There are several types of programs designed to work with images. The first group allows you to view photographs and drawings, but at the same time it is almost impossible to change anything in the image; with the help of programs from the second group, you can edit graphic documents.
Necessary
- -Program for viewing images;
- -graphics editor.
Instructions
Step 1
To open and view the image on the Microsoft Windows operating system, use an image and fax viewer. This is a standard program that is installed with the system. With its help, you can not only open and view the image, but also transfer photos from digital cameras or a scanner to your computer.
Step 2
To open an image with an image and fax viewer, right-click on the image file. From the drop-down menu select the item "Open with", then click in the submenu once with the left mouse button on the item "Image and fax viewer".
Step 3
Also, you can independently install any of the "viewers" of images from the disk or download it from the Internet. For example, FS Viewer allows you to open an image with one mouse click and view it in full screen mode. All such programs have a “magnifier” tool that allows you to zoom in on the details of the image. Zooming in or out of detail does not affect the size of the image itself.
Step 4
To open the image not only for viewing, but also for editing, install a graphics editor on your computer. In Windows, the Paint graphic editor is quite primitive. It is suitable only for minor adjustments to drawings and photographs, but it is impossible to achieve special effects in it.
Step 5
The most popular editors are Corel Draw and Adobe Photoshop, they allow you to work with graphics at a professional level. These programs refer to licensed software, therefore they are distributed for a fee. These editors have a large set of tools and effects for image processing, and on the Internet you can find additionally installed filters that will help to further expand the editor's capabilities.
Step 6
On the Internet, you can find simpler editors, the processing of images in which is practically not inferior in terms of results to paid programs. They also have a good set of tools and filters, support for working with layers. To open a graphic file in the editor, start the editor itself and select the "File" item and the "Open" command from the top menu bar. Specify the path to the image. Alternatively, open the file with the desired program by repeating the steps described in the second step.
