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GIMP |
| Application that is starting to
compete (although still not quite on
the same level) with Photoshop. The
difference is that GIMP is Open
Source and therefore completely
free. It is fast, efficient and full
of options and filters of great
quality. You may feel a bit lost to
begin with but after a bit of
practice you'll appreciate its
worth. Its shortcomings are not to
do with its graphics but mainly with
its compatibility with the operating
system (you may get some error
messages every now and then).
Overall I still think this is a very
good application.
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OVERALL:
VERY GOOD |
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Paint.net |
| IPaint.NET is image and photo
manipulation software designed to be
used on computers that run Windows
2000, XP, Vista, or Server 2003. It
supports layers, unlimited undo,
special effects, and a wide variety
of useful and powerful tools.
Paint.NET includes simple tools for
drawing shapes, including an
easy-to-user curve tool for drawing
simple splines or Bezier curves. The
facilities for creating and working
with selections is powerful, yet
still simple enough to be picked up
quickly. Other powerful tools
include the Magic Wand for selecting
regions of similar color, and the
Clone Stamp for copying or erasing
portions of an image. There is also
a simple text editor, a tool for
zooming, and a Recolor tool.
download
OVERALL:
VERY GOOD |
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Photofiltre |
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PhotoFiltre is a complete image
retouching program. It allows you to
do simple or advanced adjustments to
an image and apply a vast range of
filters on it. It is simple and
intuitive to use, and has an easy
learning curve. The toolbar, giving
you access to the standard filters
with just a few clicks, gives
PhotoFiltre a robust look.
download
OVERALL: VERY
GOOD |
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SplitImage |
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SplitImage is a free software for
dividing an image into multiple
parts: you can use it for web pages
(since it automatically creates a
tab in a html file), or for any
purpose. It is very easy to use and
supports PNG, JPG and BMP. Really a
nice app.
download
OVERALL: VERY GOOD |
| PowerBatch |
| A good batch free application
for pictures (batch means that you
can modify your pictures all
together: for example you have a
directory with hundreds of pics that
you need to resize, change
saturation or contrast, birghtness,
etc., and save in a different
format: with a batch application,
you can do this in a moment).
Irfanview
and XnView
have some nice batch features
(especially the latter), but
PowerBatch is more powerful, and
with it you can achieve more complex
results. Anyway, PowerBatch is more
difficult to master, so if you need
to do something of very simple, you
had better to use IrfanView or
XnView.
download
OVERALL:
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