Taking good photographs gets you only halfway, and the other half part of the process is equally important in ensuring the end result is a gem. Back in the old days, professional photographers used to edit their photographs mostly for commercial purposes.
These days even the occasional recreational photographer uses various editing techniques to further amplify the images. Photo editing can either be performed by simply downloading the respective software or you can perform the tasks online. Online photo editors do not require to be installed on your computer, and are therefore the preferred option for day to day editing requirements.
Currently there are many online photo editors available that ease the process of editing photos. These include Pixlr, Ribbet, BeFunky etc. Just as we expect, each of these tools claims to be the best solution around for all the image editing related requirements a user has. However, if there is one tool that has demonstrated it’s utility in every possible aspect, that has got to be Fotor.
Fotor
Fotor was rolled out in 2012 and has been a favourite since then. Apart from the freely downloadable mobile and computer applications that are supported by Windows, Android and Apple, it can also be accessed online via its website. While uploading photographs, users have to oblige to the size limit of 8 MB. However, in order to assist the users, the online photo editor offers to resize the photograph in case they are too large. Fotor goes ways beyond the basic editing tools such as cropping, red eye removal, and even provides advanced functionalities such as photo deblurring and aperture addition. The website can be accessed for free, however, there are certain tools that can only be used by premium users.
For people in a hurry, there is a one tap enhancement tool present in Fotor that automatically applies the best suited adjustments on the photograph to improve its quality. Users can still however make use of the impressive range of manual tools for a better result.
For social media fanatics, Fotor specifically caters to portrait photographs with handy features such as applying makeup and tooth whitening. These features significantly improve the quality of the photographs resulting in a drastic improvement in the photo. To top this all off, Fotor has a special feature through which you can remove wrinkles. Instead of providing users with a scale from 1 to 100 in order to select the strength of the tool, Fotor rather gives users the option to apply wrinkle smoothing in terms of years, which is very innovative.
Stickers are also present in Fotor’s wide array of tools. These stickers prove to be very practical when it comes to celebrating occasions, such as Christmas and New Year. Fotor even allows you to tweak the stickers as per your liking, you can select your own custom color and also adjust the opacity of the sticker as you deem appropriate.
Fotor can also be used for graphic designing. This includes creating posters and banners for digital marketing or for personal usage. The interface is user-friendly and the user can easily grasp the gist of Fotor in a few sessions.
Another interesting feature offered by Fotor is the Collage Maker. This feature enables you to merge multiple photographs together and even gives you the option to apply a border surrounding the collage.
One limitation of Fotor is that every time you make an edit you have to execute the action. This means that if you apply multiple adjustments, you cannot visualize the end result before saving the changes. Despite this limitation, Fotor’s performance and functionalities are excellent, making it a top tier editing platform.
Fotor is constantly evolving by adding new features from time to time, thus ensuring that it remains the state of the art online photo editing platform. In 2016, HDR curves adjustment was added to Fotor’s already extensive array of features. A year later, two new features were added. Firstly, Fotor included a custom aspect ratio option in its collage function, allowing the users to adjust the aspect ratio of the photographs as per their requirements. The tilt shift algorithm present in Fotor was also altered to improve its efficiency. All in all, Fotor is a comprehensive package to edit photos online, and definitely worth a try.
