Best Free Photo Editors

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Looking to touch up some photos and need a good editor? No need to spend any money when you can get get some programs for free. Here are the best.

Today’s top photo editing software usually comes with a pretty high price tag. If you’re really on a budget, then you’ll be glad to know there are some excellent photo editors out there you can get your hands on for free. Now, these programs aren’t as sophisticated as ones you would pay for—this should be expected—but they do provide the basic editing features you will need. These free photo editors are actually free—and we know that word gets throw around a lot, especially online, but these are genuinely free programs. So edit away you artsy artist, and check out our picks for the best free photo editors.

Gimp

Gimp is not only a downloadable program for your computer, it is also may be installed as a portable app to you mobile devices. Gimp is usually considered the best free alternative to Photoshop. This open source program is compatible with many operating systems and available in many languages.

Picasa

This open source photo editing program was developed by Google—but what isn’t these days. The nice thing about Picasa is that it also helps you keep and organize you photos as well. Picasa also offers many one-click fixes that can touch up a photo very quickly.

ImageForge

This photo editor comes with a great and free Standard Edition—kind of like a test run so you can see what it can do for you—but it also has an upgrade to the Pro Edition which will let you edit your photos in more advanced ways and for a quaint price. So the basic software is free, but if you really want to step up your editing it will cost you.

Paint.NET

Paint.NET was originally designed as a free alternative to Microsoft Paint and was started by an undergraduate college senior at Washington State University. This software is exclusively for Windows, featuring a variety of useful tools and a intuitive interface.

VCW VicMan’s Photo Editor

This free photo editor is very user friendly and comes with a wide range of essential editing features. This is another program that comes with a limited free version and offers upgrades to a Pro version which sells for $30.

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  2. How to set up your new camera « New Camera Digital at 6:27pm 27th December 2011 [...] if you need something free there are a variety of free photo editors that you should get your hands dirty with before you commit though. Also be sure to troll Web app [...]
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  4. foongpc at 7:38am 25th January 2010 Thanks for sharing! I am currently using Picnik and it's good! : )
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