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Usually an image viewer is preferred over a bitmap graphics editor for viewing images. An image viewer is a computer program that displays a stored graphical image; it can often handle various graphics file formats. ...

Some of the features common to many bitmap graphics editors are:

• Select a region for editing.
• Draw lines with brushes of different color, size, shape and pressure
• Fill in a region with a single color, gradient of colors, or a texture.
• Select a color using different color models (e.g. RGB, HSV), or by using a color dropper.
• Add typed letters in different font styles.
• Remove scratches, dirt, wrinkles, and imperfecions on photo portraits.
• Composite editing by using layers.
• Edit and convert between various color models.
• Apply various filters for effects like sharpening and blurring.
• Convert between various image formats

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See also

• Editing digital images
• Comparison of bitmap graphics editors
• List of bitmap graphics editors
• Vector graphics editor