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View, edit and batch process your photos with Photoimp
If you’ve tried a few free photo managers then you’ll know that the vast majority are, well, disappointing. Most have absolutely no original ideas. And some don’t even match up to the basic...
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NConvert: an amazing command line-based image processor
In an increasingly touch-oriented world, the idea of using a command line utility to process images might seem, well, just a little old-fashioned. And maybe it is. But if you regularly need to resize,...
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Pixopedia is a quirky but very interesting image editor, paint and drawing tool
Pixopedia doesn’t initially look like the most powerful of graphics tools. Small flat buttons present various ugly and cryptic icons; even the more obvious ones don’t behave as you’d expect; and...
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PhotoDemon is a fast, free and portable photo editor
PhotoDemon is an open source photo editor which, its developer says, has been designed to be “portable”, “powerful” and “usable”. This sounded great to us. First impressions don’t live up to the hype,...
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Automatically optimise an entire folder of photos with Perfectly Clear Desktop
Athentech Imaging is best known for its Perfectly Clear Photoshop/ Lightroom plugins, clever tools which can optimise thousands of photos, entirely automatically. At $199 each, this technology isn’t...
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Camera Fx8 Free 1.0 released, offers iPhone users free camera effects tool
Bored with your iPhone’s camera? Fed up with taking dull, listless shots? Apalon Apps may have something for you, with its new Camera Fx8 Free app. The app, a cut-down version of the existing Camera...
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Paint.NET 4.0 Beta 4 released, restores Line/Curve tool, improves rendering...
dotPDN LLC has released the fourth beta of Paint.NET 4.0, the latest pre-release of this eagerly anticipated freeware image-editing tool for Windows. The fourth beta – build 5628 – sees the Line/Curve...
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Securely archive your images with WinTrezur
WinTrezur looks at first much like any other image viewer. There’s a folder tree on the left, a set of thumbnails on the right. Double-clicking any image displays it full-screen; pressing Esc returns...
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Xlideit excels as an image viewer
It’s tough to make an impact in the crowded Windows image viewer market, and so most newcomers try to impress users with advanced features, like their vast file format support or lengthy list of...
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Paint.NET 4.0 FINAL is here at last, offers major new features, performance...
It’s been a long wait – nearly six years in fact – but dotPDN LLC has finally unveiled Paint.NET 4.0 FINAL, the first major update to its popular freeware image-editing tool for Windows since version...
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Convert images directly from Explorer with SendTo-Convert
Image conversion tools are supposed to save you time, at least in theory, but after you’ve chosen your source files, specified exactly what you’re like to do with them, and set up your destination...
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New company Icecream Apps debuts its freeware range
Icecream Apps is a new company which recently launched three freeware Windows tools: Media Converter, PDF Split and Merge and Image Resizer. Polished and professional, available in several languages...
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Paint.NET 4.0.1 resolves major issues, tweaks performance
dotPDN LLC has released Paint.NET 4.0.1, a minor – but important – update to the recently released Paint.NET 4.0. Version 4.0.1 is primarily a major bug fix release, but does include some performance...
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Ashampoo Photo Commander 12 released, extends cloud storage support
Ashampoo has unveiled Ashampoo Photo Commander 12 for Windows, a major update for its comprehensive photo management, editing and sharing tool. Smarter access to cloud services means the program now...
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Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 10 adds 100+ effects, 100GB online storage space
Xara Group has announced the release of Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 10, the latest incarnation of its all-in-one editing, illustration and design tool. Top of the new features list is the...
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FotoSketcher 2.90 adds watercolour effect
French developer David Thoirin has released FotoSketcher 2.90, an update to his freeware Windows program for transforming digital photos into works of art. The major new feature is a second watercolour...
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CyberLink Media Suite 12 released, supports creating and editing 4K video
CyberLink has announced the release of CyberLink Media Suite 12, its vast and comprehensive collection of playback, editing and convent creation tools. Highlights include new support for creating and...
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Review: CyberLink Media Suite 12 Ultimate
After almost 20 years developing multimedia software, it’s no surprise that CyberLink has some impressive products. But they can seem expensive. PowerDVD is definitely a versatile and feature-packed...
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Review: Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 10
Do you really need separate applications to cover your design needs, whether photo editing, digital art or simple design tasks like producing flyers and scrapbooks? For those who want everything in one...
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ImBatch 3.0 adds Curves tool, image filtering
High Motion Software has unveiled ImBatch 3.0, an interesting update to its free-for-personal-use image batch processing tool. The headline addition is the Curves task, a versatile and configurable way...
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