Hi, welcome to the blog again!
This week I want to talk about a few tools that you can use to edit and perfect your photos! I personally spend the money on the Adobe Creative Suite, which includes Photoshop, Lightroom and many others. This package costs roughly £50.00 a month, which is great if you use it all the time. However, if you’re just starting out I have a few free options that I would reccomend to you.
- Photopea
Photopea is essentially a free version of Photoshop. You access it by typing Photopea in any search engine and click on the first option. You should see something like the image below and then you know you’re on the right website. The only downside to this app is that ads sometimes appear. But for the money you save and the fact that it’s like Photoshop makes it more than worth it!
2. PS Express
This is Photoshop for your phone. You can download the app for free and use some of the features, however, if you do want all of the features, it will cost you some money. This app is really handy for editing on the go and I would highly recommend it for simple to semi-complicated editing (especially for Instagram).
3. Canva
Canva is less of a photo editing tool, but more of a creative software to create backgrounds for Instagram Stories, Twitter and YouTube banners and more. I’ve personally used Canva to make invitations and to create banners for my YouTube and Twitch channels. The site is easy to use and is free, however you can pay some money for Canva Pro. Personally, I think the free option works just fine!
Those are just a few of the editing softwares that I use. Feel free to suggest more! Next week I’ll talk more about camera equipment and the basic tools you need as a photographer!