Photo to Cartoon

Caricature Software

Photo to Cartoon is a very easy-to-use application that allows you to convert any photograph into cartoon style in a matter of seconds. The effect done by Photo to Cartoon is similar to the popular 'poster edges' + 'cut out' by Photoshop. The main diffeence is that creating it using Photo to Cartoon is fast and simple. In addition, Photo to Cartoon also allows you to modify and edit the output given by the program to give it a personal touch. Photo to Cartoon is a good application that can be really useful if you are thinking about creating an original photo poster.

Easy Cut Studio

EasyCutStudio

Easy Cut Studio is an application that lets you cut and edit shapes in a really simple way. You can also use it to cut TrueType and OpenType fonts, and to import vector graphics in different formats, such as CVG, PDF, EPS, AI, WPC, DXF, and PLT. Since it automatically converts images into vector graphics, you can cut anything almost perfectly. Easy Cut Studio includes a library with hundreds of different shapes, so you can use them to create your own images by adding all the elements that you need. This application lets you work with layers, boolean operations, 3D effects, shadows, live lasers, a text converter, and endless other options that you can find in the toolbox. The main benefit in this application is that it's compatible with a huge number of vinyl cuts, such as Craftwell eCraft, Roland, MyDigiDi, USCutter, Foison, SIlverbullet, Bosskut Gazelle, Puzzles Inspiration, Liyu, Ramtin, Wishblade, and VinylExpress machines, among others. The interface has different panels that are easy to use, and that give you access to all the tools you need to work, without having to open lots of different windows. You can create amazing quality work with Easy Cut Studio, and forget about complicated professional software.

StylePix

Hornil.com

StylePix is an excellent alternative for other advanced and complex picture edition programs. This program is similar to other photo edition software but we have to stand out that this one is extremely easy to use. StylePix offers all main features offered y others and it organizes them really well. In addition, StylePix supports the most used image formats so you will be able to edit all of themm, no matter if they are PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP or TIFF. If you need a free and stable image editor, don't think twice, Style Pix can suit your needs perfectly.

Picture Cutout Guide

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Picture Cutout Guide is a photo edition program that offers you the possibility to cut out people and objects from photos in an easy way. When you try to do that using other photo edition program, the rprocess is usully a bit hard and difficult. Picture Cutout Guide is specially designed to do that task and that makes it a good choice when your goal is to cut out elements frompictures. Picture Cutout Guide includes a wizard that guides you throughout the process in three simple steps. You only have to mark the silhouette of the element and then apply effects to that part of the photo.

Ashampoo Photo Optimizer

Ashampoo Gmbh

Ashampoo is known for offering quality tools with good interfaces, and this application is no exception. It's very easy to use and will help you improve your photos in just a few clicks. Ashampoo Photo Optimizer is divided into three parts. The left column has a file tree where you can browse through folders to find the images you want to edit. The right side is divided into an upper part, where you can see thumbnails of the images in the selected folder, and a lower part, where you can work with the images you select. After choosing the image you want to work on, all you have to do is decide how you want to improve it. Removing red eye, for example, is very simple: just select the eyes in the photo and Ashampoo Photo Optimizer will do the rest. You can also change the tones, colors, saturation, and brightness, as well as rotate or resize the images. There's even an Optimize button that will scan your image and apply changes automatically. This is a great application for any and everybody. With it, you can improve your photos one by one until your gallery is absolutely perfect.

Free 3D Photo Maker

DVDVideoSoft

Free 3D Photo Maker is afunny application that allows you to create stunning 3D photos out of common pictures taken by you. You only have to take two photos f the same scene or person. The point of view should be two centimeters away from the first to the second photo. By this way, when you put them together using Free 3D Photo Maker, you'll get that stunning 3D effect, iewable when wearing those red&blue 3D glasses. The program is very easy to us. you only have to choose both two photos, the kind of effect you want to apply and let the program do its job. Free 3D Photo Maker is a curious application that can surprise you and your fiends now that 3D is so trendy.

Freeware Marriage Invitation Card Maker

DRPU Software Pvt. Ltd.

SmoothDraw NX

Qingrui Li

For sure that you have ever tried to pant your own creations, you have some artist within you and you need to take him out of you, and SmoothDraw NX will make the process to be cheaper. You can use SmoothDraw NX to create your own artistic drawings by using professional techniques and the results will surprise you. This edition tool is different from the rest because it's totally free and offers printing solutions in high quality. In addition, it offers a good range of filters to power up the visualization of your masterpiece and you can apply it some effects that really work. If you want to get started in artistic drawing, SmoothDraw NX can be a good choice.

Aspect

Bildhuus GmbH

Aspect is a photo editing tool to improve your digital images, whether you are a professional or an amateur user. With this program you can adjust the photo's colors, apply filters or play with different effects. Aspect's user interface is quite intuitive, which is specially useful if you have little experience with photo editing. Thanks to its automatic adjustments, you will be able to progress with your work without having to spend hours editing, or learn the basics faster. Unlike other known editors, Aspect works so that you can experiment without losing image data. That is, it has non-destructive editing capabilities that do not alter the original file. This is essential if you want to maintain the integrity of the original photos while testing all the editing options offered by the software. Plus, the different masks and layers will grant you more precise control while modifying your images. And to top it off, Aspect offers a wide range of supported files, including RAW, so you can work with high-quality photos. If you want to try other ways to edit your professional or amateur photos, download Aspect here.

Jihosoft Photo Eraser

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Jihosoft Photo Eraser is a surprisingly useful photo editing tool that lets you erase and camouflage unwanted elements that appear in any image, quickly and easily. Jihosoft Photo Eraser is incredibly easy to use: once you've imported the photo, you just have to select the part that you want to cover up. After that, you just have to click 'Erase' for the process to begin and, in a matter of seconds, your problem will be solved. If you want to get rid of various elements simultaneously, Jihosoft Photo Eraser gives you an additional marker tool that lets you carry out the same process without the backgrounds mixing. Jihosoft Photo Eraser also includes a cloning tool that's equally easy to use, and that lets you replicate any element you see on the screen.

STOIK Imagic

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STOIK Imagic is a simple application that works as a viewer and editor for images and videos so you can organize your gallery and improve how your media looks. The program has a very effective visual interface that displays all your galleries so you can browse them by thumbnail, save them, share them, and edit them in just a few clicks. STOIK Imagic can organize your gallery by folders, date, or tags you add beforehand, so you can always quickly find the pictures you want. The viewer can also compare pictures and show their EXIF data. As for the image editor, it includes a wide range of utilities like filters, brushes, and other effects with which to frame your pictures, and create calendars, mosaics, puzzles, and much more. Once you open an image to edit it, all the controls you need appear on the left side of the interface, such as contrast, saturation, brightness, white balance, and other tools you can use to correct or distort the image. STOIK Imagic can also process RAW images and videos in the most popular formats, and it lets you create your own project from scratch, making a video with your own pictures and music.

Ashampoo Photo Mailer

Ashampoo Gmbh

Nowadays there are loads of ways to share images and pictures online. However, whenever you want to send them in emails, you always have to resize them manually, a process that should be simple but always ends up being a pain. What's more, if you reach the email's size limit, then you have to send the pictures in multiple messages. If you're tired of this same old story, Ashampoo Photo Mailer is for you. This tool will crop, resize, and convert all the pictures you need to email. Users just have to select the photos they want to share and Ashampoo Photo Mailer will automatically take care of the rest. The good thing about this tool is that you just have to load any number of images once, since the program will automatically divide them up into more than one email if necessary. Ashampoo Photo Mailer can send emails to any number of recipients and includes simple, efficient contact management. The changes in quality, cropping, and resizing are all done automatically when you click 'send.' With Ashampoo Photo Mailer users will no longer have to worry about image size or their email account's space limitations. Everything will be adjusted automatically, no hassle. Ashampoo Photo Mailer uses a step-by-step process, from selecting the images to choosing who you'll send the emails to. It's very intuitive and self-explanatory and won't require learning anything new.

Falco Icon Editor Studio

Falco Software

Do you need to create high-quality icons? Falco Icon Editor Studio is an icon designing tool that can really come in handy, allowing you to make, edit, and manage small images in some of the most common formats. Falco Icon Studio is a complete environment designed to be used by design professionals as well as amateur enthusiasts. It has an intuitive interface - just follow the steps presented by the program to create your icons. You'll choose the size, color, and format that you need, and once you've seen the layout, you just need to select colors for your palette, and get starting drawing your icon. It's easy to achieve professional results with Falco Icon Studio. The program includes many tools and combinable effects to help you make the perfect icon. Tools include pencil, paintbrush, paint bucket, text, and resizeable, moveable rectangles and circles. There are also filters including contrast, brilliance, blur, and mosaic, just to name a few. Falco Icon Studio allows you to export, edit, and manage your icons, and is capable of loading and saving files in BMP, GIF, PNG, JPG, ICO, CUR, and ANI formats.

My Paint

Sean J. MacIsaac

My Paint is an open source drawing application whose goal is to offer the user a clean interface without anything that can make you get distracted. My Paint hides all extra windows while you are painting, although you can access them clicking them in case you need to change painting tools or brushes. However, although the program can seem very simple, the truth is that My Paint offers a huge quantity of tools and possibilities. Brushes, tools, colors,... We can say that My Paint is the perfect alternative to the traditional Paint by Microsoft. An excellent application for those who need a basic drawing tool, but more powerful than the famous Paint.

Krita Portable

The Krita Team

Splashup

Faux Labs, Inc.

Splashup Light is one of the best tools that you can find to touch-up your images, especially if you aren't familiar enough with complex programs to use one. This tool gives you all of the basic functions necessary to tweak an image to your liking, and it lets you add effects and other improvements. Then, you can blur, reverse colors, distort, darken, adjust light, contrast, and saturation, and basically make any type of fix you want. In addition to the different options for directly tweaking the image, you can also change the image's size, rotate or invert it, and even superimpose text onto it. If you're looking for a simple and comprehensive image editor, Splashup Light is the tool you were waiting for.

Pattern Wizard

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Pattern Wizard is an image-editing tool designed specifically for creating sewing patterns. The basic instruments of the program include circle, rectangle, arc, and curve creation tools through which you can create virtually any simple design that pops into your head. In addition, in order to make small changes all you have to do is select a vertex and drag it how you want. Each of the elements you create can have a texture or color assigned to it from the long list on the right of the window. This makes it much easier to make a cross-stitch, for example. Pattern Wizard is an app intended for a very specific audience. Certain people will find it a great help for a hobby that has quite a following.

Filmulator

filmulator

Olympus Studio

Olympus Imaging Corp.

Gimel Studio

Correct Syntax

Xara Xtreme

2009 Xara Group Limited.

Xara Xtreme has long been one of the most valued graphic design editors available on the market and is, in fact, considered to be one of the best alternatives to Photoshop you can find. But this suite is not only known for its image editing tool, but also for its ample array of applications for digital design and for the creation of all kinds of projects. Xara Xtreme Pro 4 is great for those who want to create their own ads, and marketing material: independent contractors, small and medium businesses, schools, clubs, and all kinds of organizations; but its usefulness doesn’t end there, as it is also useful for students who want to give their essays an elegant and professional look. The program is designed with both beginners and professionals in mind: from quick design sketches and simple photo-editing to professional-looking printed blueprints, it can all be found in just one program. Xara Xtreme Pro 4 offers a variety of functions for each step in printing and online design: DTP designs, illustrations, web design, photo editing, PDF generator, and much more... The program can be divided into four major groups: - Design: Create greeting cards, office stationary, brochures, newsletters, logos, restaurant menus, or free drawings. - Web design: Easily design HTML websites, animated banners, and Flash animations. - Photo: Quickly optimize photos, edit them in detail with several artistic effects, or create panoramic pictures. - Online: Access the online printing services, multimedia library and the web creators of MAGIX. Try it, you won’t be disappointed!

PixBuilder Studio

WN Software

PixBuilder Studio is a digital image editing software designed for processing, editing, and retouching images with multiple quality functions that give a professional end result. Its interface is almost identical to Adobe Photoshop, so if you are already familiar with this tool, or you've used it during its trial period, PixBuilder Studio is a good substitute. This tool lets you use functions that vary from the most basic such as color management, rotation, and size changes to the most advanced such as mask supports, or overlapping layers so you can continue working on the same image without having a small mistake force you to start from the beginning, different blurring and clarity effects, cloning tools, eraser brush and color selection. PixBuilder Studio also lets you use flexible selection transform and management functions for forms, effects, and drawing tools thus letting you easily create web graphics in any of the most popular formats such as JPEG, GIF and PNG among others. You can also customize the program's interface, thus helping you organize your work space according to your needs and making your work more effective.

Collage It

PearlMountain

Collage It is a lite and powerful program that allows oyu to create photo collages with your photos. You only have to choose the pictures you want to import - from 2 or 3 to more than a hundred-, the background color and the way the pictures will be placed. Change size, add frames, overplace, add shadows,... choose the best style for your photo collage and enjoy. It's easy and results are really good. Once you'll have finished, you will be able to save it and use it to print it or as wallpaper. Collage It is a very good choice for all those users who like playing with photos and creating compositions.

Ashampoo Background Remover

Ashampoo Gmbh

Ashampoo Background Remover is an app that allows you to crop any object from a photograph and change the background quickly and easily without the need for advanced photo editing knowledge. The program automatically detects the most important part of an image —usually a person or group of people—, so all you have to do is confirm or adjust the selection, and, in just a few seconds, you're done. The most important element of Ashampoo Background Remover is its smart system for identifying and selecting significant objects within an image. When you load a new photo into the program, processing it will take a few seconds. As soon as this process is complete, you will see that the most important elements of the image, usually people or animals, are perfectly sharp, while the background is semi-transparent. And, of course, if there is any important part of the image that is not sharp, you can use the manual selection tool to include it. Once you are satisfied with the result of the selection, which, again, you can adjust manually with the brush tool, you are only one click away from removing the original background and being able to add the background of your choice. You can carry out this process within the program itself, or, if you prefer, you can also import the photo directly in PNG to work on it in any other editing tool. You can even copy a cropped section and paste it into a different app without doing any previous steps. Download Ashampoo Background Remover if you want a photo editing program to crop images quickly and easily. The program allows you to perform complex operations, which might normally take several minutes in a matter of seconds. The results, moreover, are very good, with cropping that respects even small details such as hair.

Photomizer Retro

Engelmann Software

Photomizer Retro is a powerful and very complete image editor that turns your photographs into perfect antique pictures thanks to its numerous functions and special filters that simulate old cameras and black and white films. This editor comes equipped with retro filters that reproduce several of the peculiarities found on antique cameras, all through a very intuitive interface with which you can work without any problems. Along with the filters, Photomizer Retro also adds the Lo-Fi alternative to guarantee amazing and effective results. Apart from its many effects, Photomizer Retro can also add noise and grain to the photographs to make them look more worn down, or the opposite if you want. Photomizer Retro can also batch process your images, so you can convert your entire photo collections as this editor supports JPG and BMP formats. Plus, it doesn’t destroy your original images during the editing process, as it keeps a copy of the original, unchanged image.

PhotoWorks

AMS Software

FireAlpaca

Firealpaca.com

FireAlpaca is a very simple image editing tool with which you can modify your photographs using a more user-friendly interface than that of the majority of competitors such as GIMP or Photoshop. The amount of tools you will have, consequently, is certainly limited. However, it offers enough features for you to be able to retouch your images without a problem, using things such as layers, magic wand, and gradient brushes. Additionally, the program comes with tons of keyboard shortcuts (some of which are known by Photoshop users) so you can easily move around the program interface. Having a limited amount of options plays in your favor when learning all the important shortcuts. FireAlpaca is a good image editor alternative. Beyond being very light and completely free, it offers enough quality to straighten out practically any photo.

OfftypeNet Painter desktop edition

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GIMPShop

gimpshop.net

You no longer have an excuse to abandon Photoshop and switch to free software. GIMPShop is a version of GIMP, a very popular open-source photo editor whose interface has been adapted to make it similar to Adobe's program. Toolbars are located on both sides of your image. The one on the left will display all of the tools you may use to retouch an image: brushes, selection tools, text, color wheel, pen, magic wand, clone stamp, paint bucket, crop tool, etc. Just below that are the configuration options for each of those drawing tools. You can adjust the parameters to fit your needs: transparency, color, texture, thickness, anti-aliasing, etc. The toolbar to the right displays history, layers, and channels, as well as types of paintbrushes, textures, and gradients.

PhotoTune 3

N/A

PhotoTune is a photo edition tool thought to help you when fixing your own photos in a very easy way with great results. Levels and curves are difficult to handle, so PhotoTune tries to forget them and offers you a new and more comprehensive way to fix contrasts, brightness and reflections so you can enhance the look of your photos. The application is specially useful when correcting skin colour in portraits. We should remember that PhotoTune is an add-on for Adobe Photoshop, so you'll need it to unleash the power of PhotoTune 3.