FastStone Capture - Screen capture utility

FastStone Capture is a screen capture utility with integrated image viewer and capture editor. It enables you to capture Windows, objects, selections or the entire desktop, and apply additional editing tools like resizing, sharpening, shapes, text, watermarks and more. The capture can be sent to the image viewer, clipboard, or directly saved to file. Other features include support for image viewing, a screen magnifier, a color picker and support for capturing of scrolling windows (e.g an entire web page). FastStone Capture supports all major graphic formats including BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, GIF, PNG, PCX, TIFF, WMF, ICO and TGA. Download : Click here

DigiBookShelf - Virtual photo album

DigiBookShelf enables you to display and manage photos in a virtual album, using a virtual bookshelf interface. The photos are displayed as thumbnails and you can add text and sound comments to each image. When you click on a thumbnail, you can view the image in actual size. The program is very easy to use and comes with a unique interface that allows simple drag and drop to create new albums. DigiBookShelf can be used like a real-life photo album, complete with flipping pages that are enhanced with sound effects. You can customize the look of your photo album collection, select from different page layouts, design the look and feel of each album, import from your memory card and more. There are also commercial version available with additional features (image editing, CD output etc.) but the free version will work just fine, if you are looking for a neat way to organize and annotate your pictures. Download : Click Here

Picasa - Image viewer and organizer

Picasa is a powerful, yet easy to use and attractive tools suite to manage and organize your digital images and photos. It offers one simple place to organize, enjoy, and share your pictures. After installing, the software can automatically scan your drive(s) for images and intelligently sort them into photo albums, ready for you to customize and organize. It offers different interface layouts and ways to view your pictures, including slideshow and a unique timeline feature. Picasa supports import from twain devices, including digital cameras, photo emailing, printing and much more. A great, all-around imaging tool! Now with Picasa Web Albums, this allows you to upload free image galleries, hosted by Google. Download : Click Here

Hello - Real time picture sharing

Hello is a picture sharing tool that allows you to share pictures with your friends and chat in real-time. It works similar to an Instant Messenger and allows you to see which friends are online (must have Hello installed) and then exchange pictures with them. A small preview displays the photo your friend is currently looking at, allowing you to chat and browse through pictures together. Hello comes with a top notch, easy to use interface and offers additional features to invite friends, send webcam snapshots, maintain a personal profile and more. Hello works through firewalls and routers without any additional configuration. It also integrates with Blogger.com and allows you to quickly post your images online. Excellent! Download : Click Here

Xnview - Multi format image viewer

XNview is a program for viewing and converting your graphics files. It supports more than 200 graphics formats and offers many additional features. You can apply filters and effects to your images, import from a twain source (scanner, camera) or use the thumbnail picture browser to explore your image collection. Xnview`s strongest feature is the support for a huge amount of file formats, and the option to convert among them. It also offers many other features, including customizable screen layout, screen capture, slide show and much more. You can also create web pages from your images, create contact sheets, generate file listings and manage your file by move and copy. Xnview is a well established and feature packed imaging tool.

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FastStone Image Viewer - Full featured image viewer

FastStone Image Viewer is an image browser, viewer converter and editor with an easy to use interface and a nice array of features, that include resizing, renaming, cropping, color adjustments, watermarks and more. It also includes an intuitive full-screen mode that provides quick access to EXIF information and thumbnail browser via hidden toolbars that emerge when you touch the edge of your screen with the mouse. Other features include a high quality magnifier and built-in slideshow with 60+ transitional effects, as well as lossless JPEG transitions, drop shadow effects, image frames, scanner support, histogram and much more. FastStone Image Viewer supports all major graphic formats including BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, GIF, PNG, PCX, TIFF, WMF, ICO and TGA as well as digital RAW formats including CRW, CR2, NEF, PEF, RAF, MRW, ORF and DNG). Download : Click Here

Web Resizer - compress, resize and convert your images

Web Resizer enables you to compress, resize and convert your images, add a watermark, change the DPI, and also make minor image adjustments (brightness, contrast, sharpening). The program is primarily designed to process multiple images, but can also be used to resize or convert individual files. It supports JPG, JPEG 2000, PNG (8 and 24 bit), BMP and several other image formats. You can choose which actions to take during the processing, and optionally combine resizing with image conversion and other options. Web Resizer can also add a prefix or suffix to the output images, as well as an incrementing number. Other features include image rotation, resampling filters, color conversion (sepia or black and white) and built-in zip compression that can automatically create a zip archive containing the processed images. Download : Click Here

Visualizer Photo Resize (Free version) - Batch resize photos

Visualizer Photo Resize Software enables you to batch resize JPG images in a folder, and optional subfolders. It supports different aspect ratios, automatic color correction and grayscale conversion, as well as customizable image dimensions and JPG compression level. In addition, the program can also embed a small text in the image, add a visible watermark to each, and optionally create a ZIP file containing the resized images. Visualizer Photo Resize includes an image browser, as well as a tool to generate a simple (but attractive) web album.
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Easy Thumbnails - Create perfect thumbnails easily

Easy Thumbnails is a handy utility for creating accurate thumbnail images and scaled-down copies from a wide range of popular picture formats. An elegant interface makes it simplicity itself to find your images and select them for processing individually, in batches, or in whole folders, using a well-designed file selector and built-in image viewer. You can use slider controls to rotate images and adjust their contrast, brightness, sharpness and quality, and preview the results. Thumbnails can be created in any existing folder or a new folder, and you can identify them clearly by adding a prefix or suffix to their titles. If you`re a image processing enthusiast, you will appreciate the option of choosing from a selection of six size-reduction algorithms for the best possible results. Download : Click Here

Foxit PDF Reader - PDF reader

Foxit PDF Reader is an alternative software to Adobe Reader, that allows you to view and print PDF files. Unlike Adobe Reader, it opens PDF files very fast, without any delay. It supports all the standard features, as well as browser integration, and also an option select/copy of text from the documents. Furthermore, you can create a snapshot from a selected portion of the page, fill interactive forms and more. Download : Click Here

BullZip PDF Printer - Convert documents to PDF

BullZip PDF Printer is a virtual printer driver that enables you to convert any printable document or image to PDF format. It works with all applications that offer a Print option, simple select the newly added BullZip PDF Printer instead of your regular printer, and the document will be converted and saved as PDF file. In addition to standard conversions, the program allows you to add custom watermarks, merge PDF files, and protect your PDF document. More features than most other free tools. Free for personal and commercial use.

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virtualPhotographer - Black and white effects for Photoshop

virtualPhotographer is an Adobe Photoshop plug-in that enables you to apply a variety of color filter effects to your images. It includes dozens of black and white styles, as well as color effects that can add drama and impact to your images. Each effect can be further customized, including options for film grain simulation, contrast adjustment and REG filters. Your settings can be saved, and you can also download additional sets from the website. Download : Click here

Project Dogwaffle - Unnatural painting

Project Dogwaffle is a full featured paintbox application inluding natural tools, realtime filters, image warping, gradients, and more. The program is primarily designed for "unnatural painting" and includes realistic artist tools, paper, and media styles. It offers custom and procedural brushes and fill types as well as realtime image processing filters. Dogwaffle supports many file types and supports multiple levels of Undo, alpha channels and seemless textures. The interface can be extended with the use of plugins. Download : Click here

PhotoFiltre - Photo editing and effects

PhotoFiltre is a complete image editing and effects package, that will not only amaze you with features but also the fact that it is free (for personal use). It comes with many features that rival some commercial packages, as well as additional add-on that can be downloaded from the web site. PhotoFiltre offers all the standard editing features (selection, clone brush, paint brush etc.) as well as a large selection of image effects, photo masks, image adjustments, thumbnail browser and much more. The program also supports batch processing to apply filters, sizing, adjustments and transformations to a large number of images at once. PhotoFiltre comes with modern, well designed interface and is well suited for everything from simple resizing to advanced photo editing. Download : Click Here