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IrfanView – Free all in one digital photo utility
Posted on April 26th, 2009 2 commentsIrfanView32 is a fast FREEWARE image viewer/
converter for Windows.Features:- Preview option
- Drag&Drop support
- Fast directory view (fast moving through directory)
- Play Movies and Sounds
- Slideshow
- Batch conversion
- Print option
- Change the color depth
- Scan support
- Cut/crop and much more
Supported file formats:
- JPG/JPEG, GIF(and multiple animated GIF), BMP, DIB, RLE, PCX, PNG, TIFF (Multipage TIFF support), TGA, RAS/SUN, ICO, AVI, WAV, MID, RMI, WMF, EMF, PBM, PGM, PPM, IFF/LBM, PSD, CPT, MPG/MPEG, MOV, Multiple ICO support, and Photo-CD (Overview Photo-CD support).
This latest release supports Utah RLE file format, SSF (Structured Fax File) format, and Paint Shop Pro 7 files. It also includes the option to load DJVU files with maximum DPIs. In addition, this version offers several enhancements and bugfixes.
Features support for ICS format (Image Cytometry Standard) and CDR/CMX format, and adds RAW saving. MPG/AVI frames can now be extracted from the Options menu, and much more.The latest version features a host of updates, including a zooming function for videos, new JPG Transformation dialog option, new Browse Subfolders dialog, when folder end/begin reached and an option to show EXIF data from TIF files.
IfranView also has plugins to extend the functionalities of the program. The plugins download is available from FreewareFiles.
What’s New in version 4.23:
- Added History list for Random slideshow (”No file repeat” removed)
- New multipage images menu: Create Multipage PDF
- Option to save changes on exit (Properties->Misc 1, default: OFF)
- TIF loading bugs fixed (Thanks to j00ru//vx)
- New command line option: /filelist=txtfile; Examples:
- i_view32.exe /filelist=c:mypics.txt
- i_view32.exe /filelist=c:mypics.txt /thumbs
- i_view32.exe /filelist=c:mypics.txt /convert=d:*.jpg
- => use files from mypics.txt as input for different operations
- New Contact Sheet options: Set custom paper size and units
- Options to set start parameters for external editors (see Help file/button)
- External editor names are showed in the menu text
- New Panorama dialog option: Add space between images
- Browsing: if CTRL + number (0-9) pressed, the file index increases by number
- New wallpaper menu: Stretched – proportional
- New Slideshow dialog option: Remember last file index on exit
- New option to show DDS alpha color (Properties->Misc. 1)
- Support for WSQ format (Wavelet Scaler Quantization, PlugIn by Steven Venable)
- New Thumbnail option: Use full file path for sorting (if subfolders loaded)
- New thumbnails tree menu: Load subfolders
- New hotkeys: SHIFT + arrows = Move selection rectangle
- New hotkeys:
- SHIFT + N = Create new image; SHIFT + V = Add canvas;
- CTRL + SHIFT + Y = Auto crop borders; CTRL + SHIFT + J = Lossless JPG crop;
- SHIFT + O = Fit window to image; F11 = show/hide mouse in Fullscreen/Slideshow
- Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm
- Some minor bugs/features fixed/added (scrolling)
- Two small 4.22 bugs fixed: Next toolbar button, PDF saving
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PaintStar – free digital image processing software
Posted on April 20th, 2009 3 commentsPaintStar is a versatile digital image processing software
suitable for such tasks as retouching of photographs, composing and authoring images, image morphing, screen capture, and displaying image thumbnail in Windows Explorer context menu. It supports alpha, layer, path ,and the most common editing techniques. PaintStar has many of the tools and filters you would expect to find in commercial offerings, and some interesting extras as well.
- Full suite of painting tools including paintbrush, pencil, eraser, airbrush, filter brush, color retouching, blur/sharpening,smudge,and cloning. Many customizable brushes, textures, gradients, and 26 methods of combining modes suppported.[See Several Examples]
- Transformation tools including rotate, scale, shear, perspective,flip,and wrap. Auto antialias supported.[See Transformation Examples]
- Image Morphing supported. With this technique, you can create a sequence of intermediate frames that seamlessly transform one image to another and generate output in a form of gif animation or image file sequence.[See Morph Maker Tutorial]
- Gradient Fill tools include linear, radial,square,conical(symmetric),conical(asymmetric) and shapeburst. Multiple colors supported.
- Selection tools including rectangular, elliptical, free, fuzzy and paths. Add, subtract, invert, antialias and feather selections supported.
- Zoom10% – 2000% display, and show grid supported.
- More then 30 File formats supported include JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, TGA, PCX, BMP and many others.
- Color conversion supported include several different dithering methods and palette options.
- Alpha channel (transparency) supported.
- DisplaysHistograms (RGB, HSV, HSL, CMYK).
- DisplaysEXIFinformation. EXIF 2.2 supported.
- TWAIN supported for scanners and digital cameras.
- MultipleLayers, 26 methods of combining modes suppported.
- MultiplePaths supported. You can add,delete,insert point to the curve and adjust point in the curve just like vector drawing programs such as Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw.[See Path Examples, Path Templets Effect]
- Multiple Undo and Redo supported. You can set up the number of Undo’s from 3 to 99.
- More than 100 Filters/Effects.Application of 3×3 filters supported.[See A Few Filters, 3D Button Tutorial, 3D Text Tutorial]
- Screen capture supported.You can capture selected or fixed regions of the desktop, as well as active windows or individual controls (menus, dialogs etc.), which can be easily selected by an on-screen indicator which outlines the area to be captured.[See Screen Capture Example]
- Displays thumbnail of selected image in Windows Explorer context menu just like ACD System Picaview.[See Screenshot]
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Photoscape – free photo editing software
Posted on April 15th, 2009 1 commentPhotoscape is the fun and easy photo editing software that enables you to fix and enhance photos.
Key Features
- Viewer: View your folders photos, slideshow
- Editor: resizing, brightness and color adjustment, white balance, backlight correction, frames, balloons, mosaic mode, adding text, drawing pictures, cropping, filters, red eye removal, blooming
- Batch editor: Batch editing multiple photos
- Page: Make one photo by merging multiple photos at the page frame
- Combine: Make one photo by attaching multiple photos vertically or horizontally
- Animated GIF: Make one animation photo with multiple photos
- Print: Print portrait shot, carte de visite, passport photo
- Splitter: Divide a photo into multiple parts
- Screen Capture: Capture your screenshot and save it
- Color Picker: Zoom in screen on images, search and pick the color
- Rename: Change photo file names in batch mode
- Raw Converter: Convert RAW to JPG
Download Photoscape here.