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A Shattered Collection of My Best Memories: An Immediate Solution Thanks to Stellar Photo Recovery

Desktop Jan 2, 2024

Who doesn’t love creating new memories and saving them as photos on a smartphone, PC, or any other digital media? While many of us share some on social media, we keep the most precious and private ones to ourselves. Sadly, my hard drive of photos became corrupted, which held images…

Photo and Image Editing

Pick Pixlr For Your Pics

Photo and Image Photo and Image Editing Photo and Image Management Software Reviews August 10, 2020

If you’ve been hesitant to dive into the world of photo editing beyond applying simple filters in Instagram, you might want to check out Pixlr. It’s a truly powerful online photo editing software program with loads of options that never overwhelm you with their complexity. The result is that... Read more

Krita: Free, powerful painting tool

Best Software Digital Art Photo and Image Photo and Image Editing Photo and Image Management Software Reviews July 13, 2020

As a piece of software, Krita has had an interesting history. With origins in various projects reaching back to 1998, Krita eventually became a free image-manipulation tool like Photoshop, or GIMP from about 2004 to 2009. After that time, the open-source program recruited students to work on its improvement,... Read more

GIMP 2020: A powerful free alternative to Photoshop

Best Software News Photo and Image Photo and Image Editing Software Reviews April 15, 2020

Think photo-manipulation software and you’re likely to think Photoshop. After all, the Adobe product is a true workhorse when it comes to creating graphics and editing images. But it’s also expensive. While there are other photo-editing software programs out there, one that has been quietly gaining followers for over... Read more

Three Great Alternatives To PhotoShop: Image and Photo Editors for Mac

Mac Photo and Image Photo and Image Editing Software Reviews October 4, 2018

Here are three great alternatives to Photoshop for Mac. Adobe Photoshop may have been the presiding force in photo-editing on Mac for the best part of 30 years, but it’s no longer the only show in town. In fact, a quick Google Safari based search shows that there are... Read more

Brilliant Photo Editing Software for Windows 10

Photo and Image Editing Software Reviews Windows September 3, 2018

Here in 2018, we are definitely living in the age of the photograph and simple photo editing is undoubtedly a big part of the appeal. Visual social media platforms such as Instagram and Snapchat are gaining in popularity with younger generations, while more traditional ones, including Facebook and Twitter,... Read more

Photo Editing Tips To Make Your Images Pop

How To Photo and Image Editing April 19, 2018

Quicks ways to improve your digital images using photo editing apps. With a little image editing, an otherwise underwhelming digital photo can be elevated into something truly striking. However, whether you use Photoshop or one of the dozens of free photo editing apps available, navigating picture editing for the... Read more

Movavi Photo Editor Proves There’s More To Life Than Photoshop

Photo and Image Editing Software Reviews January 24, 2018

We review Movavi Photo Editor 5.1.0 – get creative with this fun, smart, and simple image editing program, that offers a stack of great features. By next year, market forecasts predict there will be about 2.5 billion daily smartphone users on the planet, which means 2.5 billion people carrying a... Read more

PhotoPad Image Editor Review

Photo and Image Editing Software Reviews December 8, 2017

Edit, crop, rotate, resize and flip your digital photos and images with ease, with PhotoPad Image Editor. Everywhere you look, there’s signs of the holidays, and that can mean taking a lot of pictures. You might just be trying out the camera on the new tech you bought, or you... Read more

Fotojet Collage Maker Review: Fun. Powerful. Brilliant. Fun.

Photo and Image Photo and Image Editing Software Reviews August 23, 2017

Fotojet makes creating collages of your favourite photographs simple and easy, yet produces graphic design quality work with next to no effort on your part. Sometimes it’s the simple things in life that give you the most enjoyment. It’s nice when things just work the way you think you... Read more

PhotoDirector 8.0.3: Worthy Cheaper Alternative to Photoshop.

Photo and Image Editing Software Reviews August 2, 2017

Photodirector 8: cheaper than Photoshop, Elements, or Lightroom, but packs a punch under the hood. Photoshop has been the undisputed last word in photo editing for as long as I can remember. But like any king, there are any number of potential usurpers and rivals to the crown. One... Read more

Whew! Microsoft Reverses Decision To Kill Paint

News Photo and Image Editing July 26, 2017

The much loved app will live on in the Windows Store. Earlier this week, the internet expressed its collective outrage over an announcement by Microsoft. The news contained a list of programs that would either be killed off entirely or no longer receive updates and support with the rollout... Read more

Top 5 Best Free Photo Editors

Photo and Image Editing Software Reviews April 20, 2017

Transform your pictures with these great free image editors. Whether you’re addicted to taking quick pics on your mobile phone, or are a DSLR purist, in pursuit of the perfect photograph, your images can look even better with this line-up of fantastic free photo editing software. Features that used... Read more

Picasa Fans Urged To Switch To Google Photos

News Photo and Image Editing August 15, 2016

Digital cameras have been widely available in the consumer space for well over a decade, and have only gotten more inexpensive and more accessible as time has passed. With the advent of better quality camera phones, practically everyone carries a camera within reach at all times. The problematic end... Read more

Nik Collection Photo Editing Software Now Free

News Photo and Image Editing Software Reviews March 29, 2016

Google has now announced a monumental revelation about Nik, its photo editing software: It’s now free! Digital photography buffs rejoice! There’s news from the world of photo editing software that has amateurs and pros alike celebrating. To understand the cause for excitement, let’s back up. Google acquired what it... Read more

Google Open-Sources Deepdream For Creating Weird Images

News Photo and Image Editing July 6, 2015

Google recently announced that it has open-sourced its code for creating (weird) “wild and crazy” images using a type of artificial intelligence known as deep learning. Deemed the deepdream project, it is now available on GitHub. Deepdream relies on the open-source Caffe deep learning framework. Deep learning involves training... Read more

These Photoshop Fails Prove The Editors Weren’t Even Trying

Photo and Image Editing June 5, 2015

It never ceases to amaze me just how dumb some people think we are. I mean, it’s one thing to post a picture of yourself with a famous actress kissing your cheek, it’s something else entirely to basically use Paint to cut around her picture and glue her in... Read more

Adobe Updates Lightroom With New Android Features And More

Mobile News Photo and Image Editing May 7, 2015

Adobe recently unveiled huge updates to its Creative Cloud Photography Plan – a $10 per month subscription to Lightroom, Photoshop, and other similar apps. Hogging the spotlight of the update is the sixth major release of Lightroom, now known as Lightroom CC (unless you buy the software separately). The... Read more

How To Create Fish Eye Lens Effect in Photoshop

How To Photo and Image Photo and Image Editing March 8, 2015

When a fish looks up from under the water, it is generally thought that they would see an ultra-wide angle hemispherical image. This is caused by the refraction of light through the water and is known as the Snell’s Window effect. That’s why any ultra-wide camera lens is known... Read more