What is ImageEngine?
ImageEngine is an open source raster graphics editor for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. It is a lightweight yet powerful alternative to mainstream commercial image editing software like Adobe Photoshop. ImageEngine provides a wide range of tools and features for editing, retouching and managing digital images.
For basic image editing, ImageEngine allows cropping, resizing, rotating and flipping images. It provides color correction tools such as brightness/contrast, levels, curves, hue/saturation and black and white conversion. The software supports layers which allows non-destructive editing by applying adjustments to separate layers. There are also selection tools like magic wand and lasso to select specific parts of an image to edit.
Some key features include customizable brushes for painting and cloning, support for masks to selectively hide or reveal parts of a layer, filters like blur, sharpening, noise reduction and lens correction. It also provides a variety of typography tools for working with text layers.
On the organization side, ImageEngine allows browsing, searching and rating images with color labels and stars. Images can be sorted by different criteria like date, name or color label. The software allows batch editing multiple images at once by synchronizing adjustments across images.
With its efficient performance, non-destructive editing capabilities and excellent feature-set tailored for photography, ImageEngine is a great alternative open source image editor suitable for both casual and enthusiast photographers looking to organize, edit and manage their photo collection.
Cloudinary, ImageKit.io, Sirv, Cloudflare Images, Cloudimage, imgix, imgpush, tiny.pictures, Blitline, Pixaven, imghaste are some alternatives to ImageEngine.