BROADBAND PLANET GRAPHICS SOFTWARE: DESIGN & PHOTO - MEDIA MANAGEMENT - IMAGE EDITING

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GRAPHICS SOFTWARE DIRECTORY

DESIGN & PHOTO - MEDIA MANAGEMENT
IMAGE EDITING
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DESIGN & PHOTO - MEDIA MANAGEMENT

3D Photo Browser is a file explorer that makes viewing, editing, and organizing your images, videos, 3D files, and audio files easier. It displays high-quality thumbnails and recognizes more than 60 image formats, many 3D formats, and most audio files. It offers an image/video editor and an OpenGL viewer. 3D Photo Browser also plays audio files and displays MP3 file information. Version 8.1 adds independent slide-show creation, RAW images support (Canon, Sony, and Nikon), 3D patches, animated GIFs, video, and SWFs. Version 8.1 adds a variety of new features and options. Note: This download includes three versions of 3D Photo Browser. 3D Photo Browser Light is completely free, but requires e-mail registration. Digital Camera and 3D Users cost $24 and $39, respectively, and offer numerous advanced management and editing functions, such as file conversion and documentation, contact-sheet printing, batch processing, still-image and movie-screen capturing, e-mail sending, advanced searching, and recursive directory-size display. Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server.
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CoffeeCup Free Viewer Plus is a fast, powerful, and easy-to-use image viewer, but it's even more than that. It offers many intuitive features, such as built-in e-mail, FTP support, and compression functions. These features allow you to select a group of images and e-mail them to a friend, upload them to your Web site, or create a ZIP file, all from inside the program. You can also browse images by folder, find images on your computer with the easy search feature, and make HTML thumbnail pages for your Web site from any group of images, all with just one click. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

Dimin Viewer n5 - View images in countless formats and apply a variety of effects. Dimin Viewer incorporates visualization tools, such as the Panoramic Photographs Tool and the Big Image Navigator. It also features a multilanguage interface. Version 5.0.5 build 92 improves and speeds up the thumbnail view, updates image formats, and adds new filters and options. Though it's interface can seem chaotic, this free utility provides essential imaging capabilities. It lets you view images in common formats, either individually or in folders as thumbnails. You can rename them in batches, too. Dimin Viewer scrolls over panoramic images and creates slide shows with simple transition effects. You can perform basic editing operations, such as crop, resize, and sharpen, as well as convert several images at once among formats. We're glad to see the new version of the program offers a preview window so you can see the results of your tweaks before you apply them. Patient users who can forgive this application's hectic, cluttered design will find that Dimin Image Viewer delivers on its promise. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server.

FastStone Image Viewer is an image browser, viewer, converter, and editor with features including resizing, renaming, cropping, color adjustment, watermarks, and a broad array of other image-managing features. It also provides quick access to EXIF information and a thumbnail browser via hidden toolbars that emerge when you touch the edge of your screen with the mouse. FastStone Image Viewer also offers a batch-image converter and resizer, a magnifier, and a built-in slide show with more than 60 transitional effects, as well as lossless JPEG transitions, drop-shadow effects, image frames, scanner support, and a histogram. It supports all major graphics formats including BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, GIF, PNG, PCX, PSD (Photoshop format), TIFF, WMF, ICO, and TGA. Version 2.1 features auto-complete address bar; ability to select Browser mode/Full screen mode/Windowed mode when double-clicking an image from windows explorer; enhanced EXIF handling in "Save As" menu/button. Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server.

Fresh View - This free software helps you organize and view multimedia files (images, audio, and video). It gives you the ability to watch movies, listen to music, and view graphics in a slide show. Image files in a folder can be displayed using a number of views, including a thumbnail view that lets you quickly see what your images are without having to open them. You can convert graphics from one type to another, print, and create HTML albums. This easy-to-use software supports 86 multimedia formats, including JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, PSD, Photo CD, TGA, MP3, MIDI, MOD, AVI, and MPEG. The latest version features external-editor-program support. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

MediaMan lets you create and organize your own media catalog for free. MediaMan is capable of managing all kinds of media in your collection, including books, DVDs, CDs, VHS tapes, software and game titles. Import items to your collection by downloading information from Amazon United States, Germany, Great Britain, and Japan. Use the webcam barcode scanner to make the process even faster. Item status management let you keep an eye on the lent items, and never pay extra for the rented ones. All items can be divided and re-divided into nested categories according to your wish. And finally, the collection can be exported for printing or synchronizing with your PDAs. Version 2.1 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, and bug fixes. Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server, Internet Explorer 6.

CAUTION - Making copies of copyrighted material may be illegal.

IMAGE EDITING

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition, and image authoring. It is a powerful piece of software with capabilities not found in any other free software product. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert-quality photo-retouching program, an online batch-processing system, a mass production image renderer, or an image-format converter. GIMP is modular, expandable, and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image-manipulation procedures to be easily scripted. Version 2.2.7 is a bug-fixing release. Note: You will need to download both GTK+ Runtime Environment and The Gimp installers. Install GTK+ before installing The Gimp. Windows NT/2000/XP.
GTK+ Runtime Environment - These runtime libraries need to be downloaded and installed in order to run the main program, The Gimp. Install GTK+ Runtime Environment before installing The Gimp. The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It is a powerful piece of software with capabilities not found in any other free software product. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, and an image format converter. Windows NT/2000/XP.

iBrowser is free but powerful image and thumbnail viewer and browser allowing to preview folders with a large number of images. You can change look and feel of the program and save your interface layout. 14 language localizations and power features make iBrowser the best choice for every day use. Among these features are customable interface layouts, advanced memory management, slideshow, format defining by signature, full screen view, animated images autoplay, copying to clipboard, intelligent large files support, set as wallpaper function, windows shell extension. All popular graphic formats are supported - jpeg/jpg/jpeg-2000/exif, tiff/tif, gif, pic, dxf, tga, pcx, icon. iBrowser is an ad-supported freeware. No third party adware components are used. iBrowser doesn't collect or transfer any information about the user. Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP.

Image Brander - Watermark images with ease with Image Brander, which allows you to watermark hundreds of images at once with your own custom image. Use Image Brander for copyright information, trademarks, sensitive documents, or ownership. Image Brander works with all the main image formats (BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF) and even allows you to rename files to your own specifications. This free utility lets you easily place simple watermarks on large batches of digital photos. As Image Brander handles only its one job, the interface isn't likely to confuse even novice users. You simply import as many shots as you wish to watermark, then choose the one you want to use as a stamp. A small pane to the lower right of the main window lets you preview your stamps before you apply them. The application can watermark your photos with a number of the most popular image formats, but strangely it won't let you apply a text watermark. You can determine the exact placement of your stamp, but that's about the only form of customization Image Brander allows. Still, if you want to put basic copyright watermarks on your images without paying to do so, this program does the job. Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

IrfanView is a fast and simple image viewer and editor that supports all major graphic formats, including BMP, DIB, JPEG, GIF, animated GIF, PNG, PCX, multipage TIFF, and TGA. In addition, it features drag-and-drop support, directory viewing, TWAIN support, slide shows, batch conversion, and modifications, such as color depth, crop, blur, and sharpen. The latest version features a host of updates, including the option to sort thumbnails using EXIF data or using image width and height, a new save option for TIFF files, a new batch option so you can apply changes to all TIFF-image pages, and a new TIFF option so you can edit multipage TIFFs: Menu->View->Multipage images. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

Media Purveyor image viewer and media player uses a description system to allow users to find desired content in only a few clicks. Media Purveyor's technology places descriptions inside the files themselves so that friends, family, and colleagues may share media information. Edit digital photos with 25 versatile effects for many different image formats (not just JPEG) and share those edits with friends without losing the original image. Safe folders protect sensitive material from prying or sensitive eyes. Includes rich set of editing, publishing, and media management functionality. Metadata support includes keywords, custom description schemes, description templates, image metrics, file information, Dublin core, IPTC, EXIF, JPEG comment, PNG key and values, and ID3. One click keyword description, search and image effect batch processing supported. Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
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Media Resizer Free Thumbnail Creator- The freeware version of the popular Media Resizer Thumbnail Creator has the complete functionality of the Pro version, including two main features for professionals: advanced thumbnail styles and watermarks. 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 name. Context menu integration, watermarks, advanced styles, smart cropping, rotate, and easy-format conversion with real-time preview of file size and quality make this program unique. Media Resizer Free Thumbnail Creator supports many image formats, giving you a wide variety of ways to create the coolest thumbnails. A full-featured image-processing and conversion application, Media Resizer Free Thumbnail Creator makes working with your digital photos as easy as possible. Using the advanced styles feature helps you add shadows, round corners, make soft borders, and add cool bevels. This application can watermark shots with either text or photos. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server.

Paint.NET is image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows XP. Paint.NET is jointly developed at Washington State University with additional help from Microsoft, and is meant to be a free replacement for the MS Paint software that comes with all Windows operating systems. The programming language used to create Paint.NET is C#, with GDI+ extensions. Free. No limitations. Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server, 600MHz processor, 128MB RAM, .NET Framework 1.1.
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Picasa 2.0 - Google's image-capture tool now features the ability to make instant backups of your photo collection and includes new organization tools. Transfer, find, organize, edit, print, and share images. Watch Picasa automatically organize all your pictures into elegant albums by date. The program works with JPEG, GIF, BMP, PSD, and movie files and is compatible with most digital cameras; it detects your USB driver and imports pictures into albums. Editing tools include cropping, removal of red-eye, enhancing and switching colors. Create slide shows set to your MP3s. Integration with Picasa's free Hello instant picture-sharing software lets you share hundreds of photos in seconds and chat in real time. E-mail photos with Picasa's built-in client to take the guesswork out of compressing images, and order photo-lab quality prints or print at home with no mistakes. License: Free. Windows 98/ME/2000/XP.

XnView is a multimedia viewer, browser, and converter. It supports more than 400 graphic file formats (PNG, JPEG, TARGA, TIFF, GIF, BMP), animated GIFs, multipage TIFFs, multi-image icons, and MPEG, AVI, WAV, AIFF, and QuickTime files. In addition, it features a browser, a slide-show feature, screen capturing, thumbnail creation, batch conversion, a hexadecimal view, drag and drop, a contact sheet, and TWAIN, and it supports 43 languages and is available for Linux, FreeBSD, Irix, Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX. Version 1.74 features many bug fixes. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

CAUTION - Making copies of copyrighted material may be illegal.

SCREEN CAPTURE

GrabCaptureScreen is a full featured screen capture program that supports 7 different capture modes, as well as fully automatic image saving. You can perform interactive captures, or simply use a keyboard hotkey to capture the area, window or selection, and automatically save the file to a specified folder (with auto-numbering and prefix). GrabCaptureScreen supports the following capture modes: desktop, single (sub-) window, multi-monitor desktops, alternate monitor desktop, active window, rectangular area and fixed rectangle. The captures can be saved in different formats, including GIF and JPEG with additional compression and resizing features. Overall, this a very well designed screen capture tool, with excellent features and and easy to use interface. It's freeware! No nags, no spyware, no gotchas. Snapfiles. Windows 98/ME/2000/XP.
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GrabClipSave is a simple screen capture tool that will automatically save the screenshot to a specified directory, either in Windows .bmp, .png or in .jpg format. The file name can be customized with a prefix and incrementing digit. You can grab standard applications, Direct3D or OpenGL games. It makes use of standard Windows features: as soon as you press the PrtSc-key, the current screen is copied to the clipboard (or Alt+PrtScr for active window). GrabClipSave sits in the background and waits for a bitmap in the clipboard - when there is a new one, it just saves it to disk in the specified format and file name. Snapfiles. Windows 98/ME/2000/XP.
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HoverSnap is a small but powerful screen capture utility that can capture the entire desktop, the active window or custom areas on the screen and save the image to JPEG, GIF, BMP or PNG format. It can even automatically rename and resize the screenshot and save it to a folder of your choice. Additional features include integrated FTP upload and support for layered windows. The program runs in the system tray and screen captures can be triggered via keyboard shortcuts. Freeware. 98/ME/2000/XP.

Screen Print & Capture 32 allows you to print the full desktop, active window, predefined area, or user selected area of the screen with a single key press. Add user-defined headers and footers with date/time stamps, resize the image, convert to grayscale or negative image, and fade the image. Capture screen images and save them in GIF, BMP, JPEG or PNG formats. Capture an area of the screen to your clipboard and paste it directly into your documents. Freeware with an uninstaller. Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP.