It features editing tools to texturize, create negatives, adjust gamma, and add transparency to GIF images.

It was replaced in Microsoft Office 2003 by Microsoft Office Picture Manager, although many Photo Editor features (mostly visual effects and tools) were not available in Picture Manager.

Large bitmap BMP files can be opened in Microsoft Photo Editor 3.0.2.3, as well as, e.g. a 4000×2578 (10.3 megapixels), 15 MB JPEG image.

Version 3.01 has an issue where, under certain circumstances, the program opens minimized with no way to maximize it.

[2] The solution is to delete the "InitialPosition" entry in the following Windows Registry location: The following script can be saved as a .reg file to fix the issue in Windows XP and later versions:[3] This graphics software–related article is a stub.