Top 14 digital image processing tools

These software will help you manipulate, process and organize your photos in the best way without having to spend too much money. Many of them are provided for free.

Photo editing tools

1. The Gimp

A versatile, well-designed open-source image editor, though it seems a bit odd. It has quite a few editing functions similar to Adobe Photoshop such as filter, effect, mask and layer. Besides the basic tools of a photo editor like red-eye removal, Gimp provides a lot of other professional image processing tools.

Download The Gimp | Price: Free

2. Photo Pos Pro

Versatile and easy to use photo editor. It seems to have all the automatic image editing tools you need, from basic like red-eye reduction to complex, such as automatically sharpening or blurring images, for fresher or colder colors, adding frames and Special effects, drawing tools, working with layers and many other functions.

Download Photo Pos Pro | Price: $ 50 (shareable software)

3. XnView

Although not as strong as Gimp, XnView can still do a lot of things like: resize, cut, fix red eyes, rotate images with image editing functions such as: increase brightness, contrast, gamma (adjust color profile ), and especially it is completely free.

Download XnView | Price: Free

4. Paint Paint Studio

The editor is simple, easy to use, can handle not only ordinary images but also animations. Despite being quite light and slightly inferior to Photoshop or Gimp, its functionality is still amazing, including most of the tools needed for a beginner to learn photography.

Download Saint Paint Studio | Price: $ 40 (Trial)

5. Image Resizer

A free application for Windows from Microsoft. It allows you to resize one or more photos with a right click. There are 4 sizes for you to choose: Small (640 by 480 pixels), Medium (800 by 600 pixels), Large (1024 by 768 pixels), and Handheld PC (240 by 320 pixels).

Download Image Resizer | Price: Free

6. FxFoto 2.0

Another free and versatile software, with most photo editing tools you can think of. FXFoto 2.0's unique interface allows you to select the image you want from the gallery on the left. You can also add comments and make photo slides (if you want to insert music, you must upgrade but will have to pay). In addition, it allows photo collage, share photos via email, upload photos or burn to disk.

Download FxFoto 2.0 | Price: Free

7. Cleanerzoomer

Dedicated photo editing software, which can handle all your photo problems from simple to complex like red-eye removal and errors caused by photographers.

Download Cleanerzoomer | Price: $ 35 (Shared software)

Photo management software, create albums and slideshows

1. ACDSee 10 Photo Manager photo organizer

A great photo management tool. You can view photos by folder, by rating point, by content, the most viewed photos or by type of camera used for taking photos. In addition, the program includes simple image processing tools. You can also convert multiple photos at once, upload them to Flickr and create movies from them.

Download ACDSee 10 Photo Manager | Price: $ 50 (Shared software)

2. Roxio Media Ticker

Allows you to create a slide show photo slide anywhere on your screen. Photos can be taken from hard drives, via RSS feeds or uploaded to Flickr photo sharing sites. You can hover to any image to see details about it, and double-click to zoom in, from which you can print, email, rotate photos or set them as wallpapers, next to many other options. .

Download Roxio Media Ticker | Price: Free

3. Comic Life

Just arrange your photos by page, resize them, add lines, mix colors, you have a comic book about your real life. This application has a lot of applications and graphics, so you don't worry if your books become boring. Alternatively, you can insert music if desired.

Download Comic Life | Price: $ 25 (trial)

4. InAlbum Deluxe

You can create albums and photo slides right on your PC to show off on your computer or share with friends. You can save them for screen saver, as HTML pages, a .exe file, even Flash or burn them to DVD. Note that you cannot open more than 5 at the same time.

Download InAlbum Deluxe | Price: $ 55 (trial)

5. MemoriesOnTV

Another photo slide creation program, however, with this software, you can create photo slides that are suitable for TV. It can use all image formats, even videos with AVI extensions. This software allows you to drag and drop photos to create slides, add effects, insert animated files, audio files, burn them to DVD hock SVCD.

Download MemoriesOnTV | Price: $ 50 (demo)

6. Photoscape

You have a program for previewing files, a photo editor, creating slide shows, group editing, screen capture, all in one software completely free.

Download Photoscape | Price: Free

7. Collage Maker

With Collage Maker, you can create collage art photos in a variety of ways: arrange photos, resize, blend them, add borders, backgrounds, edge effects, add lines. You can save your work in various formats like .bmp, .gif and .jpg, or burn them to CD or VCD.

Download Collage Maker | Price: $ 28 (Shared software)

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