TopTenREVIEWS Photo Editing Software Review

We just completed reviews of the best photo editing software on the market, including Adobe Photoshop Elements 6, Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2, and Serif PhotoPlus X2. We were impressed with how easy each company has made editing photos, when it used to be a much more difficult skill to learn due to less than stellar software design, limited computing resources, and high prices.



Those familiar with our reviews might notice a few additions to the Photo Editing Software reviews. Our reviewers spent a great deal of time taking new screenshots and adding informative, relevant descriptions to each one. As a result we hope you get a good idea of how each product works, and judge more for yourself whether a product is right for you.

We also added tutorials for each of the top three photo editors, showing how simple it really is to edit your pictures. Whether you just want to crop a photo or remove red eye; or use the more advanced tools to adjust the highlights, midtones, shadows, contrast, and color saturation; you can see step by step examples of how it's done.

While still offering a library of professional level (ie expensive) photo editing software, Adobe also produces affordable photo editing software tailored for everyone in Photoshop Elements. Our "TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award" winner, Photoshop Elements is the best combination of ease of use and powerful, effective editing tools. Check out the reviews, screenshots, or compare all photo editing software side by side.

Paint Shop Pro has long been an alternative to the more pricey Photoshop software, with much of the same functionality and a swath of capable tools. Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 is more than most people need for editing photos and making quality graphics, and at a fraction of the cost of Photoshop CS3, it's the best tool for a designer/photographer on a budget. Have a look for yourself at the review and screenshots.

Serif PhotoPlus X2 cracked our top three for the first time this year, earning the "TopTenREVIEWS Bronze Award" for its simple, comfortable, and familiar interface and expanded tool set. The review tells all, and more importantly, the screenshots show how the software looks and give you an idea of how PhotoPlus X2 works.

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