Online photo editing software packages Archives

Imaging editing and file management is an integral part of modern day photography, but the software to carry out these tasks is not always that affordable.

Although Photoshop used to be available for eye-watering amounts as an up-front payment, you could argue that having to fork out for a creative cloud subscription for years is just as expensive. At the moment you can get a Photography CC package for £8.49 a month – but can you get something which is just as good for free?

If you’d like to take more control over your images but don’t want to part with the cash involved with Photoshop then the good news is that there’s plenty of much more affordable software available that will serve much the same function. If you know where to look, you’ll also find a host of image editing programs that are completely free. Here are our picks of the best free free photo editing software and Apps for photographers…

Best free photo editing software 2016

GIMP 2.8.16

www.gimp.org

What is it?: Gimp is, in essence, a free version of Photoshop. Although it is not associated with Adobe in any way the end result is quite reminiscent of the pre-CS versions, giving a satisfyingly basic layout that may be instantly familiar to any long-standard Photoshop users.

From basic cropping and resizing to correcting barrel distortion, Gimp is an all-encompassing piece of software that offers many of the same functions that Photoshop does, but for free. For example, PSD files (Photoshop image files containing multiple layers) can be opened and altered, making it incredibly useful as a converter.

A Histogram, which can be divided in red, green and blue channels, is also present and can be utilized to alter exposure and colour balance. The interface can be moved around, adapting to the available space on your monitor, making it perfect for the likes of smaller screen laptops and desktop computers.

A clone tool, healing tool and perspective clone tool are also offered for more in-depth photo fixes, as is the ability to create and manipulate Alpha Channels and multiple layers. Because Gimp is multi-platform there’s no restrictions on using a Linux setup, nor Windows or Mac.

Gimp is a excellent solution to those not wanting to pay for Photoshop, as the functionality is extremely close to the older Adobe program from a few generations ago. Of course, it isn’t anywhere as fast or as through as Photoshop, which is to be expected really. In use you may well find that manipulating layers can be sluggish, while the chaotic floating window layout can also be a bit confusing. All of the controls are logically placed within the menus though, and there’s a number of user-made filters that can be downloaded too.

System requirements: Download – PC and Mac (additional software required)

Picasa 3.9

www.picasa.google.com

What is it?: A Google-owned photo management and editing package that you can dowload free of charge from Google. In addition to image management and basic editing, Picasa allows you to share your images via a number of Google-owned internet services and social networking platforms such as Google+. Overall, while the organisation and photo management tools of Picasa are pretty good, the editing tools are a little basic.

The editing side of things essentially boils down to a number of customizable filters, each of which comes with a few sliding controls to alter the severity of the effects. There are also a number of basic corrective settings, such as brightness and contrast, plus the ability to resize your image or save it in another file format. If you want to get a little more in-depth then you can also choose to open your images in the ‘Creative Kit’ web-based editor, which utilises a slightly cleaner interface. Be warned though: even on a superfast fibre-optic broadband connection, the Creative Kit interface can be slow.

On the plus side, Picasa allows you to import an impressive number of file formats, from JPEG to PSD along with a selection of Raw file formats. The links to Google are apparent from the get-go, with their Google+ social networking site prominent as an export option. This doesn’t mean other social networking sites are chastised though, as Twitter can be exported to directly and Facebook via a third party plugin.

The interface is relatively straightforward, with large buttons and simple icons for each function. Because the image editing aspect of Picasa isn’t particularly advanced there isn’t a massive amount of clutter either, which makes it ideal for novice users just looking to make some very basic alterations.

Unlike Gimp, Picasa is perfect for absolute beginners, as the program needs far less time spent fiddling with settings. More advanced users will probably find Picasa a bit simplistic and limited though.

System requirements: Download – PC and Mac

Paint.NET

www.getpaint.net

Much like Gimp, paint.NET is another old-school Photoshop clone that offers a fairly extensive array of image editing options. Originally created asan alternative to the MS Paint software that first came preinstalled withMicrosoft XP, Paint.NET has since morphed into a fully-fledged image editor in its own right. You’ll need to download the software from the Paint.NET website first and unfortunately for Mac users, Paint.NET is a Windows-only application. The source files haven’t been updated for quite some time now either, however it still remains a well put together piece of software.

Once installed, the Paint.NET interface looks remarkably similar to an older version of Adobe Photoshop complete with a number of familiar sounding drop-down menu options listed across the top of the screen, flanked by a number of equally recognisable ‘Tools’ on the left-hand-side of the screen. Navigation is, ifanything, a bit simpler than the full-fat version of Photoshop. In addition to all the usual healing, burning and cloning tools, Paint.NET also offers layer support for advanced editing, as well as more basic cropping, re-sizing and exporting options.

Overall, Paint.NET isn’t a bad image editor at all, although for our money, Gimp has a much neater looking interface. That said, if you’re running a Windows computer then Paint.NET is definitely worth a closer look – especially as both are free, you could always try both and see which you prefer.

System requirements: Windows only

RawTherapee 4

http://rawtherapee.com

What is it?: A Raw processing program with the ability to make the kind of on-the-fly adjustments that Lightroom is capable of, from simple level changes through to tinkering with the white balance and cropping.

Looking much like a low-rent version of Lightroom the layout is very straightforward, with tools to the right, images placed centrally and the browser on the left. Moving the window to fill a larger space can cause the icons to merge into one another, showing the homemade nature of RawTherapee.

Thankfully the program churns through the majority of tasks with relative ease, making opening a number of different Raw files extremely simple. The lack of presentational flair also seems to be to the benefit of the startup and processing times, as both are impressively rapid.

Any alterations are saved within a selectable history, allowing each to be removed when needed, and viewed side-by-side with the original image. There are a few gimmicky features to play with, but the majority of controls are aimed towards correcting and tweaking rather than making huge changes.

The ability to import a whole host of files, alter them and output the results in rapid fashion will be perfect for an aspiring pro photographer on location. Pay careful attention to the build version, as some are unreliable, and take your time with the interface as a number of the tools are poorly labeled.

If you often shoot in raw and want to convert your images, this is a good place to start.

System requirements: Download – PC, Mac and Linux

Photoshop Express

www.photoshop.com/tools

What is it?: An online version of Photoshop, albeit a stripped-down variation with more focus on organizing and sharing your images. To use Photoshop Express you’ll need to have Flash installed and the usability of the web-based software will depend heavily on your internet connection speed. That said, once you’ve uploaded the image you want to work on Photoshop Express is reasonably rapid.

The first step in the process is to upload the file or files you want to edit and how long this takes will, once again, be affected by the speed of your broadband connection. For this reason it’s worth keeping the individual files you edit below 5MB, and not uploading more than 10 at once. There’s a 2GB limit on the amount of images that can be stored, and only JPEG’s can be uploaded – Photoshop Express definitely isn’t for Raw shooters.

Once your files have been uploaded basic edits can be performed and Albums made. Rather than present you with numerical values for individual editing functions (for example, ‘Exposure’) Photoshop Express instead presents you with a series of thumbnail windows along the top of the screen that display the result of that edit in negative to positive steps; hovering your mouse over the top of each will give you an instant preview in the main image window. Once you’ve found the degree that works best for you simply click on the thumbnail to apply. From here you can choose another type of edit, or click ‘done’ to save your image back to your computer.

In addition to basic edits like Exposure and Saturation Photoshop Express also offers Dodge and Burn tools, along with cropping and resizing tools. You’ll also find a small number of digital effects filters including Pixellate and Distort along with a range of ‘Decorations’ such as speech bubbles, clip art animals and suchlike. Once you’ve finished editing your image Photoshop Express can be used to print or download your images to your computer.

Overall, Photoshop Express is a fairly straightforward web-based image editor that might prove useful if you just want to make some simple alterations, however it isn’t particularly advanced and nowhere near the level of its paid-for namesake.

System requirements: Online, Apple iOS (via the App Store) and Android (via Google Play)

PhotoPlus Starter Edition

www.serif.com

What is it?: A scaled-down version of Serif PhotoPlus, which offers the same interface with a few tools locked out. With it, you get a decent impression of how the software will work while being able to import, edit and export images.

As a result of the restricted version of the software, PhotoPlus Starter can import but only perform basic Raw file editing, misses out on HDR photo merge automation and no dedicated extension programs for fixing or cutting out images.

This doesn’t mean the functionality is removed entirely, as Serif add dedicated utilities to the full versions of the programs with altered interfaces. The likes of the clone and select tools are still very much present within the software.

Even with these restrictions Serif Photoplus Starter Edition has an impressive amount of functionality, and can adjust exposure, white balance and colour levels extremely simply. The interface is simple to negotiate, and all the controls are laid out in a manner that a Photoshop Elements-user would appreciate.

Although similar to many other demos of photo editing programs, PhotoPlus Starter Edition is far more than a simple introduction. The elements that are restricted aren’t imperative, making it well worth considering for PC users.

System requirements: PC

Pixlr

Pixlr.com

As online photo editors go, Pixlr is pretty impressive. Not only is there no sign-up involved in order to start editing, but it has much the same functionality as Photoshop Express does. The interface is reminiscent of Photoshop Elements, complete with the same drop-down Menu options along the top of the screen and the familiar Tools window to the left of the screen. Unlike some of the more basic online editors, you’ll also find that Pixlr even offers support for layers-based adjustments along with image re-sizing, filters and much more.

In addition to the basic Pixlr editor, you’ll also find the Pixlr-o-matic web app for adding retro effects and vintage filters. This is very simple to use and offer plenty of one-click digital filter effects that can be used to add interesting effects to your images with.

Additionally, there’s also Pixlr Touch Up, which is an add-on for Google’s Chrome web browser. It gives you a few basic editing options and can be used offline. There’s not a huge amount to choose from, but some useful tools if you’re in a pinch or a hurry include Crop and Rotate.

System requirements: PC or Mac, Flash required

Fotoflexer

www.fotoflexer.com

What is it?: Another web-based program, much like Photoshop Express and Pixlr, with the ability to import and edit from the likes of Facebook. Opening the page for the first time, Fotoflexer looks pretty amateurish, however stick with it and you’ll find it’s actually quite well featured. Simply follow the prompts to upload an image to the workspace and from here Fotoflexer will present you a

series of tabs running across the top with headings such as ‘Basic Edits’,

‘Effects’, ‘Decorate’ and ‘Beautify’. Our tip is to expand the workspace to full-screen mode as this cuts out the slightly intrusive adverts. From here you can click on the tabs, which in turn will give you access to the individual edits available under each. There’s no layers support and the basic edits are quite basic, however the Effects tab does contain a generous range of digital effects to play around with, making it quite a fun application for the more casual digital darkroom enthusiast.

System requirements: PC or Mac, web-based

Photoscape

www.photoscape.org

What is it? This free piece of software offers some basic editing, including colour adjustment, white balance editing, adding text, cropping and filters. The layout and manner in which the tools are selected (drop-down menus rather than icons) seems a touch archaic, it’s handy to use as a converter and photo-editor.

System requirements: PC or Mac

Are you looking to improve your photographs but unsure which online photo editor to use? We’ve created a handy guide to help you decide which one is right for you.

No matter your skill level as a photographer or how good a shot is pre-editing, there are almost always things that can be improved or retouched in some way. That’s where photo editing apps come in—quality matters, and you shouldn’t need to break the bank in order to achieve the level of polish you want for your work.

When it comes to photo editing apps, Lightroom is undoubtedly the paid tool of choice thanks to its unrivaled power and accessibility Your success as a photographer hinges on great quality photographs, an eye-catching portfolio to showcase your work, and the right equipment to shoot with—and this can add up. When all is said and done, a tight budget might make it tough to spend more on paid photo editors, especially when there are great free programs out there.

Rather than focus on well-known, higher-priced editors such as Photoshop or Lightroom, we’re going to point you towards the best lesser-known options for free online photo editors. With the vast array of photo editing apps available on the market, making a choice can be difficult if you don’t know the benefits and features of each app.

Multi-Platform Photo Editors

GIMP

When it comes to free photo editors, GIMP is king. Short for GNU Image Manipulation Program, GIMP is the closest you can get to Photoshop without paying a dime. It comes equipped with an impressive number of professional-quality functions, a completely configurable interface, allows fine-tuning of images, and contains a fully-integrated toolset that allows the creation of professional quality original artwork.

If you can do it in Photoshop, you can almost certainly do it in GIMP. If you want even more options, you can also use Photoshop plugins, which provide you with unmatched flexibility compared to any other free photo editor. GIMP is also open-source, which means that if you have the know-how, you’ll be able to add your own filters and features should you desire.

If you are experienced in image editing software you should get the hang of GIMP relatively quickly, but those not well versed in image editing software may find the interface cluttered or non-intuitive. A fair compromise for the sheer editing power you get at no cost!

Best for: Experienced users and those wanting powerful processing and art tools for a zero dollar price tag.

Photoscape X

For a free program, Photoscape is actually quite impressive—it’s fantastic for editing and managing your personal photo archive. While Photoscape is a bit lacking in the interface department (it can be somewhat confusing), it contains an image viewer, batch processing, a screen-capture tool, and a great selection of filters and effects to take your photographs to the next level.

The photo editing portion of this app is where it truly shines, and even new users will be able to produce exceptional, professional-looking shots in moments. Photoscape even has some handy little functions to make your photographs look like analog shots, a decent cut-out feature, image transformation capability; it also gives access to over 240 figures, frames and borders, and more than 1000 patterns to use in your creatives.

Best for: Batch processing and experimentation.

Online Photo Editors

Pixlr

Are you looking to apply quick changes to your photos with very few headaches? While you’re required to sign up before you can utilize Pixlr’s myriad features, the extra few minutes of setup are well worth the effort.

This online photo editor is available via your browser, the iPhone and Android platforms, and provides a number of simple one-click functions and a relatively robust toolset. Perhaps the best feature of this app is just how easy it is to use: it contains tutorials to guide you through the more complicated features and can be mastered very quickly once you get the hang of things. If you are familiar with photo editing apps, then this is a fantastic choice for you.

In addition to this great little program, the company also provides Vectr (a free vector graphics editor), some free graphics that you can use in your creatives, and a nice selection of free stock images should the need arise.

A tiny little caveat: While this app is free to use, the best features are locked behind a paywall. You’ll need to go Pro if you intend to take advantage of the more advanced functionality. Even so, it remains one of the most popular iPhone photo editors in the world.

Best for: Beginners; quick and simple image processing

Instasize Photo Editor + Video

Available on both iOS and Android, Instasize is built for mobile editing. Its sleek design is user-friendly and doesn’t cut corners on features and tools. Cropping and resizing are the app’s bread and butter, but when it comes to image editing, the app lets you get into the nitty-gritty: manipulating exposure and brightness, tint and warmth, shadows and highlights, contrast, sharpness and saturation. Not everyone has the time for that, so Instasize also has over 130 professional-grade, photographer-inspired filters for you to choose from. You’re bound to find a filter that fits the aesthetic you’re looking for.

Other useful features include robust beauty tools, unique borders, a collage creator and text editor. With Instasize, anyone at any skill level can add a personal and professional touch to the photos they post online. The only limit is your creativity!

Best for: Mobile editing and influencers.

Fotor

Free photo editor Fotor (for Windows or web browsers) is an excellent tool with an extremely easy-to-understand UI that makes it simple to use. Considering how choppy some browser-based programs can be, Fotor’s performance is fantastic and won’t hog system resources—which can cause your computer to start chugging along like a broken locomotive and waste precious time.

Fotor provides a wonderful set of Smart Filters and effects, as well as an engaging photo collage tool, and can handle RAW files without much issue. Fotor also allows some limited design functionality in the form of business cards, social media images, posters, banners, documents, and invitations, which should be useful to bloggers and digital marketers.

While Fotor lacks any actual art features such as a paintbrush, and is not suitable for really high-end effects like other apps in this list, it does what it does very well and is good for general photo editing for those who don’t need advanced functions.

Best for: Hobbyists and beginners, social media influencers, and digital marketers.

Befunky

Befunky is simple, intuitive, and one of the best options for performance on this list. It features a variety of awesome elements to boost your image quality as well as a nice and simple collage feature. Like Fotor above, Befunky also contains many design elements that allow you to create lovely postcards, brochures, posters, slides for Powerpoint presentations, and invitations with only a few simple steps.

If your goal is social networking posts, printable assets, or a presentation for a client, then Befunky is a good option for you. While it may lack features as wide-ranging as other options on this list you would be hard pressed to find a faster and more efficient option for cranking out simple creatives in a reasonable time frame.

Best for: Bloggers and people looking to create social media assets.

PicMonkey

PicMonkey’s best feature is its ease-of-use compared to more advanced options on our list. It’s straightforward and the UI is friendly and intuitive (so much so that my eight-year-old can handle it in a few short moments), laid out logically and without clutter. Featuring a great collage maker that outshines most other simple photo editors, PicMonkey is accessible to everyone.

It also has all sorts of really useful templates that help speed up your workflow as well as facilitate the creation of headers and banners for blogs, websites, and marketing materials. While PicMonkey can only process one file at a time, it is still a great option for an online photo editor app.

As with several other entries on this list, PicMonkey has additional features hidden behind a paywall. You can still ride out a 7-day free trial to access the added functionality but are required to select a billing option to do so.

Best for: Web designers and bloggers.

Google Photos

A recent replacement for Picasa, Google Photos is extremely simple and intuitive and allows you to edit your photographs with very little fuss. You can easily browse your photo library and organize your work without headaches. It has a limited feature set for actual photo editing, but does provide the key functions you would expect (crop, redeye, auto contrast, color correction, etc.).

That isn’t to say it can’t do anything fancy—with Google Photos you’re able to make animations, photo booth-style photo arrangements, holiday-themed effects, interactive stories, and apply frames and filters to your photos.

Google Photos can be accessed via your Google account literally anywhere with internet. With one-click sharing options for Google+, Blogger, and YouTube, and integrated sharing with Facebook, Flickr, and other social networks, you’ve got a lot of flexibility at your fingertips.

Best for: Hobbyists.

Photoshop Express

An excellent browser-based online photo editor, Photoshop Express is extremely well-designed (which one should hope, coming from Adobe) and comes with all the features you would expect from image editing software.

Everything is immediately accessible regardless of your previous experience. Another bonus: no plugins are required so long as you have Flash installed, and you can simply drag and drop your images onto to start working.

The downside: Photoshop Express currently only supports JPG files and contains no social media sharing features. This might be a crippling limitation to some now that PNG is a much more commonly used extension.

Best for: On-the-fly editing via any browser; JPG fans.

iPiccy

Boasting one of the easiest-to-use interfaces of any editor on this list, iPiccy is a good choice for anyone looking for a free photo editor without learning a complicated interface. With many one-click tools and a fantastic zoom feature, you’ll certainly be able to create compelling final photographs with minimal time invested.

You’ll also have access to more advanced features; with curve adjustments, clone tools, background erasers, and other options, there is more than enough here to satisfy pros and novices alike. Note: you will require Flash to use iPiccy in-browser.

While iPiccy has limited options for saving your files (JPG and PNG only) and limits sharing only to Facebook (sorry Twitter and Tumblr users), the ability to upload multiple files simultaneously and the WYSIWYG interface will keep your productivity high.

Best for: Novices and intermediates looking for robust features.

Ribbet

Ribbet’s main strength is in how easy it is to use. Even the most unskilled novice can master Ribbet quickly thanks to the fantastic UI and attention to great user experience. Like other options on this list, it contains a collage feature as well as a variety of different tools allowing you to add over 70 different fonts, create stickers, and so much more.

Featuring great sharing options as well as free cloud storage to help save and sort your photographs so they are available at all times, you really can’t go wrong with Ribbet. It’s a solid package that is pleasant to look at and can only get better as time passes.

One thing that is important to note: using Ribbet’s more advanced features is going to require an upgrade to the Premium version. Despite this, you have access to the bulk of the program features with the free option and it’s a great platform for making the most out of your images. Available for iPhone and iPad and with an Android build launching soon, you can take it anywhere you go.

Best for: Casual and professional users.

iPhone Photo Editor

Photo Editor by Aviary

This free iPhone photo editor is widely lauded for its variety of photo editing tools and effects, clean interface, and wealth of sharing options that make posting your shots online a breeze. Photo Editor by Aviary contains more correction and enhancement tools than nearly any other mobile-based competitor on the market. Similar to Instagram, creative filters are available to improve more lacklustre images.

It is important to note that it’s only available on iOS, so you’ll have to look elsewhere if you want something on your PC, Linux box, or Android phone.

Best for: Mobile photographers using iPhones.

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Which Photo Editor is Right For You?

There are a multitude of options available to anyone with a camera, and you’re going to want to play with a few of them before you settle on the best photo editing app for your purposes. Whether you are a power user aiming to batch-process a thousand photos you have had on backlog for a year, or a total neophyte looking to cut their teeth in the blogosphere, there’s a tool on this list that will do exactly what you need.

More resources for photographers:
How to Make and Sell Your Own Lightroom Presets
How To Make More Money With Your Editorial Photography
How to Price Stock Photography

In this article, I have reviewed of some the best photo editing software available on different Linux distributions. This fifteen are not the only photo editors available but are among the best and commonly used by Linux users.

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1. GIMP

GNU image manipulation program (GIMP) is an open source photo editing tool that has features such as:

1. image composition
2. photo retouching
3. image authoring

GIMP is highly customizable and pluggable through third party plugins and its users range from graphic designers, photographers, graphical illustrators and even scientists.

2. Photoshop WINE

Many users who have migrated from Windows to Linux may just enjoys this, it is one of the most popular photo editing tools available. Though you can not install it directly on Linux, but you can use WINE to install it and use it on many Linux distributions.

WINE helps Linux users to use some of the favorite Windows programs on Linux and Photoshop is just one of them.

3. Pinta

Pinta is also a great photo editing application which works similar to Windows Paint.NET. Just think of it as a Linux version of Windows Paint. It simple and easy to use allowing users to do quick photo editing.

4. DigiKam

It is an open source and good photo editor for dedicated photographers in KDE, it offers easy to use functions to enhance usability.

It has the following features:

1. directory for tutorials on how to use it
2. facial recognition support
3. easy photo importing and exporting to different formats

5. ShowFOTO

ShowFOTO is a standalone image editor under the digiKam project. It is free and comes with all the standard photo editing functionalists such as transformation, adding effects, filtering, metadata editing and many more.

It is light weight and not feature rich though it is a good image editing software that doesn’t require other software to run.

6. RawTherapee

RawTherapee is a free and open source photo editor for optimizing digital images. It is feature rich and powerful when you need quality digital images from RAW image files. RAW files can be modified and then saved in compressed formats as well.

It has many features as listed in project homepage including:

1. variety of supported cameras
2. exposure control
3. parallel editing
4. color adjustment
5. option of using secondary display
6. metadata editing and many more

7. Fotoxx

Fotoxx is also a free and open source photo editing and collection management tool. It is intended for dedicated photographers who need a simple, fast and easy tool for photo editing.

It offers photo collection management and an easy way to navigate through the collection directories and subdirectories using a thumbnail browser.

It has the following features:

1. use simple clicks to transform photos
2. ability to retouch photos in enormous amounts of ways
3. artistic photo transformation such as animations
4. access to work with meta-data and many more

8. F-spot

It is a free and open source, feature rich photo editing and management software for Gnome desktop environment. F-spot allows users to edit, modify, save, organize, find and share images easily.

It has some of the following user feature:

1. Photo editor with rich colour adjustment functionalities
2. Tag icon editor
3. export images to the web
4. create photo CD

9. UFRaw

UFRaw which stands for “Unidentified Flying Raw” is a software that reads and manipulates RAW images files from various types of digital cameras. You can use it independently as a standalone software or as a GIMP plug-in.

UFRaw uses Dave Coffin’s raw conversion utility DCRaw to read raw images and its color management workflow is based on Little CMS. This allows a user to apply ICC color profiles to images being edited.

10. GTKRawGallery

GTKRawGallery is another free and open source workflow oriented photo editing and retouching software. It also works with raw 16 bit color depth camera images using tools such as Exiftool, Dcraw and Imagemagick.

It allows users to do the following:

1. image browser and photo album manager
2. image modification tools for 16 bit/channel post-processing
3. batch Processor to speed up workflow and batch conversion with different available styles
4. fast image tagging
5. color Management
6. print support
7. advanced Metadata Editor
8. dropbox uploader
9. facebook, Flickr and Picasa Web Albums Publisher

11. LightZone

LightZone is also a free and open source photo editing software for photographers which offers RAW file processing and editing. It offers powerful, highly flexible and customizable tools that a user can build in a stack. The stack of tools can be turned on or off, readjusted, rearranged to fit user needs in different sessions.

12. Pixeluvo

Pixeluvo is also a powerful layer-based image editing software that offers its users RAW image processing, color correction tools, different image enhancement filters and many more.

It has the following features:

1. fix perspective distortion
2. Add a vignette to your photos
3. transform the feel of an image with the Quick Color filter
4. add text or captions to your images
5. remove noise and JPEG compression artifacts
6. boost image detail
7. add a tilt-shift effect to images
8. image spot-heal tool
9. clone tool
10. text tool
11. warp tool
12. filter brush and many more

13. Photivo

This is also a free and open source photo editor for Linux users. It is feature rich can also offers RAW and bitmap file processing under 16-bit processing in a non-destructive manner. It is known have some of the best powerful and flexible photo editing algorithms available.

It has the following features:

1. 16-bit internal processing with LCMS2 color management
2. works with RAW and bitmaps files
3. integration of Gimp workflow for import and export
4. adaptive saturation.
5. film grain simulation
6. cross processing
7. black and white conversion.

14. AfterShot Pro

AfterShot Pro is powerful, fast, highly flexible and pluggable photo workflow and management software. It offers RAW processing functionalists and advanced non-destructive photo editing.

You can store images in folders and use meta-data tools to search images by keywords, tags and even camera setting and many more. It is up to 30% more faster under the new 64-bit performance.

15. Darktable

Darktable is a free and open source photography workflow software and also RAW file developer. It is a virtual light table and darkroom for photographers which helps them to manage their digital negatives in a database.

Conclusion

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