Even a seasoned photographer with the most sophisticated camera at his disposal cannot always take the perfect photo right away. Even more difficult tasks can arise when restoring old photographs. There are special editor programs for editing digitized photographic materials.
Necessary
- - Personal Computer;
- - Adobe Photoshop program;
- - the Gimp program;
- - FastStone Image Viewer program;
- - Internet connection.
Instructions
Step 1
Among the numerous image editing programs, the undisputed leader is Adobe Photoshop. This program will be necessary for you if you are engaged in photography professionally or prepare images for printing. If you are an amateur or a novice photographer, Adobe Photoshop is also quite suitable for you, due to the simplicity and clarity of the interface.
Step 2
Adobe Photoshop allows you to apply almost all the effects and techniques known in analog photography to an already digitized photograph. You can get the effect of solarization, isogelia, easily adjust the color gamut, "pull out" details from the shadow using the Curves function. Adobe Photoshop can automatically adjust brightness, contrast, and color, making it easier and faster for you to edit your photos. Just keep in mind, Adobe Photoshop is a paid program.
Step 3
If for any reason you do not want to purchase Adobe Photoshop, then you can use the Photoshop Online service absolutely free. This service will be of interest to you also by the fact that during its operation the resources of your computer are practically not used. The program itself and temporary files are located on the server, which saves disk space, while removing the requirements for compatibility of the program with the operating system.
Step 4
An alternative to Adobe Photoshop is the Gimp editor. This free image editor looks a lot like Adobe Photoshop, but it is not a clone, and you will need to get used to its interface. Gimp was originally developed for the Linux operating system and currently has versions for both Windows and Mac Os. The Windows versions of Gimp are slow to load, but the functionality is quite comparable to Adobe Photoshop. At the moment, Gimp is fully Russified.
Step 5
You may not need the full range of functions of powerful image editors to process photos. Pay attention to FastStone Image Viewer. Primarily a graphics viewer, FastStone Image Viewer has many functions for editing and converting images. This free program is just as easy to use as many paid ones, and FastStone Image Viewer's retouching and color correction functions are excellent.
