GRAPHIC; photo editing software

  • freewareA Smaller Image 2.0 [Download]
    Easy to use tool that resizes your pictures to smaller versions. Therefore only works with JPG and BMP.
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  • freewareGIMP [Download]
    Open source photo editing software. Can be compared with the commercial version of Adobe Photoshop.
    GIMP needs GTK+ to let it work.[Download GTK+]
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  • freewareIrfanview [Download]
    Simple but handy tool for photo editing. Handles very many different imaging formats.
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  • freewareJAlbum [Download]
    With this webbased photo album generator you can quickly add your own pictures to a digital photo album on the internet. But you can also burn your digital pictures to cd or store them on your hard disk. You can watch your pictures simply in a web browser (e.g. IE or Firefox). You have to install JAVA on your computer. But this too is easy to download and install.
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  • freewareMicrosoft Research Group Shot [Download]
    With group pictures there's always someone with their eyes closed or taking a bad pose. With this program you can create the ultimate group photo out of the several pictures that were taken.
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  • freewarePaint.NET [Download]
    Paint comes free with Windows and cannot be seen as full working photo editing software. With Paint.NET things have changed. A couple of students together with Microsoft developed Paint.NET in Microsoft's .NET surroundings. Paint.NET offers all possible drawing tools and combines this with advanced possibilities for editing images. It can work with layers and effects like 3D rotation, noise and radial blur.
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  • freewarePicasa [Download]
    Picasa is Google's free software for photo management. The program automatically searches your computer for digital images and organizes them in folders.
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  • freewarePowerdraw [Download]
    Looking for a powerful 2D vector-drawing program that also supports macros, plugins, import of AutoCAD DXF, exporting to WMF, BMP and DXF, infinite undo possibility, working with layers and much more? Then Powerdraw probably suits your interest.
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SketchUpSketchUp
Google now offers free drawing software SketchUp after they've taken over @Last Software. The SketchUp program is only free for those who use it at home. Business users will have to buy the paid version of SketchUp, but in return they also will receive more functionalities.

 
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