Image Editors

NeoPaint is an image editor that offers a variety of paint and photo retouching tools, custom brushes, 2D/3D shapes, soften, sharpen, special effects, masking, textures, color separations, stamps, multi-level undo, rulers, grids and gradients and more. The program also includes an image browser and a screen capture capture utility. NeoPaint offers mostly standard features, lacks support for layers and comes with a rather dated interface.

Photo Pos Pro is an image editor that offers a variety of features for image and photo enhancing, digital photos and image editing, computer graphics, painting, and drawing. The program supports all popular image formats, as well as import from digital cameras and scanner. Features include support for layers, histogram adjustment, automatic corrections, frames, special effects, filters, rich text tools and much more. Advanced users can also create script procedures to combine and automate image processing. Photo Pos Pro also includes a built-in image browser, as well as batch processing features, brushes (including clone brush), as well as all standard editing tools, including Unsharp Mask for advanced sharpening of your photos. Despite all the advanced features and professional interface, the program comes with a remarkably low price tag. Give it a try!

MakeUp Pilot is a simple image correction tool, that is designed to remove and correct small skin blemishes and other defects from digital portraits. The software is very easy to use, mostly due to the fact that it lacks any options or configurations - just point the cursor at the blemishes and click to remove them, one by one. MakeUp Pilot is extremely simplistic, and will probably not appeal to more advanced users, as there are much better values available that offer touch-up as part of their much extended feature set. If you`re in a hurry and have money to burn, give it a try, otherwise we`ll suggest to try some others first.

Corel PhotoImpact is a full featured photo editor that offers all the standard editing features as well as photo touch-up option, automated enhancements, a variety of digital photo effects and more. An ExpressFix mode allows you to apply various photo fixes (Smart Curves, Auto White Balance, Auto Exposure etc.) with the click of a button and compare the result with the original image in a side-by-side view. In addition, you can use several wizards to create collages, calendars, greeting cards and other projects. Other features include layers support, advanced cropping, panorama stitching, support for RAW files, DVD menu creation and more.

BetterJPEG is a photo editor that is specifically designed to avoid re-compression loss when editing and re-saving photos. Usually every time, you open, edit and save a JPG file, it loses some quality due to re-compression of the file. BetterJPEG however only re-compresses the parts of the image that have been changed, allowing you to perform various operations with minimal or no quality loss at all. The features include lossless rotation, flip, crop (free or fixed aspect), lossless text insertion as well as red eye removal and more. The support for EXIF data as text insertion is pretty handy, as it allows you to enter information directly from the EXIF data into the image (e.g F-stop, date, exposure etc.) which can be used for reference or in combination with copyright notices.

Banner Maker Pro allows you to create professional looking graphics such as banner ads and buttons. Simply follow the tabs at the top of the program to go step-by-step in the graphic making process. A wide variety of options are available for text manipulation such as angling text, wrapping text around a circle, gradients, and 3D effects. The program also comes with a collection of ready-to use banner backgrounds that you can use to get started and then customize them using the manipulation tools and effects. Shapes and text can be dragged around as you proceed to create your banner graphic and Banner Maker Pro also offers support for creation of animated banners. Once finished, the file can be saved as GIF or JPG.

Amazing Photo Editor allows you to view and edit your digital images. It includes all the standard editing tools as well as a variety of effects and filters to chose from. The program supports more than 50 image formats, and also allows you to convert your images between formats. Amazing Photo Editor also includes a GIF animation editor and can convert AVI to animated GIF and vice versa. Other features include batch conversions, skinned interface, screen capture and more.

TBS Cover Editor enables you to design and create virtual 3D box shots, DVD cases and book covers. Unlike most other applications of this type, which require you to use third party editing products to create the graphics for the box sides, TBS Cover Editor includes an image editor, specifically designed to create these graphics. You can choose from several template designs and customize it with your own images, add shapes from the provided library, insert your text and product name, change colors and more. The real-time preview allows you to see what your design will look like on the box. Once you are done you can render it to a 3D scene with custom lighting, rotation and optional effects and save the result in various image formats. Other features include support for image layers and layer effects, vector objects, high quality rendering and more. TBS Cover Editor provides you with all the tools you need to create professional looking box shots without the need for any other software.

SnapTouch is an easy to use image viewer and editor that is useful for basic photo editing, including rotation, cropping and resizing of images. You can also add comments, insert t a timestamp and organize images in collections. The images can be processed individually or in batch mode for all images in a collection. SnapTouch is easy to use and suitable for novice users, however it only offers the most basic image editing options.

Photo Vector is a tool for designers and graphic artists to cleanup, make fast corrections, reduce the number of colors and vectorize images. Is especially useful to edit designs on textile, fabric, vinyl, jacquard, carpets, mats, embroidery and other materials. With one click a color raster image can be converted into scalable vector artwork with any desirable accuracy depending on chosen settings. Bitmap and palette editing tools enable one to enhance processed images manually. Photo Vector produces special photo effects increasing and/or changing impression created by photos converting them into vector pictures that look like impressionist art. Compatible with with Jasc Paintshop Pro and a useful add on to Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw etc.

Image Broadway lets you create and edit graphic images. It includes all the standard editing tools, as well as color corrections, cloning and repair, text effects, texture painting, built-in special-effects filters, layer support and more. In addition it also offers Image Map creation and Optimization features for creating and enhancing graphics for the Web. The program comes with a built-in thumbnail view to select images, a file browser and more.

IconCool Editor is a powerful icon editor to edit icons, cursors and web graphics. It comes with all the functions for creating and editing ICO, CUR, ANI, ICL, GIF, JPG, BMP, EMF, WMF, TGA and WBMP image files. In addition, it offers more than 50 image filters, including Blurring, Sharpening, Embossing, Diffusing, Color Balance... as well as 20 image effects, including Linear Gradient, Redial Gradient, Rectangular Gradient, Wave, 3D Shadow, 3D Button, Text Gradient Effects, Noise, Arbitrary Rotation and more. IconCool Editor is also a smart image capturing tool can be used to capture images of various sizes from desktop or any other software. You can convert images in 25 formats to icons, You can extract icons from EXE, DLL, ICL, OCX or any other files and then edit or re-save them. In addition, it offers a 100-level Undo/Redo function, support for non-standard icons sizes and more. Supports XP and Vista icons.

IconCool Studio is a complete solution for 32 bit icon editing and creation. The program includes all standard image editing tools, as well as a variety of filters and effects that can be used to enhance your icon designs. The included Mixer enables you to create custom icons from scratch, using multiple layers and a variety of ready-to-use design elements. In addition to icon and (animated) cursor formats, the program also supports editing of GIF, JPG and PNG image files. Other features included support for Vista icons, Photoshop plug-in and transfer, multi-format import/export and more.

STOIK Imagic is a digital photo editor, aimed at non technical users, that offers many popular tools and techniques to improve, correct and retouch your images. It uses a step-by-step approach that lets you adjust colors, brightness, remove scratches and red-eye effects, and more. You can also get creative and add frames, text or apply special effects like page curls, deformations and more. STOIK Imagic also includes features to edit video files, create calendar pages, convert images, print album pages and more. The program allows you to perform many basic and advanced image corrections and effects, without the learning curve of a full featured image editing suite.

Turbo Photo is a very easy to use yet powerful image editing/processing software that is designed for digital camera owners. It offers professional image enhancement options without requiring you to have any technical knowledge of digital imaging. The program starts out with a wizard dialog that ask you "what is wrong with your picture?" and offers you to choose the option from an example dialog. From then on, it takes you step by step through correcting or enhancing your image while constantly offering you previews of possible options as well as the original to compare to. You simple select which suggested version of the image looks best or adjust the settings to further improve it. In many cases, you will be able to turn an average photo into a great one within a matter of minutes while others may need some fine tuning, which can be easily done, regardless of your experience. Exposure, color, composition, sharpness, and the contrast can be easily mastered and controlled by you. If you are a more advanced user, you can use the manual adjustments and bypass the wizards to totally control the photo quality. Turbo Photo offers many types of enhancements, including color balance and HSB mode adjustment, noise reduction, skin beautification, rotate, crop and much more. The skin beautification mode allow you to instantly remove blemishes by simply clicking on them, soften the skin tone and more. In addition, you can add frames, insert text, batch edit and print, view slideshows and more. Turbo Photo can automatically select the best format for the file when you re done. The program supports JPG, TIFF and other formats as well as EXIF. It allows even complete newbies to create perfect pictures and provides plenty of features to satisfy even advanced users.

FrameShow allows you to easily frame your digital photos, using a large collection of realistic and stylish frames. You can resize the photo or frame, using sliders and browse the frame gallery by category to find a frame that matches the picture and purpose. The image can then be saved to file in popular formats, embedded in your desktop wallpaper (cool), sent via email or printed. Additional frames can be downloaded from an online gallery.

AAA Logo 2008 is a very powerful, yet easy to use program to create highly professional logos from a set of customizable templates, custom fonts, and thousands of high quality design objects and clipart that come ready-to-use with the software. You can design a logo from scratch, or use one of the base templates to get started. The base concept can then easily be customized in every aspect. The program uses an intuitive WYSIWYG editing approach, that allows full control over the design, without requiring you to have any editing experience. Don`t be fooled by the rather generic name, the program produces some very impressive designs, that can easily measure up against many professional logo designs.

Imagelys Picture Styles is a graphics editor, designed to create seamless backgrounds, wallpapers, textures and similar artwork. It allows you to combine multiple layers with adjustable transparency, using a variety of sample textures and image effects. You can create variations of a texture, create/edit masks, apply filters and more. Other features include standard image editing tools, web export, convert any image into a seamless pattern, image warping, flare effects and more.

FaceDub enables you to create funny head swapping effects by transferring the face from one photo and inserting it into another one. The program offers a step by step wizard that helps you to select the face area and adjust the transferred face to match the light levels and color environment of the original image. The result can then be saved to various formats for online sharing, emailing, printing and more. FaceDub is easy to use and, provided that you use suitable images, can produce fairly realistic results.

My Fantasy Maker enables you to replace faces in photographs in order to create fun (fake) pictures that show you or your friends mingle with celebrities or similar situations. The program uses a simple 3-step approach where you select the background picture (the scene) and then select the face (from a different picture) that you want to transfer into the scene. You can rotate, resize and adjust the face to match the proportions and lighting of the original and then save your final result as a new image.

Passport Photo enables you to create and print your own passport pictures from digital photos. It includes a cropping tool that assures that your image is compliant with USA, EU, UK and Brazilian requirements for passport photos, and you can also create your own specifications for other countries. You can either print the photos directly on your printer, or save it as JPG file that can be developed as 4x6 by any print shop (and then cut). Other features include image adjustments, resolution check, photo preview and tips for shooting passport photos. The trial version adds a watermark to the prints.

Focus Photoeditor is a graphics and photo editing solution that offers for painting and retouching as well as image processing. It includes customizable brushes, more than 30 Filters/Effects/Deformations, gradients patterns, painting, magic wand and many other standard and advanced features. Focus Photoeditor also supports layers and offers a light studio to apply effects like Elliptic Hotspot, Supernova and others.

Vextractor allows you to transform raster images into vector formats by building centerlines and outlines. It can be used for vectorizing of charts, maps, schemes, logotypes and other similar images. It features recognition of arcs, circles and orthogonal lines as well as polylines smoothing, noise filtering and more. Supported input raster formats are BMP, GIF, TIFF, JPEG, PCX and TGA.

AKVIS Retoucher is a Photoshop compatible plugin that can help you restore images, remove scratches, unwanted texts and dates, dust and more. The plugin works with a selection in your Photoshop compatible image editor and offers an automatic process that uses intelligent cloning methods to cover the selected areas, so that they blend into the rest of the image. It is easy to use, and works very well on most image defects. It may require the use of additional Photoshop brushes and techniques in order to add the finishing touches.

Image Mender enables you to remove undesirable objects, lines or blemishes from your digital images with a few easy steps. All you have to do is mark the object to be removed and click a button to start the automatic removal process. In many cases this produced acceptable results that did not require further editing - especially if the object was small. With larger objects however, the program often failed to deliver a clean removal, a problem that could not be addressed, since the software lacks any setting that would allow you to fine-tune the process.

Diagram Studio allows you to quickly and easily create flowcharts, business and technical diagrams, schemes, plans, family tree and more. It comes with many features like automatic formatting and routing, rotation, customizable toolbars, graphics import and export, curves, flexible text, as well as a categorized library of drag and drop symbols. Diagram Studio also supports Object Linking and Embedding in Windows as an OLE Server, which enables you to use the drawings in other Windows programs. Creating new charts requires no artistic talent, since you can simply drag and drop any of the read-to-use shapes into the workspace and choose from various connectors to associate them. Each object can be further customized in color and size and you can also import your own images, if needed. The finished charts can be exported as web page, graphic file, or even as PDF document. Additional features include intelligent link updates, diagram templates, built-in image editing, Object Explorer and more.

PhotoLine 32 is a full featured image editor with support for text, vector and image layers. In addition to the standard editing features like painting, cloning, filtering, blending and flood fill it offers many special effects like swirl, shadow, glowing, distort, morphing, 3d projection and many dynamic layer effects. It supports 16 bits per channel, CMYK and Lab as well as color management with ICC profiles. The include image browser supports IPTC and EXIF data display and editing, batch conversion, HTML gallery output, batch renaming and more.

PhotoELF is a photo editing suite that includes a variety of image editing and processing features. You can use it to resize, compress and enhance your images, add masks and frames, text overlays, remove red-eye effects and more. The program also offers file renaming and management features, as well as a thumbnail browsing mode, slideshow and HTML gallery creator. Other features include options to add watermarks, import photos from your camera, and print multiple photos on a single page, using customizable layouts.

SPX Graphic Editor is a basic image editor, mostly intended for simple editing or enhancing of existing graphics. It includes a set of standard image editing tools, as well as a variety of image filters. The program is mostly useful for enhancement of screen captures, and offers several filters that are specifically designed for that purpose, including a drop shadow option, spotlight and magnify, as well as an option to add text annotations. Even though the program is mostly useful for enhancement of screen captures, it does not include any screen capture capabilities (as most other graphic editors).

RGBmachine is a basic photo editing program that is designed for quick RGB adjustments on a series of photos. The program loads all the images in a specified folder and allows you to adjust sliders for Brightness, Contrast and RGB values, as well an option to remove red-eye effects, then save the image and move on to the next one. RGBmachine uses a lossless editing approach that does not cause losses in shadows and highlight areas of the images. The program also includes a basic cropping option.

ArtRage is a unique painting software, that lets you draw on virtual canvas, using virtual drawing tools and produce a realistic (digital) painting. You can experiment with metallic paint for gold leafing, sprinkle shiny glitter, fill in large areas with the paint roller, and generally paint, smudge, and smear your way to your very own masterpiece. It even comes with a virtual water glass to dip your paint brush... and can load an image of your choice to use it as virtual tracing paper for your painting. The interface is nicely designed and provides maximum work space while keeping all tools and option easily accessible. You can use ArtRage with a mouse, but it works particularly well if you have a graphics tablet, or even a TabletPC. The paintings can be saved or exported to JPG, BMP, PNG or Photoshop PSD format. The free trial version has some of the advanced features and painting tools disabled. If you do not require those features, you can use ArtRage for free - the trial version does not expire.

Inpaint enables you to remove undesirable objects from your digital photos. It analyzes the selected area and attempts to fill it with pixels that match the surrounding area of the object to be removed. The program produces good results with objects on plain backgrounds or simple patterns (sky, sand, concrete, grass etc.) but failed to perform with more complex backgrounds.

FunPhotor is a fun software that allows you to create professional looking image blending effects. You can insert faces into provided templates, put your face on a dollar bill, make James Bond look like your sister, put grandma in a space suite and much more. The program provides a large collection of ready-to-use templates, and you can also easily create your own from any photo. FunPhotor does not require any graphical expertise, as it offers a step-by-step interface and easy to use controls to adjust the inserted image so that it matches the template in size, position and color.

PhotoArtist lets you turn your photos into beautiful artworks. It offers a selection of painting styles that can be applied to your original image, using brushes of your choice. You can mix paint different paint styles and combine effects to create a custom work of art. Unlike with regular filters, PhotoArtist only applies the effect to the brushed area of the image (but can also apply it to the entire image), which enables you to easily blend the original image with the available filters.

Professor Franklin`s Instant Photo Artist enables you to transform your digital photos into stylish art, that can be used for greeting cards, calendars, web publishing or printing. Simply load the original images and use the generated outline as a base for your painting. The program offers a variety of painting techniques and tools (charcoal, watercolor, airbrush etc.), as well as pre-configured painting styles based on popular artists or publishing methods. You can apply the painting style by simply moving your mouse over the image areas and watch the image transform into digital art. Professor Franklin`s Instant Photo Artist can save your results in several image formats, and also supports high resolution printing.

Logo Design Studio is a full featured design tool to create custom logos for various uses. You can import your own graphics or start from scratch. The software includes a large library of high-resolution objects including spheres, signs, swooshes, shapes, images, flags, base elements, sports, alphabet art and industry-specific graphics, that can be customized and combined with your own creations. Logo Design Studio supports layers, shaped text, opacity adjustments, drop shadow effects, special effects and much more. Also included are several logo templates that you can use as a starting point for your own design. The program enables anyone to create professional looking logos without the learning curve or investment of high end graphic editors. Logo Design Studio can import and export in all popular formats including JPEG, TIFF, PNG, WMF, BMP, PDF and more.

CBN Selector is an image editor to re-color your digital images and instantly preview the changes. It is mostly intended for buildings and interior design and provides color choices based on selected building materials (paint, stucco, sealant, grouts, coatings, and pre-colored manufactured building components etc.), however it can also be used for interior design projects, clothing and more. It offers color wheel selections, color harmonies, favorite color organizer, Monitor Calibration utility and more. The program also integrates with an online order option that enables you to quickly order paint based on the selected colors (optional). The re-colored images can be save in JPG or BMP format and you can also generate a full report, including the picture and color choices.

Logosmartz Custom Logo Maker is an easy to use software that allows you to design logos from a variety of symbols and logo templates that can be customized to fit your needs. You can start a logo from scratch or use a template, drag objects into place, change colors, add drop shadows, bevels and other effects and thereby assemble your custom logo design without the need for any graphic editing. The resulting logo can be saved as template or exported to GIF, JPG, PNG, EPS or Vector EPS format.

AV Bros. Page Curl Pro is a Photoshop and compatible plug-in, that allows you to apply advanced curl and fold effects to your images. It provides full control over every aspect of the effect, with options to use 3D rotations and perspective distortions to the image, apply shadow and light conditions, texturize, transparency and much more. All changes can be previewed in real-time and the settings can be saved to quickly apply them to other images. AV Bros. Page Curl Pro leaves nothing to be desired when it comes to image curling.

Mobile Photo Enhancer is simple image correction tool, that is intended to correct low resolution camera phone pictures. It can reduce the amount of digital noise and JPEG artifacts, and also adjust contrast and levels and remove vignetting (dark corners) in images. The program can perform operation for single or multiple images. Overall, it is a scaled down image processor that allows for basic adjustments - nothing that couldn`t be done with any other basic photo editor.

Vicman Red Eye Remover enables you to easily remove a common `red-eye` effect from your digital images. All you need to do is select the area around the eye that you want to correct, and the program will automatically correct the pupil color. The results are instantly visible and can be undone with another click if you don`t like them. Red Eye Remover offers some basic adjustments to adjust the intensity of the correction. The program is probably one of the easiest to use, since it only requires you to mark the general area of the eye, and does not require and fine-tuning or exact outlining.

Abrosoft FantaFace Mixer enables you to blend multiple portraits and mix them into a unique, synthetic composition. The program can automatically extract basic facial features and crop images to a suitable size. Additional point editing allows you to fine-tune facial features for better alignment. Once you have extracted and tuned the faces from your photos, you can use slider controls to mix the face layers and adjust head shapes using image morphing and blending techniques. Since clothing and hair cannot always be mixed realistically, the program includes options for masks, background images and lighting adjustments that allow you to artistically cover up any non-facial parts of the image. You can load existing images from your computer, and the program can also import snapshots directly from your webcam. FantaFace Mixer supports most image formats including BMP, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, TGA, PCX, as well as 32-bit alpha formats.

PixBuilder Studio is a image editor that offers all the basic features, as well as additional support for layers and multi-level undo. In offers standard drawing tools, as well as a Healing Brush and some common image effects. You can use the program to adjust images, sharpen, change color balance and levels and other basic image editing tasks.

S10 RedEyes is an easy-to-use tool to correct the red-eye effect that is often caused when an on-board flash is used with your digital camera. It offers a circular/elliptical eye selection tool that you can use to mark the area of the eye that you want to correct, and clicking on `Fix red eye` will replace the red with dark color. You can fine-tune the results based on the eye color of the subject and also adjust the pupil and eye brightness if needed. S10 RedEyes uses smooth pixel blending and maintains natural reflections within the pupil. For severe cases, it also includes an eye replacement tool. Easy-to-use, effective and inexpensive.

Equation Illustrator V has been designed to ease the difficult task of combining graphics and complicated formatted text such as math equations in electronic and printed documents. A WYSIWYG interface which keeps automation to a minimum and allows you to put what you want where you want it. Formatted equation macros can be stored and retrieved with a cut and paste type interface. Selections can be sent to the Windows clipboard as Enhanced Metafiles and bitmaps or saved to file for use in www and other documents. Vector drawing functions are included from simple rectangles to regular polygons and Bezier curves. Some technology specific functions such as waves and pulses are also included. Equation Illustrator V is designed for people who know what they want and where they want it. (vector and picture (bmp,emf,jpg,gif) graphics support)

FaceFilter Studio is an advanced photo editor that offers professional photo enhancement features that make digital photo repair simple and convenient for pros and home users alike. The program offers some amazing features that take advantage of 3-D muscle-based photo morphing technology to modify facial expressions, and FaceFilters to enhance expressions, remove common skin blemishes, smooth wrinkles, sharpen and improve facial structure. FaceFilter Studio uses a step-by-step interface that provides easy to use controls to apply the desired changes, as well as a large collection of facial templates, that can be used to change facial expressions by mood, or also to create some funny, yet realistic, effects. The results are stunning and look very professional.