Framing Studio is a photo embellishment tool that allows you to add stunning photo frames and various border effects to digital images. Program's intuitive user interface allows you to use its features quickly and efficiently.

Framing Studio supports cropping, resizing and rotating photos. You may also use special effects. The distribution kit includes more than 70 frames. Framing Studio also contains flexible printing options.

Multiple Image Resizer .NET is a batch image processor. The software was originally designed and built to batch resize images but now features a wider range of batch image processing functionality.

Take a look at what Multiple Image Resizer has to offer:

• Resize, rotate, flip or crop images
• Add borders or text to images
• Overlay watermarks
• Preview unprocessed and processed images
• Save and load image processing settings
• Customisable user interface
• Fully integrated help documentation

Flash Optimizer is a handy software solution for web designers and Flash developers, allowing you to reduce the size of your SWF files by up to 60-70%. The program does this using a range of algorithms of vectors, shapes, morphing, Z-buffer, fonts and other optimizations.

The app manages to optimize not only a separate part of your Flash movie, but the whole SWF, including curves, zero-objects, and ZLib optimization. It provides a simple user interface and two types of compression configurations: simple and profound, allowing you to customize more than 50 separate options.

Features of Flash Optimizer:

• Revolutionary compression methods that allow you to optimize SWF files to save up to 70% of their size
• Vector optimization
• Curve optimization
• Z-buffer optimization
• Shape optimization
• Morphing optimization
• Font optimization
• Advanced sound compression
• Easy-to-use interface with intellectual, fully customizable controls
• Multilingual interface
• Full native Macromedia Flash movie manipulation
• Simple and professional optimization settings - customize every compression option

Perspective is one of those areas of photography that is impossible to avoid and which can sometimes cause problems. If you take a lot of pictures of buildings, streets or urban skylines then you'll only be too aware of the way that perspective can distort an object in the foreground, making it appear that it's leaning at an angle rather than standing straight. Perspective Pilot is designed to rid you of these worries by allowing you to quickly correct images that have been skewed in this way.

Using the program is very easy. You simply load an image into the program and draw a vertical line across the area you want to correct. Then, the program automatically adjusts the picture to make buildings straight. You can also use it to correct horizontal distortion. Perspective Pilot works very well in most cases, although if you've used a filter, such as a fish eye lens, to take your shots then the program struggles to achieve anything.

The developers claim Autopano Pro is the most spectacular breakthrough in automated picture stitching in recent years. It is the first software to automatically detect pictures taken in panoramic mode and the first to perform HDR stitching.

Its also the first software to really correct color and exposure variations between source images. Autopano Pro is incredibly fast and efficient, even in the most difficult cases. Put it to the test today

Like every magician, a computer artist needs a few tricks up his sleeve. Image processing offers some excelent opportunities for conjuring up such magic. The techniques* used by Dydelf will allow you to perform some digital prestidigitation on an oridinary image and transform it into an outlined posterized graphic with artistic flair.

Unwanted facial expressions, blemishes and wrinkles are things of the past. FaceFilter Studio makes digital photo repair simple and convenient for professionals and home users alike. Problem photos become perfect photos in simple 4 steps.

Batch TIFF Resizer is a specialized batch image resizer which handles single and multi-pages TIFF image formats. Because of its multi-page support, it is increasingly use to store scanned documents such as architecture plans, contracts, invoices and the likes. This program is designed with these uses in mind.

Main features of the utility:

• Import TIFF, BMP and JPG images by file, by folder or through drag-and-drop
• Resize images by pixels, percentage, ratio and physical page sizes
• Change color depth to 1 bit, 4 bits, 8 bits or 24 bits images
• Change image dots per inch settings
• Rotate image pages
• Sharpen images
• Work with multiple folders at the same time
• Save resultant images as TIFF or as Acrobat PDF file format
• Combine TIFFs into multi-page TIFFs or Acrobat PDF files
• Spilt multipage TIFFs into multiple single page TIFF files
• Supports TIFF-JPEG, LZW, G1, G3, G4, pack bits and uncompressed TIFF algorithm
• Support PDF encryption (40 and 128bits)
• Supports PDF password protection
• Supports allowing/denying PDF printing in PDF viewer
• Supports allowing/denying PDF content copying in PDF viewer

Dynamic Photo HDR is based on a still relatively new technology but it's an important one and one that's getting more and more focus from developers.

According to the developer, this is an ideal tool for those who have taken a photos but the image that they get is not the one that they imagined. The software can adjust photos so that any imperfections, distortions and focus problems are smoothed out as easily possible. It features very powerful Auto-Aligning, Manual and Auto-Assist Aligning of images with something called "Pin Warping" that can correct all various types of misalignment, including camera roll, pitch or yaw. Ever had a ghost type object appear on your photos? Dynamic Photo HDR can completely eliminate ghosting of moving objects. In addition, it features a series of tone mapping procedures that can create a whole range of images - from smooth photographic tone mapping to very dramatic images.

This is still very much a developing technology but it has the potential to improve your photos in a dramatic new way. Take it for a test drive and see for yourself.

With WPanorama you can display panoramic pictures by letting them scroll horizontally or vertically on the screen. You can use this software to view the gorgeous 360° swiss panorama included with the program, the 413 panoramas available on the developer site or your own pictures in .jpg or .bmp format.

Photo Gadget Pro is a shell extension that adds image editing options to Windows Explorer. It can rotate, resize and rename images, add a caption and/or frame and carry out format conversions. To use the program just select images to work with in Explorer's window, right click the selection and choose an action from the context menu.

When adding a caption you can choose between typing in text or using a graphics file. Framing is simple single or double outline where you set the width and colors. Multiple file rename mask is provided with several options including an automatic counter. If you have that kind of camera Photo Gadget Pro can also rotate images based on EXIF information.

DxO Optics is widely recognized as being one of the best tools around to enhance your photos. It works with a wide range of both DSLR and Prosumera cameras and lenses. The application is not meant to be a photo organizer but you'll find it others a simple way of searching through your library of pictures and selecting the ones to edit.

DxO Optics is built on a straightforward process where you select, organize, process and then view your picture. You can perform a number of advanced retouching effects including removing camera noise, optimizing color or correcting perspective. DxO Optics lets you really zoom into pictures and correct details.

We did find the installation process a bit lengthy, yet the program itself takes no time to launch. It's also good to know that it comes with the DxO Optics Pro plugin for Photoshop.

A powerful solution to enhance images, DxO Optics Pro is the perfect complement to any photographers digital arsenal.

FotoSketcher is probably the fastest and easiest way to add a sketch effect to your pictures. Therefore it's perfect for those of you who don't dare use Photoshop yet and simply want to add some spice to your photos without much fuss.

FotoSketcher doesn't even require installation. Simply run the program and select the picture you want to sketch. The process will begin immediately, without having to press any button, and the result will be displayed side to side to the original picture, which is great for comparison. Also, the sketch effect can be done either in color or in black and white.

On the downside. FotoSketcher doesn't include any configuration features. It only allows you to tweak edge threshold and intensity by means of a couple of sliders, but I missed the possibility to adjust light, contrast and above all color, as the sketched pictures tended to be too lightly colored.

Apply a sketch effect to your photos in no time. No artistic skills required!

If you're a novice to photography or need to do your editing in a simple package on the move, then MobaPhoto may well be for you.

MobaPhoto encompasses everything from simple size reductions and contrast adjustments to uploading them to a website. In addition, it's got a very useful batch photo editing mode which allows you to change and edit several photos at once in various ways. This includes resize, crop, correct red-eyes and upload them with no FTP knowledge required. While this makes it very limited, it's excellent for beginners because it's so easy to use and lacks all the intimidating functions of your average imaging application. What's even more useful, especially for those on the move, is that it fits on a USB stick and requires no prior installation - just click and go. One problem you might find however is that although it supports most of the major image formats, all your changes are saved in JPG format which can be a bit annoying unless you use an image converter in conjunction with MobaPhoto - hopefully that's something they will add to future versions.

Extremely lightweight, easy to use and feature rich, MobaPhoto is an excellent addition for photographers on the move.

While advanced image editing tools such as Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro are great for fine-tuning your photos and making sure they look gorgeous, not all of us have the time to tinker around with all the various palettes, tools and menus.

If you've got a bunch of digital photos that you quickly want to optimize then PicJet Studio could become your new best friend. The software comes with a range of tools that will automatically make adjustments to your pictures when you drag and drop them onto the corresponding tool's icon.

The editing tools in question are 'Collage', which automatically adds two images together when you drag them in; 'Converter', which transforms a picture from one format to another; a 'Stamp' tool for quickly adding text to an image: and a 'Resizer' to help you make an image fit to specified dimensions without any fuss.

PicJet performs all of these tasks remarkably quickly, and almost the instant you commit the file to be changed, the new version of it will appear in the save location. What I like about this process is that the app doesn't overwrite the original file. Instead it adds a tag onto the filename indicating what's been done (e.g. a file called 'image' would prompt a file called 'image_resize' to be created when resizing.

Ultimately this is a tool for performing very quick adjustments to files. There are only four adjustments you can make and you won't find any advanced editing tools or advanced effects in here.

But if you want a quick way to convert, resize, stamp or create collages from your images, PicJet does the job without any fuss - and for free!

If you need to increase the size of a picture and you don't want it to appear pixelized, you may want to use a specific program to resize photos.

These programs try to calculate how an image would look like if it were bigger, by adding an extra pixel between two of them. Reshade mainly fades the picture in order for you not to see the single pixels after zooming. It doesn't really maintain the graphic quality, it just creates a smooth effect which lowers the image definition. Although this can be acceptable for reduced zoom needs, it will not look good with greater zoom.

There are some options you can modify like quality, that doesn't change much though, smoothness, texture, accuracy and threshold which instead make an immediate visual difference.

Reshade allows you to increase the size of you photos without having to suffer much from the pixel side effect of the zoom. Although it doesn't maintain quality it will be good enough for minimal enlargements.

Fotosizer is a freeware batch image resizer tool. It resizes your photos in just 3 easy steps - 1. Photo selection, 2. select resize settings, then 3. Start the resize!

Increasingly, sharing photos on the internet is becoming more and more popular. Photos, represented as JPEG files from digital cameras, taken at high resolutions are far too large to send over the Internet, with some photos ending up at 5 mega bytes. Uploading one photo to a photo sharing website is fine, but 10, 20, or even more, this can take forever, especially on a dial-up connection.

With Fotosizer, you can shrink JPEG image files, along with other supported formats, and dramatically reduce internet transfer times, enabling you to quickly and easily prepare your image collections to be published on the web

Background Remover is a Photoshop-compatible plug-in for Windows designed by ImageSkill Sofware that can work with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Corel Paint Shop Pro, Ulead PhotoImpact, Macromedia Fireworks etc. The main purpose of the Background Remover is to extract some part of an image i.e. “the object” and remove part that which is unwanted, i.e. “the background”.

It is capable of determining areas of pixels to be modified, areas of pixels to be partly modified and areas of pixels to remain unmodified. The partly modification means the restoration of the non-distinct edges of objects. It is done by reinstating their partly transparent nature and also by subtracting the background color so that only the object color is left in these partly transparent regions. This ensures that the cut-out object will blend or composite correctly with a different background. The cutting objects may be used for collage, scrap-book and greeting card creation.

With the number of blogs and personal webpages it's no longer only us, software reviewers, who need to resize many pictures on a daily basis. You probably need to resize a lot too, to send them by email, publish them online and many other possible usages.

This is where Squash comes in handy, enabling you to resize photos in batch mode, that is, many of them at the same time. The program, which doesn't even require installation, features a simple design and is very easy to use: simply open the photos you want to resize on its interface, select the new size, add a suffix if you want and you're done.

Of course, this simplicity of usage has also certain somewhat negative consequences: experienced users may miss having a few more options – at least to select the picture's new size, which only works in percentages. Also, the interface doesn't support dragging and dropping of images, something I personally found a bit of a shame.

If you're looking for a simple, quick way to resize photos, this may be the tool you need, though sometimes it seems it's just too simple even if it's only intended to resize pics.

The problem with many image editors is that they're large and cumbersome or they can0t edit batches of programs in one swoop.

This is not the case with GIMP which is an excellent batch processor for images and files that allows you to perform a whole host of functions with batch image processing in mind. If you need to manage a large number of photos and rename them all or at least change their location, then you'll certainly find some use for this program. One of the advantages is it allows batch processing of thumbnail resizing which allows you to specify a particular width or height or define fixed image dimensions. You can then superimpose text onto these thumbnails or photos (useful to stop copyright infringements). If you need your photos in a variety of formats, then you can also batch convert pictures to GIF, JPG, PNG, BMP, MIFF, TIFF, PCX or TGA. Best of all, you're not restricted to one format at a time . you can select a whole bunch and then specify what format you want certain ones to change into. The icing on the cake is an FTP client which, while not exactly sophisticated (or particularly reliable in terms of maintaining connections), allows you to upload your photos to the net as quickly as possible directly from the application.

A very useful tool for anyone that has to process batches of photos at the same time or needs a very lightweight photo and thumbnail processor.