The Top 5 Best Free Totally Web Based Online Photo Editors 2016

The Top 5 Best Free Totally Web Based Online Photo Editors

befunky Photo Editor | Collage Maker | Designer – NO ADS | UPGRADE AVAIL. | APP

Modern browser based interface

• Auto Enhance: YES
• Layer Support: YES
• Editing: Crop. Resize, Rotate, Cutout, Background, Exposure, Beautify, Color, Sharpen, Vignette, Smoothing, Blur, Funky Focus, Soften, Blur Edge, Tilt, Tint, Levels, Colour Mixer
• Touch Up: Wrinkles, Blemish Fix, Bronzer, Blush, Flashspot, Clone, Mascara, Eye Colour, Eye Brighten, Eyebrow Pencil, Fix Redeye, Lipstick, Teeth Whiten, Hair Colour, Reshape, Slimming
• Effects: Winter, Chromatic, Black and White, Charcoal, Colour Pinhole, Cooler, Cross Process, Cyanotype, Grunge, HDR, Holga Art, Instant, Line Artopia, Lomo Art, Motion Color, Old Photo, Orton Style, Patriotic, Pinhole, Pop Art, Sepia, Stenciler, Summer, Sunburst, Tilt Shift, Tin Type, United Colours, Warmer, Viewfinder, Vintage Colours.
• Artsy Effects: Cartooniser, Gouache, Impressionist, Inkify, Oil Painting, Pointillism, Sketcher, Underpainting, Watercolour
• Frames, Graphics, Overlay (Stickers), Text and Textures

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pixlr Editor | pixlr Express – ADS | APP

Pixlr Editor: Interface akin to Photoshop or typical desktop photo editor.

• Auto Enhance: NO
• Layer Support: YES
• Editing: Cut, Copy, Paste, Free transform, free distort, Image resize, Canvas resize, rotate, flip, crop, brightness and contrast, hue and saturation, colour balance, colour vibrance, levels, curves, exposure, auto levels, invert, sepia, solarize, desaturate, old photo, cross process, threshold, posterise, colour lookup.
• Manual Editing Tools (from Floating Side Tool Bar): Pencil, Brush, Eraser, Bucket, Gradient, Clone Stamp, Colour Replace, Drawing, Blur, Sharpen, Smudge, Sponge, Dodge, Burn, Red Eye Reduction, Spot Heal, Bloat, Pinch, Colour Picker, Type, Hand and Zoom.
• Filters: Blue, Box Blue, Gaussian Blur, Sharpen, Unsharp mask, Denoise, Noise, Diffuse, Scanlines, Halftone, Pixelate, Pointinize, Water swirl, Polar coordinates, Kaleidoscope, Tilt shift, Vignette, Pastels, Glamour glow, Mimic HDR, Hope, Art poster, Heat map, Tri tone, Night vision, Emboss, Engrave, Find edges.

Pixlr Express: Modern Web Browser Interface

• Auto Enhance: YES (Auto Fix)
• Layer Support: No
• Adjustments: Crop, Resize, Rotate, Auto Fix, Colour, Vibrance, Contrast, Blur, Sharpen, Smooth, Red Eye, Brighten, Heal, Airbrush, Liquify, Focal, Splash, History, Doodle, Add Image
• Effects: Categories – Atomic, Creative, Default, Soft, Subtle, Too old, unicolour, Vintage. All other effects can be found under the categories listed.
• Overlay: Tie dye, Vignette, Leaking HD, Leaks, Light Paint, Neon, Olga, Paper, Retro Poster, Smoke, Space, Bokeh, Canvas, Chem Burn, Colour Correction, Colour Lovers, Default, Fireworks, Flame, Grunge
• Borders: Squared, White ripped, Default, Film, Grunge, Icebaby, Ink, Nature, Pattern, Ripped Paper, Rounded Corner
• Stickers: Marks, Nature, Price, Pride2015, Summer, Symbols, Tattitude, Tattoos, Zodiac, Abstract, Accessories, Amore, Antiquarian, Antique, Comic, Effects, Inspiration, Kawaii, Love
• Type: Dotted, Grunge, Handwritten, Novelty, Retro, Sans, Serif

Polarr Editor – NO ADS

Polar Editor: Interface akin to Lightroom or typical photo processor enhancement tools with quick on screen tutorial.

• Auto Enhance: YES
• Layer: NO
• History: YES
• Filters: Categories – Custom, Modern, Art, Film, Infrared Film, Vintage Film, Classic Film, Skin Tone, Adventure, Atmosphere, Decay, Golden Age, Curves. At least 6 to 12 filters under each category
• Adjustments: Crop and Straigten, Radial Mask, Gradient Mask, Categories – Color, Light, Detail, Optics, HSL, Curves, Toning. Colour (Temperature, Tint, Vibrance, Saturation), Light (Exposure, Brightness, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows, Whites, Blacks, Diffuse, Dehaze, Clarity, Sharpen, Denoise colour, Denoise Luminance), Optics (Vignette, Grain, Lens), HSL (Hue, Saturation, Luminance), Curves (Red, Green, Blue), Toning (Highlights and Shadows),

Polar Editor is better suited for those who are used to professional editing packages and is a great online equivalent with full desktop interface and no Ads getting in the way.

fotostars.me – NO ADS (ads on front page only)

fotostars.me: Modern Web Browser Interface

• Auto Enhance: NO
• Layer Support: NO
• Adjustments: Crop, Resize, Orientation (rotate and flip), Focus (spot and size), Warmth, Blue, Colours (Brightness, Constrast, Red, Green, Blue), Text (demotivator, instant photo, meme, handwritten, poster)
• Effects: Categories – Popular, Retro, Vivid, Solar, Gradient, Cinema, Constrast, Light, Black and White, Vintage, Lomography, FXs with at least 2 to 6 effects/filters in each category.
• Frames: Categories- Common, Black Borders, Shabby Borders, Film, Retro, Modern, Themed with at least 2 to 6 frames in each category.

photostars.me is simple and limited in function but enough to satisfy most users with basic needs and do not wish to be bogged down with too many filters.

PicMonkey Edit | Touch Up | Design | Collage – ADS | UPGRADE AVAIL. | APP

PicMonkey: start with edit, touch up, design or collage using modern web interface.

• Auto Enhance: YES
• Layer Support: NO
• Adjustment: Crop, Canvas Colour, Rotate, Exposure, Colours, Sharpen, Resize
• Effects: Orton, Cross Process, Dusk, Intrepid, Rapture, Urbane, Tranquil, Boost, Soften, Black and White, Dark Edges, Frost, Sepia, Daguerreotype, Polaroid Film, Time Machine, Yester Clour, HDR, Cinerama, Lomo, Infrared, Holga, Gritty, Film Stock, Ombre, Tint, Warhol, Burst, Bokeh Shapes, Radiance, Lens Flare, Sunglow, Spotlight, Focal Soften, Focal B&W, Focal Pixelate, Focal Zoom, Fancy Focus, Draw, Film Grain, Posterize, Curves, Levels, Dodge, Burn, Clone (Some effects are only available on premium paid version)
• Touch Up: Blemish Fix, Airbrush, Wrinkle Removal, Shine Redue, Blush Boost, Spray Tan, Teeth Whiten, Lip Tint, Eye Brighten, Eye Tint, Mascara, Eyeliner, Eyebrow Pencil, Eye Shadow, Red-eye Remover, Nip Tuck, Weigh Loss, Whisker Grow, Highlights, Clone (some effects are only available on premium paid version)
• Text: add own text or use their selection (some font types are only available on premium paid version)
• Overlays (Stickers) in the following categories geometric, hearts, dodly hearts, doily hearts, starts, spirographs, symbols, arrows, comic bubbles, nautical, facial hair, lips, sunglasses, hats, happicons, ordinary beast, critters, cutimals, buggles, chick and eggs, sparkle stars, fireworks, smoke and fire, postal, correction marks, dashed and lined, paper scrap, banners, engraved banners, labels, victorian labels, grunge labels, ribbons, buttons, tape, pushpins, corners, garnishes, flourishes, leaves, trees, bough, springs and twings, birds, butterflies, roses, daisies, bursting blossoms, leafy stems, graphic blooms, floral, vintage blossoms, marigolds and roses (some overlays are only available on premium paid version)
• Frames, Textures and Themes: a big collection of frames (both free and premium), a big selection of textures (both free and premium) and design themes like sweethearts, winterland, celebrate, school, vampires, zombies, day of the dead, witches, demons, trick or treat, comic heroes and santa land.

PicMonkey means business while it may look playful, clean and easy to use. Jam-packed with features, even if you do not pay to access all of them there are still plenty of free effects, touch ups, text, overlays, frames, textures and themes to use. Paid version removes Ads and limit on features (primo effects, fonts, overlays and touch up tools).

fotor Edit | Collage | Design – ADS | UPGRADE AVAIL. | APP

Fotor: Modern web interface. Start in edit, collage or design mode. Edit and Collage is similar to befunky, pixl Express and PicMonkey. Design mode is similar to these Web Apps to Create Picture Quotes and Meme Posters.