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.

In-camera photo editing

Don’t like editing photos? The editing functions right within your digital camera may be just enough to give them some pizazz.

Cropping is easy and, when planned carefully, can greatly improve the composition and visual impact of a digital photo.

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 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 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.