Introduction
When it comes to editing apps for Digital Arts there is a variety to choose from. The most used are Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Then there are other websites or apps such as Canva or Adobe Spark. This article will be focusing on some editing apps for photography specifically.
VSCO
VSCO is a very useful app because it has the contributing factors of both an editing software and a type of social media. There are options to edit your posts and images on the app while also being able to post images and view other people’s art and photography.
Lightroom
Lightroom is an adobe suite. Mainly used for editing colour, lighting, and filters on photos, this app is different than the rest of the adobe suites and their uses. Where photoshop and Illustrator are geared more towards changing the images and backgrounds, lightroom focuses more so on editing, changing the aesthetics of a photo, and backgrounds.
Prequel
There are many features in prequel that make editing photos easy. The most common use of prequel is to add some final touches to your posts before posting on your Instagram story. Of course, there are a variety of other reasons to edit a photo. There are about fifty different filters to choose from and lots of other tools to edit and change the original photo. The app is named “Aesthetic Photo Editor” and for good reason!
Affinity Designer
Some of the things you can do with Affinity Designer are making prints, concept art, UI Designs, and video game elements. There are various tools to choose from when using this app. This is definitely the most creative of all the apps mentioned in this article. When opening the app up, the user interface layout is a lot like the layout of photoshop. The true difference between the Adobe Photoshop software and the Affinity designer software is the level of compatibility Affinity has with various types of photo formats that are different than the formats that Photoshop is better suited with. It depends on the type of editing you would like done and the formats you are more comfortable using.
Closing
In conclusion, there are various software’s you can use to edit and update your photos. Choosing the few hidden gems makes for a new learning curve and a variety of tools at your disposal.
