What Types of Features Does Photo Editing Software Have?

There are many types of photo editing software that is available on the internet and in many physical retail outlets. Depending on the type of editing that you want to do with your pictures will depend on the type of features that you want you editing software to have. There are many different features that the software could have such as standard editing tools such as red eye removal, rotating and resizing the picture, flipping and cropping, adjusting the light, color management, having multiple undos, and the capability of drawing tools and shapes that can be added to a photo.

There are photo editing software programs that will go further and not only have standard editing tools but also have wizards that will automatically fix the photos for you, cloning tools which are tools that allow you to clone a part or several parts of the picture just by painting. This is mostly used when you want to fix scratches or blemishes that may be on the picture. Some editing software will also have image extraction, lens distortion correction, capability of converting photo to gray scale, adding text to the photo along with adding borders and frames to the photos.

If you are in need of more in-depth photo editing software, you will be able to find programs that have the capabilities of adjustment layers which is a tool that allows you to change and adjust your photo in many different ways without changing the original photo. These changes are put into layers so that you can accept or delete the ones that you want to use or get rid of. Layers are like panes of glass that are stacked on top of each other so that you can see what effect each layer brings to the picture and take away what does not work.

Other tools and features that photo editing software can offer include creating panoramas, templates, type effects, layering masks which help to determine transparency of parts of the photo that help to adjust photos without permanently erasing those parts, and automated batches which are saved steps in performing a process so that you don't have to take the steps every time you want, you can push a button to do it automatically. Most of these features would be very useful to you if you were a professional photographer but there are many programs that are for the general public in order to have fun with their pictures.