Excellent graphics processing application.

[UID=0]

I don't know if any of you are familiar with this tool, but this is a well above average and very nice,
multi-functional, multi-layer photo processing application.

It is called PhotoScape v3.4 and can be found at the link below:

www.photoscape.org

There are some examples of some of the capabilities of this application at the link above.

When you run the application, it opens up a full-screen window, with a white background.
On the background, you can choose to display the selection icons in either a rectangular block or a circle,
ranged around the company logo. There are also a selection of tabs at the top of the page.

These are the features that it has:

AniGIF - Make an animation from multiple images.
Batch Editor - Resize multiple files in a sequence. Handy for making slide shows.
Color Picker - Copy color codes to the clipboard.
Combine - Make one photo by merging multiple photos vertically or horizontally.
Editor - Above average editing tool with a fair selection of options to choose from.
Page - Make one photo by merging multiple photos into one frame - [110 layout templates].
Paper Print - Print lined paper, graph paper, music paper etc.
Print - Print photos.
RAW Converter - Convert RAW to JPG.
Rename - Batch rename.
Screen Capture - Screen capture and save it.
Splitter - Split a photo into multiple parts.
Viewer - A simple viewer.

Using the Editor and Batch Editor, there are around 160 frames/borders that can be added to the original photos,
and also a very wide range of objects, around (755) that can be added to the photos as well, such as
Lighting effects, Cartoon, Illustrations, Hearts, Numbers and Real Pictures etc, plus the possibility to import image files as well.

The objects that can be added, are split into 2 groups, the first including the examples shown above, from a menu of 15 choices,
the second being text objects that you can add. Both of these groups, allow you to add up to 4 different layers that can be added to the original photo,
making a total of 8 layers in total, plus the additional frame(s) - [About 160] that can be added.

There are also the usual type of features that you may expect from an application such as this, including various enhancement filters, such as:

Backlight
Blur
Color Correct
Sharpen

and many others, adding up to around 185 different choices in all, covering just about everything that you should need.

I have been using many different graphics applications for many years now,
and I wish that I could have discovered an application something like this, a long time ago,
because it really is very useful indeed and is easy to use and also pretty fast as well.

I hope that some of you may find it as useful as I do.

[ßeowulf]

Oh, nice. I've heard of it before but never used it.

[WirelessWave]

Do you download it or something??

[UID=0]

Oh, nice. I've heard of it before but never used it.

It is very cool! I got it from a DVD that came with a PC magazine the other day and it's just great for automating repetetive tasks, such as resizing
many photos at the same time, in a batch.

Plus the other stuff it can do is pretty darned fine as well.

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Do you download it or something??

Hehe, I guess if you want any software that you don't get from a CD or a DVD, then the only way is to download it....;)

It's worth it though, because it is very fine!

The version that I got from the DVD, is 15.4 MB, which is the same
as they have showing on their download page:

http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/download.php

There are 3 download sites to choose from, including CNET.

I hope that you enjoy it, as it can be very useful.