Adobe PhotoShop CS for Windows or Macintosh users
It's the best photo editor available and also the most expensive! Supported by tons of plugin
filters, used by more pros than any other graphic editing program and for good reason, it's
awesome! Photoshop CS now includes an improved Adobe Camera Raw that imports even more images
from Canon, Fuji, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax and Sony cameras. Improved file browser,
shadow/highlight correction, text on a path, 16-bit support, layer comps, Flash file export,
match color command and much more.
Adobe Photoshop Elements for Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP
Powerful yet easy-to-use image editing software for print, e-mail, and the
Web Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 software offers the perfect combination
of power and simplicity so you can do more with your photos. From quick
corrections to creative editing, you can easily achieve high-quality
results. Whether you use a digital camera or scan traditional photos,
Photoshop Elements makes digital imaging a breeze.
Tucows list of Mac OS image editing software
The most popular image editing applications listed from A to Z with links to
download the full version if shareware or a demo version if commercial.
Tucows list of Windows image editing software
The most popular image editing applications listed from A to Z with links to
download the full version if shareware or a demo version if commercial.
Ulead PhotoImpact for Windows 95/98/NT4/2000/ME/XP
PhotoImpact is a complete image editing suite that lets users enhance digital photos,
create stunning graphics and produce high-impact Web pages. The software makes it easy to
acquire, enhance digital photos and apply professional digital photography filters and
effects. There’s no need to purchase additional media management software, PhotoImpact
includes Photo Explorer to organize and manage images with useful new features such as
an Easy Access Window to help beginners access popular tasks, album creation to centralize
photo, audio and video files, as well as a convenient Calendar View that allows users to
browse photos based on the date they were taken.
The box and electronic download of PhotoImpact are currently available
for $89.99. Registered PhotoImpact users can upgrade for $49.99.
PaintShop Pro for Windows 95/98/NT4/2000/ME/XP
Paint Shop Pro offers the easiest, most affordable way to achieve professional results!
Don’t waste your time with high-end professional products that cost a fortune and take a
lifetime to learn. And don’t settle for slow, cookie-cutter programs that tie you to
templates. Get Paint Shop Pro. Retouch, repair, and edit photos with easy-to-use, high-
quality, automatic photo enhancement features Create and optimize Web graphics with built-
in Web tools and artistic drawing and text tools Design cool animations with Animation Shop
3 included free Easily add custom images to your home and business graphics projects Save
time with productivity tools: grids, guides, alignment, and grouping Expand your creativity
with over 75 special effects.
CorrectPhoto for Windows
The first digital photo editor to utilize the new one-click color correction technology that
takes the guesswork out of making the color right. PictoColor’s newest point-and-click
software automatically fixes the white balance, corrects the exposure, and improves the
vibrancy of any digital image with a single click. CorrectPhoto also has an integrated
Windows Explorer, so users have direct access to all the digital media features of the
operating system at the click of a mouse. With CorrectPhoto and Windows, users can easily
transfer, perfect, organize, manage, view, share, and print their digital photos. In addition
to its automatic color correction capabilities, CorrectPhoto provides separate controls for
manually adjusting brightness and contrast, independently adjusting shadows and highlights,
quickly adjusting the saturation, and easily converting to black and white. It also includes
a comprehensive tool set for further improving everyday photos including rotation, cropping
to specific print sizes like popular 3x5’s or 4x6’s, image resizing, red-eye reduction, and
sharpening.
Noromis PhotoLab for Windows
Noromis PhotoLab gives you an easy way to get pictures from virtually any digital camera,
copy them to your computer, fix them up, and then print them with the same results a
professional photo lab achieves. No digital photography or graphics editing knowledge
required to get expert results. Select as many photos as you want, and then click a button
to auto fix exposure, contrast, color balance, saturation, and sharpness. Remove red eye.
Even software updates can be delivered to you automatically. Intelligent automatic fixes
plus image quality preservation across multiple edit cycles result in photo lab quality
prints. Original photos are always preserved. A record of all modifications provides
flexible undo. Printer settings apply only to Noromis PhotoLab; previous settings are
preserved. Cost is $49.95 - a free trial version is available.
PhotoPlus for Windows
PhotoPlus 6 is the fun photo editing software that brings professional image editing to
everyone with just a few clicks of the mouse. This FREE DOWNLOAD enables beginners and
professionals alike to produce incredible images for print, multimedia and the web. PhotoPlus
6 enables you to create, manipulate, and enhance photographs, bitmap graphics, and web
animations. All the tools you need (Paintbrush, airbrush, clone, smudge and erase tools with
adjustable brush settings including size, shape, softness and fade) are provided along with
handy hints to enable you to achieve totally unique results. Also available is PhotoPlus 8 for
$9.99 and their top of the line PhotoPlus 10 Studio Pack for $79.99.
BatchPhoto v. 1.5 for Windows 98/Me/NT4/2000/XP/2003
A powerful Windows photo manipulation program that makes it easy to touch up, annotate,
transform, apply effects, and rename hundreds of pictures in a single operation. Instead of
enhancing and adjusting photos individually, BatchPhoto lets the user select a group of
images, define a series of edits, and apply them in a single operation. BatchPhoto can apply
more than three dozen filters to pictures. The filters are divided into four main categories:
touch up, annotate, transform and effects. The program supports more than 100 image file
formats, including JPG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, and GIF. Throughout the photo manipulation process,
the user is in complete control. Whether touching up a group of images, or applying a series
of complex, artistic filters, an accurate preview of the original and the enhanced pictures
is displayed. BatchPhoto makes it simple to touch up groups of pictures by changing the
brightness, sharpness, colors, and reducing the noise in photos. It can also equalize,
normalize, enhance, and perform other corrective functions. The program can date/time stamp
photos, in a variety of formats. It preserves the EXIF information that digital cameras add
to every photo, and will use the EXIF date/time information in the visible date/time stamps.
BatchPhoto can add text to pictures in any size and color, place it anywhere on photos, and
even adjust the transparency. The program makes it simple to add watermarks on pictures,
either as text or image.
BatchPhoto costs $29.95(US), a 30-day demo is available.
Morpheus Photo Morpher for Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP
This amazing picture morphing software transforms one person or object into another before
your eyes! You've seen them on TV, in the movies, everywhere. Now you can create your very
own Hollywood-style photo effects from your home computer. All you need is two digital
pictures and Morpheus Photo Morpher. Download a free trial today.
Other Morpheus products:
Morpheus Photo Warper v3.00 — Distortion software that warps and exaggerates portions of photos such as body parts.
Morpheus Photo Mixer v3.00 — Compositing software that mixes up faces and body parts between two photos.
Morpheus Photo Animation Suite v3.00 — A suite which contains all Morpheus digital photo animation software titles, plus all of the sample animations.
MakeUp Pilot for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
With MakeUp Pilot you can quickly and easily remove any cosmetic imperfection directly from
the digital photograph. Just knowing that you can delete any flaw in a moment gives you the
security and confidence to be relaxed, free and open in front of the camera; you have
nothing to hide! Your spontaneity will come through in a much more "alive," expressive and
attractive shot to start with. This program is extremely simple to use. You "play" with a
palette of easy-to-use tools until you get your desired result, anything from a light
smoothing out to complete coverage. Even "applying" makeup is no problem. The program works
on Windows 98/ME/2000/XP platforms and costs $29.95 for a single-user license.
Images: In Context! for Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP
Images: In Context! is a right-click image editor that integrates directly into Windows
Explorer. It puts a thumbnail preview into the right-click menu of every image, and
provides quick access to several editing and resizing options, as well as 70+ image
effects and filters. Other features include image conversion, red-eye removal, cropping
and more. If you select multiple images, you can also perform batch operations to create
a web page, GIF slideshow, or to rename images. Download fully functional 15-day
trial, buy it for just $19.99.
LightZone for Windows and Mac OS X
LightZone, a breakthrough in photo retouching software, is a better way to retouch and
correct your digital photographs and create stunning photographic and fine art prints. Based
on light values and shapes, LightZone adopts traditional photographic concepts and
techniques. Finally, photographers are able to achieve professional results and make better
prints and images faster. Download it and try it free for 30 days.
FxFoto for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
FxFoto Standard Edition is a complete package for organizing,
correcting, and sharing digital photos. It organizes photos visually and
by timeline, which is the most natural way people work with photos. The
Standard Edition also includes editing and correction tools that go way
beyond typical entry-level packages, yet are very easy to use. Sharing
includes printing and emailing with smart compression of photos for
efficient email. Creativity features enable framing effects and the
creation of simple slide shows (not saveable). The software also includes
the ability to intelligently archive data to CD-ROM. Far superior to
shareware and even established software titles in its class, the Standard
Edition is available for free with no restrictions.
FxFoto Deluxe Collage Edition adds creativity features to the Standard
Edition, which include multi-photo collages, scrap-booking, creating and
saving slide shows with many 2D and 3D special effects, soundtracks, and
photo stitching for multi-photo panoramas and documents with multiple
pages. All creations can be e-mailed or prepped for CD burning for
playback on any PC.
FxFoto Pro Media Edition builds on the Deluxe Edition by enabling the
creation and publishing of photo-based movies and slide shows, complete
with effects, soundtracks, and text. Slide shows and MPEG movies can be
created for CD-ROM (VCD and SVCD format) and DVD, which can play on most
standard home DVD players. Titles can also be published directly to Web
sites using FxFoto plug-in technology, allowing visitors to view the show
without the need for additional embedded software.
FxFoto Standard Edition is free without usage or time limits. The Deluxe
Edition and the Pro Media Edition are available for $29.99 and $39.99
respectively.
Noise Ninja for Windows and Mac OS X
Noise Ninja is a state-of-the-art software application that eliminates high-ISO noise,
scanner noise, and grain from digital images. Developed by PictureCode of Austin, Texas,
Noise Ninja is based on a breakthrough in a field of mathematics called wavelet theory.
Compared to other noise removal solutions, Noise Ninja does a superior job of suppressing
noise while preserving sharpness and detail. It also runs up to four times faster than
other solutions. Noise Ninja is especially useful for high-ISO photographs from digital
cameras. It is ideal for sports photographers, photojournalists, event photographers, and
anyone else who needs clean shots in low-light, indoor, or fast-action situations. For
professionals, Noise Ninja can pay for itself almost immediately in saved time and rescued
images. Noise Ninja 2.0 is available in two editions. The Professional edition,
priced at US$69, supports 16-bit file output, batch processing, and
multiprocessor support. The Home edition is priced at US$29, it supports
8-bit output, processing of individual images, and single-processor execution.
BatchPhoto for Windows
A Windows photo manipulation program that makes it easy to touch up,
transform, apply effects and rename hundreds of photos in a single operation. Instead of
enhancing and adjusting pictures individually, BatchPhoto lets you select a group of images,
define a series of edits, and apply them in a single operation. You can even give your files
meaningful names. BatchPhoto lets you apply over three dozen filters and effects to your
pictures. The program supports more than 100 image file formats, including PNG, JPG, TIFF,
BMP, and GIF. New features in v. 1.3 include the ability to watermark images, creation of
thumbnail images, a revamped preview feature that lets you zoom and scroll images, and the
ability to compare original and modified photos with great accuracy. BatchPhoto v. 1.3 runs
under Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/XP/2003. Download a free trial version of the software,
Mike Finn's Photoshop Actions
Photoshop 6 and higher "Actions" that turn Photos into Paintings.
Transform your digital or scanned photo into a painting. Just great for a different Xmas card
this year, or maybe a large framed print as a gift, or just to boast about your artistic
skills. However you choose to use them, the results are quite astonishing as the following
images will show. If you have Photoshop 6 or higher then buy now for only US$12.50
Lots of other PS actions (Sharpening, Color Enhancing, Lifting Shadows, Clarifying,
Converting to Grayscale and applying an Effects Layer) can be found here too - some are
free, all are great!
Shortcut PhotoClean for Windows and Mac OS
Shortcut PhotoClean is an extensive tool specialized in photo repair and
improvement. Any photo made with a digital camera has room for improvement.
PhotoClean enables you to quickly and effectively remove shadows, noise,
JPEG artifacts, red-eyes, and dead pixels, correct colors and exposure,
repair skin, sharpen, and a lot more. Even photos from mobile phones (with
built-in camera functionality) can be upgraded into very acceptable
printouts with ease. Don't let the low price mislead you, PhotoClean
competes among the highest quality standards and is superbly fit for
professionals.
PhotoClean sells for $49, a trial version is available download.
BetterJPEG 1.3 for Windows
BetterJPEG is a graphics utility specifically designed to avoid recompression loss when
editing and resaving JPEG images. Unlike most other image editing tools that recompress
JPEG images when resaving, introducing more and more JPEG artifacts and degrading the
image quality with each iteration, BetterJPEG takes advantage of the fact that JPEG images
consist of a number of small independently encoded blocks and does not recompress blocks
that didn't change. BetterJPEG goes beyond such traditional lossless JPEG operations as
rotation and flip, found in many contemporary image manipulation tools, and extended the
number of lossless operations with crop, text insertion, red eye reduction and copy/paste
to external editor. The 30-day trial version of BetterJPEG is available on-line and can be
registered for 23.95 US Dollars.
cam2pc - An Image Downloader for Windows Me, XP, 98SE and 2000
cam2pc is a all-in-one digital imaging solution. Known for its ease of use,
cam2pc covers all aspects of digital imaging: picture download from camera,
media browsing and organization, image enhancement and sharing.
Nominated in the "Best photo program" category of the Shareware Industry Awards 2004,
cam2pc reaches a significant milestone by integrating RAW format capabilities. All
prosumer cameras feature RAW image output which allows to record exactly what the digital
camera's CCD sees. Using the same routines as Photoshop, cam2pc allows the tweaking of
most parameters: white balance, saturation, sharpness. Unlike many other packages, cam2pc
is even able to produce 48-bit images for an outstanding quality!
cam2pc 4.4 is available through nabocorp. softwares' web site -
a 30-day free trial is available for download.
Registration is $30 web site.
Jpeg Enhancer 1.2 for Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP
An advanced application that lets you remove the artifacts and a blotchy look from your
JPEG images, making them look as if they have been saved at a 100% ("super-fine") quality.
It is based on advanced science-intensive technology that lets you repair images quickly,
smoothly and easily. Jpeg Enhancer has a simple, easy-to-grasp interface so that the user
can easily and quickly operate the program and set different parameters for each
individual recovery process. You can have the desired image look, adjusting settings for
such options as "Blotchy look removal", "Artifacts removal", "Contrast increase",
"Crispness". All these options make for amazing recovery results. Trial version is
available for download, full version costs only $24.95 for home users and $49.95 for
commercial organizations. Owners of Jpeg Enhancer are entitled to free updates and
technical support.
ACD FotoCanvas 3.0 for Windows
Photo editing software lets you correct and enhance your digital photos quickly. Enjoy
tools such as red-eye reduction, free-angle rotate, crop and sharpen in this easy-to-
learn photo editor. Or, add artistic flare with tools such as clone area, airbrush and
magic wand and blending modes like luminosity. Plus, enjoy over 40 special effects
filters including bulge and shrink, ripple, swirl, wind and sepia and add more filters
from other photo editing programs such as Adobe PhotoShop filters.
GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program
The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of
software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It
works on many operating systems, in many languages. Compiled versions available for
Windows, Mac OSX and Unix as well as the full source code.
GIMP developers are proud to release version 2.0 of the GIMP, the leading free software
tool for image manipulation. March 23, 2004 – This release is a major event, marking the
end of a three year development cycle by a group of volunteers and enthusiasts who have
made this the most professional release of the GIMP ever. It is the first stable release
that is officially supported not only on Unix-based operating systems, but also on
Microsoft Windows and Macintosh OS X. "When you launch version 2.0 you’ll see a new look
that’s a huge improvement over the previous version’s mundane and purely functional
interface. The new design not only provides a polished and comfortable feel, it is also
far more intuitive and friendly than its predecessor.
Apple iPhoto for Mac OS 10.x
iPhoto is now part of the new iLife program suite. Performance improvements abound: iPhoto
launches faster, scrolls faster, resizes images faster, deletes images faster, switches
between albums faster and more. Whether you have twenty or twenty thousand digital photos,
iPhoto 4 keeps track of them all, automatically organizing them so you can find them fast.
Lightning fast. Easy to use, iPhoto puts you in charge of your photographs — helping you
import them, organize them into albums, enhance their appearance, as well as, share them
in print, via email, over the web and in stunning coffee-table books.
SnapTouch for Windows
Helps digital photographers process images, apply special effects, date-stamp photos,
frame and resize them, as well as provides them with an easy way to build picture
collections. Plus, the new version of the program supports metadata export, which means
users can click on an image to see all digital camera setting and parameters active when
the picture was taken. And no application combines rich features with simple interface
like SnapTouch does. Another great feature SnapTouch offers is automated date-stamping.
The program simply takes the date when the picture was shot, and stamps it onto the
photograph. Text comments can be added as well. SnapTouch can arrange images in the order
they were taken and batch re-name them according to the mask set by users. The file name
can include date, camera brand, location, photographer name or any other information.
Also, the program offers a full-screen picture viewing option, a feature that makes
working with images much easier.
cPicture for Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP
View images/videos fast, slideshows, lossless JPEG rotation and mirroring, crop with
aspect ratio, red-eye removal, rename files to Exif time/date, view panoramas and
wide-print them by splitting into individual images, generates HTML pages with thumbnails and
links, create contact sheets, one-button send as mail or print. Support for ICC color
profiles and gamma correction. Picture search (date. duplicate, similars). EXIF
information is interpreted. Detailed EXIF 2.2 / IPTC view and makernote interpretation of
the following models: Nikon, Casio, Canon, Olympus, FujiFilm. Plugins for RAW format (uses
DCRAW by David Coffin) and TIFF/PNG (CxImage library). Can be used as your
automated file viewer on a CD full of pictures. Installs by simply placing one EXE file in
any folder of your choice and just executing it. Registration fee is $22, a freeware LE version
is also available.
PhotoPlus 5.5 for Windows 95/98/98 SE,2000,ME, NT 4.0 and XP
PhotoPlus 5.5 has the features you'll need... from importing or creating
pictures and animations, through manipulating colors and effects all the way
to final export. Built in support for TWAIN scanners and cameras makes it
easy to bring in your own photos, while comprehensive import filters let you
open just about any standard bitmap image.
Once you've got your image into PhotoPlus 5.5, you can enhance and alter its
on screen appearance with a diverse toolkit of functions and effects. A full
range of export options (with special attention to Web graphics), plus
powerful optimization capabilities, round out this high performing package.
And the best part - it's FREE!
LumaPix FotoFusion for Windows XP/2000/ME/98
LumaPix FotoFusion is an easy-to-use software tool that creates photoreal
image collages with a single click. Publish photos as dazzling web photo
albums in seconds. Share photos by email with images right in the message.
Print multi-page, poster-size masterpieces on your home printer. Export
high-res images for editing in other applications.
Photo Lab for Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000 and XP
Photo Lab provides all essential photo processing tools in one handy application. Photo Lab
can acquire images from all TWAIN compatible devices like scanners or digital cameras,
import screenshots or copy images from a Web page. The tool is also great for more complex
graphic design. Photo Lab works in multi-layer true color mode. Users can add other graphic
elements like text, import transparent bitmaps or copy and rasterize vector graphics from
any external editing application like Corel Draw or Adobe Illustrator. Photo enthusiasts can
enhance their pictures by correcting brightness and contrast, sharpening, adjusting levels,
gamma, or saturation in instant preview mode. Color temperature setting allows to make photo
tones warmer or colder, control white balance of the image, create classic look like sepia
effects.Photo Lab provides a number of options to export images for the Web. Real-life
photos can be optimized in JPEG format, while cartoon- like graphics can be compressed as
GIF file. Users can control export parameters and preview compressed graphic before it's
saved to the disk, so they can quickly and precisely balance between image quality and file
size. Photo Lab supports images in the most popular formats like TIFF, BMP, GIF and JPEG. It
can also open multi-layer Photoshop files in PSD format. The software costs $39.00 as downloadable product or $49.00
as boxed, and is available.
PictureMan 5.0 PRO for Windows 95, 98, ME, XP, NT 4.x, 2000
The first image editor with full support of 16 bits per channel color in all operations
including multilayer composition and processing with over 130
filters. Image processing in 16 bits per channel color allows to avoid color
degradation during digital retouching and color correction operations
typical for conventional editing in 8 bits per channel. Modern scanners and
digital cameras output images with more than 8 bit per channel color, and
PictureMan 5.0 PRO is the only software which fully utilizes the extended
color information provided by these imaging devices.
It also introduces new automatic enhancement tools including
fully automatic Scratch and Red Eye removal filters.
PictureMan 5.0 PRO is available for $199 (or $119 upgrade)
ArcSoft's PhotoImpression for Windows or Mac
ArcSoft PhotoImpression 4 is an all-inclusive application designed specifically for
novice users. It combines photo editing with additional creative and printing tools
that maximize your digital imaging experience. Edit text, remove red-eye, special
effects and enhancements, intuitive resizing, photo fun, frames, advanced and
multiple printing options - supports Epson PRINT Image Matching.
NeatImage for Windows 9x, NT, 2000, XP
NeatImage is a digital filter application designed to reduce visible noise in digital
photographic images. It is a tool for owners of digital cameras, flatbed and slide
scanners; and is for use by both professional photographers, and digital image
processing enthusiasts. Neat Image reduces high ISO noise of image sensors (CMOS, CCD
noise) — digital camera noise and scanner noise, high ASA film grain of scanned photos,
JPEG artifacts of overcompressed digital images, color banding, and makes images sharper
at the same time. Neat Image is indispensable in low-light, sport, action photography.
Can denoise images from any digital camera or scanner using custom device noise
profiles. It is a standalone noise reducer application — you don't need Photoshop to run
it. Neat Image gives you complete control over its powerful noise filter.
Pro and Home versions as well as a Demo edition are available.
Picture-Shark for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP
Picture-shark is the first choice for people who want to "stamp" visible logos or text
on their image files. Some of picture-shark's features: Wizard-like interface it is
super easy to use. Create real watermarks. Choose transparent color, opacity, position
and much more. Use the "feather"-feature to make the edges between the stamp and the
picture smarter as with any other tool, just by one mouse-click. Very fast (processing
hundreds of pictures each minute). Support for different output formats and quality
settings. WYSIWYG preview-mode for all settings. Support for preserving jpeg-headers.
Picture-Shark is a free download!
PhotoLine 32 for Windows or MacOS
Image editing software for Windows or MacOS users. Supports many file formats like PLD
(PhotoLine), PDF, TIF, BMP, GIF (optimized, interlaced, animated), JPEG (also
progressive), CMX, PCD, PCX, PNG, PSD, EPS, PICT, TGA, IMG, ICO, ANI, XBM, IFF, ESM, CGM,
PIC, CVG, GEM, WMF, EMF. Transparency and layers (as supported by the file formats).
Support of QuickTime interface. Powerful image editing software with layout, vector
editing, batch convert and web editing software, many import and export file formats,
action (macro) recorder, full CMYK support, all basic functions like painting, filters,
paste, gradients, flood fill etc., cropping, lasso, mask and auto mask, undo and redo
steps only limited by memory, document mode for greeting cards, business cards,
documents, ... calendar function, dia show and lots more. Try it for 30 days free.
Image Stacker for Windows or DOS
Image Stacker combines multiple images into a single image. It can be used to
overcome one of the last remaining limitations of digital cameras compared to their
film counterparts: their inability to take very long exposures. Image Stacker can also
be used to reduce the appearance of "digital noise" in images created by digital
cameras or scanners, and create "synthesized long-exposures" without overexposure.
Compositor v2.1.1 for PPC Macintosh OS 8 or higher
Compositor is a full featured image editing and
image to art application. Compositor features (briefly): Over 160 Filters and channel
effects, full Painting and Editing Tool Set,, Save and Replay of your Filter actions,
Slide Show, Quick Palette for commonly used operations, Crop, Scale and Rotate,
Anti-Aliasing Zoom Window, Online Help. Priced at $35
PhotoCleaner for Windows
PhotoCleaner fixes most common problems with digital
camera or scanned images with one click! Just drag and
drop your image file into PhotoCleaner and click Result
button. Or select the directory that contains images to
process multiple images at once. Powerful algorithms of
the PhotoCleaner will do the rest!
PhotoCleaner performs the sequence of operations that are usually done manually using some
general-purpose image-editing program like Adobe Photoshop. The main difference is that it
does it automatically without having you to learn a sophisticated user interface and spend a lot
of time crawling step-by-step. If you wish you can turn any of these processing steps on and
off. The following steps are performed when the image is
processed (assuming that all checkboxes on Settings page
are checked): Levels adjustment with optional color correction, Resize, Vignette, Color
boost, Sharpen, Add frame.
Neat Image Filter for Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP
Neat Image is a digital filter designed to
reduce visible noise in digital photographic images. It works
with images from any digital camera, scanner, etc. It gives you
complete control over the noise filtration. It is a standalone
application (no need for Photoshop). Using Neat Image is easy
and fun once you have mastered the basic steps of filtration.
Overall time to achieve great results is shorter than with any
automatic technique. Demo (free) and Home (retail, $30) versions available.
PhotoFlair 1.0 for Windows
A general-purpose image enhancement software featuring our patented Retinex image
enhancement algorithm, winner of the prestigious NASA Space Act Award in 1999.
PhotoFlair offers the following capabilities: Image read support for JPEG, TIFF, BMP,
PPM, and PCD. Image write support for JPEG, TIFF, BMP, and PPM. Automatic resize and
reorientation to fit the print page if the image is too large. The ability to scroll
back and forth between processed images by using the right and left arrow buttons on the
tool bar. Retinex: automatic image enhancement function that provides automatic
simultaneous enhancement of dark and bright regions in the image, and sharpening of
features. Autolevels for automatic histogram modification. Levels for manual histogram
modification. Histogram equalization for automatic histogram modification: uses a
different method than autolevels. Curves for manual color-map manipulation. Gamma for
modifying the color-map using the gamma function. Sharpen for image sharpening. Blur for
image blurring: useful for suppressing some noise artifacts. Despeckle for removing
specular pixels: useful for removing glints. Negative for turning an image into a
negative. Edge detection for converting the original into an edge only image.
PhotoBrush - Digital Image Editor for Windows
Photo-Brush is a brand new image editor, natural and artistic media painting
program, picture retouching tool and photo enhancer for Windows 95/98/NT.
It has many rich tools and effects for photo adjusting and photo
retouching found in much more expensive professional tools. Artistic brushes,
seamless textures, auto-enhance photos, rendered text with 3D and drop shadow,
reads and writes PhotoShop PSD files. Support
for PhotoShop-compatible plugins and image/film scanners.
GIMP Image Editor for Linux, MacOS, Windows and others
The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece
of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image
authoring. This site contains information about downloading, installing, using, and
enhancing GIMP. This site also serves as a distribution point for the latest releases,
patches, plugins, and scripts.
Picture Window 3.0 for Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT 4.0
A unique software package for photographers that turns your personal computer into
an incredibly powerful electronic darkroom. It lets you bring your photographs into your computer,
enhance them using powerful image editing tools, and then create high quality prints, multimedia slide
shows, photo screen savers, and much more. Unlike many expensive image editing programs designed
for professional graphic artists and illustrators, Picture Window was created expressly for serious
amateur photographers who want more creative control over their images and for professional
photographers who want to expand their business by offering digital image processing services at
affordable prices. If you're a photographer, you'll find Picture Window uses familiar terms and
techniques, and lets you do perspective correction, color balancing, retouching, and tonal adjusments
quickly and easily. $50 for regular version or $90 for the Pro version with full ICM2.0
color management.
MediaChance's Free Digital Camera Tools for Windows' users
(1) Digital Camera Enhancer: Uses a few custom made image processes
to enhance and clean digital images. (2) ColorCastFX: Works on any picture
where fill-in flash was not used and the camera underexposed the front objects.
(3) ClearSkinFX: The most advance automatic portrait retouching tool, yields
perfect smooth skin while preserving the crispness of the eyes, hair or
background. (4) RGBLight: Take 3 pictures using a lamp from different angles,
then load the 3 pictures and the software combines them into one spectacular
image. (5) HotPixel Eliminator gets rid of random "noise" pixels and long
exposure "blue chunks." (6) FilterSim: simulates Kodak Wratten glass filters.
(7) BlackFrame: Another way to remove hot pixels from long exposure shots.
(8) B/Works: For creating old fashioned B/W images, Sepia or Duotone colored
images. All of these programs are FREE, just go download them!
Ulead Photo Explorer Pro for Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000, Me
Convert between industry-standard image file formats.
Straighten and rotate images.
Crop images to desired size.
Control Brightness & Contrast of images.
Balance Color in images.
Manipulate intensity of colors in images with Hue & Saturation control.
Blur or sharpen images with Focus control.
Remove the red eye effect associated with camera flashes.
Add text to images with control of font face, size, style and color.
Apply adjustments to a group of selected images.
Retain camera metadata (Exif) in JPEG images for all adjustments.
Trim video clips for desired length by setting starting and ending points.
Convert between industry-standard video file formats
Web Image Guru for Windows 95/98/NT
Unique Web-oriented image optimization tool. The purpose of
Web Image Guru is not only effective optimization of images, but also seamless images
integration into your Web pages. Web Image Guru is the integrated software package that
easily connects a digital camera, scanner, PC, your favorite image editing tool and
World Wide Web. Combining unique image optimization capabilities and its perfect integration
into Web page makes Web Image Guru an ideal tool for every Web Designer or a home digital
photographer.
