(Editor: 3D) (Editor: Fractals) (Editor: Icons) (Editor: Photo-Paint) (Editor: Vector-Draw) (Diagram And Chart Drawing Tool) (Viewer; Convert-Edit-Rename) (Viewer; Image Optimizer) (Organizer; Image Gallery; Screensaver) (Screensaver Maker) (Color Picker) (Ruler) (Watermark Tool)

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Editor: 3D

Blender
(Freeware) (open source: GNU GPL)
Windows OS: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP NOTES: a no-install version is available.
Other OS: Mac OSX;.Linux; Unix
Languages: English
Description: Blender is the essential software solution you need for 3D, from modeling, animation, rendering and post-production to interactive creation and playback. Professionals and novices can easily and inexpensively publish stand-alone, secure, multi-platform content to the web, CD-ROMs, and other media.
Company: Blender Foundation Author: --
Home Page:
http://www.blender3d.org/
download page: v 2.36 (2004-12-30) (Windows) (blender-2.36-windows.exe) (4.7 MB ) (blender-2.36-windows.zip) (4.5 MB )
http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Blender.31.0.html
(desc. rev.: 2005-01-04)

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Editor: Fractals

Fractal Explorer
(Donationware)
Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Languages: English
Description: Fractal Explorer is a freeware fractal generator that can produce mysterious and beautiful mathematically-based images. Not just a tool for professionals, FE can provide hours of entertainment for beginners and experts alike ! Fractal Explorer can render the classical polinomial fractal sets (like the Mandelbrot-set, the Julia-set, the Newton-set and theirs variations), 4D-complex fractals (called «quaternions»), 3D «strange» attractors, and IFS. Also, FE has many features for creation of special effects and improvement of the pictures. We are sorry because of absence of the Help file, but simple user-friendly interface should not cause difficulties.
Company: -- Author: Sirotinsky Arthur and Olga Fedorenko
Home Page:
http://www.eclectasy.com/Fractal-Explorer/index.html
download page v 2.01 (2004-07-28) (fe201.zip) (1272 KB)
http://www.eclectasy.com/Fractal-Explorer/download.htm
(desc. rev.: 2004-08-12)

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Editor: Icons

SnIco Edit
(Donationware) (free for personal non-commercial use)
Windows OS: Windows
Languages: English, Nederlands, Deutsch, Spanish, Italiano
Description: SnIco Edit 2 is an icon editor. Features: Support for Windows icons and cursors: default sizes 16x16, 32x32 and 48x48. Also custom sizes are supported. All colordepths are supported including Windows XP alphablending. Support for animated icon files (ANI files). Importing from EXE, DLL, BMP, GIF, PNG, JPG and screen. Exporting to BMP, GIF, PNG and JPG. Many effects like: RGB/HLS adjusting, blurring, rotating, antialiasing. Multi-language support. Multiple files open at the same time. Support for tablets.
Company: SnideSoft Author: Martijn
download Version 2.0 (2004-01-31) (SE2310104.zip) (1592 KB)
http://www.serbi.info/soft/SE2310104.zip
download Version 2.0 (2004-01-31) (SE2310104.zip) (1592 KB)
http://www.altech-ads.com/product/100004/10000461/SE2310104.zip
(desc. rev.: 2004-08-06)

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Editor: Photo-Paint

The Gimp
(Donationware) (open source: GNU GPL)
Windows OS: Windows
Other OS: Linux; Unix
Languages: English
Description: GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It can be used as a simple paint program, a expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, a image format converter, etc. GIMP is extremely expandedable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plugins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted. NOTES: Because of patent issues with the LZW compression algorithm the installer does not install the ability to save GIF files. (Yes, I know that the Unisys patent has expired in the US. Not so in other countries, though.) To be able to do this, make sure that either you are in a country where Unisys doesn't have a patent on the LZW algorithm, or that you have a license from Unisys. Then download the file gimp-gif-1.2.5.zip (http://www.iki.fi/tml/gimp/win32/gimp-gif-1.2.5.zip) (from a server in Finland). Unzip and put the gif.exe in your GIMP plug-ins folder.
Company: The Gimp Author: Peter Mattis and Spencer Kimball
Home Page:
http://www.gimp.org/
The Gimp for Windows information:
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/
download page The Gimp for Windows (v 2.2.1) (2005-01-05) (gimp-2.2.1-i586-setup.zip) (6992 KB); GTK+ 2 for Windows (v 2.4.14) (2004-12-18) (gtk+-2.4.14-setup.zip) (3292 KB)
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=121075
(desc. rev.: 2005-01-09)

Pixia
(Freeware)
Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP
Languages: English and many other languages
Description: The original Japanese version of Pixia was created and developed by the author, Isao Maruoka, but it has also been aggressively raised by its fans, which makes this software to be quite unique and different from other tools. Pixia Help File is now available as a separate installation file. To get better tips for using Pixia, visit users' tutorials linked from the Tutorial page.
Company: Tacmi Co. Author: Isao Maruoka
Home Page:
http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/
download page v 3.1t (2004-12-20) (English) (pix31te.exe) (3614 KB)
http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/download.htm
(desc. rev.: 2005-01-04)

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Editor: Vector-Draw

EVE
(Freeware)
Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Languages: English
Description: The incredible shrinking vector graphics editor. Download and try EVE you need to see the power to believe it. Now: be prepared to have your socks blown off with the new Web Edition of EVE! Unzip anywhere and run, no installation required. Tutorial included.
Company: -- Author: Barry Kauler
Home Page:
http://www.goosee.com/
download v 3.56 (2003-08-16) (eve.zip) (161 KB)
http://www.goosee.com/eve.zip
(desc. rev.: 2003-12-07)

Zoner Draw 3
(Earlier version of $ware)
Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000
Languages: English, German
Description: Zoner Draw 3 is an ideal graphics program for a broad range of applications. Use it to create powerful brochures and leaflets, as well as illustrations for documents, business cards, price tags, letterheads, postcards, signs, blueprints, greeting cards, and more. One new feature of the product is the ability to create graphics for Internet presentations, including vector animations.
Company: Zoner Author: --
Home Page:
http://www.zoner.com/
download page:
http://www.zoner.com/support/download.asp
download (English) v 3 (zd3.exe) (8.81 MB)
http://www.zonerdraw.com/binary/zd3.exe
(desc. rev.: 2004-04-29)

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Diagram And Chart Drawing Tool

Dia
(Freeware) (open source; GNU GPL)
Windows OS: Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Other OS: Unix
Languages: English
Description: Dia is a gtk+ based diagram creation program. Dia is designed to be much like the commercial Windows program 'Visio'. It can be used to draw many different kinds of diagrams. It currently has special objects to help draw entity relationship diagrams, UML diagrams, flowcharts, network diagrams, and simple circuits. It is also possible to add support for new shapes by writing simple XML files, using a subset of SVG to draw the shape. It can load and save diagrams to a custom XML format (gzipped by default, to save space), can export diagrams to EPS or SVG formats and can print diagrams (including ones that span multiple pages).
Company: -- Author: Alexander Larsson; Hans Breuer; Steffen Macke
Home Page (Windows installer)
http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/
Windows installer page
http://dia-installer.sourceforge.net/
download: v 0.94 (2004-08-20) (dia-setup-0.94.zip) (5 696 926 bytes)
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=16768
(desc. rev.: 2004-09-02)

Visual Thought
(Trialware: 13-year license) (unsupported)
Windows OS: Windows 95+/ NT4+
Languages: English
Description: Visual Thought is a cross-platform diagramming and flowcharting tool for the enterprise that runs on Windows 95/NT and UNIX. It lets you effortlessly create technical and documentation graphics, network diagrams, flowcharts, org charts, software design diagrams (UML, Booch, OMT, Objectory, etc.), circuit and logic diagrams and business and presentation graphics. Choose from a library of drag-and-drop palettes, or create your own with user-definable shapes. Edit your work easily with 100 levels of undo. Publish your diagrams into Word or FrameMaker documents or right onto the Web with GIF and JPEG output and instant clickable imagemaps. NOTES:For windows the following licence key is good for 13 years: 4687 5261 1375 3152 2773 94
Company: Company::2000 Confluent Inc. and E*TRADE Inc. Author: --
Program Description
http://product-support.web.cern.ch/product-support/sdt/visualthought.html
download v 1.4 (2000-10-06) (VT14.EXE) (7.1 MB)
ftp://ftp.isst.fhg.de/pub/graphics/vt14/VT14.EXE
(desc. rev.: 2004-07-28)

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Viewer; Convert-Edit-Rename

IrfanView
(Freeware) (free for non-commercial use)
Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Languages: English, German/Deutsch, Czech/Cesky, Spanish, Russian, Estonian, Ukrainian, Italiano, Hungarian, Japanese, Finnish, French, Makedonski, Latvian, Polski, Slovak, Nederlands/Dutch
Description: The first graphic viewer with Multiple (animated) GIF support, one of the first graphic viewers with Multipage TIFF support and the first graphic viewer with Multiple ICO support. Features: Thumbnails, Preview, Drag and Drop Support, fast Directory View (fast moving through directory), Print Support, Scan (TWAIN) Support, Slideshow, Batch conversion, change the color depth, audio CD player, Capturing, Cut/Crop, Effects (Blur, Sharpen etc.) and many many more ... other features: Many supported file formats, Thumbnail/preview option, Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD), Drag and drop support, Batch conversion (with image processing), Email option, Multimedia player, Print option, Change color depth, Scan (batch scan) support, Cut/crop, IPTC editing, Effects (Sharpen, Blur, Photoshop filter factory), Capturing, Extract icons from EXE/DLL/ICLs, Lossless JPG rotation, Many hotkeys, Many command line options, Many plugins, Only one EXE-File, no DLLs, No registry changes without user action/permission! and many more
Company: -- Author: Irfan Skiljan
Home Page:
http://www.irfanview.com/
Mirror site:
http://irfanview.tuwien.ac.at/
download page v 3.95 (2004-10-26) (iview395.exe) (856 KB); (iview395.zip) (863 KB); (plugins) (irfanview_plugins_395.exe) (4583 KB)
http://www.irfanview.com/download_sites.htm
(desc. rev.: 2004-11-16)

XnView
(Liteware) (free for personal use)
Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Other OS: Linux; Unix
Languages: English and 35 other languages
Description: XnView is a utility for viewing and converting graphic files. Fatures : Import about 360 graphic file formats. Export about 40 graphic file formats. Multipage TIFF, Animated GIF, Animated ICO support. Resize, Copy/Cut/Crop Adjust brigthness, contrast... Modify number of colors, Apply filters (blur, average, emboss, ...), Apply effects (lens, wave, ...), Fullscreen mode, Slide show, Picture browser, Batch convert, Thumbnail create, Screen capture, Contact Sheet create, Multi-page file create (TIFF, DCX, LDF), TWAIN support (Windows only), Print support (Windows only), Drag and Drop support (Windows only), 36 languages support (Windows only), And many many other things... NOTES: Many packages are available for download, see the site for details.
Company: -- Author: Pierre-E Gougelet
Home Page:
http://www.xnview.com
download page Windows v 1.74 (2004-10) Standard version (Multi-language) (XnView-win.exe) (3314 KB), (XnView-win.zip) (3205 KB)
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pierre.g/xnview/endownloadwin32.html
download page Windows v 1.74 (2004-10) Complete version (Plugins & NConvert) (Multi-language) (XnView-win-full.exe) (6896 KB), (XnView-win-full.zip) (7529 KB)
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pierre.g/xnview/endownloadwin32.html
(desc. rev.: 2004-10-12)

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Viewer; Image Optimizer

Free Digital Camera Enhancer
(Liteware)
Windows OS: Not stated
Languages: English
Description: Free DCE does the hard job of noise reducing and automatic balance control for you. The program works best if you have bad light condition (indoor, shadows etc..) and your image is somehow off. So if some of your images are already fine, you won't see much difference. DCE makes very delicate changes... One thing makes DCEnhancer different from other tools - reducing the noise and skin smoothing algorithm. It makes DCE ideal for making cool portraits and close-ups!
Company: Mediachance Author: --
Home Page:
http://www.mediachance.com
Program Description
http://www.mediachance.com/digicam/enhancer.htm
download v 1.3 (dcenhanc.zip) (524 KB)
http://www.mediachance.com/digicam/dcenhanc.zip
(desc. rev.: 2003-12-07)

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Organizer; Image Gallery; Screensaver

MyAlbum
(Donationware)
Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP
Languages: English, French, language packs for many other languages
Description: MyAlbum is: A free picture cataloger for building easily digital photo albums. Build self-running "all-in-one" albums. Supported picture formats JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, animated GIF, TIFF, TGA, PCX and WMF files. Supported video formats AVI, MOV (QuickTime), MPEG (all the video formats supported by the Windows Media Player). Other format : HTML (IE 4 or above needed). Comment and keywords can be added to each picture. Searching on file name, comment or keyword. Full screen display, zoom, unzoom, fit to screen. Manual, automatic, random and multiple slideshow with background music. Easy printing of the thumbnail pages and the pictures. Poster printing on several sheets of paper. Build contact sheets and HTML pages (online demos: Film strip, Automatic slideshow (IE 5.5+) and Metal). Easy convert, resize of the pictures. Special features for building CDROM album. Extracts information from images taken with digital cameras. Integrated script tool (VBScript, JavaScript, Perl,...). Screen saver to play albums.
Company: MyAlbum Author: Pierre Meindre
Home Page, download standard international v 2.4 (2004-08) (MyAlbumSetup.exe) (2301 KB)
http://www.myalbumpro.com/
(desc. rev.: 2004-12-03)

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Screensaver Maker

2Flyer Screensaver Builder
(Freeware) (last Freeware version)
Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Languages:
Description: 2Flyer Screen Saver Builder allows you to create professional screensavers that are compatible with Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP. You can collect up to 1000 JPG, GIF, BMP or WMF, EMF images, optionally add MP3, WAV or MID sound and choose from 240 transition effects that can be customized to create unlimited unique effects. The screensavers can be saved as single .exe screen saver installation file, allowing you to email and share the screensaver with your friends. You have the option to include a web site link, readme txt and more. The instalation package create with 2Flyer is of professional quality and comes with full uninstall. Additional features include project support, compatibility with screensaver passwords, transition effects, full screen stretching and more. You can preview your screensaver and effects as you build it. The program comes with a very nice interface and is easy to use
Company: 2Flyer.com Software Author: --
Program description and download page v 2.1 (fsaver.zip) (1514 KB)
http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/page8.html
Home Page ($ware):
http://www.2flyer.com/
(desc. rev.: 2004-12-22)

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Color Picker

EyeDropper
(Donationware)
Windows OS: Windows 95/98/NT4/2000
Languages: English
Description: EyeDropper excels at its primary task: picking the colour value from any pixel of the screen. Features include: Measuring the distance between chosen pixels, zoom setting for improved precision, displaying values in most common formats (HEX, RGB, CMYK), displaying pixel coordinates and clipboard support. For our third release of EyeDropper, we have added a significant component, which can help you capture any area of the screen, displaying color values as normal, grayscale or even a Web safe setting and, to top it off, the whole program is more compact than ever!
Company: Inetia Author: --
Home Page:
http://eyedropper.inetia.com/
download page v 3.01 (eyedropper301.zip) (27 KB)
http://www.inetia.com/eyedropper_download_eng.php
(desc. rev.: 2004-07-28)

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Ruler

Cool Ruler
(Freeware)
Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000
Languages: English
Description: Very easy to use with your existing programs. Measurements can be set for Inches, Pixels & Centimeters. Create as many rulers on your screen as you need. Adjust the angle of the ruler to a vertical or horizontal position. Works with DOS and Windows programs
Company: FabSoft Author: --
Home Page:
http://www.fabsoft.com/index.html
Program description:
http://www.fabsoft.com/products/ruler/ruler.html
download page v 1.5 (2000-08-11) (cruler2.exe) (886 KB)
http://www.fabsoft.com/pages/Downloads/Downloads.htm
(desc. rev.: 2004-07-28)

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Watermark Tool

picture-shark
(Donationware)
Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Languages: English
Description: Picture-shark is the first choice for people who want to "stamp" visible logos or text on their image files. Some of picture-shark's features: With its wizard like interface it is super easy to use Create real watermarks. Choose transparent color, opacity, position and much more. Use the "feather"-feature to make the edges between the stamp and the picture smarter (as with any other tool, just by one mouse-click). Very fast (processing hundreds of pictures each minute). Support for different output formats and quality settings. WYSIWYG preview-mode for all settings. Support for preserving jpeg-headers. Copy and paste between other applications and picture-shark.
Company: picture-shark Author: Wolfgang Geiss and Christian Zink
Home Page:
http://www.picture-shark.com/
download v 1.0 pre (2002-05-26) (setup.exe) (0.79 MB)
http://www.picture-shark.com/setup.exe
download v 0.95 beta (2002-01-04) (setup095.exe) (0.73 mb)
http://www.picture-shark.com/setup095.exe
(desc. rev.: 2003-12-07)