More recently, the quality of photographs directly depended on the skills of the photographer. However, with the advent of digital technology and the development of computer technology, the situation has fundamentally changed. Modern graphic editors help users quickly and easily correct failed photos.

Principle of operation

Today, there are many programs that can significantly improve the quality of photos. However, in fact, all these applications practically do not differ in the principles of their work.
Most often, graphic editors use the ability to stretch the histogram of the image by adjusting the contrast around the edges with the subsequent adjustment of the contrast and saturation of the image. In addition, in "professional" applications, there is always an option that allows you to remove unnecessary noise using the Exif standard, which increases the clarity of the picture.

Of course, in every program that improves the quality of pictures, there are other functions that allow you to adjust the picture in automatic or manual mode.

Microsoft Office Picture Manager

The developers of the Microsoft Office software package initially did not begin to work with graphics. However, over time, an application appeared in the standard set of the package that allows you to correct failed photos. In this program, it is possible to improve the quality of contrast and clarity of a picture in the automatic mode by clicking on the "Auto Adjust" button. There is also a manual mode that allows the user to:

  • "Play" with contrast and clarity;
  • improve color;
  • eliminate the effect of red eyes;
  • resize;
  • crop a picture;
  • rotate and get reflected photos.

A novice will also cope with the management of this application, but the quality of his work sometimes causes complaints, which mainly concern constant dimming and excessive lightening of photographs. In addition, this program is not designed to combat unnecessary noise and eliminate serious defects.

Graphic editor

But on the Internet, the user can find a huge number of third-party applications that can cope with any defects in the images. The simplest of these programs (for example - PhotoBest, Ashampoo Photo Optimizer or Zoner Photo Studio) work with pictures in automatic mode.

However, the most popular in the field of working with graphics were utilities with manual image adjustment. The most famous of these editors is considered Adobe Photoshop. Moreover, most users are confident that it is Photoshop that is the best program for changing photos.

However, most experts disagree with this opinion, since in fact, Photoshop has many worthy competitors capable of:

  • adjust image resolution;
  • remove defects (glare, spots, scratches, etc.);
  • eliminate blackout or flare;
  • carry out color correction
However, all professional programs, from the point of view of an ordinary user, have a significant drawback. In order to deal with the basics of working in such powerful graphic editors, it will take a very long time.

Adjusting photos online

Therefore, it will be much easier for ordinary users to find online services on the World Wide Web that specialize in processing graphics and photographs. It does not make sense to list these resources, since there are too many of them, and they all work according to the same principle and scenario.

Therefore, a user who decides to use the services of such a service will have to perform the following actions:

  • upload a picture to the site;
  • choose an image correction system in automatic or manual mode;
  • save the resulting photo to the hard drive of your computer.

Output

The choice of a graphics editor depends only on the tasks that the user sets. If the photo owner needs a quick adjustment of the image, then the simplest utilities will cope with this work. Professional editing of pictures is possible only when using "powerful" applications.