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PhotoPad Reviews & Product Details

PhotoPad Pro image editing software is a photo editor for Windows and Mac. It allows you to edit and apply effects to photos and other images. When editing photos you can crop, rotate and resize and, if required, add effects like sepia tones, red eye reduction as well as the ability to change the hue, saturation and brightness levels plus more.

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NCH Software

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Languages Supported

German, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified)

Product Description

PhotoPad photo editor is a free photo editing software for Windows.It allows you to edit and apply effects to photos and other images. When editing photos you can crop, rotate and resize and, if required, add effects like sepia tones, red eye reduction as well as the ability to change the hue, saturation and brightness levels plus more. * Crop, rotate and flip photos and images. * Load gif, jpg, psd, png, bmp picture formats and more. * Edit hue, saturation, brightness and contrast. * Apply effects such as sepia tones, greyscale, red eye reduction and more. * Preview effects before applying. * Easy deletion of each applied effect without removing other applied effects. * PhotoPad can be added to your right click menu for easy access. A professional edition is available from NCH Software. About NCH Software: NCH Software offers more than 80 easy-to-use audio, video, business, and telephony/VoIP software solutions that improve productivity and usability for small businesses and consumers. Focused on specific needs, they produce software with all the bells and whistles of typical brands, but without the complexity. NCH Software provides users with what they need at a price they can afford. This approach generates more than four million unique visitors and nearly three million downloads per month from the company's website -- NCH Software.

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Pro Edition

$39.95

Home Edition

$34.99

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PhotoPad's revamped interface makes adding effects and filters easy.

PhotoPad allows you to easily add text to your photos. Add as many text layers as you would like and adjust the format of the text to make advertisements, postcards, memes and more.

Easily resize your photos for print or web with PhotoPad with almost no noticeable loss in quality.

With an entire library of new photo effects, there is no limit to what you can do. Apply a vignette border or use the regional effects tool to apply effects and filters to only a selected portion of your photo.

Quickly edit options on your layers such as toggling on and off the visibility of a layer and adjusting the opacity of a specific layer. Layer options can be found by simply right clicking on a layer and selecting a layer option from the drop down menu.

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Verified User in Higher Education

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/30/2025

"Quick edits, reliable results — Less is more with PhotoPad"

4.5/5

What do you like best about PhotoPad?

A key strength of PhotoPad is its simplicity. It lets me edit images with ease, even without advanced skills, yet still offers powerful features like layer support and raw file compatibility. I also rely on its tagging, rating, and custom album tools to keep my visual content well organized by project and topic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhotoPad?

A small shortcoming is the lack of automatic image orientation when importing photos—minor, but it adds up when dealing with images from different devices or angles. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Abdul M.

Electrical & Instrument Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/22/2024

"PhotoPad"

4/5

What do you like best about PhotoPad?

Easily make adjustments Resize , Edit , corp, Brightness etc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhotoPad?

Some time Poor loading & face issues with water marking Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Neetu Y.

Social Media Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/23/2024

"One of the best editing tool PhotoPad"

5/5

What do you like best about PhotoPad?

It's filter tool that allows me to filter my photos in different ways and adds life to my old and unpleasant pictures. It has various options such as exposure and brightness manager which helps me to manage light and shadow in my pictures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhotoPad?

Sometimes it takes lot of time to render big-size images for example 100 mb photo or more than that. This is understandable and can be impoved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Human Resources

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/2/2023

"A decent tool"

3.5/5

What do you like best about PhotoPad?

The wide range of editing tools. PhotoPad has all the basic editing tools like crop, rotate, flip and adjustment tools for brightness, contrast and saturation. It also has advanced tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhotoPad?

It has too many features and options. PhotoPad offers a wide range of editing tools and effects which can be overwhelming for simple tasks. For basic photo editing, a more streamlined program with fewer options would be easier to use.

The interface feels cluttered. With so many tools and panels, PhotoPad's interface has a crowded, busy look that can make it difficult to find what you need. A simpler layout would be more user-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PhotoPad solving and how is that benefiting you?

Photopad solves the problem of being an advanced photo editing tool .

While Photopad is powerful, many users may find that properly utilizing all of its features for optimal results has a steep learning curve.

It has a large number of features for professional photo editors and advanced amateurs. However, the interface can be complex and overwhelming to new users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Zeel P.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/14/2023

"Great for editing,retouching and creative pictures with really helpful"

5/5

What do you like best about PhotoPad?

The effects and filters are great for photo editing and there are clipart in the clipart library for collages,embroidery and paint as well great tools for basic photo editing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhotoPad?

Most features are really great but although it's an easy to use platform sometimes it's difficult to navigate through for some features that should be easy to like retouching etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vaibhav P.

Associate Senior Manager 1

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/27/2023

"Photopad gives real you"

4.5/5

What do you like best about PhotoPad?

It will allow us to edit , add color or effects in the photo which looks awesome.You can crop , resize as per your need. App is very user friendly. Cost effective solution for windows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhotoPad?

Basic filters will be required to add in this software otherwise it's good user-friendly software with low cost.

I am sure it will get better in coming days considering AI feature in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Photography

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/30/2023

"Good Image editing software"

4.5/5

What do you like best about PhotoPad?

I like that you can use many different tools to edit photos. It is simple and to the point. You can drag and drop your images into the interface and begin editing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhotoPad?

I do wish that they had more features to edit with. Like more preset editing filters, you can add to a photo with one click. They do have a few basic filters, but I would like to find some based on a scheme I am looking to achieve (vibrant, blues, black and white, red hues) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nitin S.

Freelance Graphics Designer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/9/2022

"Good Photo Editing Tool for beginners with easy to use interface"

4/5

What do you like best about PhotoPad?

I liked their simple yet elegant look which reduces the complexity of finding multiple features on the tab. UI is very intuitive and makes me edit and ad effects very fast even on an android app. They have automated tools for image enhancement and color balancing for raw images.

Also, I loved their support system with multiple options. I got issues with installation and upgrading and I reached them for help, they helped me in my entire process patiently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhotoPad?

As I was using Photoshop, I might need some advanced features in photopad but as it's suitable for novices, only so advanced features might complicate the tool. There are more thing that needs improvisation like support for HEIC format, heavy files need to be compressed before editing like a proxy in videos. The software hangs multiple times when applying an effect on a large photo. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.