The ability to manipulate photos, print them at home or at a store, create slide shows and transfer pictures from a personal computer to a TV have enhanced the popularity of digital cameras.

Until recently, software tools for manipulating photos were either professional but difficult, like Adobe Photoshop and Corel Photopaint, or simple but not powerful, like Easyphoto from Storm Primax Inc.

The app allows users to do things like conduct video-chats, share and manipulate photos, listen to music, and watch YouTube videos with their contacts and Facebook friends.

Unlike the software for manipulating still photos, video editing software must allow users not only to alter moving images but also to add sound effects, special effects and titles easily.

Ease of use and creative features makes this the leading consumer program for manipulating, organizing and publishing digital photos.

The site features a card customisation tool that allows users to upload and manipulate images and photos.

There are several tools that are used for retouching, manipulating and adjusting photos, such as the clone stamp, eraser, burn, dodge, smudge and blur tools.

A web-based image editor for retouching and manipulating photos, Phoenix includes layers and a effects editor.

That's right-the Air is the first Mac to support multitouch within the OS, although the only real place you can use it so far is when manipulating photos (have some fun pinching and rotating in iPhoto).

If the Times prints manipulated photos, are we then free to interpret the news stories to be manipulated also?