15 BEST PHOTO EDITING TOOLS, SERVICES AND APPS
Effective product photography is one of the main factors that drive conversions for e-commerce sellers. It is upto the online sellers how they can make the online shoppers experience that they are looking into the products physically but actually through a virtual window. Therefore in todays world photoediting tools are of utmost importance irrespective of how well one can shoot your photos, with the growing number of photo editing tools you can always improve your photos afterwards and give them a lively appearance. Getting a right shot nowadays is as important as it was before, but what you do with it afterwards that really takes you home. Therefore we have rounded up a list of the best free photoediting softwares plus apps, alongwith some paid ones, that you can use to make your photos really shine online.
1) GIMP
It is arguably the most sophisticated and the best free photo editor. It is used to retouch, edit and draw. The program is to be downloaded in a computer before you begin. It is a free, open source image-editing platform.
2) INKSCAPE
Inkscape is a free photo editing software to be downloaded on a computer. The professional vector graphics editor for Windows, MAC OS and Linux allows one to create and manipulate objects, change colours and add text, among other features.
3) FOTOR
It is a browser based software that offers editing and beauty retouching. Using this application one can take three photos with different exposures and combine them into a single image with the best light and tone from each of the separate photos. It is one of the best free photo editors and for enjoying some added features one has to go pro for a small monthly fee. This tool offers a free basic plan but upgradation may cost upto $8.99 or $3.33( if billing is done annually).
4) Pixlr
It is a free photo editing software that has both a mobile app and a web app. Features include a sponge tool, a brush tool, red eye correction, gradient and more. This tool is free to all types of users and comes with no enterprise fees. All one need to have is a Flash-enabled web browser to access the Pixlr Website.This app is mostly used by small businesses and freelance artists.
5) Photoshop Express
It is a mobile app. This app can be used to crop , fix red eye and sharing pictures on social media. It is one of the best free photo editors from Adobe’s suite.
6) Paint.NET
It is a free photo editing software that can be downloaded on PCs that run on Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undos, special effects and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. It was originally intended as a free replacement for the Microsoft Paint software but has gradually grown into a powerful yet simple image and photoeditor tool.
7) Aviary
Aviary is a free app owned by Adobe which is used to edit images on phones and computers. It is used to enhance visuals with high definition, fix red eye and adjust lighting.
8) Photo Pos Pro
It is a free photo editing software that can be downloaded on PCs that run on Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undos, special effects and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. It was originally intended as a free replacement for the Microsoft Paint software but has gradually grown into a powerful yet simple image and photoeditor tool.
9) PhotoScape
It is a free editing software that can be downloaded on computer. The fairly sizeable list of features of this app includes merging of photos to a single image, convertion of RAW to JPG,and creation of animated GIFs from multiple shots.
10) InPixio
This app is used for simple editing needs. The list of features are short for this app since this tool is built for those who are new to photo editing. The pro-version can cost upto INR 1319.34 .
11) Be Funky
This browser-based and free picture editing software allows users to crop , resize, rotate, and to adjust exposure and lighting to an image. There is a separate paid version of this app which has some upgraded features. The paid version of this tool is known as BeFunky plus. BeFunky plus can cost from $4.99( if billed annually) to $6.99( in case of monthly billing).
12) Freeonlinephotoeditor.com
This browser based free picture editing software is used to crop, rotate, adjust colours, add borders and effects, and create text overlays for a picture. This is a very basic easy-to-use app.
13) Canva
This is a free photo editing tool which is used to create graphics and brochures. This browser based photo editor has a paid version which can be upgraded to access more advanced features. Advanced version of this tool is called Canva For Work which costs $12.95 per team member per month with a 30 days of free upgradation scheme.
14) Snapseed
Snapseed is a Google-owned photo editing app. Mobile app for this tool is available for Android and iOS devices. The list of features include most advanced selection which one can use to edit a specific area of a photo. The list of features that include is rather robust from the standard crop and colour correction. The total size of this entire app is 22MB and thus it is memory-space friendly. This app is currently available in 40+ languages which automatically ought to make the life of many users more easy while using this app.
15) Snappa
Snappa’s drag and drop editor helps to create your own graphics for blog posts, social media profiles and ads. It is free to download upto 5 files per month, or $10 a month for unlimiteddownloads. This tool provides access to more than half a million free stock photos in 70,000+ vectors and shapes, and 200+ fonts. This tool is cuurently available in three versions. The trial version is a free tool. Pro-version of this app costs $10 per month to a single member whereas team of five members can use the Team version of this tool at a cost of $20 per month. Team of more than five members can request a custom quote. Payment is only available in annual-billing mode.
The above mentioned 15 photo editing apps are mostly used by beginners to proffessionals when they are in need of a quick solution for simple editing. The other mostly used photo editing apps are:
Photoshop Elements
Photoshop Lightroom
ON1 Effects
Fiverr
Tucia
Portrait Proffessionals
Pixelz
Bright River
KeyShot
PicMonkey
Paid options offer the best photo editing software and tools available, since paid products often respond to feature requests and ship updates more consistently. However if you are on a budget a free alternative can definitely work for you.
