Top pop or not to pop, that is the question. Just a quick post to show an image example that I left out when talking about basic image enhancement in a previous post. You can see examples of popped images Vs originals and read the information here. In another post where I wrote a brief review of a point and shoot camera (Samsung WB500), I showed some test images that I took with the camera as part of the review. Some of them were of Graffiti. Well, I left one example out, and I wanted to post it here to show another example of a popped image Vs the original. So here it is.
I think you'll agree, the enhanced image when compared to the original is so much better. Much more vivid, colourful and alive. Which one do you prefer. The question was, to pop or not to pop. I think the answer to that question, especially if using a cheap but still capable camera like was used for this test is most certainly, POP! There is so much software out there, free and paid. However, you don't need software to do simple editing because there are many online editors that are completely free to use. And a lot of them don't annoy their users by watermarking downloaded images.
Below: The original image, which looks dull, tired and rather colourless.
Compared Below: The popped image. Tweaked by adjusting brightness, contrast and saturation by using a free online picture editor (Insta-Editor.com).
I think you'll agree, the enhanced image when compared to the original is so much better. Much more vivid, colourful and alive. Which one do you prefer. The question was, to pop or not to pop. I think the answer to that question, especially if using a cheap but still capable camera like was used for this test is most certainly, POP! There is so much software out there, free and paid. However, you don't need software to do simple editing because there are many online editors that are completely free to use. And a lot of them don't annoy their users by watermarking downloaded images.
Coming back to this post after a few years, and now a lot of these image edit sites are a real pain to use. The previous owners of Insta-Editor.com look to have sold their site to someone else, who has totally destroyed the editor, and many other sites are now plain annoying. Best free option. Just use GIMP. This is free software editing software that's very similar to photoshop, but free. It does everything the free image editing websites do and much much more. You can download it here.
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