BEST FREE Photo Editing Software for PC

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Published 2021-06-30
Learn about the five best free photo editing software that you can install on your PC. We start with an app that comes for free with Windows, the Photos app. As long as you already have Windows, there's no need to install any additional software. The Photos app offers all the most common editing functionality, like adjusting exposure, sharpness, and removing redeye. Next, we look at one of the most popular photo editing apps called IrfanView. This app allows you to rotate, flip, add text, add effects, and more to your pictures. You can even configure slideshows and bulk convert your photos to another file format. Next up, we look at Adobe Photoshop Express. Similar to the Windows Photos app, you can make all of the most common edits to your photographs. The last three apps we look at, including darktable, Raw Therapee, and Gimp, offer the most control to edit every aspect of your photos. You can make changes to raw images and then apply those edits to all your other photos. Edits are non-destructive, meaning you can undo the various changes you make to get the photo to look just how you want it.

👋 Additional resources
- Microsoft Photos: www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/microsoft-photos/9wzdncr…
- IrfanView Graphic Viewer: www.irfanview.com/
- Adobe Photoshop Express: www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/adobe-photoshop-express-…
- darktable: www.darktable.org/
- Raw Therapee: rawtherapee.com/
- Gimp: www.gimp.org/

⌚ Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
0:29 Microsoft Photos
2:21 IrfanView
4:20 Adobe Photoshop Express
5:28 darktable
7:20 Raw Therapee
8:38 Bonus: Gimp
10:50 Wrap up

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All Comments (21)
  • You are a life saver. I finish some classes and immediately after I no longer had access to LR or PS. The options you presented will be more that enough. Thank you
  • you are the only person that spends the time to show what it means to explain everything thank you again for your hard work again
  • This is what is called quality content. Hitting the bull's eye! No words to thank enough. Cheers!
  • @Humans_InFocus
    Thanks Kevin! Once again you have provided the info I needed in a quick and efficient manner 😊👍
  • @Quinnikon
    I've been using Windows Photo App for years and use it all the time to crop etc my football / Soccer pics I do for Local Clubs. I don't want to do too much editing so I find this app great but the other week I went over to Windows 11 and the app was awful so I went back to Windows 10 now I'm happy again. Thanks for this video Cheers Quinny
  • @1hjehje
    I really like Irfanview for viewing photos and making quick changes. I'll take a closer look at the programs that you have reviewed to see if I can select one that is easy to use with a reasonable amount of features. I rarely use a photo editor and I'm quite sure that I would not use an editing program that has too much complexity. Thank you for the video!
  • @TylerStanczak
    Really awesome selections! Using these free tools can be a game changer if you are on a budget :)
  • Thank you for the video. There are some useful and powerful tools in this roundup. I’ve always liked GiMP but agree it has a steep learning curve. Cheers 👍😎🇦🇺
  • @LessThanHandy
    I've used Gimp in the past, suits my needs just fine and then some. Thank you for this video. 👍
  • IrfanView Graphic Viewer and the in-built editor are okay for my needs. Thank you. Great work
  • @TravellingTech
    Awesome I was couldn't find some free photo editing software. Thank you so much for making this video
  • Thanks Kevin for this short introduction to good Photo editors, very comprehensive 👍. Cheers
  • @user-ex5ez2uo7q
    Thank you sooooo much for the tip of the windows photo editor , I was able to use it in just a few minutes and it's just what I was looking for with the sliders to adjust pictures . TY
  • @jimshaw899
    Sweet video. Which of these can do perspective correction, which is one of my most often needed capabilities? You know, converging trees or building edges because of lens point-of-view. PS: I have Gimp, but frankly, I have not really used it much. Since I use photo editing software only occasionally, I find I have to wade back into all the complexities of GIMP, just to do one thing to one photo. A long ago software reviewer used to call this the "coefficient of re-learnability." (Learn to use a new program, don't use it for a month, then try to use it again.) Some programs are a snap; many are a no-joy pain in the cookies.
  • @gracemark5995
    wow photo editors are really cool they make are photos look professional ... these photo editors are always the best thanks kevin
  • @rayford3300
    Thank you Kevin for your summary of the best free photo editing software around. Your advice and info is always timely and accurate. I wonder if you’d thought of looking at free AI software as an addition to editing possibilities as, whilst far from perfect, this seems, at times, to have transformational powers beyond belief such as in enhancing old photographs?
  • @user-jg5xm8um8y
    Very nice overview that quickly hits on some differences. This was helpful