The world of contemporary communication is a world of images. No blog post is complete without a snappy pic to exemplify a point. Business reports need graphics, Christmas letters need photos of smiling children, and of course we all know that a Facebook post without an image will have little chance of getting noticed. But how do we adapt our images to the perfect size, shape, and quality for the...

LazPaint is a cross-platform, lightweight image editor with support for both raster and vector image layers. It provides a relatively simple editing interface that the developers describe as "like PaintBrush or Paint.Net." Most common editing operations are always available via LazPaint's toolbar. In the Documentation section of the LazPaint site, users can locate reference information describing...

Do you have a photograph that you'd like to sharpen? Adjust the brightness? Add a filter? Polarr is a photo-editing tool that can be used on a wide number of devices: visitors can download Polarr for iOS or Android devices; for Mac, Linux, or Windows computers, or as a Google Chrome Extension. Users can also use Polarr on their web browser. Polarr's basic account is available for free; with a paid...