“A photograph speaks a thousand words.” This old Chinese proverb holds tremendous significance even in today’s world, especially if you are a blogger. As capturing the attention of the audience is becoming tougher with every passing day, mere texts fall flat to grab the eyeballs of the readers. What comes to the rescue is photographs. To make raw images look aesthetically pleasing and more eye-catching you need to take assistance of photo editing tools. Although it is always advised not to over process images, nominal editing can make an ordinary image stand out. Chopping off unnecessary elements, increasing or decreasing the exposure and contrast and altering the color tones are some of the basic utilities of photo editing tools.

Although there are several photo editing tools available online, here is a list the best of the lot.

Adobe Photoshop Elements

Adobe Photoshop Elements is one of the best available photo editing software. From doing the basics like cropping and adjusting exposure and contrast to doing more complicated stuff like dodging, spot healing and layering, this software is truly the one-stop solution when it comes to processing photos. The latest 2018 update makes it even more potent as built-in content intelligence feature has been added to it. With a few clicks, you can now bring in desired changes in the photographs as suggested by the AI.

Adobe Lightroom CC

Lightroom is easier to use when compared to Photoshop. Lightroom is a dedicated photo processing software and so, if you are shooting in raw, then Lightroom will be very handy. In Lightroom, not only will you be able to store all your photos in one place but will also be able to organize, edit and share them from anywhere. It comes with the syncing option using which you can directly send a photograph to Lightroom after shooting it with your phone.

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Pixlr

If Photoshop feels a little too heavy on your pocket, you can choose to use Pixlr as its free. If you are not a designer and only want to use a software for editing photographs, Pixlr will serve your purpose. Pixlr comes with many tools which are identical to that of Photoshop and the layout also looks similar.

PicMonkey

Another free online tool, PicMonkey can be used for sharpening images, retouching, adjusting exposure etc. While the free version is enough for basic level editing, the premium plan comes with fun filters like spray tan and whisker grow.

Fotor

Sometimes just adding filter can make a photo look extremely attractive. Fotor is an effective online free tool that you can use to add effects and border to an image to enhance its beauty. Being an easy-to-use tool, you practically need zero experience in editing to use it.

Apart from these, there are many other free and paid tools available for editing images. You should use these tools to ensure that the photos that you put up on your blog attract more traffic.