Top Rated Free Image Editing Softwares for 2013

Image editing software is an application which allows you to edit, create and enhance your previous photos. Some people use it for business purpose like for websites while others use it just for fun like to upload to social media sites. There are numerous image editing software’s available but here are the top 5 software’s which are liked by many designer.

Top Rated Free Image Editing Softwares for 2013

-GIMP

This software is developed by The Gimp Development Team. The interface is very user friendly. You can manipulate both simple as well as the complex images. Similar colors can be chosen in several ways as it includes color chooser, palettes and an eyedropper tool. Tools such as pencil, air brush, eraser and ink can be used in editing the image. There are 150 standard effects and filters in this software which also involves features like Drop Shadow, Blur, Motion Blur and Noise. It supports on operating systems such as Linux, Microsoft windows, FreeBSD and Solaris. This software is available in multiple languages.

-Picasa

Picasa is an excellent image editing software which comes with various features. Image can be edited at just one click and similarly these images can be shared via email. One best feature this software includes is the face recognition technology. It keeps the track of keyword for each image.  This software has the capability to scan the hard drive and organize the images into folder based albums. Similarly you can also share your images on Picasa web album through this software. The operating systems for this software are Windows, Mac OS X.

-Paint. NET

Paint. NET is a freeware image editing software which comes along with a user friendly interface and is available in multiple languages. It posses features such as 3D, sharpening, blurring, red eye removal, etc. Plugins are involved in this software through which you can make image adjustments and effects. Similarly it also supports additional file types. Plugins such as Shape3D are involved due to which you can render a 2D drawing into a 3D shape. It supports operating systems like Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP.

-Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011

This is a freeware program developed by Microsoft. It contains a lot of features like rotate, crop and red eye removal. The main feature of windows live photo gallery is that you can download and also share your images after manipulating them. Similarly you can replace your default OS image viewer with this one. Some new image editing technologies which are developed by Microsoft research such as panoramic stitching, photo fuse and auto collage are also included in this software.

-PhotoScape

Photoshop is a freeware program developed by MOOII Tech. It has the capability to convert RAW images into JEPG format. It comes with various editing options like resize, add effects and clip arts and enhance and color balance. You can also use it like an image viewer. Similarly is has the feature to find similar faces through the internet. This software comes in multiple language and supports on platforms like Windows XP, Windows Vista. Windows 2007, Windows 2008 and even on older versions like Windows 2000 and NT.