Efficiently organizes and performs basic edits on your images with a user-friendly interface
Efficiently organizes and performs basic edits on your images with a user-friendly interface
Vote (329 votes)
Program license Free
Developer Microsoft
Version 16.4.3528.331
Works under Windows
Vote
(329 votes)
Developer
Microsoft
Works under
Windows
Program license
Free
Version
16.4.3528.331
Pros
- Comes bundled with different editing tools
- Gives you the option of saving your edited work
- Helps you view photos saved under different formats
- Very easy to work with
Cons
- Can take a long time to install
- Shows some tools that you need to buy or register the product to use
- Doesn't include as many tools as you might want
Windows Live Photo Gallery is an app designed for devices with a Windows operating system that lets you view all pictures on that device and do some basic editing too. Though most computers that use Windows now come with this app or a similar one already installed, you can download and use this app on devices running an older or newer version of Windows.
This app makes it easy to find any photo saved on your computer because you can tell it exactly where to look, and you have the option of importing all photos to the app or only those you want to select. It now only shows you small thumbnail versions of those photos, but it divides all pictures into different directories based on where it found those images.
Using this app can also help you organize your device too because it lets you add tags to your photos. The next time that you want to view all the photos you took while on vacation, you can choose to look at only those with a specific tag. It also lets you tag individual users in those images like family members and friends. You can choose all images that lack any tags to begin tagging and organizing those pictures.
Opening up any photo in Windows Live Photo Gallery provides you with some basic information. It shows you a complete list of any tags on that image and some meta data such as the name you gave the file and the date and time that you took it. If you want to post those photos online, you can add author data such as your name to the photo, which will prevent others from stealing your work.
This app comes with some image editing tools that are easy to use too, and you can access those tools once you open a file. A sharpen tool removes some of the blurriness in the image to make it look sharper and cleaner, and a saturation tool lets you remove color from images to give your photos a sepia tone or to turn them into black and white pictures. It shows you some of the other effects that you can use and what those effects will look like.
There is even a red eye detector that will find red eyes in the image and fix the colors to make photos look better. If you like doing some basic edits to your photos and want to organize images with tags, Windows Live Photo Gallery is one of the best free apps for you.
Pros
- Comes bundled with different editing tools
- Gives you the option of saving your edited work
- Helps you view photos saved under different formats
- Very easy to work with
Cons
- Can take a long time to install
- Shows some tools that you need to buy or register the product to use
- Doesn't include as many tools as you might want
Pros
- Red eye tool helps you easily remove red eyes in images
- Free to use all included features and tools
- Lets you add tags and sort through photos by tags
- Creates a preview of each image before loading that photo
- Includes contrast, sharpness and other editing tools
Cons
- Large file takes a long time to download
- Installing the program takes too much time
- Some features may require additional downloads
- Limited number of features cannot compare with paid photo editing software
- Requires Windows 7 or higher
Windows Live Photo Gallery is a program that lets you view all the images you have saved on your computer and make some minor edits to those images. While it isn't the best photo editing tool available, it's great for beginners and those who need to make basic changes.
Depending on which version of Windows you have on your computer, you may dread opening image files. Some systems take so long to open those files that you can run to the bathroom or grab a snack before the image loads. Others will load the image in a brand new screen and only let you look at it without letting you edit it. Windows Live Photo Gallery works with most versions of Windows and has a clean and easy to use interface.
When you load this program, you can let it pull up all photos and videos on your computer or only those found in specific folders or areas of your computer like My Photos or My Downloads. It then lets you sort by the tags you added to those photos or by the date taken. If you did not add any tags when uploading those pictures, you can add tags with the button located on the right side of the screen. This program lets you use descriptive tags to describe the type of image or people tags to keep track of your loved ones.
Double clicking on any of those photos will bring up the editing box. Though Windows Live Photo Gallery lacks advanced editing tools, it comes with basic tools for straightening the photo or changing its saturation. You can also sharpen the details of the image or change a color photo into one that features shades of black and white. There is even a red eye tool that anyone can use. You simply use your mouse to create a box around each eye and then click the red eye tool to adjust the eye color and remove all traces of red.
Windows Live Photo Gallery will only work on computers running Windows 7 or higher operating systems, and as the file is quite large, installation is time consuming. You'll also find that the program requires you to download other programs to make use of all its features. Windows Live Photo Gallery won't replace an expensive photo editing program, but it provides enough features for basic users.
Pros
- Red eye tool helps you easily remove red eyes in images
- Free to use all included features and tools
- Lets you add tags and sort through photos by tags
- Creates a preview of each image before loading that photo
- Includes contrast, sharpness and other editing tools
Cons
- Large file takes a long time to download
- Installing the program takes too much time
- Some features may require additional downloads
- Limited number of features cannot compare with paid photo editing software
- Requires Windows 7 or higher
