AKVIS LightShop

From the background of your desktop to enhancing various presentations or even web pages, images are found anywhere in the virtual space. In order to make them attract attention, image editors provide several adjustment tools. AKVIS LightShop is one of them and gives you the possibility to add light effects to any picture.

The user interface put at your disposal instantly gets your curiosity, with the modern look and clearly distinguishable options and features. Adding a picture is easily done by dragging it over the main window or using the dedicated menu. It lets you choose from one of the most commonly used formats so that you don't feel restricted.

Looking for the right effect to apply might take some time given the breathtaking amount of stars, sparkles, color filters and a lot more, organized into categories.

One of the biggest disappointments of the application is that only one effect can be applied per picture. In case you want to fill it up with sparkles you need to save and load it for each effect.

Luckily, the scales are tipped in its favor due to the in depth tool panel. Using the mouse, you are able to carefully adjust effects by dragging them around and enhancing it with colors, size, as well as various settings.

Several blending modes are available to choose from, depending on the emphasis you want to do. Moreover, an integrated tool lets you paint stars, again, with a decent options panel at your disposal. When your work is done, a newly file of various formats can be created, or you can choose to print it on a sheet of paper.

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that AKVIS LightShop is a handy and easy to use application for adding light effects to any provided picture. It is a shame you can only make use of one preset, but the amount of customization options available compensates. Make your photos shine by giving this application a try.