Image Manipulation tools are a set of photo editing software. They are used to convert images and customize them according to the requirements of the document/web content. There are many ways in which images are edited and altered to change it from its original form. Photo editors are used in the industry to create and edit images as per the desired shapes and sizes. Most image editing software used in the industry are professional proprietary software products. Image manipulation tools are commonly used by graphic and visual designers.

This page will list out the image manipulation software taught in the MSTC Program and the software used in the industry and what Technical Communicators are expected to know about these tools.