It is no secret that some digital photographs are not entirely successful. However, if desired, in most cases, you can reanimate many frames. At the same time, it is not necessary to master the most famous graphics editor "Photoshop", because there are a number of special programs for processing photographs, for the use of which you do not even have to pay, because they are distributed free of charge.
How to reanimate photos
Currently, there are many programs known for editing and processing digital photographs. Among them there are applications for viewing images, cropping, resizing. Depending on what exactly you need, and you should choose a graphics editor. For example, Gimp, Serif PhotoPlus, Image, PhotoFiltre, ForceVision, PhotoPad Image Editor, XnView, FastStone Image Viewer, Zoner Photo Studio Free, Photo Editor and others have proven themselves very well.
Each of these programs has a specific set of properties. So, Gimp won the love of users, first of all, for its free software. The developers first created it for the Linux operating system, but later the program was successfully adapted to Windows as well. Gimp is one of the most powerful image editor, which in terms of features and functionality is in no way inferior to the reputable Photoshop. The program supports work with many graphic formats, can adjust the level of curves, blur, hue, saturation, and much more useful. However, it also has a number of disadvantages, including the lack of working with layers, not a very user-friendly interface (however, you can get used to it), a heap of user dialogues on the screen, which cannot be hidden, as in Photoshop. And the Gimp, in contrast to its authoritative brother, works much slower. However, for basic image editing, it is quite suitable.
For the simplest photo correction, you can use the free Image Forge photo editor.
Miniature "Photoshop" - this is what the Serif PhotoPlus program is often called. Despite the fact that the program is free, its registration on the developer's website is required, otherwise the application will freeze and crash. This is where the disadvantages of the program end. Serif PhotoPlus has a small set of tools, but the most popular. It has a set of filters similar to the minimal set of Photoshop, and a host of other features, such as converting an image to another graphic format, numerous effects, settings that are functionally similar to Photoshop. One of the useful options is the red-eye removal tool.
Small but very functional free PhotoFiltre editor. Remove scratches, dust, adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, work with a brush, the ability to overlay built-in frames and work with frames, apply effects and filters - all this is available in PhotoFiltre. Another advantage of the program is its ability to turn a color photo into black and white with one click of the mouse.
And you don't need to download
For removing unnecessary objects from an image, the Inpaint program is the best. In it, it is enough to select an unnecessary object and start the editing process.
If you need to resize an image, crop a photo, remove red eyes, change color, brightness and contrast, flip a picture, try the Microsoft Office Picture Manager built into Microsoft Office. It is noteworthy that you do not need to download it and additionally download it to your computer. This application is loaded automatically with the Office package and with the Russian interface.
Another useful editing program is Paint, with which you can overlay text on an image, erase unnecessary details with an eraser, resize, and even draw your own picture.
