Photo Distortion Programs

• Photo distortion software can turn a red flower into a blue flower.cobalt bue rose (edit) image by mdb from Fotolia.com
  
  Digital photography is a huge industry. With current technology, consumers can now produce professional-looking photos on consumer cameras. This comes courtesy of some of the photo editing software that is available to the novice photographer. These programs allow even the most unskilled photographer to manipulate, distort or correct digital photographs that may have fallen short of their expectations.
  
  

Adobe Photoshop

• This photo editing suite is likely the most widely known on the market. Adobe Photoshop allows amateurs and professionals to manipulate photographs. Seamlessly add or remove an object or person that was not originally in the photo. Airbrush out unsightly blemishes on close-ups. Change the lighting, tone or color to give a photograph a completely different mood. To many professional photographers, Photoshop has become the industry standard in photography alteration.
  
  Photoshop is available to operating systems such as Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac Leopard, Mac OSX and even Linux. Adobe Photoshop offers a variety of software packages. Simplified consumer packages start as low as $70 as of 2010 while professional packages that include additional bells and whistles can cost as much as $1,300.
  
  

Photo Explosion

• Photo Explosion is a consumer photography editing software created by Nova Development. The program offers many professional perks such as lighting augmentation and red eye reduction, while also offering easy-to-create photo projects such as party invitations, greeting cards and calenders. The program also allows users to touch up their photographs to quickly remove blemishes or make a photo look like a cartoon. Photo Explosion works exclusively with digital photography on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. Photo Explosion 4 Deluxe retails on the Nova Development website for $49.99 as of 2010.
  
  

Morpheus Photo Morpher

• This photo morphing software is strictly used for entertainment purposes. This Morpheus program allows users to take two or more digital photos and create funny GIF, AVI or flash images that seamlessly morph one photograph into another. Have your own photograph instantly morph into a famous movie star or animal. Combine your baby picture with a current picture of yourself to show off the comparison. The basic package can be downloaded for $29.99 as of 2010 or for free with a two-week trial. The Morpheus Photo Morpher software is compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.