Evaluation of Desktop Photo Editors

A Closer look

In the next screenshot, the contextual options in the Picasa interface can be seen. By default, Picasa offers three tabs: Basic Fixes, Tuning and Effects. Beneath the options for all three of these tabs are buttons for undo and redo.

Picasa Editing Options

The Basic Fixes tab offers:

  • Crop
  • Straighten (fine rotation)
  • Red-eye reduction
  • I’m feeling Lucky (automatic colour and contrast adjustment)
  • Auto Contrast (affect contrast only)
  • Auto Colour (affect colour only)
  • Fill light adjustment