Yes, I know great things don't come free of cost as Joker rightly said in The Dark Knight. But there are generous minded people on earth who made great softwares and distributed them as free.After my intense research, today I am sharing some of the greatest free softwares that are worth trying in 2019 to make our Facebook and Instagram post to sparkle.
For Mac/PC
For Mac/PC
Darktable
My first in the list is Darktable which is a non-destructive RAW editor,very powerful enough to perform most of the work Adobe Lightroom is capable of performing. I have been using it for more than a year and it is my favorite RAW editing software. Modules tab are divided neatly for specific adjustments.All the modules are customizable for our specific liking. The initial layout maybe little confusing but the software can be very addictive.
My favorite modules are Equalizer Module - where we can de-noise the image, smoothen the skin etc, Retouch module - a specific module for skin retouching like blemish removal and Zone System - where image is divided into zones based on luminance value for better fine tuning.
As I said before, it is even powerful to perform some of the process that are commonly done in Adobe Photoshop like Portrait retouching such as Frequency Separation for blemish and scar removal, Skin smoothening, Dodging and Burning, Color Toning, Layer Adjustments through blending options etc. The disadvantage is lack of training tutorials in YouTube. It is a must try software for growing photographers.
Rawtherapee
Rawtherapee is also a non-destructive RAW editor which perform similar to Darktable with the major difference of making option which is not present in Rawtherapee. HSV Curve , HDR and Wavelet settings are remarkable in Rawtherapee. Custom Luts and other Popular luts can be applied to image using Film Simulation module which is one of the best option for simplified and quick color grading.
To Download from their Official Website: Click Here
To Download from their Official Website: Click Here
ON1 Effects 10.5
This software is great for adding effects and finishing touches to your images. It has many inbuilt presets like vintage effects, cinematic looks, urban effects, HDR effects, Matte Effect etc which itself completes our majority of work. Each effects are customisable to our own liking and masking can be done for precise selection.
Adjustment Brush Option is very useful for targeted adjustment through painting the desired area of the image. Noise Reduction is very usable in this software. Dynamic Contrast add dramatic look to the image.Color Enhancer can be used to fix overexposed sky. Portrait Enhancer smoothens the skin and remove blemishes and wrinkles and list goes on. It is a definite software to try out.
To Download from their Official Website: Click Here
For HDR/Tonemappiung
Here is my favorite apps that I use in mobile:
✦Snapseed
✦RNI Films - for vintage film look ( ios)
✦Foodie - filters with food names (ios)
✦Darkr - for Black & White images with real simulation of traditional darkroom technique.
Adjustment Brush Option is very useful for targeted adjustment through painting the desired area of the image. Noise Reduction is very usable in this software. Dynamic Contrast add dramatic look to the image.Color Enhancer can be used to fix overexposed sky. Portrait Enhancer smoothens the skin and remove blemishes and wrinkles and list goes on. It is a definite software to try out.
To Download from their Official Website: Click Here
For HDR/Tonemappiung
Enfusegui
Its layout is simple but this software is very powerful to blend various bracketed exposure into simple large data image file which can be developed in any of the above mentioned softwares to increase the dynamic range of the image by adjusting the Shadows and Highlights.
To Download from their Official Website: Click Here
To Download from their Official Website: Click Here
Luminance HDR
It does the similar job - combine multiple exposure images into single image for increasing the dynamic range of the final output. It has wide input and output file option. Beyond that, it has some inbuilt tools for adjustments with built-in presets which works most of the times. But my preferred workflow is to blend exposure in this software and use that image in any of the above mentioned softwares for adjustments for better control as inbuilt tools of this software is limited.
Here is my favorite apps that I use in mobile:
✦Snapseed
✦RNI Films - for vintage film look ( ios)
✦Foodie - filters with food names (ios)
✦Darkr - for Black & White images with real simulation of traditional darkroom technique.
