro: Record actions
- Redo+: Redo with different settings
- Filter Favorites: Add frequently used filters to Favorites
- Added Matte filter
- Added 'Replace Image' filter
- Added 'Enlarge 16x' (Editor > Resize)
- Added 'Reduce Luminance Noise', Reduce Color Noise' to Batch tab
- Added Stretch option to Batch tab
- Added 240 Face #3, 272 Flag, 221 Floral Stickers
- Added 223 Geometric Figures
- Added 3 more brush shapes
- Added more metadata fields to text object (FL3, FL4,FOLDER,FOLDER-UP,FOLDER_LO)
- Added RAW Engine option
- Doubled thumbnail size
- Press and hold the Shift key while dragging to draw a square or circle
- Press and hold the Shift key while dragging to draw a line at 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75 or 90 degrees
- Support WebP format in Viewer tab
- Support Dark Mode (macOS 10.14+)
- Support Traditional Chinese (English, Español, Português, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, 日本語, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 한국어)
- Improved RAW support (CR3 format)
- Improved UI
- Fixed bugs
* Version 3.0.2 (May 18, 2019)
* Version 3.0.1 (May 2, 2019)
* Version 3.0 (Apr 23, 2019)
- Added ‘Auto Color' filter
- Added 'Surrealistic' filter
- Added 26 Blurred Textures
- Added 210 Face and 60 Ball Stickers
- Added Margins option to Print tab
- Added Zoom (Actual Pixels) option to Preferences
- Added ‘Fit & Fill (Don't Enlarge)' option to Loupe View and Full Screen
- Improved Color Balance, Point Color, Replace Color, and Cut Out
- Improved RAW support
- Improved UI
- Fixed permission issue on macOS Mojave 10.14 (macOS)
- Fixed bugs
- Added Spot Light, Whites, Blacks, Colorize, and Remove Color Cast filters to Editor tab
- Added HDR, Whites, Blacks filters to Batch tab
- Added 'Focus Stacking' and 'Merge to HDR' to Viewer tab
- Added two more resize algorithms (Sharper, Nearest Neighbor)
- Added 150 Emoji and 117 Stationery Stickers
- Improved Lens Profile Correction, Fisheye, HDR, Auto Contrast, and Dehaze filters
- Improved Mask feature (Fill, Clear Mask)
- Improved Slideshow feature
- Support borderless printing (macOS)
- Improved UI
- Fixed bugs
* Version 2.8.1 (May 26, 2018)
* Version 2.8 (May 19, 2018)
- Added Color, Curve, Blur, Light filters to Batch tab
- Added 30 Figures
- Added 30 Blurred Textures
- Added 50 Light Leaks
- Added 38 Lights
- Added Jpeg Quality Preview Window
- Added 'Show GPS Badge' option to Viewer tab
- Added 'Outline Only' option to Text object
- Support 'Edit With' menu in Photos app (macOS 10.13+)
- Support Share Extensions (macOS)
- Support system 'Share' menu (Windows 10 version 1803+)
- Support Text Templates
- Support Object Layers
- Support Jpeg Preview
- Improved Spot Healing Brush
- Improved Noise Reduction
- Improved Magic Color
- New Filters: Lens Profile Correction, Margin/Round Corners, Offset, and Border Line
- Shortcut: Space bar to compare
- Shortcut: Cmd+Wheel to zoom
- Improved UI
- Fixed bugs
* Version 2.7 (Dec 21, 2017)
- Added 'Cut Out' tab (Magic Eraser, Lasso tool, Brush tool)
- Added 'Collage Project' feature for later re-editing
- Added 'Magic Color' filter
- Added 'Paint Bucket' tool
- Added object context menu
- Added 'Print' menu to collage tab
- Added more metadata fields to text object
- Added 11 Draw Brushes
- Added 21 Scatter Brushes
- Support HEIC, HEVC (macOS 10.13+)
- Support Audio, Video files in Viewer tab
- Support Dual Loupe View
- Improved 'Replace Color' filter
- Improved Mask feature (Copy Mask, Paste Mask)
- Improved color profile support
- Improved RAW support
- Improved UI
- Fixed bugs
* Version 2.6.2 (Jul 16, 2017)
* Version 2.6.1 (Jul 15, 2017)
* Version 2.6 (Jul 06, 2017)
- Added Photos Extension (macOS 10.11+)
- Added Photo Management features (Flag, Rating, and Filtering)
- Added Edit Metadata, Paste Metadata, Edit Capture Time, Copy To, Move To, and Split menu
- Added Object Transform
- Added Text Warp (Arch, Arc, Circle, Bulge, Inflate, Squeeze, Flag, Fish, …)
- Added 20 Lens Flares
- Added 40 Old Photo Effects
- Added 150 Pixel Stickers
- Added Draw tool
- Added Filename Caption in Print and Combine tab
- Added 'Stretch', 'Auto Rotate', 'Cell Border' options to Print tab
- Added more gradient styles
- Added drop shadow style to Image/Sticker object
- Added curve type to Arrow/Line object
- New Filters: Text Mask, Enhance Document, Kaleidoscope, Triangles, and Scissor
- Support Português, Français, and Italiano (English, Español, Português, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, 한국어, 日本語, 简体中文)
- Improved Gesture function in Loupe View and Full Screen
- Improved Sandbox support
- Improved RAW support
- Improved UI
- Fixed bugs
- Added 'Save Project' feature to Editor tab for later re-editing
- Added 'Load/Save Settings' menu to Batch tab
- Added Loupe View
- Added metadata fields to text object
- Added 'Open with' menu
- Added Eraser brush
- Added 120 overlays, 40 textures, 42 dirt & scratches
- New Filters: Add Noise, Despeckle, Bokeh Blur, Pattern Fill, Opacity, Transform, Warp, 3D Object, 3D Plane
- Improved RAW support
- Improved Batch editor UI
- Fixed bugs
* Version 2.4 (May 20, 2016)
- New Filters: HDR, Dehaze, Reduce Noise, Hue/Saturation, Gradient Fill, Gradient Map, Color Fill, Posterize, Dither, Stippling, Brush Strokes, Frosted Glass, Stained Glass, Underwater, Tiny Planet, Stretch, Perspective, Chromatic Aberration, and Lens Correction
- New Tools: Bloom, Mixer Brush, Spot Healing Brush, and Liquify
- New Figure object
- Support Local Adjustments (Mask)
- Support RAW images (Please visit Mac OS Support: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205272)
- Support German and Simplified Chinese (English, Español, Deutsch, 한국어, 日本語, 简体中文)
- Sort by 'Date Taken'
- Added Perspective Crop option
- Added Crop option to Batch tab
- Added Arrow Style option
- Added 23 film effects, 55 frames, 20 shapes, 917 patterns, and 395 figures more
- Improved UI
- Fixed a possible crash when changing fonts
- Fixed bugs
- Redesigned User Interface of the Editor
- New Quick Menu
- New Filters: Film Grain, Channel Mixer, Tint, Threshold, Emboss, Swirl, Wave, Motion Blur, Zoom Blur, Radial Blur, and Glass Tile
- New Objects: Magnifier, Filter object (Mosaic, Jitter, Blur, Crystalize, and Newsprint)
- New Brushes: Dodge, Burn, and Sharpen
- Objects support styles of Outline, Drop Shadow, Outer Glow, and Gradient
- Added Open and Close menu to Editor tab
- Added Align and Snap functions for editing objects
- Added 17 more frames
- Support Spanish
- Fixed bugs
- Easy and simple UI/UX
- Animated GIF playable on Viewer tab
- Memorize your last used tab
- Added a vibrance filter to Editor tab
- Added a circular crop option to Editor tab
- Added a watermark function to Create GIF tab
- Added 8 more light leaks, 130 more frames and 4 more patterns
- Added support for Japanese and Korean languages
- Upgraded in many ways
- Fixed bugs
- Added a 'Print' tab
- Added 80 more collage templates, 25 light leaks, 40 frames, 6 patterns
- Improved 'Bloom' filter
- Improved 'Rename' tool
- Fixed bugs
FUN AND EASY PHOTO EDITOR FOR MAC AND WINDOWS 10, PHOTOSCAPE X
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Using a photo editor app can help you edit your photos with ease and allow you to create high-quality small size images to share on the web.
Here we will consider the list of the top 15 best free photo editing apps in 2020 to get a perfect job done:
Read on for the detailed analysis of each app.
Top 15 Best Free Photo Editor Apps
You're convinced that you want to get a photo editor software, but not sure where to start. There are many free online photo editor programs to choose from. We've narrowed down the best free photo editor that you can use without paying a hefty price.
1. Adobe Photoshop Express Editor
Best Photo Editing Software Overall
Although Photoshop can be a bit intimidating, its sister product Adobe Photoshop Express Editor is an altogether different animal. All the tools are readily accessible and easy to use.
Adobe Photoshop Express Editor is a free photo editor. It is jam-packed with features that will allow you to make your images pop. You will be able to remove red-eye, resize images, make color corrections, and more.
It works right from your browser or mobile app. Editing photos is a snap with tools to balance color, resize, crop, change lighting, rotate, and more. The interface is appealing yet user-friendly. Our only gripes are that it was designed in Flash and not HTML5, and image formats can be somewhat limited.
👆 Special Features:
- Crop
- Rotate
- Remove Red and pet-eye
- Auto-Fix
- Text Tool
- Blemish Removal
- Corrections
- Customization
- Perspective Correction
- Pop-Color Tool
- Image Resize
- Watermark Images
- JPEG Quality Output
- Looks
- Borders
✅ PROS:
- Simple and complex customization
- Easy to use
- Compatible with other Adobe Products
- Gives you the edits you need to improve photos significantly
⛔️ CONS:
- Some features require creative cloud membership that has a fee
- The photo organizer tool is a separate app
2. Canva
Best Photo Editing App for Social Media
Canva is an easy to use photo editor app that allows users to create graphics and edit photos by merely dragging and dropping. It takes no time at all to build a design from scratch, and you don't have to be a pro to learn how to use this free photo editing software. It has tons of features that will help you create the ultimate design or touch up your pre-existing photos.
One of the best features of Canva is its extensive library of templates. Within minutes you can drop your photos into a preset layout and then style it using dozens of fonts, illustrations, graphics, colors, and design elements.
With Canva, you can create stunning pieces quickly that you can share, print, or export. This online photo editor also comes complete with built-in support using search, tabs, and articles to find help with any issue.
👆 Special Features:
- Photo Straightener
- Image Cropper
- The Ability to Add Text
- Speech Bubble Maker
- Transparency Tool
- Photo Enhancer
- Photo Blur
- Photo Vignette
- Design Grids
- Free Icons
- Photo Frames
- Web Wireframe
- Stickers
- Badges
- Add Texture
✅ PROS:
- Great for marketing photos on social media
- Make and design ebooks
- Excellent for web presentations
- Tons of great features for free
- Saves project history
⛔️ CONS:
- Unable to remove an image's background
- Needs to increase font size
3. Resizing.app
Best Photo Resizer
One of our favorites is an online image resizer, called Resizing.app. The company has a straightforward website and process to resize images online within seconds. One of the coolest features is the ability to export your newly sized image into a different format.
Resizing.app couldn't be easier to use. You simply drag and drop your images into the box on the home page. Then you select how you want to resize your image (by width, by height, custom size, by percentage, or by the largest side of the image). You can choose to compress your image for quality assurance and then just pick your new file format (jpg, png or webp). Once you hit the save button, your new image is saved to your computer. Voila' all done. No frills but also no hassles.
Unfortunately, this online service does not have any additional photo editing capabilities to go along with resizing. But hey! It's free, and we like free and simple.
If you resize your images and photos regularly, we highly recommend you to add the Resizing extension to your Google Chrome; it is also entirely free.
👆 Special Features:
- Resizing by width, by height, custom size, by percentage, and by the largest side of the image.
- Compress a photo
- Crop an image
- Convert an image to JPEG, PNG, WEBP
- Optimize a picture
✅ PROS:
- Free
- Easy to use
- Online
- Convert TIFF and HEIC files into JPEG, PNG or WEBP
- Has extention for Google Chrome
⛔️ CONS:
- Doesn't have any additional photo editing capabilities
4. inPixio
Another app we tested looking for the best free photo editor was inPixio. In reviews, inPixio earns high marks for usability, features, support, speed, and pricing. It has some fantastic tools to fix perspective (straighten buildings), image correction, dehaze, and you can even edit metadata right within the app to add headlines, captions, and copyright details.
inPixio also offers a free tool to remove the background from an image. It works pretty well if the photo has a clear color distinction between what you want to remove and what you want to keep. inPixio is fun to use, although it may not rank as the best free photo editor on the block, it is worth checking out.
To purchase the full program, you will need to select either the inPixio Photo Studio 10 for $49.99 or inPixio Photo Studio Professional version for $59.99. The price is for the full software you can install and use on your Mac or Windows PC.
Looking for one for your Mac? Read our review of the best mac photo editor.
👆 Special Features:
- Eraser
- Correction Patch
- Cloning stamp
- Cutter
- Retouching and Correction
- Perspective correction
- Film grain module
✅ PROS:
- Tools for retouching photos, resizing, removing backgrounds, cropping, fixing sharpness, trimming, and adding filters.
- Share images within the app.
- Erase objects easily from photos.
- No ads.
- It doesn't 'push' you to upgrade.
- Special effects to enhance your images.
⛔️ CONS:
- The background removal tool doesn't always yield perfect results.
- Some users complain that it does not work as advertised.
- Puts watermarks on images with the free version.
- Cannot batch edit.
- Works by installing multiple modules.
5. Instasize
If you are in the market for the best free photo editing app, you will want to check out Instasize. The app was designed for social media and influencers who want to create eye-catching, creative photos, and videos for their social feeds. The software includes dozens of visually stunning filters, color editing tools, and you can even edit your videos with it.
Instasize has a broad fan base of more than 500,000 users. The plethora of editing tools also include photo retouching features, fonts, and text editing. The free version is limited, but if you are willing to pay $4.99/month, the Premium version is loaded with goodies.
👆 Special Features:
- Collage maker
- Naturally enhancing filters
- Advanced editing adjustments
- Borders
- Beauty tools: edit blemishes, whiten teeth, remove redness, etc.
- Social media formats
- Pro fonts and text editor
- Video editing
✅ PROS:
- Geared toward creating engaging content for social media.
- Dozens of useful features, including backgrounds, beauty enhancements, borders, and filters, to make content creation easy.
- Create collages in a snap.
- Automatic resizing for social media formats.
- Fast and easy to use.
⛔️ CONS: Lightroom photo sharing.
- The free version is stripped down and includes ads.
- Some users complain about the ads and some glitches.
- Only works on mobile devices, no app for PC or Mac.
6. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
A well-known name in the photo game is Adobe, which makes dozens of photo enhancement and editing products. One such app is the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom app.
This product is a cloud-based product where you can upload batches of images and edit them together. It wouldn't be from Adobe without excellent photo editing tools built-in, and if you run into trouble, they have online tutorials to walk you through it all.
You can edit photos easily with all the expected features, share photos, take pictures from inside the app and sync them across all your devices. The Premium version cost is $9.99/month, which may be more than most users want to pay. If you want access to all the creative cloud apps, that figure balloons to $52.99/month.
👆 Special Features:
- Preset creation
- Split Toning
- Tone Curve
- Batch editing on desktop
- Camera
- Healing Brushes
- RAW Editing
- Cloud Storage
- Sync Presets & Profiles
✅ PROS:
- Runs on Mac, Windows, Android, and iOS.
- Easy to use, clean interface.
- Create albums to organize all your photos.
- Built-in presets to make editing easy.
⛔️ CONS:
- Costly to use cloud storage.
- May be too much for some users.
7. Fotor
Best Free Photo Editing App Online
Fotor is a photo editor software that allows you to utilize its photo editing suite to create top-notch photos. In just a few clicks you can adjust the color, size, lighting and more. It also has an HDR effect for your advanced editing needs.
The magic of Fotor is its extensive library of one-click filters to enhance and liven up any photo. Although Fotor is not as powerful as Photoshop and not as feature-rich as GIMP, it holds its own with a solid set of skills such as RAW file processing, borders, frames, color enhancement, and lighting adjustments.
If you like Fotor, there is also a Pro version you can purchase. However, it only works on the Windows platform. Read our review of the best windows photo editor.
👆 Special Features:
- Image Shape
- Fonts
- Stickers
- Align
- Drop Shadow
- Transparency
- CLone
- Color Picker
- Photo Collage
- Filters
- HDR
- Beauty Retouching
✅ PROS:
- Has web, mobile and desktop version
- Smart filters and effects
- Collage maker
- Raw file converter
- Has a social network
⛔️ CONS:
- Lots of ads
- Inability to edit photos at a deeper level
- Incompatible with creating images from scratch
8. VSCO
👆 Special Features:
- Crop
- Rotate
- Remove Red and pet-eye
- Auto-Fix
- Text Tool
- Blemish Removal
- Corrections
- Customization
- Perspective Correction
- Pop-Color Tool
- Image Resize
- Watermark Images
- JPEG Quality Output
- Looks
- Borders
✅ PROS:
- Simple and complex customization
- Easy to use
- Compatible with other Adobe Products
- Gives you the edits you need to improve photos significantly
⛔️ CONS:
- Some features require creative cloud membership that has a fee
- The photo organizer tool is a separate app
2. Canva
Best Photo Editing App for Social Media
Canva is an easy to use photo editor app that allows users to create graphics and edit photos by merely dragging and dropping. It takes no time at all to build a design from scratch, and you don't have to be a pro to learn how to use this free photo editing software. It has tons of features that will help you create the ultimate design or touch up your pre-existing photos.
One of the best features of Canva is its extensive library of templates. Within minutes you can drop your photos into a preset layout and then style it using dozens of fonts, illustrations, graphics, colors, and design elements.
With Canva, you can create stunning pieces quickly that you can share, print, or export. This online photo editor also comes complete with built-in support using search, tabs, and articles to find help with any issue.
👆 Special Features:
- Photo Straightener
- Image Cropper
- The Ability to Add Text
- Speech Bubble Maker
- Transparency Tool
- Photo Enhancer
- Photo Blur
- Photo Vignette
- Design Grids
- Free Icons
- Photo Frames
- Web Wireframe
- Stickers
- Badges
- Add Texture
✅ PROS:
- Great for marketing photos on social media
- Make and design ebooks
- Excellent for web presentations
- Tons of great features for free
- Saves project history
⛔️ CONS:
- Unable to remove an image's background
- Needs to increase font size
3. Resizing.app
Best Photo Resizer
One of our favorites is an online image resizer, called Resizing.app. The company has a straightforward website and process to resize images online within seconds. One of the coolest features is the ability to export your newly sized image into a different format.
Resizing.app couldn't be easier to use. You simply drag and drop your images into the box on the home page. Then you select how you want to resize your image (by width, by height, custom size, by percentage, or by the largest side of the image). You can choose to compress your image for quality assurance and then just pick your new file format (jpg, png or webp). Once you hit the save button, your new image is saved to your computer. Voila' all done. No frills but also no hassles.
Unfortunately, this online service does not have any additional photo editing capabilities to go along with resizing. But hey! It's free, and we like free and simple.
If you resize your images and photos regularly, we highly recommend you to add the Resizing extension to your Google Chrome; it is also entirely free.
👆 Special Features:
- Resizing by width, by height, custom size, by percentage, and by the largest side of the image.
- Compress a photo
- Crop an image
- Convert an image to JPEG, PNG, WEBP
- Optimize a picture
✅ PROS:
- Free
- Easy to use
- Online
- Convert TIFF and HEIC files into JPEG, PNG or WEBP
- Has extention for Google Chrome
⛔️ CONS:
- Doesn't have any additional photo editing capabilities
4. inPixio
Another app we tested looking for the best free photo editor was inPixio. In reviews, inPixio earns high marks for usability, features, support, speed, and pricing. It has some fantastic tools to fix perspective (straighten buildings), image correction, dehaze, and you can even edit metadata right within the app to add headlines, captions, and copyright details.
inPixio also offers a free tool to remove the background from an image. It works pretty well if the photo has a clear color distinction between what you want to remove and what you want to keep. inPixio is fun to use, although it may not rank as the best free photo editor on the block, it is worth checking out.
To purchase the full program, you will need to select either the inPixio Photo Studio 10 for $49.99 or inPixio Photo Studio Professional version for $59.99. The price is for the full software you can install and use on your Mac or Windows PC.
Looking for one for your Mac? Read our review of the best mac photo editor.
👆 Special Features:
- Eraser
- Correction Patch
- Cloning stamp
- Cutter
- Retouching and Correction
- Perspective correction
- Film grain module
✅ PROS:
- Tools for retouching photos, resizing, removing backgrounds, cropping, fixing sharpness, trimming, and adding filters.
- Share images within the app.
- Erase objects easily from photos.
- No ads.
- It doesn't 'push' you to upgrade.
- Special effects to enhance your images.
⛔️ CONS:
- The background removal tool doesn't always yield perfect results.
- Some users complain that it does not work as advertised.
- Puts watermarks on images with the free version.
- Cannot batch edit.
- Works by installing multiple modules.
5. Instasize
If you are in the market for the best free photo editing app, you will want to check out Instasize. The app was designed for social media and influencers who want to create eye-catching, creative photos, and videos for their social feeds. The software includes dozens of visually stunning filters, color editing tools, and you can even edit your videos with it.
Instasize has a broad fan base of more than 500,000 users. The plethora of editing tools also include photo retouching features, fonts, and text editing. The free version is limited, but if you are willing to pay $4.99/month, the Premium version is loaded with goodies.
👆 Special Features:
- Collage maker
- Naturally enhancing filters
- Advanced editing adjustments
- Borders
- Beauty tools: edit blemishes, whiten teeth, remove redness, etc.
- Social media formats
- Pro fonts and text editor
- Video editing
✅ PROS:
- Geared toward creating engaging content for social media.
- Dozens of useful features, including backgrounds, beauty enhancements, borders, and filters, to make content creation easy.
- Create collages in a snap.
- Automatic resizing for social media formats.
- Fast and easy to use.
⛔️ CONS: Lightroom photo sharing.
- The free version is stripped down and includes ads.
- Some users complain about the ads and some glitches.
- Only works on mobile devices, no app for PC or Mac.
6. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
A well-known name in the photo game is Adobe, which makes dozens of photo enhancement and editing products. One such app is the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom app.
This product is a cloud-based product where you can upload batches of images and edit them together. It wouldn't be from Adobe without excellent photo editing tools built-in, and if you run into trouble, they have online tutorials to walk you through it all.
You can edit photos easily with all the expected features, share photos, take pictures from inside the app and sync them across all your devices. The Premium version cost is $9.99/month, which may be more than most users want to pay. If you want access to all the creative cloud apps, that figure balloons to $52.99/month.
👆 Special Features:
- Preset creation
- Split Toning
- Tone Curve
- Batch editing on desktop
- Camera
- Healing Brushes
- RAW Editing
- Cloud Storage
- Sync Presets & Profiles
✅ PROS:
- Runs on Mac, Windows, Android, and iOS.
- Easy to use, clean interface.
- Create albums to organize all your photos.
- Built-in presets to make editing easy.
⛔️ CONS:
- Costly to use cloud storage.
- May be too much for some users.
7. Fotor
Best Free Photo Editing App Online
Fotor is a photo editor software that allows you to utilize its photo editing suite to create top-notch photos. In just a few clicks you can adjust the color, size, lighting and more. It also has an HDR effect for your advanced editing needs.
The magic of Fotor is its extensive library of one-click filters to enhance and liven up any photo. Although Fotor is not as powerful as Photoshop and not as feature-rich as GIMP, it holds its own with a solid set of skills such as RAW file processing, borders, frames, color enhancement, and lighting adjustments.
If you like Fotor, there is also a Pro version you can purchase. However, it only works on the Windows platform. Read our review of the best windows photo editor.
👆 Special Features:
- Image Shape
- Fonts
- Stickers
- Align
- Drop Shadow
- Transparency
- CLone
- Color Picker
- Photo Collage
- Filters
- HDR
- Beauty Retouching
✅ PROS:
- Has web, mobile and desktop version
- Smart filters and effects
- Collage maker
- Raw file converter
- Has a social network
⛔️ CONS:
- Lots of ads
- Inability to edit photos at a deeper level
- Incompatible with creating images from scratch
8. VSCO
VSCO is another contender in our line-up of the best free picture editing apps. VSCO is a minimalistic app with a simple interface and powerful features. Its best feature is the vast library of filters to enhance your images and make them share-worthy.
You can do so within the VSCO social media channel. Yes, they have their own social network but you aren't limited to just that one. VSCO also offers some other photo editing tools such as adjusting color, balance, highlights, cropping, and spot healing. The free version is limited to only ten filters, which isn't very many compared to the 200+ you get with the paid version. A VSCO premium membership costs $19.99/year.
👆 Special Features:
- Filters
- Clarity
- Tint
- Fade
- X-Skew
- Y-Skew
- Skin Tone
- Highlights Tint
- Shadows Tint
✅ PROS:
- Includes its own social network to share images.
- Easy to use interface.
- Excellent editing tools with the paid version.
- Powerful camera features like ISO, exposure, white balance, and focus.
- Save images in RAW format.
- Video editing.
- Create montages easily.
- The ability to share from within the app.
⛔️ CONS:
- Requires a paid subscription for the best features.
- Only works on mobile devices, no app for PC or Mac.
- Not as good for social media image creation.
- Pushes upgrading.
- No option to take selfies with the app.
- No zoom features.
9. BeFunky
BeFunky is much more than just a free photo editor. With easy to use features, this photo editor app provides high-quality results whenever you use it to edit photos or make collages. You'll have fun using this software for years to come.
Using the myriad of free collage layouts and design elements, you can quickly create a new Facebook banner or other social media image. The program is an online photo editor but also supports a handy mobile app. Integrations allow you to save your masterpiece to Dropbox or Google Drive and share it on Facebook, Pinterest, or Twitter. BeFunky's drag-and-drop functionality makes it a breeze to use.
👆 Special Features:
- Collage
- Crop
- Resize
- Digital Art
- Cartoonizer
- Enhance DLX
- Font Pairing
- Create Wallpapers for Your Device
- Edit and Replace Colors
- Batch Processing
✅ PROS:
- Complete control of your work
- Easier than most programs to use
- Privacy
- Editing tools have variety
⛔️ CONS:
- No eraser tool
- Additional content has a cost
10. Pixlr
You can't beat the convenience factor of a powerful photo editor that runs in your browser, and Pixlr delivers. Pixlr is a great way to have a convenient photo editor at your fingertips that is user-friendly and can provide the professional-looking images you imagined.
Pixlr is a Photoshop clone that offers a generous treasure trove of image-editing features along with the ability to import photos from Facebook. Pixlr has also been compared to GIMP in terms of functionality and user interface. Although it may be overkill for some, it's just the right balance of form and functionality for others.
👆 Special Features:
- Edit Photos Using Dropbox
- Layers
- Filters
- Adjustments
- Texts
- Fonts
- Magic Wand
- Lasso
- Brushes
- Eraser
- Object Transform
- Color Replace
- Digital Painting
- Image Retouching
- Digital Inking
- Photo Collage
- Effects
✅ PROS:
- Available on desktop and mobile
- Supports layers and masks
- Customize the interface
⛔️ CONS:
- Some ads
11. Snapseed for Android and iOS
Best Photo Editing App for Professional Photographers
Snapseed is a free online photo editor designed for the serious photographer who wants to enhance their photos professionally. App store microsoft office ipad. Its primary focus is on providing filters that will change the effects. You can also share your creations with its export tool.
The software uses stacks/layers of edits so you can remove, arrange, or apply them at will. These stacks can be saved as a 'look,' meaning a style which you can then use to apply to other photos. Compared to other apps, Snapseed shines with an impressive array of filters, brushes, and nondestructive editing tools that will delight any serious photo editing buff.
👆 Special Features:
- Pre-Made Filters
- Looks
- Tools
- Export
✅ PROS:
- Nondestructive editing
- Selective edit brushes
- Photographic filters
⛔️ CONS:
- More suitable for experienced users
- No auto-save
12. PhotoScape
PhotoScape was designed for the beginner, but don't let that fool you; it is a powerhouse of features and functionality. Although the layout of PhotoScape is a bit clunky, the tools are solid, and along with retouching features, you can easily add filters to your images, create animated GIFs, batch edit photos, create slideshows and more using dozens of free templates.
The list of accolades is impressive for a free photo editor app.
PhotoScape gives you the ability to create stunning images with access to multiple tools. Enhancing your photos becomes more convenient, and you aren't disappointed by a system that doesn't deliver. It has your basic features and more advanced ones such as Batch Processing, Font pairing, and Digital Art.
👆 Special Features:
- Viewer
- Editor
- Batch Editor
- Page
- Combine
- Animated GIF
- Splitter
- Screen Capture
- Color Picker
- Rename
- Raw Converter
- Paper Print
- Face Search
✅ PROS:
- Plenty of Features
- Effects Preview
⛔️ CONS:
- Redundant Interface
13. Paint.NET
Paint.Net started as a built-in program on the Windows platform and evolved into its own standalone photo editing software with an innovative user interface that supports many features. This photo editor can be extended through plug-ins to give a wide variety to what the photo editor app can do.
While it provides a clean layout and powerful tools, this program is not for beginners. It boasts of a main working window with the tools corralled into their own movable windows. The program uses layers to keep everything organized. A design aficionado will be disappointed with the lack of some features, but for most users, it's a great solution.
👆 Special Features:
- Layers
- Unlimited Undo
- Special Effects
- Powerful Tools
- Unlimited History
✅ PROS:
- Innovative Interface
- Keyboard Shortcuts for Tools and Menu Items
- Font Previews
⛔️ CONS:
- Little Control Over Text
- Minimal Layer Effects
- Few Brush Options
14. GIMP
Best Open-source Photo Editor
GIMP is open-source software and a favorite among many graphic designers. GIMP has often been compared to Photoshop. While it shares many of the same features and functionality of the popular photo editing software, GIMP is free.
Some of the highlights are a plethora of brushes to choose from, filters, and even plugins to make the software more desirable. GIMP also supports animation. Because of all this, GIMP is by far our pick for the best free photo editor.
👆 Special Features:
- Color Correction
- Skin Retouching
- Eyes Brightening
- Customizable Interface
- Graphic Design Elements
- Original Artwork
- Photo Enhancement
- Inkscape
- Swatch booker
✅ PROS:
- Compatible With Many File Types
- Developer Support
- User-Friendly Interface
- Open Source Code
⛔️ CONS:
- Functionality
15. Photo Pos Pro
Photo Pos Pro is excellent for creating computer graphic designs and text that will pop. It is a powerful software that can be mastered by advanced and beginner photo editors. The system has a program that offers assistance for beginners who need step by step instructions.
With Photo Pos Pro, you get the best of both worlds, the choice of a beginner or expert interface. Photographers will love the support for RAW files, the many filters, and retouching tools. Both the novice and pro interfaces are a bit confusing and cluttered. It's a very personal preference when picking the best free photo editor for you.
👆 Special Features:
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- Filters
- Layers
- Masks
- Curves
- Scripts
- Effects
- Brushes
- Frames and Collages
- Text Effects
- RAW Files Support
- Remove, Erase, and Replace Backgrounds
✅ PROS:
- Great For Any Level of Experience
- Superb Help and Tutorials
- Manual Editing and Automatic One-Click Editing Balance
⛔️ CONS:
- Large Learning Curve
- Software Glitches
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How to Choose The Best Free Photo Editor?
When it comes to choosing the best photo editor software, there are many things to take into account. The top features to look at are the file formats, organizing tools, photo sharing, and standard editing tools. These items are significant for those who're interested in doing photo editing whether it is for pleasure or career.
File Formats
File formats like jpg, gif, and png are essential to have if you're uploading your photos to the Internet. These formats allow you to compress the file size of the images to publish them on the web.
Organizing Tools
Having a free online photo editor should come with tools to help keep you organized. It is essential to have features that will keep track of your photos by using thumbnail previews, search, and naming schemes.
Standard Editing Tools
Having the basics is vital to being successful at photo editing and utilizing the photo editor software of your choice. Some of the typical tools you'll need are adjusting brightness and contrast in your photos, crop, resize, and rotating the images. They should be easy to catch onto and fast to use.
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Photo Sharing
We all know how eager we get to post our work and personal photos online. With the right program, it will reduce the time it'll take to upload the image online. That will decrease the need to have a photo editor software that has blogging tools to get your photos posted.
If you want to edit your photos like a PRO, check out the following presets of ours. Alternatively, you can leave it to professionals; FixThePhoto is one of the best photo editing companies to assign your photo retouching tasks.
Finding the best free photo editor is what will set you apart with your photography whether it's a hobby or your career. Choose from these free online photo editor apps to enhance your photos with a few simple clicks. The best part about photo editor online software is that you don't have to break the bank with these free, high-quality programs and can do it from any device, because they are web-based.
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