PixInsight is also a development platform and users can add modules there. Documentation is easy, but you will find many resources on the Internet. Verdict: Star Tools is great astrophotography software using which you can do everything you want except for the initial light frame calibration and image stacking.
When you stack your image from, for example, Deep Sky Stacker, you can edit it after in Star Tools and use plenty of tools that it provides. The interface of the software is a bit complicated, and it may take you some time to get used to such a confusing image editing workflow.
Using this astrophotography software, you can perform image stretching, sharpening, noise reduction, etc. Verdict: Astro Pixel Processor is amazing astronomical image processing software. If you use the rental license, you will always have the latest version of the software. The interface is simple to use, all the features are explained with text messages, which you will see when you hover on the options with your mouse. Also, various tabs are numbered there.
It means that there are no assumptions when choosing the best workflow: simply follow the numbers from 1 to 6 and go to tab 9 to perform post-processing of the stacked image. You can run all the steps simultaneously or set up and run them during batch processing.
In this way, you will be able to do something else while the software calibrates and stacks your photos. Adobe Photoshop. Multiplatform software Active development Quite simple to use Robust and full-fledged Editing images will take some time. Free A nice community that provides a lot of information Can be used for planetary astrophotography Complicated interface. Simple to use Robust image development and organization Integrates with Photoshop The possibility to use photo plugins Not for complex editing Limited to cosmetic adjustments.
Affinity Photo. The most full-fledged astrophotography editor Multi-platform software Can be used for planetary and deep-sky astrophotography You can use the free trial version for 45 days High price You need to have a robust computer to use it. Star Tools. Comes with a free license Top-quality Decent orientation You can share your images Colors might differ from the original ones. NET auch perfekt als Bildbearbeitung Mac verwenden.
Auch Paint. NET dann deutlich besser gestaltet als bei vielen Konkurrenten. Alle Tools einer bestimmten Kategorie findet man auf einen Blick. Viele Funktionen bei Paint. Allerdings wird mit diesen Plug-Ins dann der Umfang der Software auch noch einmal deutlich erweitert.
Viele Filter bekommt man zum Beispiel nur mit einem Wasserzeichen. Alternativ kann man die Software aber auch einmalig und dann auf Lebenszeit erwerben. Bei beiden Alternativen liegt der Preis deutlich unter dem von Adobe. Leider jedoch keine Geo-Tags. Auch PhotoScape X gibt es dann als kostenlose und als kostenpflichtige Version.
Darkroom wartet mit unfassbar vielen Funktionen auf. Darkroom gibt es kostenlos als Download. Dabei stehen viele verschieden Filter und praktische Auto Korrekturen zu Auswahl. Exposure X6 von Alien Skin hat eine lange Entwicklung hinter sich. Jetzt geht das Angebot jedoch immer mehr in Richtung Allrounder.
Exposure X5 von Alien Skin kann dann mit einem hervorragende Funktionsumfang punkten. Allerdings ist das auch das einzige Manko der Software. Denn in allen anderen Bereichen handelt es sich bei Exposure um ein echtes Profiwerkzeug.
Back to blog Next Article. You can eliminate flaws easily with the excellent clone stamp and healing tools, create custom brushes, apply perspective changes, and apply changes to isolated areas with smart selection tools.
GIMP is an open source free photo editor, and its community of users and developers have created a huge collection of plugins to extend its utility even further. Many of these come pre-installed, and you can download more from the official glossary. If that's not enough, you can even install Photoshop plugins.
Read our full review: GIMP. If you've got a lot of photos that you need to edit in a hurry, Ashampoo Photo Optimizer could be the tool for you. Its interface is clean and uncluttered, and utterly devoid of ads although you'll need to submit an email address before you can start using it.
Importing pictures is a breeze, and once they've been added to the pool, you can select several at once to rotate or mirror, saving you valuable time. You can also choose individual photos to enhance with the software's one-click optimization tool. In our tests this worked particularly well on landscapes, but wasn't always great for other subjects. If you want to make manual color and exposure corrections, there are half a dozen sliders to let you do exactly that.
It's a shame you can't also apply the same color changes to a whole set of pictures at once, but this is otherwise a brilliant free photo editor for making quick corrections. For more advanced editing, check out Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 7 — the premium version of the software with enhanced optimization tools.
Read our full review: Ashampoo Photo Optimizer. Canva is a photo editor that runs in your web browser, and is ideal for turning your favorite snaps into cards, posters, invitations and social media posts.
If you're interested in maintaining a polished online presence, it's the perfect tool for you. Canva has two tiers, free and paid, but the free level is perfect for home users. Just sign up with your email address and you'll get 1GB free cloud storage for your snaps and designs, 8, templates to use and edit, and two folders to keep your work organized.
You won't find advanced tools like clone brushes and smart selectors here, but there's a set of handy sliders for applying tints, vignette effects, sharpening, adjusting brightness, saturation and contrast, and much more. The text editing tools are intuitive, and there's a great selection of backgrounds and other graphics to complete your designs.
Read our full review: Canva. Fotor is a free photo editor that's ideal for giving your pictures a boost quickly. If there's specific area of retouching you need doing with, say, the clone brush or healing tool, you're out of luck.
However, if your needs are simple, its stack of high-end filters really shine. There's a foolproof tilt-shift tool, for example, and a raft of vintage and vibrant colour tweaks, all easily accessed through Fotor's clever menu system. You can manually alter your own curves and levels, too, but without the complexity of high-end tools. Fotor's standout function, and one that's sorely lacking in many free photo editors, is its batch processing tool — feed it a pile of pics and it'll filter the lot of them in one go, perfect if you have a memory card full of holiday snaps and need to cover up the results of a dodgy camera or shaky hand.
Read our full review: Fotor. Photo Pos Pro isn't as well known as Paint. This free photo editor's interface is smarter and more accessible than GIMP's array of menus and toolbars, with everything arranged in a logical and consistent way. If it's still too intimidating, there's also an optional 'novice' layout that resembles Fotor's filter-based approach. The choice is yours. The 'expert' layout offers both layers and layer masks for sophisticated editing, as well as tools for adjusting curves and levels manually.
You can still access the one-click filters via the main menu, but the focus is much more on fine editing. It's a shame that the free version of Photo Pos Pro only allows you to export at a maximum of 1, x 1, pixels. If you're preparing images to share online this might not be a problem, but it limits the software's usefulness if you want to print you work.
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