Image editing software helps you manipulate digital images in every conceivable way, whether you need to resize a photo to use on a website or bring a faded image back to life!! We’ll start our creative year next month with workflows and explainers for these three popular image editors…
The free option: GIMP
You can download GIMP for PC or MAC here: GIMP download
GIMP has long been a ‘go to’ app for newbies to image editing. If that’s you, you’ll be pleased to find this full-featured application is available for FREE!
Corel PaintShop Pro
You can download a free 30-day demo of Paintshop Pro. If you plan to join us next month for introductory workflows, you might want to want until then to install the demo.
This application has been around since 1992 and can be purchased for a one-off fee. It runs on PCs only and is not available on Macs. At time of writing (early 2025) the latest version is PaintShop Pro 2023 – No 2025 version has been released. Corel runs regular promotional pricing so look out for a deal!
Adobe Photoshop
So good, it’s a verb! You can download a 30 day trial of Adobe Creative Cloud.
If you’ll be joining us for introductory image editing workflows next month, you might want to wait until then to install it.
Photoshop offers all the editing tools you could ever need, and many more! Recent updates continue the gradual move towards AI-enhanced editing. This software can be overkill for occasional or casual users, though if you’ll be using it for work it could be essential for your CV. We’ll be introducing simple workflows suitable for beginners next month!
Photo Manipulation isn’t new 🙂
