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• PhotoPlus - Here, you can register for a free download of Serif's fine "PhotoPlus" graphics editing software. The program includes many powerful features, such as an imported image optimiser and allows you to slice images, draw shapes and add editable text areas, just as if you were using a commercial graphics program. Note: this version does not support .gif or .tif file extensions.

• PIXresizer - If you use digital photos in e-mail attachments or on the Web, this freeware program comes in handy for quickly resizing them. It can instantly reduce the file sizes of your photographs, allowing them to download much quicker than usual. As well as this, this nifty program is able to convert the file format of any images you have and will output BMPs, GIFs, JPEGs, PNGs, etc.

• IrfanView - Here's a cool freeware image viewer (for personal usage) that supports a wide variety of popular image formats, including GIF, animated GIF, JPEG, BMP, FPX and many more. IrfanView features a "drag and drop" facility, thumbnail tool, directory view mode, cut and crop tools, special effect implementation and to top that off, comes ready to run in a single and very handy .exe file.

• Ultimate Paint - Here's another smashing tool from the people that created the "Ultimate FX" program (featured above). The slightly older freeware version has plenty of features to satisfy even the most creative designers amongst you. For example, you'd be hard-pressed to find another non-commercial package that offers over 100 different functions and effects. (Recommended)

• PhotoView - An easy-to-use and compact photo image viewer for Windows-based platforms. PhotoView allows you to view and organise digital photographs, so they're easier to access in the future. With such a small file size (approximately 500KB), PhotoView downloads within minutes on a dial-up modem and within seconds on a broadband connection. It's ideal for photo collectors.

• Behemot Graphics Editor - Sergio Perani's Behemot Graphics Editor allows you to model, then render 3D objects. Scenes/objects that you have created can be exported as various file formats (DXF, VRML, etc.), including MPEG, BMP and 3DS. Other features to this program are the ability to change the way light shines on the object's surface, skeleton structure view and camera view.

• A Smaller Gif - This clever graphics tool allows you to compress .gif files so that they download quicker on the Web without lowering the actual quality of the image. Ultimately, it means your Internet pages appear on the screen faster as images are smaller in file size. Although A Smaller Gif is a great Net program, it has many other uses and is ideal for simply creating extra disk space.

• Icon Snatcher - Scroll down this Web site to find the current version of a popular little program called Icon Snatcher. Its main aim is to grab icons lurking in your system folders and then turn them from dll's, exe's, etc. into Web usable GIFs, BMP files or desktop icons. Their more recent versions have code enhancements, pop-up menus and support many different file types within one browser.
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• Imagic - A powerful free image processing utility for Webmasters. Imagic is freeware, although a commercial version is also integrated into the package, should you wish to take advantage of this. The program is typically used for automatic image processing, the preparation of thumbnail galleries and file management. Imagic is also especially effective when multi-file processing is necessary.
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• FxFoto - The standard edition of FxFoto is a fantastic freeware program useful for improving images captured on a digital camera. The program can help to remove "red eye" (a common complaint with many digital photographs) and will reduce various other blemishes. FxFoto also allows you to organise and manage your photographs, annotate, frame and crop your images to perfection.
  Note: FxFoto no longer offers a freeware version.