Even though image editing is a lot of fun, applications like Photoshop, which are both very useful and powerful, have a very high learning curve and require a lot of time to master. However, to enjoy editing your images, you don’t have to be a master of such massive applications. If one is creative, they can make use of even the simplest applications to turn simple images into beautiful works of art. Previously, we have covered some really great image editors for both Windows and Mac, such as Artweaver Free, Pix Builder, SharpShot, PhotoFiltre and SketchBook. However, all of these applications offer advanced image editing features such as layer, support, wide variety of brushes, effect filters, configurable editing tools, image color settings etc. If you are looking for a simple image editing tools which can fulfill your basic image editing needs, try HeliosPaint. It is a user friendly image editor that allows you to edit image, drawings and icons.
The interface of the application has tools available for editing images in the left side, the Transparency mode, Zoom and Selected area settings are in the right, while the image appears in the center. When you select a tool, extended options for different drawing and editing tools appear below the image.
Under Tools menu, the Color and Paints window allows you to choose different colors for quick selection using different palettes and specify the default transparency of added items.
The toolbar at the left provides you with simple tools to change the outlook of the image, such as its colors, brightness and transparency levels using gradients.
The complete list of features included in HeliosPaint is available on the product page. It is a cross-platform application that works on both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
