Photo Editing Software

Following right along the huge popularity of digital cameras came a host of new photo editing software programs. Though photo editing software actually predates most modern digital photography; photos would be scanned into a computer to be digitally manipulated, it was digital photography that really allowed photo editing software to take off.

The best thing about photo editing software is that, combined with digital photography, it allows the consumer to do at home what used to be impossible without a full darkroom or professional photography studio. Everybody can now digitally remaster their photos at home to make them much better than they were to begin with.
One of the most useful features of almost all photo editing software is that the software allows you to quickly and easily crop and resize your photos. Remember the feeling of getting a roll of 35mm photos back from the lab and finding that your thumb screwed up a great photo of the Leaning Tower of Pisa or Notre Dame? Now, with a few clicks you can crop out your thumb, leaving an excellent, thumb-less photo.
Another handy feature of nearly all photo editing software suites is that they allow you to alter the brightness and contrast of your photo with a few clicks of your mouse. Aside from poor composition, which can usually be corrected with a little cropping, one of the most common causes of bad photos is that they’re either too light or too dark. By adjusting the contrast and brightness sliders in your photo editing software you can’t save every photo, but you can save a lot of them and, what’s even better, you can make your already good photos great.
Photo editing software varies from here quite a bit, depending on the manufacturer. Some photo editing software, especially software which comes bundled with digital cameras, usually only has features for cropping, resizing, and adjusting brightness and contrast. Other, more advanced programs like Adobe Photoshop will allow you to alter the brightness and contrast of each color in the photo relative to the rest of the colors, to work in adjustment levels, and to add other visual filters to your photo. You can even blend photos together or take a person from one photo and drop him or her into another (helpful if your uncle keeps missing the family reunions). Regardless of what software you use, all photo editing software can help you make your photos a lot better.