CREATOR TOOLBOX

   Tool: Levels and Curves Description: Levels often deals with the black, grey, and white points of the image. Grey is the middle ground between when you set as "max black" and "max white" Curves will typically be used to adjust overall intrinsic brightness (luminosity) or individual color adjustments (RGB). While it's possible to achieve similar results using each, they are best suited in using Levels for manual contrast and Curves for better color tone control.  Review: https://youtu.be/Wa1QSaUzefc Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 2

  Tool: G'MIC Description: G'MIC is a full-featured open-source framework for digital image processing, distributed under the CeCILL free software licenses (LGPL-like and/or GPL-compatible). It provides several user interfaces to convert / process / visualize generic image datasets, ranging from 1D scalar signals to 3D+t sequences of multi-spectral volumetric images, hence including 2D color images. Platform: Website, Windows, Linux Download: https://gmic.eu/download.shtml Review: https://youtu.be/TSsGBCBc8MU Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 2 Costs: Free

  Tool: Adobe Lightroom Description: Lightroom is the cloud-based service that gives you everything you need to edit, organize, store, and share your photos across any device. Platform: Windows, MAC Download: https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-lightroom.html Review: https://youtu.be/n_ByVgT1_bk Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3 Costs: Monthly Fee

  Tool: ART Description: A free, open-source, cross-platform raw image processing program. ART is a derivative of the popular RawTherapee, trading a bit of customization and control over various processing parameters for a simpler and (hopefully) easier to use interface, while still maintaining the power and quality of RawTherapee. Platform: Windows, Linux Download: https://bitbucket.org/agriggio/art/downloads/ Review: https://youtu.be/I3Y9hzH-Knc Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 2 Costs: Free

  Tool: RawTherapee Description: RawTherapee is a powerful, cross-platform raw photo processing system, released as Free Software (GPLv3). It is designed for developing raw files from a broad range of digital cameras and targeted at users ranging from enthusiast newcomers who wish to broaden their understanding of how digital imaging works to professional photographers. Platform: Linux, MAC, Windows Download: http://rawtherapee.com/downloads/ Review: https://youtu.be/9P-GBsoCvzg Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 2 Costs: Free

  Tool: DarkTable Description: Darktable is an open source photography workflow application and raw developer. A virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers. It manages your digital negatives in a database, lets you view them through a zoomable lighttable and enables you to develop raw images and enhance them. Platform: Linux, Windows, MAC Download: https://www.darktable.org/install/ Review: https://youtu.be/nqkCLVeX-rw Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3 Costs: Free