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Key Details of Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition
- Free and efficient image editor
- Last updated on
- There have been 9 updates
- Virus scan status:
Clean (it’s extremely likely that this software program is clean)
Editors’ Review
Serif's PhotoPlus Starter Edition is a freeware image editing and photo enhancement suite that competes with Photoshop and similar tools. Although PhotoPlus Starter Edition lacks some of the dedicated tools of the pro version, it still does a lot, including adjusting, resizing, retouching, and modifying digital photos and other images.
Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition offers many tools and features that make editing photos easy and effective. You can work with most common image formats in this software. It has tools to straighten photos, crop them to fit standard sizes, and fix old or damaged photos. You can also remove red-eye, smooth skin, whiten teeth, and more to improve portrait photos. The software lets you take out unwanted objects from your pictures, which helps clean up backgrounds or distractions. It also includes options to adjust brightness, contrast, and more to fine-tune the appearance of your photos. For those who like to be creative, there are brushes for painting and blending that add a personal touch to images.
Even though it is a free version, Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition performs well. It has a user-friendly interface that makes it easy to get to all its tools quickly without making it too complicated for new users. For those more familiar with photo editing, the software includes advanced features like layer management and precise selection tools. This makes it appealing to advanced users and professionals as well.
Pros
- A lot for freeware: PhotoPlus Starter Edition has most of the pro tool's main features, such as layers, histogram, effects, and a full tool palette.
- Help is there: Perhaps more importantly, the freeware has nearly all the onscreen and background help, tips, instructions, and examples as the pro tool.
- Capabilities: The freeware lacks some of the pro tool's features but not all its capabilities. For instance, the freeware omits the Filter Gallery but still packs an impressive menu of filters under Effects.
Cons
- Major features missing: PhotoPlus Starter Edition lacks the pro version's PhotoFix, Cutout Studio, Filter Gallery, and Organizer features, though you might not miss them.
- Requires registration: You must register PhotoPlus Starter Edition to use it. Registration is free and enables technical assistance, but it asks for your name, phone number, and street address, or you can register by phone.
Bottom Line
PhotoPlus Starter Edition is impressive freeware that does more than enough to satisfy most users' needs. The overly intrusive registration process may deter some potential users, which is a shame since PhotoPlus Starter Edition is well worth the effort.
What’s new in version 3.0.0.8
- Version 3.0.8 for minor bugs and fixes.
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