PhotoScape

CNET Editors' review

PhotoScape is a free image editor that is designed to be fun and easy to use. It not only resizes, edits, and tweaks your digital snapshots and other image files but also creates slideshows and animated GIFs, captures screenshots, combines and splits images, and more. PhotoScape can do lots of fun things to your pictures, and its modules, circular feature selector, and video tutorials take care of the "easy" part.

We mentioned PhotoScape's unique, circular module selector, which duplicates and adds to the features on the program's toolbar, except the first tab, PhotoScape, which is the home screen (though all the tools are available on the toolbar via the toolbar menu). Another unique and interesting feature displays a photo grabbed from Flickr. You can click to change the image or turn the feature off. The Viewer tool's tree view and thumbnails helped us make quick work of finding and loading our images; the tree view persists in the upper left corner, too, when you move on to PhotoScape's various features, starting with the Editor. The Editor collects the most frequently needed editing tools in a console, but the compact view hides a plethora of options; for instance, the Filter menu has 25 items, and nine of those items have submenus. The Editor tools can do everything from adding objects to removing moles: we had quite a laugh when the random wallpaper image we opened turned out to be screen legend Anne Francis and her famous mole! But we could also paint, draw, stamp, and make mosaics out of our images.

More fun: Animated GIFs are easy to make with PhotoScape, including resizing images, changing the timing and alignment, and automatically resizing all photos to the first image's size. The Page editor includes a huge range of templates for creating frames, borders, and collages, while the pop-up Raw Converter converts RAW images from DSLR cameras into JPEGs. A cool Paper Print tool prints letters, music sheets, calendars, planners, and more. Be sure to check out the online Face Search tool. PhotoScape promises and delivers a fun photo tool that's also easy to use.

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All User Reviews
  • All versions:

    4.2 stars

    out of 820 votes

    • 5 star: 402
    • 4 star: 296
    • 3 star: 63
    • 2 star: 25
    • 1 star: 34
  • Current version:

    3.3 stars

    out of 28 votes

    • 5 star: 9
    • 4 star: 7
    • 3 star: 3
    • 2 star: 1
    • 1 star: 8
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  • 1.0 stars

    "ADWARE! STAY AWAY!"

    April 29, 2013  |   By belo83

    Version: PhotoScape 3.6.3

    Pros

    good program for free

    Cons

    used to be a good program, but latest version is loaded with adware, some that you dont even get a choice to install

    Summary

    pass on the adware loaded software

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  • 5.0 stars

    "This is amazing and so easy to use!!!"

    April 24, 2013  |   By musicalsteph

    Version: PhotoScape 3.6.3

    Pros

    The features it has is better than the other free ones and it's easy to use and it's almost like Photoshop a bit.

    Cons

    Needs more editing stuff for photos.

    Summary

    For not spending money this is really good for family photos and friends photos and for Facebook but not for clients and professional use.

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  • 5.0 stars

    "A very good free photo editor"

    April 20, 2013  |   By clamke

    Version: PhotoScape 3.6.3

    Pros

    Relatively easy to use, stable, no spamware included

    Cons

    Nothing really, wish it was open source, but it's a good product

    Summary

    I downloaded Photoscape and used it to create a pretty nice tiled mosaic of family and other pictures to use as my Google Plus cover banner. I was able to use it almost immediately (without reading the directions), and got a good result. I consider this a great tool for someone (like me) who's not at all adept with photo editing tools and doesn't want to learn a system like GIMP but needs to create something cool.

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  • 5.0 stars

    "free, good for adding custom frames to photos"

    April 14, 2013  |   By henrynov

    Version: PhotoScape 3.6.3

    Pros

    free, good for adding custom frames to photos

    Cons

    i don't see any cons to this software

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  • 5.0 stars

    "Very easy to use and versatile program. Big props!"

    March 26, 2013  |   By BlueHatMedia

    Version: PhotoScape 3.6.3

    Pros

    Easy to crop.
    Easy to add captions.
    Easy to add objects.
    Good saving options.

    Cons

    Not photoshop but it's free so complaining is not an option.

    Summary

    Great for basic editing of any graphic.

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  • 3.0 stars

    "Hard to select options and scanning."

    March 14, 2013  |   By C2007

    Version: PhotoScape 3.6.3

    Pros

    Does the job.

    Cons

    Could not figure out how to scan a pic from available choices.

    Summary

    ok except for the scanning feature.

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  • 3.0 stars

    "Seems very odd about PhotoScape"

    March 10, 2013  |   By boblgnj

    Version: PhotoScape 3.6.3

    Pros

    If so many users are seeing malware, why did the CNET reviewers not even mention it?

    Cons

    Don't they test for virus, malware, etc.?

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  • 2.0 stars

    "MALWARE & TRACKING COOKIES ALERT!"

    March 9, 2013  |   By TechSavvyEnoughToGetBy

    Version: PhotoScape 3.6.3

    Pros

    Great editing tools and ways to splice and dice your images for DYI family/friends photo projects.

    Cons

    Malware installs automatically w/this free download and no amount of scanning with top-notch PC protection will rid your computer of them.

    My PC would not load after I tried to reboot after Symantec got rid of the threats/tracking cookies--I ran 2 Quick Scans and 1 Full Scan. I had to reset my 3-weeks-old, brand new desktop.

    Summary

    NOT WORTH THE HASSLE! As another reviewer posted, get it from a better-trusted website.

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  • 1.0 stars

    "Installs junk without permission and won't stop itself."

    March 3, 2013  |   By cattieceasar

    Version: PhotoScape 3.6.3

    Pros

    I can do many nice things with my photos, like combining a few photos into one page and frame it. Very cute!

    Cons

    Too bad it comes with so much junk that it's not worth the trouble to try this program. It hijacks your pc.

    Summary

    This is a program loved. I had it in my old pc and I don't recall it installing junk on that one. But now, when I tried to install it on my new pc., it installed so much junk, even when I denied it and tried to get out of the installation, that I had to go and uninstall everything I DID NOT give permission to in the first place and it installed anyway.

    I turned off my pc thinking it would stop installing, but when I turned my pc on again, there was all the junk. There's no 'stop' button and you can't even close it.

    Invasive and dangerous. What a nightmare!

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  • 5.0 stars

    "Love this application."

    March 1, 2013  |   By nsleptzoff

    Version: PhotoScape 3.6.3

    Pros

    Bets free program out there to edit your digital pictures.

    Cons

    I haven't found anything to complain about with this program. And to top it off, it's free.

    Summary

    I take a lot of pictures and use many different programs to edit my work. I do have and use Photoshop C6. PhotoScape is a powerful editing programs that has tons of features in making your pictures looking great. If I'm not going to edit the layers of my pics and need to tweak the lighting, contrast, brightness or crop its size I use PhotoScape. It's one of a handful of editing tools in my lightroom that I use often. You can't go wrong in downloading and using it. I would recommend it highly to all photographers novice and pros alike.

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