Photo Editing

You could use Photoshop... but why the hassle?

For simple photo editing, photoshop is overkill.. Here's a free alternative..

Paint.NET is a freeware editor with all the essential functions of photoshop. Normally you would never touch those advanced features offered in Photoshop anyway. What's different from other typical free photo editing software is it supports layers and history.

Everyone should download this to replace 'Microsoft Paint' which is currently in your PC =)

1) Install Irfanview.

2) Open your photograph with the software. For example a poorly lit photo below:

[Picture borrowed from movie '300']

Irfanview has one of the best compression algorithms that gives maximum compression sacrificing minimum quality. If you don't want to go through the hassle I would suggest this guide instead which is 100 times simpler, though I still recommend Irfanview because it also allows you to do photo enhancements at the same time.