If you are not interested in expensive applications for image editing, such as Photoshop, then you will be glad to know that there are many other free alternatives out there. The best known application is probably Gimp, but another interesting image editing tool is Pixelitor. We have tested the Windows version. Even though Pixelitor is intended for people who already have a little bit of image editing experience, the user interface is very simple and consists of big…

If you do not want to spend a lot of money on Adobe Photoshop, but you still want to work PSD files, then you can download Paint. NET PSD Plugin. It lets you open and edit Photoshop files with the free image editing tool Paint. NET, which you can also download here on Holyfile. com.  Installing Paint. NET PSD Plugin is very easy, and you can read more about how it is done in the included Readme. txt file. In our test, we created a test file in Photoshop with a…

Here you can download the free trial version of CollageIt, which lets you create beautiful collages. We tested the Mac version on a MacBook Pro running OS X Mavericks, and we did not experience any problems with this software. Since this is a trial version, it does come with a lot of limitations, but it is also a great place to start if you just want to try it for free. There are many templates to choose from, and CollageIt can automatically give your a suggestion o…

If you want to monitor what happens on your screen, then you might be interested in Auto Screen Capture. It is a free tool for Windows that is designed to automatically take screenshots of up to four displays. Auto Screen Capture can be set to take a screenshot every hour, minute, second or millisecond, and you can even schedule it to happen on a specific date at a certain time by using the calendar at the upper left corner. The right side gives you an overview of a…

If you want a powerful screen capture tool with editing features, then you might be interested in HotShots. According to the developer, this version is compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8, but it is also available for other platforms at the project’s SourceForge-page right here. HotShots does not just let you save screenshots of your entire screen, it is also possible to choose a program window or draw a specific area. Another great thing about HotShots…

The program is a trial version, but can be purchased for $ 49. 95 for domestic use and $ 99. 95 for commercial use. When the program starts up, you can choose to watch one of the eight tutorial videos offered by the program. It is a very good idea to watch these videos for those who have no experience with photo editing programs before. However, it is a long tutorial, which can only be stopped by pressing the "Esc" button. Unfortunately, you can’t pause the vi…

Scan multiple images at once and let ScanSpeeder divide them into separate image files. Share your photos directly to Facebook with the integrated button in the ScanSpeeder program. The program is easy to handle and simple to use and allows the user to minimize the number of scans needed. You can save images in a high quality file and a web / email quality for each photo at the same time, and make small samples of the images. In addition, you can add text or tags to…

DrawPad Graphics Editor has many exciting tools that make it easy to create banner ads, invitations, sketches and other illustrations. This is why we decided to test this program on our Windows 7 computer to try out some of the tools. The program has a very simple design and all the tools is located around the canvas. Some of the tools include: brushes, pencils, markers and other drawing tools, but you will also be able to make geometric shapes, make shadows and mak…

Have you ever wanted to meet the president like Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump? It’s all a matter of editing images. Now you can do the same with Face Off Max. Replace a celebrity’s face with yours and send it to your friends to brag about your fame. Face Off Max is simple, quick to download and it’s easy to get started. You can choose between about 20 different images, that you can edit your own face into. Once you're up and running and have found the…

PhoXo is an image processing application with a straightforward user interface. It has a clip art library where you can add more clip art images. When you press the "Add" button it opens the program's website in your default browser and displays an overview of the library of about 100 clip art files are available. You can add all the files without any problems. PhoXo is a much better program than Paint, as you can create many more fancy features, such as picture pat…

Artplus Digital Photo Recovery is a program that can help you recover images, video or music from deleted or formatted memory cards. The program can currently read all memory cards available on the market. Although you could imagine that it is a longer process to rectify the damaged files, it’s only a 3-step solution with Artplus Digital Photo Recovery. First you open the program and select the drive the damaged files are located at. This starts a scan of all…

What makes this image editing tool different from other batch image processors is its "Task structure". You can combine the tasks to make a processing sequence that will give you exactly what you want and that you can apply to many images at once and again and again. Since you can set up a collection of tasks in a task manager, you can perform the same task on multiple images simultaneously. You can even save these collections of tasks so that you can recall it and…

If you need to take a lot of screenshots and edit them, before sharing, Apowersoft Screen Capture Pro can help you out. The program has various capturing modes that cover the need of any user. You can choose to make a polygon screenshot, full screen or freehand screenshot. You can also set a delay and plan when the screenshot should be taken. The program will then automatically take a screenshot at a predetermined time. It could be a screenshot captured at the same…

With Apowersoft Desktop Screen Recorder Pro allows you to record what happens on your PC screen with sound. This is especially handy if you make tutorial videos or record webcam videos or specific gameplay situations. You can also record video from external devices. You can control the recording quality in the program, and you can edit the length of your recording and crop the area you record. Additionally, you can make screenshots of what you just recorded. The use…

With Renee Gifer, you can make many funny videos into small GIF animations. Previously, Photoshop was the only program you could use to make GIF files. Photoshop is not the easiest program to use for people with little experience, but Renee Gifer makes up for this. Now you can record a video with Renee Gifer and make your own small GIF files. You do not have to download the videos to capture the piece of the video you want. Resize the video and control the speed of…

Pic View from Alternate is a simple image viewer and photo editor. It is based on Open Source (CBuilder 5). Some of the features Pic View features include: Slideshow, display of thumbnails, drawing functions, merging photos and more. The program is perfect for preparing images for technical documentation and for small and medium changes it is a great program. This applies to the image quality and supplements with text and simple drawings. The possibilities offered f…

oCam is a simple little program to record what happens on your screen. It has a very nice interface that is easy to understand and you can record in many different formats. You can also set a time limit on a recording. You can choose what to do when the time expires. You can choose to shut down the computer, close the application, do nothing or start a new recording. In addition, you can put a watermark in the video and even control how much the opacity should be. T…

ArtRage 4 is a very nice program for drawing and painting. You’ll get a program that gives you many opportunities to play with brushes and water paint without getting paint on your fingers. You can add layers to the images you work with. You can choose to turn off displaying a particular layer. The size of the tools makes the area you can paint appear larger. The design of the user interface is very artistic self, making you instantly find the program very wel…

Are you looking for an image processing program that can be roughly the same as Adobe Photoshop, but doesn’t have the same challenges as Gimp? AVS Photo Editor is a simplified version of the two programs, but still just as powerful and can do almost all the same things. The program doesn’t need a lot of irrelevant tools, so it’s cut to the bone and only the most necessary tools available so you don’t have to look for the tools you really need…

With PicPick it is possible to take pictures of one's screen and then edit them. The program also has a number of exciting extra features, resulting in a well-developed piece of software. Moreover, this program does not take up much of your hard drive, nor does it require much performance from your computer. Many options in screenshots Screen capture programs are far from a new concept, but PicPick differs from similar programs by having a wide range of extra featu…