Founded in 1993, Magix Software GmbH is one of the leading international developers of multimedia software. Just a year after its foundation, the company released the highly praised Magix Music Maker. In addition to its headquarters in Berlin, the company also operates in Madison (USA), Lübbecke, and Dresden (Germany). Magix employs over 350 people, has 15 million registered users, and has won over 1100 awards and accolades.

MAGIX Photo & Graphic Designer is a powerful and versatile vector and image editing program. All important photo editing and graphic design functions are merged into one visually appealing and easy-to-use interface. Photos, designs, and graphics can be completely altered, individually manipulated, and significantly improved in terms of quality. Thanks to its broad array of functions, both novices and experienced photographers can create eye-catching photo collages, professional print documents, creative digital artworks, layouts, 3D graphics, invitation cards, and flyers.

The Magix support team can be contacted via email, on the website, and via a telephone hotline. Inquisitive or interested users can download MAGIX Photo & Graphic Designer free of charge.

Installation & set-up

Magix offers its popular Photo & Graphic Designer in the form of a free download. The 5 MB file will download quickly. Double-clicking the file will begin the multilingual installation process. The software is then ready to start in a matter of moments. From the very first moment you lay eyes on it, Magix Photo & Graphic Designer’s interface will strike you as appealing, modern, and, above all, clear. The program can be set to run in a variety of languages, and, despite its huge range of functions, is quite a self-explanatory piece of software to use. When started up for the first time, the program will display a welcome screen, complete with tips and tutorial videos.

Edit, modify, improve photos, correct image errors

With the Magix Photo & Graphic Designer, Windows users will be able to quickly and easily edit images in all common formats and can let their creativity run wild. On the left-hand side of the screen, you will find several tools to choose from and use on the opened image. It is available a wide selection of tools for writing, adding text, erasing, shaping, selecting, and filling-in. At the top of the screen, you will find the main menu, image information, and a number of file operations and editing functions. Help/grid lines, masks, and toolbars can be displayed via the menu. With Magix Photo & Graphic Designer, images can be completely altered, extensively manipulated, restored, and improved. All image parameters, such as colors, brightness, contrast, saturation, and sharpness can be adjusted using the intuitive 1-click tools. Image objects or backgrounds can be cropped out and removed. With one click, dark areas can be lightened up, overexposed areas can be darkened, blurred parts can be sharpened and distorted images can be straightened. Individual process steps can be reversed via the handy undo button. Thanks to the professional layers function, users can, for example, layer several images on top of one another or combine multiple photos. Attractive panoramas or photo collages can be created out of several images with just a few clicks. With the handy Magic Erase function, unwanted objects can be removed in no time. With the help of the healing brush, folds, imperfections, and a wide range of image errors can be completely eliminated. The creative photo filters enable users to give their photos a unique look.

Special additional functions

Magix Photo & Graphic Designer is more than just an image editing program and is perfect for experienced graphic designers. Users benefit from a quick and flexible vector solution and can integrate appealing greeting cards or flyers into their graphic projects. The beginner-friendly software makes it incredibly easy to import, save and edit PDF documents, or create attractive 3D graphics. Thanks to the dynamic layout functions and a large selection of templates, users can even create top quality designs and websites. Users have access, provided directly via the software, to a huge selection of stock photos, graphics, and illustrations. Especially practical are the social media templates: With their help, posts for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram can be created within minutes. Using the innovative Magic Resize function, posts (including images) can be automatically formatted to an appropriate size.

Usability, compatibility, & support

Although MAGIX Photo & Graphic Designer can’t quite keep up with the competition in terms of its range of functions, it is still an easy and intuitive software to use. It doesn’t matter whether the user is an experienced designer, photographer or a beginner. With its multilingual functions and menus, the clear program interface can be used without needing to spend time familiarizing yourself with the software first. However, a help function and extensive user manual are still provided regardless. Various images and raw data formats can be opened.

Information regarding functions, possibilities, and technical data can be found on the Magix website. In addition, there are also several guides and a large help section available. The multilingual support team can be contacted via email, web form, and a fee-based hotline.

Conclusion

When it comes to MAGIX Photo & Graphic Designer, the term “program” is definitely the right description. The powerful and versatile mix of photo editor and graphic design software is a wholly successful one, and the software will convince you with much more than just its huge range of functions. The multilingual and intuitive software runs exclusively on Windows and is equally well-suited for both beginners and professionals. MAGIX Photo & Graphic Designer can be downloaded for free and boasts a clean and user-friendly interface that is easily accessible. Users can open and extensively edit all common image and raw data formats. Thanks to a vast array of tools and functions, images can be manipulated and improved, while creative artworks, professional print documents, and websites can also be created.