Getting something done without costing any penny is hard but not an impossible task. In this modern era, things are tried to be availed free especially in the field of information technology things are getting easier and almost free of cost.

The same case arises for photo editing purposes, although there is always photoshop available for the purpose. However, there are certain tools that can be used without worrying about any money.

In this article, some tools are going to be presented which may either completely resemble photoshop features or partially.

  1. Fotor

Fotor is one of the most familiar and trustworthy photo editing tools which is available free.

Fotor can be used for simple tasks in editing like brightness, adjustment, and saturation and can be used for more complex tasks like wrinkles, etc.

Fotor has a rich collection of effects, frames, and stickers that can easily be used for image enhancement that can be best for sharing on social sites.

Basic features

  • Advance beauty features
  • 100+ photo effects
  • New contents updates
  • Basic effects
  • HDR tech
  • 300+ stickers

Fotor undoubtedly is an option for the ones who just want free photo editing because it has already got millions of users.

Platforms:

It is available as web as well as a mobile app (IOS, android).

  1. InPixio

InPixio is also a photo editing tool which especially assists those who do not have many skills in editing.

In fact, the software is a combination of six different tools which as a single performs photo editing tasks. The constituents of InPixio are given as under.

  • Photo editor
  • Photo maximizer
  • Photo focus
  • Photo eraser
  • Photo cutter
  • Photo clip

The main tasty and catchy features of the tool are hundred of filters, blur effects, textures, creative frames and online sharing capabilities.

Platforms:

It can be used as a web-based on the window as well as on IOS.

Paid version:

Its paid version can be availed at cost $19.99.

  • Azlanblogger

Azlanblogger.com is a free to access a website that is most trusted among the individuals and serves almost all photo editing features. This tool almost contains everything that photoshop does perhaps with tiny differences.

This is the most recommended tool for beginner as well for experts and professionals.

What does it offer?

It offers amazing features the same as photoshop, some common working areas are given below.

  • Removing or replacing background
  • Filtering
  • Blur
  • Brightness
  • Color adjustment
  • Text on images etc.

Some other features are also available on the site which can be used accordingly.

Platform independent:

Azlanblogger is a web-based application that does not require a specific machine or any other platform to be run on.

It can be used on cross platforms like any laptop, mobile or using any frequently used browsers.

Pros:

  • Rich set of features
  • Does not require download
  • Platform friendly

Cons:

  • It cannot be used offline.

Users of the azlanblogger:

This site is not restricted for a particular group of users. It can be used by a variety of users like;

  • Entertainers
  • Beginners
  • Students
  • Professionals

All the users can use the tool at the same time without having any problem.

  1. GIMP

GIMP is believed to be one of the best photo editors in the online world. Gimp is free to use for all users.

One of the reasons behind its acceptance and use is that it is frequently updated by the team behind it while the users can use its currently available version.

GIMP can assist both beginners as well as the professionals, there are different beginner level as well as advance level features which can be adopted as per requirements.

The beginners can benefit from the tool using its basic features like cropping, selection, color adjustment whereas the experts can take advantage of its advance features like face swap, animated gifs, layer masks etc.

GIMP Features:

  • Graphic design elements
  • Photo enhancement
  • Support of hardware
  • Digital retouching
  • Artwork originality

The above are the most useful features that exist freely for any single user.

Platforms:

It is available only as desktop yet (Linux, OS x, windows).

Paid:

No paid version.

Conclusion:

In summary of this article, I will re-mention the purpose of the article which is presenting the ways of online photo editing.

Photo editing is now been vital importance in IT’s world. This is why people are really keen on discovering new ideas for photo editing.

The most common and well-experienced way for photo editing is of course photoshop. But photoshop is not in all the situation, in fact, there are other tools which can be used as free and perhaps in a more easy way, and some of the tools have just been explained in this article.

So understand your requirements and go for any of the above tools.