Sunday 2 March 2014

The Sector Edition: Photo Imaging

The photo imaging sector surrounds the editing and manipulation of images. Within the media industry this is used for promotional purposes or within magazines to change the perception of someone for the audience.

The biggest company within this sector is Adobe Systems and they own many photo imaging products such as Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects.

Further categories within this sector are;
- Image Producers
- Photo Retail
- Picture Libraries
- Manufacturers
- Support Services

Photo editing is not just limited to those people with a lot of cash and a business to boot, you don't have to splash out on any (or all) of Adobe's photo package! The internet is brimming with free editors for you to download instantly (GIMP, Picasa) or even online editors that requires no prior downloads. And it doesn't stop there; your mobile devices application stores are full of editor ready for you to edit your pictures on the move, on of the most popular ones also allows you to share the photos, Instagram.


An example of an edited image.

Image can be edited as little or as much as you wish. However, be mindful to the purpose of the image.

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