How to Edit Images for Free
2012.07.10.03:17
Want to do some serious image editing without spending a lot of cash? Here are a few of the better image editors that you can download for free on your Windows, Linux, or Mac system.
Unusual photo and video effects from Microsoft
2012.05.23.22:33
Digital photography gives us the freedom to take hundreds of photos and videos of places and people, at very little expense — so many images, that family and friends might be blasé at best about your latest efforts. But three little-known apps from Microsoft can put some unexpected novelty back into your images.
55 Open Source Replacements for Photo and Graphics Tools
2012.02.15.1505
Open source apps to create, edit, organize and share images. With so many digital images flying around, amateur photographers have more interest than ever in tools to help them create, edit, organize and share those images. Unfortunately, some of the best known software for dealing with photos and graphics retails for hundreds or even thousands of dollars. The open source community has responded with dozens of free applications whose capabilities rival or even exceed those of their closed source counterparts. Below, you’ll find 55 noteworthy choices. As always, feel free to add any we might have missed to the comments section below.
http://www.datamation.com/open-source/55-open-source-replacements-for-photo-and-graphics-tools-1.html
Graphics Software Downloads at CNet
http://www.cnet.com/3461-4_1-535657.html
Archimedes Version 0.64.2
2012.02.17
Portable Freeware Graphics
This Java-based CAD program for architects offers a simple interface and an extensible architecture. It’s not as full-featured as some other CAD programs, but adequate for basic tasks.
http://www.archimedes.org.br
Blender version 2.62
2012.02.17
Portable Freeware Graphics
Designed for professionals, Blender is a complete 3D content creation suite with tools for modeling, shading, animating, rendering, and compositing both still and moving images. A number of motion pictures have been created using this software, and Blender even has an annual film festival to show off users’ creations.
http://www.blender.org
Dia Diagram Editor Version 0.97.2
2012.02.17
Portable Freeware Graphics
“Roughly inspired by” Visio, Dia makes it easy to create diagrams and flowcharts. It exports to a number of graphic file formats, and it can print graphics that span several pages.
http://dia-installer.de
Kodak EasyShare Version 8.3
2011.03.07
Freeware Editing Installer
Kodak EasyShare software provides tools for organizing, sorting, editing, and using your photos in a variety of ways. Though it is designed to work with Kodak cameras and printers (and is supplied with most Kodak hardware), anyone can download it at no cost and use it with any camera or printer.
http://support.en.kodak.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/36670/selected/true
EdrawSoft Edraw Mind Map Free Version 6.3
2012.03.11
Freeware Mind Mapping Installer
Edraw Mind Map is a vector-based mind mapping software with rich examples and templates which make it easy to create mind maps, brain-storming diagrams, project timeline, life planner, SWOT analysis and sketch maps. http://www.edrawsoft.com/freemind.php
FastStone Image Viewer Version 4.6
Release Date: 2011.06.29
Portable Personal Multimedia Images
Fast, stable, user-friendly image browser, converter and editor. It has a nice array of features that include image viewing, management, comparison, red-eye removal, emailing, resizing, cropping, retouching and color adjustments. Its innovative but intuitive full-screen mode provides quick access to EXIF information, thumbnail browser and major functionalities via hidden toolbars that pop up when your mouse touches the four edges of the screen. Other features include a high quality magnifier and a musical slideshow with 150+ transitional effects, as well as lossless JPEG transitions, drop shadow effects, image annotation, scanner support, histogram and much more. It supports all major graphic formats (BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, animated GIF, PNG, PCX, PSD, EPS, TIFF, WMF, ICO and TGA) and popular digital camera RAW formats (CRW, CR2, NEF, PEF, RAF, MRW, ORF, SRF, ARW, SR2, RW2 and DNG).
http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
ImageMagick version 6.7.5-5
2012.02.17
Portable Freeware Graphics
A software suite to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images. It can read and write images in a variety of formats (over 100) including DPX, EXR, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PDF, PhotoCD, PNG, Postscript, SVG, and TIFF. Use ImageMagick to resize, flip, mirror, rotate, distort, shear and transform images, adjust image colors, apply various special effects, or draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses and Bézier curves.
http://www.imagemagick.org
Sascha Ledinsky JPatch Version 0.4 PREVIEW 1
2012.02.17
Portable Freeware Graphics
This Java-based tool offers full modeling capabilities, but only basic animation capabilities. Sample work created with the app can be seen on the site.
http://www.jpatch.com
LaTeXDraw Version 2.0.8
2012.02.17
Portable Freeware Graphics
This simple drawing program creates images for use in documents created with LaTeX. It’s best for mathematical or scientific images, charts, diagrams, etc.
http://latexdraw.sourceforge.net
Crunch Frog, LLC Lumzy
2012.02.29
Free Online Graphics
When thinking up ideas for new software or websites, wireframes often come in handy because they let us iterate through ideas quickly, focusing on substance rather than style (which comes later). Lumzy is a free Web-based wireframing tool that can be used as a gentle introduction to the art of wireframing.
http://lumzy.com
Smith Micro Software, Inc. MotionArtist Version Beta
Freeware Graphics & Multimedia Design (Windows)
Release Date: 2012.07.11
The answer for graphic novel and comic creators who want to create motion/interactive comics without coding. You upload your artwork from any of a number of common file types and export the animation in video formats that play well in HTML and YouTube. *Note*: The Download button takes you to the vendor’s site, where you can download the latest version of the software. The software will remain in free open beta until January 13, 2013. It will become a paid product in February 2013. The vendor promises a free copy to any beta tester who gives feedback resulting in improvements to the program.
http://www.smithmicro.com
Paint.NET Version 4.1.6
Freeware Graphic Images Installation
Release Date: 2019.09.15
A free Photoshop alternative strictly for Windows versions 7 through 10, the Paint.NET interface is reminiscent of the operating system’s Paint application; the built-in image editing tool for PC users worldwide. The similarities are no coincidence, as the original developer’s intent was to replace MS Paint with something a little better.
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Although Paint.NET does not provide some of the higher-end functionality of Photoshop or even GIMP, its feature set can be expanded upon through the use of external plugins. For example, the application does not natively support PSD files but can open Photoshop Documents after the PSD plugin is installed.
The self-proclaimed fastest image editor available, Paint.NET can run in almost two dozen languages and is free to use for both business and commercial use with no restrictions.
www.getpaint.net
Google Picasa Version 3.9.0 Build 136.02
Freeware Multimedia Images Installation
Release Date: 2012.05.03
A photo manager and viewer. Browse through all of your photos, organized by folder, as well as by the year they were stored on your hard disk. Displays the photos as it finds them so that you can immediately begin working on your photos even while Picasa adds new one. Full complement of editing tools, and lets you create CDs full of photos, as well as photo collages, screensavers, and posters. It will upload your files Google’s Web albums photo site, publish your photos to your Blogger blog, and plenty more as well. At its most basic, Picasa is a photo manager and viewer. Fire it up and you can browse through all of your photos, organized by folder, as well as by the year they were stored on your hard disk. It also has a full complement of editing tools, and lets you create CDs full of photos, as well as photo collages, screensavers, and posters.
http://picasa.google.com
Code Mine Pixlr Editor
2012.01.29.18:00
Online Freeware Graphics
The free Pixlr is like a superclean online version of Photoshop; and considering that it operates within a browser window, the software is amazingly robust. Pixlr’s various tools have a distinctly artistic bent. For instance, the pencil tool simulates using the tip or edge of a pencil, depending on how you move the cursor. The software also comes with excellent filters galore. Your first impression is likely to be, “Is this really free?”
http://pixlr.com
Carnation Group QR Hacker
2012.04.16
Online Barcode Generator
This simple Flash-based Web app lets you encode arbitrary text, a URL, phone number, VCard, or even a WiFi access key for Android devices. You pick the data type you wish to encode, and fill in the data you want the QR code to contain. Next, just click the large Generate button, and your QR code will pop on the screen, ready to be scanned by any smartphone.
http://www.qrhacker.com
Wisdom-Soft ScreenHunter Version 6.0.215
2012.03.30
Freeware Screen Capture Installer
ScreenHunter is a free screen-capture tool for you to easily take screenshots. ScreenHunter can capture a full screen, an active window, the client window, or a rectangular area. It automatically saves captures in BMP or JPEG format, so you don’t have to stop each time.
http://www.wisdom-soft.com
Mouser Screenshot Captor Version 3.00.01
2012.03.18
Portable Screen Capture
Screenshot Captor lets you take many kinds of screenshots, and in some ways it performs even better than the screenshot industry’s 800-pound gorilla, Snagit ($50). If you don’t mind the initial learning curve, you’ll find Screenshot Captor 3 to be a very capable screenshot application.
http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/screenshotcaptor/index.html
Guillaume Fouet VisiPics Version 1.3
Release Date: 2008.07.14
Donationware Multimedia Images Installation
Finds duplicate photos–and it doesn’t rely on looking for duplicate file names, but actually compares the photos themselves. Before you run the program, tell it whether you want the comparison to be Strict, Basic, or Loose, which determines how strictly the program should compare photos. It then goes about its work and shows all duplicates on the left-hand side of the screen, side by side. Mouse over any photo and its duplicate, and you’ll see the photo in a preview pane. You can then make sure the photos are actually duplicates. VisiPics deletes the duplicate photos as well; click any you want deleted. You can instead have them moved to a folder.
For Portable: Download the installer and install to the default folder. Then copy all files (except unins000.exe and unins000.dat) to a folder of your choice. Finally, uninstall the program. Launch VisiPics.exe.
http://www.visipics.info
Hamrick VueScan
2011.12.12
Commercial Software Trial
Hamrick Software has the best scanner software on the market. VueScan is the defacto standard in graphics shops that have to do lots of high resolution photo scanning. For example the Professional edition can write RAW DNG files.
http://www.hamrick.com
Graphics File Formats – PNG 2003.10.18.11:02
Guide picks PNG stands for portable network graphic. The links below offer file specifications, comparisons with other formats, advantages and disadvantages of using PNG, and lists of software programs that support this format. http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/formatspng/About_PNG_Portable_Network_Graphics.htm
Summary of PNG A brief summary of the PNG format. http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/graphicformats/p/png.htm
3D Applications with PNG Support Find out which 3D applications offer support for the PNG format. Includes VRML, high-end modeling, and ray-tracing software. http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngap3d.html
Advantages of PNG A very brief description of the PNG format. http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0%2C4161%2C920227%2C00.html
Browsers with PNG Support Find out what browsers support which features of the PNG format. http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngapbr.html
GIF vs. PNG Comparison of PNG and GIF image formats. http://www.ping.be/amigaphil/PNG.html
Image Editors with PNG Support Find out what software supports the PNG format. http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngaped.html
Image Viewers with PNG Support Find out what software supports the PNG format. http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngapvw.html
More Than You Ever Wanted To Know About PNGs An opinionated editorial by Jeremy Wood. http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/%7Ejeremy-wood/software/pngs.html
PNG For a Healthy Image This report from a Jan. ’97 issue of InterNIC News examines current web graphics standards and discusses why PNG should become an interent standard. http://www1.umn.edu/oit/newsletter/0297-itn/PNG_reprint.html
PNG Home Site The starting point for all things PNG. http://www.libpng.org/pub/png
PNG Overview by Mark McLaughlin Overview of PNG with benefits and comparisons. http://www.weav.bc.ca/weavnews/article.htm%3F77
PNGCRUSH (Win/Unix/Linux) A command line optimizer for PNG files. Open source and free to use. http://pmt.sourceforge.net/pngcrush/
SuperPNG – Advanced PNG Plug-in for Photoshop (Win/Mac) “SuperPNG is a free Adobe Photoshop plug-in for using PNG (“ping”) files. It is faster than Adobe’s own PNG plug-in and saves considerably smaller PNGs.” http://www.fnordware.com/superpng/
Technical Issues regarding the PNG File Format “This site contains a collection of comments, impressions, comparisons, experiments and ideas regarding the PNG (Portable Network Graphics) file format, and related technologies: zlib (Data Compression Library), and MNG (Multiple-image Network Graphics). It is focused especially on the compression algorithms used in PNG.” http://optipng.sourceforge.net/pngtech/
W3C PNG Specification You’ll find all the technical details on PNG here. http://www1.umn.edu/oit/newsletter/0297-itn/PNG_reprint.html
What Happened to PNG? Find out why PNG was developed and why it hasn’t taken off yet, also take a look at PNG’s qualities. http://www.webtools.com/story/graphics/TLS19980810S0008