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How to select a image editing software ?


A photo editing software is a tool to edit your photos. Often it is required to either resize or transform the image format or convert the same into different colour or remove some part of the imageā€¦.Many people use such software to enhance their photos for better presentability. Some use it for fun and some other will use it to send specific message. So, it is eminent that image editing software are a very common software which is soughted by many. As usual there are many alternatives and it is often a difficult task to select the best out of them. Following points can help you in this regard:

1.    Look for the following features :
a.     Image Capturing
                                          i.    Rectangular Area
                                         ii.    Specific Objects on the Screen
                                        iii.    Freehand
                                        iv.    Entire Screen
b.    Image Morphing
                                          i.    Lightness Adjustment
                                         ii.    Contrast
                                        iii.    Sharpness
                                        iv.    Blurring/Morphing
                                         v.    Transformations
1.     To Negative
2.     To Grayscale
3.     To Sepia
c.     Image Resizing
                                          i.    Batch resize
                                         ii.    Resize to a premade as well as custom dimension without distorting the main image
d.    Image Editing
                                          i.    Removing lines or objects
                                         ii.    Drawing Lines and Text
                                        iii.    Creating Layers
                                        iv.    Classifying the Image into Specific Colours according to their pixel values

2.    But even if the software has the above features it must  also have the following necessary features:
a.     System must not slow down after installation
b.    Requirements of Graphic Cards must be minimum
c.     Memory requirement must also be average or minimum
d.    Must work with Windows XP or higher
e.     Printing of edited images must be available
f.     Images must have the option to be exported into other formats like jpg to bmp and vice-versa.
g.    Copying and pasting of edited images must be allowed
h.     Compatibility with MS or other Office publishing tools must be available
i.      Proper tech-support must be provided
j.      Features/Price >1 required

Next time you try to buy a photo editing software, keep the above points in your mind so that you may not repent after purchase

Comments

Anonymous saidā€¦
I found a fun simple tool that has most of those featured you blogged about. It's free!

http://www.myimageeditor.com/Editor/editor.php

Let me know what you think

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