#POLARR PHOTO EDITOR FREE DOWNLOADS WINDOWS 10#

Polarr Photo Editor is easily one of the top four or five photo editors in the Windows 10 Store for those looking for pro-styled features. While I still prefer Photoshop Elements for my heavy lifting, I can see Polarr being an attractive mobile editor for tablets where storage space is at a premium. It likely boils down to personal preference and I can see a place for both of these apps on my Surface 3.

I think it is a coin toss as to which is better, Polarr or Fhotoroom. You also have design differences between Polarr, Fhotoroom and Photoshop Express, but that may be more of a personal preference than something you can objectively compare. Polarr and Fhotoroom are very similar with respects to the amount of editing tools, but I think Fhotoroom has more creative tools such as the HDR converter and Tiny Planets integration. Photoshop Express is an attractive, lightweight editor, but lacks the horsepower Polarr offers with its tool set. How does Polarr compare to other top photo editors? In many ways, Polarr is what I expected to see with Adobe Photoshop Express. Hopefully, we will see fixes pushed out with the next update. The developers are aware of these issues and are actively working to resolve them. The app does need a little fine-tuning, but none of the performance issues were fatal. I like not having to confirm every adjustment I make to the photo and support for RAW files is very useful. The editor offers pro-styled tools that covers a lot of ground when you need to polish up your images. In using Polarr over the past few days, it comes across as a solid photo editor from the Windows 10 Store.

It took me about half a dozen attempts before the Polarr file folder was created. My advice is to verify the image is saved properly before closing out the thumbnail. Fortunately, your edited images are temporarily saved in the editor's photo bin. However, it took several attempts for Polarr to create the save destination. Any saved or exported image will then be sent to that file folder. The app should create a Polarr file folder in your Windows Picture Directory. The only other performance issue I experienced with Polarr was with saving an edited image. I did not notice an editor wizard for automatic adjustments, so Polarr may not appeal to the casual photographer who doesn't care to do much editing of their photographs. The collection of tools can really ad some flair to your images or just polish them up a little. It took a little time to get used to the layout and remembering where individual tools were located, but you will have this type of learning curve with just about every editor. Editing PerformanceĪll in all, I found Polarr to be a very competent photo editor. You can pull down the editing history and revert back to a particular editing point or you can use the undo button to remove the last edit. There's no application button to push or save adjustment tile to have adjustments applied. Your adjustment options will run down the right side of the image while your filter selection will drop down the left side of the image.Īdjustments do have a live preview feature in that as you tinker with the image's attributes, it is reflected in the photograph. Toning: Adjust the color highlights, shadows and balance with this tool.

Curves: Edit the color curves for RGB collectively or the Red, Green or Blue tones individually.HSL: Here you can adjust the Hue, Saturation and Luminance for individual colors within the image.Optics: Tools include adding vignette to your images, adjust the grain of the image and add or compensate for any distortion or fringing.Detail: Fine-tune your images clarity, sharpness, color and luminance here.Light: This adjustment category has a broad range of controls that include exposure, brightness, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, blacks and a diffuse and dehaze tool.Color: Here you can adjust the image temperature, tint, vibrance and saturation.The adjustments menu will drop down the right side of the screen and will have a Histogram at the very top of the menu.

Polarr Photo Editor free downloads