Photo editing software is a type of program that allows users to manipulate and modify images or photographs. Photo editing tools are necessary for nearly any business that works with images (either professionally or as part of their marketing campaigns), professional photographers, marketing teams who use photography in their campaigns, web designers who require photographs for their web pages, or any other team that works with images.
The best photo editing software is often used in conjunction with photo management software and desktop publishing softwareto enhance the appearance of images before sending them on for further design work or printing.
To qualify for inclusion in the Photo Editing category, a product must:
Be able to import and export a variety of image file types, such as JPEG, PNG, GIF, and more
Apply effects, corrections, and manipulations to image files
Be able to edit up to pixel level, rather than vector level