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Pixelitor: a surprisingly powerful image editor
If, like us, you’ve tried more than your share of image editors, then you’ll know many of them are depressingly similar. Especially when it comes to filters. All too many developers seem to think they...
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Xara release Photo and Graphic Designer MX 8 and Designer Pro X 8
Xara have revealed the latest versions of their Designer family, Photo and Graphic Designer MX 8 and Designer Pro X 8. (Which, if the names mean nothing to you, are the packages formerly known as Xara...
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Software roundup: 27 downloads you may have missed this week
Halfway through May and the software release schedule shows no sign of abating – and this has been a particularly busy week for beta releases. Some of the biggest releases come from security experts...
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Review: Xara Photo & Graphic Designer MX 8.1
Equipping your PC for professional graphics work normally involves buying several different applications, learning their various interfaces and hoping they’ll somehow all work together. Xara’s...
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VisiPics quickly finds the duplicate photos cluttering your PC
You started off with good intentions, creating a neat image library where all your digital photos are properly organised in sensibly-named folders. But it probably didn’t last. It’s all too easy to...
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CyberLink’s PhotoDirector 10, PowerDVD 12 and MediaShow 6 hit warp speed on...
Taipei, Taiwan-based CyberLink has issued updates for its flagship media viewing and editing products, including CyberLink PowerDirector 10 Deluxe, CyberLink PowerDVD 12 Pro and CyberLink MediaShow 6...
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Browse your images and their EXIF metadata with Photo Data Explorer
Viewing a digital photo’s EXIF metadata can provide all kinds of useful information, including the date and time the original image was taken, the camera used to take it, exposure and ISO settings,...
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Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 5 improves editing, batch processing features
German developer Ashampoo has released Photo Optimizer 5, the latest edition of its fast and easy-to-use photo editing tool. The revamped interface gives the program a very different look, but its core...
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Raw Therapee: the most powerful image processor you’ve never heard of
If you’re looking to enhance the quality of your digital photos then there’s not exactly a shortage of free tools offering to help. But most are rather basic, oriented firmly at beginners, and if...
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ACDSee Free released: a quick and easy image viewer
ACD Systems has announced the release of ACDSee Free, a simple and speedy PC image viewer. The program supports the most important image formats (BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TGA, TIFF, WBMP, PCX, PIC, WMF,...
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Correct, enhance and improve your photos with the ultra-powerful Photivo
Some photo correction programs are optimised for simplicity. If you want to sharpen an image in Paint.NET, say, you’ll select Sharpen from the menu, and drag a slider to represent the amount of...
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FreeVimager: a surprisingly powerful image viewer
The PC world has more than its share of image viewers, which makes it difficult for any one product to stand out from the crowd. FreeVimager is a rare exception, though, winning you over by its sheer...
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Easily organise your digital photos with the metadata-friendly Snaps
If your digital photo collection is something of a mess then there are thousands of programs which promise they can restore order. And so, like us, you probably don’t see an urgent need for any more....
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Nero Kwik Media 12 offers all-in-one management for your multimedia
Ahead of its official launch of Nero 12, Nero Inc has updated its free media-management software. Nero Kwik Media 12.0.01300 is a minor refresh that follows on from a major update that promised better...
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CyberLink PhotoDirector 4 adds new features, Mac support, drops price by $50
CyberLink has continued rapid development of its photo management and editing tool with the release of CyberLink PhotoDirector 4 Ultra. PhotoDirector 4, which appears on Mac OS X for the first time in...
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Review: CyberLink PhotoDirector 4 Ultra
PhotoDirector 4 is CyberLink’s answer to the digital darkroom question. In this age where people regularly snap dozens of photos in a single sitting, digital photography tools have to offer more than...
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Automatically enhance digital image colours with CastCor
If the colours of your latest digital photos are less than accurate, then most photo editors will allow you to try and resolve this manually. Tweak RGB here, maybe HSV there, and with a little work...
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Toolwiz Pretty Photo: a simpler way to spice up your digital images
The best photo editors are generally quite complex tools, and learning how to use them properly can take considerable time and effort. Which is fine if you’re a professional photographer, say. But if...
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COOLTWEAK: Resize, watermark or share images directly from Explorer
Editing lots of digital photos in a single session is generally a tedious and time-consuming business, as most image editors still assume you’ll only ever want to carry out actions on one picture at a...
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Phototheca: a new way to organise your digital photos
If your digital photo collection is something of a mess, leaving you rarely able to find the images you need, then you’re not alone. The standard Windows tools just aren’t up to the task of managing...
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