5 Open Source Photo Editing software for PC

Hello friends this is subhash chandra , In this article we are discuss about 5 most useful photo editing tool for pc.

1.GIMP:

GIMP is a cross platform image editing solution which focuses on professional photo editing features.These features allow t geto uses to edit the picture and create a new artwork from the scratch. The software provide basic editing feature like color and gradients adjustment,cropping,enhancing or reducing the image quality and many more along with  advanced features like layering masks,filters etc.
The graphical user interface of the software is built with a high end graphics program which drives the user performance to next level ,A main editing area ,which look similar to Photoshop,lets users to handle photo editing with ease.

Why you must get it: 

Even though application is completely free ,it doesn't, in any way,compensation its performance and features provided to its user. this  is a smaller software to install thus it doesn't take much space from your computer and get stuck while working on it.GIMP is a user friendly software which includes all the sophisticated tools that attract graphic designers,photographers,and illustrator to get their job done with ease along with enhancing images. It is doesn't need to any kind of approval from the main  development team.

2.LightZone:

LightZone is a commercial software in which light work are focused  on primarily .This  is an alternative for the adobe Light room since it also converts RAW files into digital camera supportive formats. It has clean and stylish  interface with a dark theme,which is essentially what made it popular among the image editing apps.
The software interface is split into two distinct sections-a browse window for navigating through the files in your system and an editing window which enables the user to work on images in the specific area.
LightZone is a pro level photo editor software which provides simple yet detailed editing by handing the full control access to the working environment .Unlike other Software, it doesn't allow sharing though email or other methods,as it gives complete access to the system organization so that the user can share from there.

why you get it:

Them main reason to LightZone is because it seems like a complete package.It has features like converting Raw images,and a wide array of commonly-used image editing tools.Though it is an open source project.

3.digiKam:

digikam is an advanced and powerful photo manager which is mainly used for organizing and editing software ,developed for Linux users,however,later it got adapted to Windows and Mac Operating Systems too.This digital photo management application is built for KDE which helps import and organize which allows you to images from varies from various sources,organize them into albums,and use it later for any purpose.The organized folder lets us search or browse through our collection based on location,time ,tags,faces,and more.

why you get it:

The major feature which distinguish digikam from other photo editing apps is its depth searching feature.Multiple users can't keep track of what name they have saved their project with.It Lets users search by various names and tags helping us find the exact image. It even support Raw image processing and extends its support to over 1200 digital camera models.

4.Rawtherapee:

Rawtherapee deals with image editing conversion of photos in RAW format.This Software Supports almost all kinds of DSLR images and has the ability to process multiple RAW files,which may be in 16 to 32 bit formats and basic image formats like JPEG,PNG etc. This application also offers a rich tool set for image editing,especially for color correction,noise cancellation rotation ,exposure and shadow correction ,changing picture tone to vignette and other filters,data images post processing ,framing,white balance etc.

RawTherapee user multi-threaded algorithms which can be performed only in powerful PCs. If a powerful PC is not utilized,and then the user may enjoy only a few benefits. A modern processor suits this program and allows it to run noticeably faster.

Why you get it:

This application allows the user to edit images in a single program  rather than using multiple windows to edit a simple picture .this program has an integrated file manager which allows the user to view , sort ,filter and mark multiply images at the same  time and lets them bookmark these files on the OS. Rawtherapee allows you to have complete access and control over you images that are meant to be edited .Additionally ,it allows the users to add frames, retouch after editing and create collages.

5.Photivo:

Photivo is not just mentioned as photo editing application,it is also known as a photo processor .This application handles mega data and converts RAW format files along with usual files like TIFF,JPEG,BMP and PNG in a non-destructive,16-bit processing pipe. Photivo also works with the best algorithm available in the market for organizing ,sorting,and finding necessary files from the brouser .This includes gimp workflow and batch mode.It also works across different platforms like Linux,Mac and Windows.Even though it's bit tough to handle ,once the methods involved to use this application CA correction ,gren equilibration,line de noise ,bed pixel rectification,de noising wavelets median filters of RAW data, tone mapping are some of the commonly-used features of Photivo.

Why you get it:

This application has completely new architecture of filters.Even though most of the photo editing software provide such features,still the features provided by Photivon are advanced and more user friendly.