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Image Analyzer: not just your average photo editor
Let’s be frank: most free image editors are dull. They tend to offer the same style of interface, the same basic functionality, with little to distinguish them for the competition. Which may be fine...
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Batch download entire web galleries in a click with NeoDownloader Lite
Browsers are fine for displaying content, but not nearly as useful when you want to download it, and this is especially true with web galleries. No matter how simple the collection of images, you’ll...
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View and process RAW images with the free Scarab Darkroom
Take a photo with most digital cameras and by default you’ll get a JPG file, which is great for compatibility purposes, but does involve some compromises in image quality. And that’s because your...
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Visually highlight the differences between images with DiffImg
If you regularly edit images then occasionally you might find yourself with multiple copies of the same picture, and wonder how (or even if) they might be different. And that can be a surprisingly...
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Clean up old photos in a click with Retouch Pilot Lite
Enhancing a regular digital photo isn’t too difficult, at least at a basic level. Even an editing newbie will quickly get used to tweaking brightness, contrast, colour balance and so on, and these...
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JAlbum 11 adds video support to web gallery toolkit
Web gallery creation tool JAlbum 11.0 has been released for Windows, Mac and Linux. Version 11.0 allows users to combine video with photos for the first time using the program. Features include support...
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JPEGView: a very surprising image viewer
At first glance, JPEGview doesn’t appear as though it’s going to be a particularly interesting image viewer. A 798KB download suggests there can’t be too much power here. And on launch the program asks...
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PhoXo: a fun, free and feature-packed photo editor
Launch most photo editors for the first time and they’ll try to impress you with their serious credentials: flyout toolbars, feature-packed menus and so on. Run the free PhoXo, though, and what you’ll...
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jAlbum 11.2 fine-tunes web album builder with useful tweaks and bug fixes
jAlbum AB is released a new version of its cross-platform web media album builder for Windows, Mac and Linux. jAlbum 11.2 builds on version 11’s added support for embedding video clips as well as...
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XnSketch transforms photos into paintings, sketches and more
Most photo editors have a few filters which can turn regular photos into instant works of art: an oil painting, say, or a pencil sketch. But if you’d like more – or you just want the arty effects,...
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Browse, manage, retouch and share your photos with GTKRawGallery
Most digital cameras will by default save photos as JPEG files, and it’s easy to see why: they’re small, can be saved and reloaded quickly, and are supported by just about every graphics package...
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Google Translate for Android 2.7 adds PhraseBook, extends camera-input support
Google has released Google Translate for Android 2.7, a major update of its free translation app. There’s one new feature – support for the website’s Phrasebook feature – and an extension of the app’s...
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Hornil StylePix – a powerful yet easy-to-use image editor
Designing a great image editor has always been a tricky balancing act. It’s important that the program has real power, plenty of useful functionality, and delivers more than you’d expect in every area....
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Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 9 adds photo healing brush, background eraser...
Veteran UK developer Xara has released a brand new version of its acclaimed creative design tool, Xara Photo and Graphics Designer 9.1.0. Version 9 concentrates on revamping the package’s photo tools,...
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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 shows off advanced healing brush, smart...
Veteran US developer Adobe, Inc has released Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0.0 for Windows and Mac. Photoshop Lightroom is aimed at improving digital photographs, and version 5.0 debuts some major new...
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jAlbum 11.3 resolves memory issues, improves page customisation tools
jAlbum AB has put out another minor update of its cross-platform web media album builder with the launch of jAlbum 11.3. The app, which runs on Windows, Mac and Linux, simplifies the task of building...
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Xara Designer Pro X9 adds even more publishing power
Xara Group has announced the release of Xara Designer Pro X9 ($299), the latest edition of its all-in-one photo editing, web design, illustration and desktop publishing tool. It’s a significant...
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jAlbum 11.4 fixes red-eye reduction tool, promises faster project loading
jAlbum AB has released jAlbum 11.4, a minor update of its cross-platform web album building tool. The software, available for personal use as a free, ad-supported program, resolves an issue that saw...
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FotoSketcher 2.50 transforms your photos into works of art
David Thoiron has announced the release of FotoSketcher 2.50, his excellent tool for transforming digital photos into paintings, sketches, cartoons and more. And while it doesn’t exactly transform the...
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Back up, sync and share your photos with Picturelife
There are many ways to back up or share your photos online. You’ll probably have some at Facebook, for instance. Perhaps more at Flickr. Or maybe just a folder at Dropbox or some other cloud storage...
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