Definition:

There are two primary types of graphics software and one of those is a photo editor. A photo editor deals primarily with bitmap images such as photos and other bitmap images including GIF, PNG, and TIFF formats. Although they are called photo editors, the software can be used for creating and editing any type of bitmap image, not just photographs.

The main players for professional photo editing are:

• Adobe Photoshop
• Corel Photo-Paint (part of the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite)
• The GIMP (free software)

These are not the only photo editors available. Also see these photo editors for Mac and Windows.

Some Photo Editing Tutorials

• Draw a Heart or Draw Shamrocks and Clover or Draw a Christmas Tree in Windows 7 Paint, a free, basic bitmap image editor that comes with Windows.
• Create a 3D Photo Effect with The GIMP, a popular free photo editor.
• How to Combine a Color and Black & White Image using techniques available in most photo editors.
• 10 Step Picture Prep offers a start-to-finish guide to photo processing with photo editors.

Also Known As: photo editing software | image editor | bitmap editor