Polarr 3 is a versatile photo editor for Chrome
Polarr’s free online photo editor and mobile apps have generated a lot of interest this year, thanks to their well-judged mix of power and ease of use. If you’ve not yet tried the editor for yourself,...
View ArticleSort images by colour with ImageSorter
Photo managers offer many ways to organise and sort your images – name, date, size, tags – but these typically rely on your pictures being set up in a consistent way. ImageSorter for Windows and Mac...
View ArticleKeep your mobile photos safe from snoopers with ToolWiz Photos
The top quality cameras on modern smartphones make it easy to record just about every detail of your life, wherever you are and whatever you’re doing. But while that’s great in theory, it can lead to...
View ArticleThis Christmas Eve, get Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 9, worth $89.99, for...
Now this is a real doozy – a $90 graphical powerhouse for nothing! Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 9 covers all your design needs, from photo editor to DTP package, vector drawing to web graphics...
View ArticleImage Color Analyzer tells all about picture palettes
Artists and photographers often need a clear understanding of the colors used in an image, but standard photo editor tools like the histogram do little to help. Image Color Analyzer is a free Android...
View ArticlePicosmos Tools is a quirky image editing suite
Picosmos Tools is a versatile image management suite which includes a viewer, editor, batch processor, capture tool, simple publishing tools and more. The program stands out immediately with its...
View ArticlePolarr Photo Editor gets a Windows 7+ desktop release
Popular mobile and browser-based image editor Polarr Photo Editor is now available in a desktop edition for Windows 7 and later. A Free build offers only global adjustments (no selection tools), and...
View ArticleGoogle Nik Collection now free for all
Google Nik Collection, a powerful set of six Photoshop plugins, is now available for free. That’s probably not good news if you paid the full $149 for it, but Google has announced that anyone who...
View ArticleAdd style to your photos with ON1 Effects Free
ON1 Effects Free 10 is a collection of professional photo filters and effects which can be used stand-alone, and as Photoshop or Lightroom plugins. Beginners can use the package much like other apps....
View ArticleXara releases Xara Photo and Graphic Designer 365
Xara has released Xara Photo and Graphic Designer 365 ($69.99 release offer, $89.99 afterwards), a major update of its photo editing and desktop publishing tool. A redesigned photo frame enables easier...
View ArticleLightZone: still a great image editor
If you’re looking for a free image editor then you’ll probably start with the big names, the latest updates, whatever’s made the headlines recently. But there’s also a whole world of mature software...
View ArticleCorel PaintShop Pro X9 adds project templates, interactive gradients
Corel has shipped Corel PaintShop Pro X9, the latest edition of its veteran image editor. New features include Project Templates, prebuilt desktop publishing-type layouts to help you create greetings...
View ArticleJixiPix’s Sprektrel Art is free until August 29th
Spektrel Art is a smart Windows and Mac app/ Photoshop plugin which transforms images into digital works of art — and it’s available for free until August 29th. What does it do? The developer attempts...
View ArticleCyberLink unveils PowerDirector 15, PhotoDirector 8
CyberLink Corp has launched the latest versions of its Director multimedia software. Video editor PowerDirector 15 (from $69.99) gets end-to-end support for 360-degree videos: importing, adding titles,...
View ArticleACDSee Ultimate 10 adds Smart Brushes and GPU support
ACD Systems has unveiled ACDSee Ultimate 10 ($149.99), the latest edition of its powerful image editor. A new Smart Brush enable users to brush on image adjustments simply by painting over the image...
View ArticleZone Photo Studio X ships with layers and cloud storage integration,
Zoner Software has shipped Zoner Photo Studio X (aka version 19), the latest edition of its one-stop photo editor. Top of the “What’s New” list is full Layers support, with all the features and blend...
View ArticleResize and optimise web images with Tiny Beest Image Optimization for Chrome
Tiny Beest Image Optimization is a free Chrome extension which can resize and optimise web images to reduce their file size. Once it’s installed, right-clicking an image displays a where you can resize...
View ArticlePhoto-to-painting converter FotoSketcher gets a test Android release
The popular PC “photo-to-painting” converter FotoSketcher is now available on Android in a very basic, advanced-user-only test release. This alpha app is only available as a stand-alone .apk file, and...
View Articlejpeg-recompress cuts image file sizes by 50%-80%
Jpeg-recompress is an unusual open-source tool which can cut JPEG file sizes by 50% or more. The program works by intelligently selecting the lowest possible quality setting for your JPEG, which also...
View ArticleAllDup 4.0 finds visually similar images
Freeware duplicate file finder AllDup has hit version 4.0 with some major additions and updates. The program can now detect visually similar pictures in the image formats BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG and TIF,...
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