What do you use to edit your photos? Recently, someone asked me if we can do editing images without using expensive programs as Photoshop or if there an alternative to it. So, today I want to talk about a few programs that offer a set of very basic features to upload, edit and retouch digital images and photograph in a simple way and absolutely free.
Below is a collection of 5 digital image editing tools available online. I want to shared these tools with you so that you can save yourself a lot of money on others expensive image edithing programs.
Photo credit: Shelby Karns
Preloadr
When time is of the essence, Preloadr offers a free professional service to optimizing your photos. Utilizes graduation curve, histogram, layers, improves colors, sharpness, and contrast. It allows to customize your images with several tools like cropping, sharpening, color correction and set tags before to send them into your Flickr account. www.preloadr.com.
Features:
- Upload: PC
- Direct upload to photo sharing services: YES
- Crop and resize: YES
- Correct exposure: YES
- Get special effects: YES
- Input file formats: gif, jpeg, png
- Output file formats: gif, jpeg, png
- Price: Free
XMG Image
XMG Image is a free editing tools that allows you to upload, edit and share with several different sharing options your images with your friends and family. Through advanced functions you can, crop, rotate, enhance, and add effects to images with 1-click. It also is able to create beatiful web galleries completely free. www.xmgimage.com
Features:
- Upload: URL and PC
- Direct upload to photo sharing services: NO
- Crop and resize: YES
- Correct exposure: YES
- Get special effects: YES
- Input file formats: gif, jpeg, png
- Output file formats: gif, jpeg, png
- Price: Free
OnlinePhotoTool
OnlinePhotoTool offers the swiftest and easiest means to edit and save your images, screenshots and photos online. You can use photos and images from your hard drive as well as pictures on the Internet. If you want to save your images online you need to register. It allows to resize, rotate, crop, saturation, add text and set up special effects to any pictures. OnlinePhotoTool is completely free to use. www.onlinephototool.com
Features:
- Upload: URL and PC
- Direct upload to photo sharing services: NO
- Crop and resize: YES
- Correct exposure: YES
- Get special effects: YES
- Input file formats: gif, jpeg, png
- Output file formats: gif, jpeg, png
- Price: Free
Cellsea
Cellsea.com, founded in 2002 and headquartered in New Jersey, is a site that lets you to upload, draw, rotate, resize, and crop photos for free. Just click and drag your mouse to draw circles, ellipses, lines, polylines and polygons on the images. There are over 15 ways to correct color, exposure, and lighting problems. It is also possible to add professional-looking blur effects to your photos. You can upload pictures from your PC or from an URL. Free to use. www.cellsea.com
Features:
- Upload: URL and PC
- Direct upload to photo sharing services: NO
- Crop and resize: YES
- Correct exposure: YES
- Get special effects: YES
- Input file formats: gif, jpeg, png
- Output file formats: gif, jpeg, png
- Price: Free
Picnik
Picnik is photo editing that allows you to retouch all your photos online. Major features include the ability to fix underexposed photos, remove red-eye, or apply effects to your photos. The service also allows to share photos with the main photo sharing sites. It’s free for anyone. www.picnik.com
Feature:
- Upload: URL and PC
- Direct upload to photo sharing services: YES
- Crop and resize: YES
- Correct exposure: YES
- Get special effects: YES
- Input file formats: gif, jpeg, png
- Output file formats: gif, jpeg, png
- Price: Free
