ColorWasher

ColorWasher is a straightforward and approachable tool designed to efficiently correct the contrast, colors, exposure and saturation of digital pictures. It can be used as a standalone program or as a plug-in for various editing utilities, such as Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, PhotoImpact and IrfanView.

It features two modes, basic and expert, and the last one lets you manually change the values for each tool, like shadows, lightning, contrast, exposure and RGB levels, and comes with six individual automatic styles to enhance the image according to your tastes.

The interface is self-explanatory and accessible, and every function is properly explained in the help tab when you hover the mouse over it. It also comes with a split view to alter only a specific area of the picture and windows adjustment elements. The supported file formats are JPG, JPEG, PCX, PCD, BMP, TIF, TGA and most popular raw camera formats.

If you want to quickly apply corrections to an item, is recommended to use the easy mode, from where you can choose one of the automatic modes, along with the tone type, contrast and exposure levels. The expert method, lets you modify the highlights, shadows, color levels, brightness, sensitivity, exposure, as well as saturation and H/S contrast to get a more lighter and high-quality result.

You can use the app to enhance web graphics, drawings, cartoons, paintings or screenshots. Compared with its other similar utilities, it doesn't offer three preview panes so that you can view different styles at the same time. What's more, you have the option to display histograms for each individual element, and change the size for the preview and output, enable neutral look, four-color-sensor and deactivate the color management.

Taking everything into account, ColorWasher is a useful and fun application that comes in handy for everyone who wants to adjust and enhance the overall quality, lightning and color levels of their favorite images.