Many people want to edit the photo: something went wrong, somewhere the shadow went wrong ... Is there any reason? For this, there are photo editors. The greatest popularity was received by Adobe Photoshop thanks to which the word "take photoshop" appeared. But this photo editor with all its advantages has a drawback that overrides for many users all its advantages. It is paid, and the licensed version is "well paid." But there are free photo editors.
Gimp
The most powerful free photo editor in Russian is GIMP. It is free because it belongs to open source programs, is released under the GPL and is part of the GNU / Linux operating systems as the main image editor. For a simple user, he is quite capable of becoming a replacement for the paid Photoshop.
It can be downloaded for free from the official site where versions for GNU / Linux are presented (although Linux users never download programs from third-party sites, since they have repositories where you can download any program created for this particular distribution), Windows and OS X .
There are no special features in the installation of this free photo editor; the installation takes place in the usual way for the operating system.
After the first launch, the program opens in three windows. If you want to bring it to its standard form, which is very convenient for most users, click on the "Window" menu and select "Single Window Mode".
This editor includes a huge set of tools, there are many different features and functions. This is a free photo editor with effects.
With it, you can remove the red-eye effect, retouch, blur, improve, distort, combine, decorate, animate, and also use many other tools and filters. Photos can be scaled, cropped, flipped. With this application you can create photo retouching, it includes a number of add-ons and can automate repetitive actions.
GIMP allows you to:
- align the littered horizon;
- remove distortions that were introduced by optics;
- Perform perspective correction
- clone objects, given the prospect;
- destroy various defects;
- imitate the use of different color filters;
- recover lost shadow detail and much more.
It supports several languages, including Russian.
Photoshop Express
One of the free photo editors (not in the Premium version) is Photoshop Express. Of course, it does not allow you to do everything you can in a paid "Photoshop", but for unprofessional use this application is quite suitable.
Photos here can be stretched, cropped, rotated; not only red, but shiny eyes were removed.
Adjustable exposure, white balance, contrast. You can remove dust and dirt stains from the photo.
About 20 effects are built into the program.
It is possible to create panoramic shots.
You can add various frames to the photo. Edited photos can be posted on social networks.
This program is available for the Windows operating families, as well as for the Android, iOS mobile platforms.
Photoscape
This free photo editor in Russian on a computer can be installed with Windows operating systems (moreover, up to version 3.4 Windows 98 was supported (version 3.7 is current now), Photoscape X must be installed in Windows 10), Mac (Photoscape X).
This photo editor can be downloaded from the official website of the program.
Using this editor, you can add various objects to the photo, use the mosaic effect, remove red eye, change contrast, sharpness, edit several photos at the same time, combine them to create collages, fit the photo to the required size, divide it into separate parts.
You do not have to edit photos; you can simply view them.
In addition to the traditional photo editor, this program can be used as a screenshot creator.
PhotoFiltre 7
Another free photo editor is PhotoFiltre. There are tools that will improve your photos.
This program is provided free of charge for personal use or any other non-commercial use.
With this photo editor you can adjust the brightness, saturation, contrast, combine photos to create compositions.
This program is a free photo editor with effects in Russian. It provides for the addition of various styles, filters, red-eye reduction, batch processing.
You can download this program on many Internet sites. In most cases, it is not Russified, so you need to download the crack separately.
This photo editor is designed for operating systems of the Windows family (from XP to 10).
Fotor
This photo editor includes various functions for color correction, white balance. It uses various effects for the photo.
The applied effects can be previewed and then saved. In order not to spoil the source file, it is better to save it under a different name.
Here you can add various labels, frames, and in the editing mode use both template effects and independent ones.
Using this free photo editor in Russian on a computer, you can create collages, adjust individual objects in photos, and batch process photos.
This program is designed for operating systems of the Windows family.
Paint.Net
This program is a continuation of the Windows Paint image editor, which is so loved by many. The program is free. Photos can be processed from various popular formats. This program can work with both a camera and a scanner.
The set of tools here is slightly poorer compared to the previously considered analogues: you can resize, rotate in the two most common directions, work with layers.
However, there are a large number of effects: simulating patterns, blurring, removing red eyes, changing hues, styling, patterns, saturation, noise and others.
The program has its own drawing format, as well as some other programs of this kind, for example GIMP. However, as practice shows, the use of these formats is not very convenient, since it assumes that these applications are used on many computers, and sending you a file in the most common format will not cause difficulties when opening the recipient.
The program works with the Windows family, versions starting from 7 are supported.
This application provides for the addition of various plugins. There is no animation, and professional editing is not possible here.
Phoxo
This is one of the simple photo editors in Russian on the computer. You can download it for free on the official website of Phoxo.
The program interface is multilingual, it is possible to use the Russian language.
With this application, you can resize photos, add frames, watermarks, text and apply multiple effects.
Despite the fact that the program has not been updated for 3 years, this does not mean that its functions for non-professionals are outdated. It can be used, and its relative old age suggests that it will be less voracious to computer resources compared to peers.
The application works with operating systems of the Windows family, ranging from XP to 8.
Picasa
This program was developed by Google and has been used quite actively for a long time. Later, the corporation decided that the offline application and its programs are incompatible, so it transferred all its activities to online. However, today this program can be downloaded using your favorite search engine.
The launch of this free photo editor in Russian led to a search for photos on the computer, after which it was possible to sort them by album.
With this application, you can eliminate red-eye, crop, retouch, set contrast, color balance, add text.
In addition, the application had a button “I’m lucky”, when clicked, the photo automatically improves.
Using the editor you can create collages, photographs, slide shows.
In addition to working with photos, they work with some video formats here, crop it or take screenshots.
Photos from the program can be posted on any Internet site and on social networks.
The program was developed under Windows, but could be used in GNU / Linux when using wine.
Online Photo Editors
Modern technologies allow not downloading or installing applications on a computer, but using the Internet for this. The work of online photo editors is based on this.
Since we reviewed Picasa as the last offline program, it is logical to start reviewing online programs with its continuation, the Google Photos service.
It is mainly intended for storing photos, but if you need to edit something, you can rotate, crop the photo, play with contrast, color, brightness. There is an automatic correction.
Many online editors associate themselves with Photoshop in the title. So, for example, there is Avazun Photoshop. This is a free photo editor in Russian, which allows you to carry out the same basic photo operations as in Google Photos. In addition, the picture can be taken in the form of a poster, wrinkles or some dermatological problems can be removed from the face. You can insert a face into the photo that fits organically enough with existing ones. Photos can be protruded, twisted, stretched or compressed. As in Photoshop, you can cut or repaint individual fragments.
Finally
There are many online editors, as well as offline. It is unrealistic to consider everything within one article. Here are the most popular applications and those that deserve attention.