Documentation:Image Editing Tools

Commercial Image Editing Tools

• Adobe Photoshop CC http://www.adobe.com/ca/products/photoshop.html (30 day trials available)
• Adobe Photoshop Elements http://www.adobe.com/ca/products/photoshop-elements.html (cheaper)

Open Source/Free Image Editing Tools

• The GIMP http://www.gimp.org/
• Paint.net http://www.getpaint.net/ (Windows only)
• Inskape http://inkscape.org/ (vector based like Illustrator)

Web Based Image Editing Tools

• Canva https://www.canva.com/ easy tool for creating images, combing text and images
• Clipping Magic http://clippingmagic.com/ super useful tool to remove backgrounds from images
• ImgOps http://imgops.com/ a suite of image tools can operate on any image via its URL
• PicMonkey http://www.picmonkey.com/
• Photoshop Express (free) http://www.photoshop.com/tools/expresseditor?wf=editor
• pho.to http://pho.to/ online photo editor, make collages, touch up photos. Has a moble app too
• pixlr http://pixlr.com/ Our highest recommended, edit in layers with many features found in commercial software
• fotoflexer http://fotoflexer.com/
• fotor http://www.fotor.com/ (does HDR and collages as well)

Other Useful Things for Working with Images

• What The Font http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/ helps identify fonts styles used in images
• Chrome Font Finder http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2013/09/chrome-font-finder.html
• How to do a screen capture on any device http://take-a-screenshot.org/