


However, this isn't too different from how professional-level designers work. More often than not I found myself editing images in Fotor, exporting to another tool like Canva, and then finishing the design from there. Simply adding a text or color overlay rarely worked out for me. When it comes to anything "design," Fotor gets a bit weak. That has saved me more hours than I can count. You can upload a full folder of photos, set the editing parameters you want, and Fotor edits every photo. A major benefit, especially for web designers/developers, is the free version allows for batch image editing. I've used other design tools before, but Fotor is one of the best free design tools specifically for photo editing. I'm not a designer or photographer, and Fotor has tons of cropping, touch-up, re-sizing, and other web-design-based features built in to make it easy for people like me. It has a robust free version, which is what I'm most familiar with. It'll do everything you need, it'll do it quickly, and it won't distract you with anything you don't. If your photo needs are basic (cropping, resizing, touching up, brightening, etc.) and you don't particularly care to learn deeper photo editing skills, Fotor is an excellent choice. Seems like a bland, simple statement, but a software tool actually making my life easier week after week is a rare and valuable thing. Working with images is one of the most frustrating and time intensive parts of my job, because I'm not a designer.
