Applications to retouch images in Windows RT

Among the many applications that we have always had on a Windows system, we have found the mythical Paint. Although it has been characterized as a tool of limited use, it has gotten us out of more than one bind throughout its history. It is used to touch up images, or to encourage our creativity But it is clear that at a time of our life we ​​will have to go for something more complete. Or at least focused on something specific when retouching images.

Today we are going to bring you three proposals that we can find in the Windows Store and that focus on those aspects. And they're also free, so there's no excuse not to try them.

Imagine Resizer: basic and limited tweaks

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By its name Imagine Resizer fits part of what we are looking for, although it should be noted that it does so in a fairly limited way . Its motto is to resize, crop and share images in an easy way, and to some extent it is true. But we won&39;t have full control over the image It will be useful, basically, if all we are looking for is resizing an imageBecause if we want to cut an image we won&39;t be able to tell it where, but the program will do it by eye. Of course, with the measures that we have put on it. Something that sometimes is not enough."

We can pull the predefined sections for resolution, proportion, scale size or maximum dimension of the image. Or tell us the size in pixels, also modifying the quality of the image to reduce its weightSomething also useful when uploading images to web pages to lighten the load. The flaw is that it will not tell us how much the resulting image will weigh.

Imagine Resizer supports the most common formats (bmp, gif, jpg, png and tiff), and has a pro version of payment for 1.99 euros that will allow us to process several images in one sitting. But it doesn't make up for it at all. With the free version we already have what we need to get by.

In Windows Store | Imagine Resizer

Photo Editor: slightly more advanced touch-ups

Photo Editor, by Aviary, turns out to be a much more complete tool , and that also starts from a very important difference. As soon as it is executed, it will show us a small portion of our gallery, with which it gains in visibility. We will be able to select from the images that are shown by default, based on our image folder, or browse through the files of our system in search of others.The downside, yes, is that this application comes in English

Entering the task, the editor mode, we will see how a lower bar is displayed with many options, being able to vary the level of brightness, contrast or saturation, among other aspects, or embed text in the image Here, unlike in the previous program, we can cut the image by selecting the parts we want. We can even paste fun stickers to give the matter more color. Or also apply wear effects to the image.

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You can get a lot out of Photo Editor, although taking into account one important aspect. If we apply a change we cannot undo it. As long as we don&39;t hit the Apply> button"

In Windows Store | Photo Editor

Fresh Paint: develop our creativity

Finally, if we're in the creative vein, nothing better than Fresh Paint, one of the most interesting applications that we can find on the Windows Store, and which is also from Microsoft itself. It could be considered as a more artistic version of the mythical Paint, its main strength being the range of oil paints that it has. Our finger is the brush, and we can get the desired color by messing around with its color palette.

We can start from scratch, in front of a blank surface, with various types of canvases and papers, or pull our own images. In case we want to give them a more fun touch. Even the little ones in the house can get special packages of their favorite cartoon characters (after payment) to take those images as a reference and retouch them at will.

The main purpose of Fresh Paint is drawing, rather than retouching. Unlike the previous programs that we have named. What does not take away, in any case, that we can modify the size of an image with our own fingers, zooming in or out. And of course, turning the image itself. Even enabling Windows RT's own camera to modify the photo afterwards. But its nature, of course, is something else: to develop our creativity.

In Windows Store | Fresh Paint