In the past, when photos were made only on photographic film and then processed on photographic paper. So the color obtained depended most of the times on the skill of the photographer (the exposure time, the positioning of the sun being important factors ) and the quality of the film. And if there were some errors and the color was more like red or different shades of green, you couldn’t help it and either kept the photos like that or you simply tossed them away if you did not like them at all.
But now almost all the photos are digital and this allows us to use lots of photo editing software applications if we want to correct some flaws of the photos that are too important for us to just be deleted. Color Washer 2.05 is the perfect example and it is actually quite unique because it is able to correct the color of digital photos, but also works very fast and does not require too much knowledge and photographic skills.
Color Washer 2.05 is a very handy software application that can be used as standalone for correcting the color of certain digital photos that need it or even some scanned images of photos, but it can also be used as a plug-in for such complex photo editing software like PhotoShop and it works both in Windows and Mac OS X. The software can be used successfully for enhancing web graphics, cartoons, paintings and even computer screenshots, if the image is faded or has an unusual color . It works perfectly fine and has great results with photos that are in RAW format and can also be used for enhancing the overall visual effect even on black and white photos, especially if they are artistic photos.
This application has lots of innovative and useful features, most of them automatic, which makes it the perfect choice for amateur photographers who don’t know too much about this field and would rather have all the settings and corrections be made automatically. However, you always have the option to use the manual option or the semi-automatic ones. Color Washer 2.05 is able to correct the color, the contrast, shadow, red-eye effect, saturation and exposure of all kinds of photos, no matter what format they are.
Another really important feature is, in my opinion, the possibility to choose between the beginner mode and the expert mode. This way you will choose exactly your level of expertise and will be appointed to make the next steps depending on that. The interface for the beginner mode is so simple and easy, with a very helpful Help section and very clear instructions, that it’s basically impossible not to understand what you have to do, since you are guided every single step. If you want to process the image of more than one photo at a time and you still want to do it in a reasonable amount of time, you could use the batch editing feature that allows you to edit more similar photos at the same time in almost the same time, which is great. After editing these photos that come in different formats like JPEG, TIFF, PSD, PNG, BMP, TGA, PCD, PCX, WMF., you have the possibility to save them in a different format – for example JPEG, TIFF, PSD.
You can download the free trial version if you are curious to see if it works and after that simply purchase the wholly featured version for $49.95.
