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Adobe Photoshop has now made photo editing easier for us through Photoshop Express (PSX) !
This new web-based software, still in its beta version, allows us to store pictures and edit them as well.
Of course, it doesn't have all the features of the original Windows-based Photoshop, but for quick editing, this tool is quite good.
Basic Functions
Original Photo
You can do basic cropping and rotating as well as resizing using PSX. It also has an auto-correct function to automatically correct lighting and contrast. What's nice about this function is that it gives you several options on how you want to adjust your lighting and contrast.
Autocorrect Feature
You can also easily adjust the exposure by selecting from the list of photos presented (havingdifferent exposures) or by adjusting it manually through the adjustment bar below the photos
Adjusting Exposure
Touching up photos like removing blemishes and scars is not so hard to do using PSX. Click on the area you want to correct. You will see a green circle appear and it gets bigger as you drag it. Then a red circle will appear beside it. The red circle is the source area that will be copied to the green circle. Place the cursor in the red circle and drag it to find the perfect match to copy. This function is like a combination of the cloning and healing tool in Adobe Photoshop.
Touching up photos
Adjusting saturation works similarly with adjusting exposures giving you ready samples to just click or adjust it manually.
Saturating Photos
Tuning
You can adjust white balance, highlights, fill light your photos using PSX too. Sharpening and Soft Focus works similarly as adjusting exposure making it really easy.
Effects
One of the cool effects in PSX is its ability to pop colors in an instant. You can focus on one color to pop and save yourself from desaturating and tedious editing. You can even produce several photos with different color pops in just a few minutes!
Color popping
You can also adjust hues, turn photos into black and white (with different gradients), tint photos, convert it into a sketch, and distort photos for effect using PSX.
Black and white
Tinting
Sketch Effect
After editing (left photo) Before editing (right photo)
I like this software because of its user-friendly interface and its ability to make some features, such as popping colors, really easy as compared to doing it manually using Adobe Photoshop.
Although I still miss using some functions from the original Photoshop such as blurring, this software is quite useful especially for minor editing of a lot of photos. Plus, it doesn't need a lot of memory and hard disk space since you can access it via Web anytime.
Its gallery feature is also very useful so you can immediately share it with family and friends after editing. It is also able to download and upload photos to your usual photo galleries like Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket and Facebook.
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