Basic Editing
Making a few adjustments when editing can often improve the appearance of a digital photo. To help you get started in the digital darkroom, we offer step-by-step tutorials about some of key editing techniques. Our tutorials are illustrated and easy-to-understand.
Which photo editing software?
If you want to move beyond basic photo editing, consider these popular image editing and enhancing programs. Some are free, some are inexpensive; all are worth giving a try.
PhotoFiltre image retouching program
PhotoFiltre is a free image retouching program. It not a widely known but is certainly worth trying. It has plenty of features and fun filters that casual photo editors will find useful.
Picnik: online photo editing
Picnik is a free online service that lets you edit photos directly from any browser. It has many tools and features found in full-fledged image editing programs.
Basic photo editing steps
A step-by-step guide to basic photo editing - just the basics, to help get you started enhancing digital images.
Cropping a digital image
Cropping changes the size of a photo by removing unnecessary parts of it. Cropping is very useful to bring attention to the main subject.
Photo editing software
Image editing software can edit, retouch and even organize your digital photos.
Free photo software
Some of the best things in life are free, and that includes some great photo editing programs and utilities. They’ll help you edit and organize digital photos, and even recover images if you’ve erased them from a memory card.
Noise reduction software
Removing digital “noise” can improve photos. Noise removal does not have to be a complicated process.