Fotografix: Small yet Powerful Image Editor For Netbook

Most of the free image editors available out there are quite big in size, and consume lot of CPU resources. This does not makes them a good fit for Netbooks. Fotografix is a completetly free image editor that is less than 1MB in size, uses very less CPU resources, and still has tons of features. If you are looking for a free image editor for netbook, Fotografix is a really good choice.

I am sure you would be thinking that Fotografix would have just commonly available photo editing features. However, Fotografix actually has almost all the features that you need to edit your photos; despite its small size.

Here are some of the features of Fotografix Image Editor for Netbook:

Work with Layers: Fotografix lets you work with layers. This might come as a surprise as even some of the popular image editors do not have layers feature. But Fotografix does. You can easily add and manipulate layers with Fotografix on your netbook.

Painting Tools: Fotografix provides many painting tools to tweak your photos. Painting tools include Brush, Clone, and Gradient. Fotografix even has support for custom brushes.

Editing Tools: Fotografix provides a nice set of editing tools. You can scale, rotate, and flip images. You can use filters like Sharpen.

Selection Tools: Fotografix lets you make rectangular/elliptical selection. Fotografix even includes “Magic Wand” feature.

All in all, Fotografix is really good. If you just need a casual image editor for your netbook, Fotografix can be a good choice. Fotografix can even work from a USB drive, so if you want, you do not even need to install it on your netbook.