GIMP 2.7.5 released

We’ve just released GIMP 2.7.5, the last beta in the 2.7.x series. This version got various fixes and improvements, translation updates and a few minor features such as configurable default color of quick masks.

Since this version GIMP is shipping with a revamped brush pack and a set of ca. 40 tools presets, mostly painting related. The work was done by Ramón Miranda (GIMP Paint Studio) and Guillermo Espertino. This particular change is a first major step in updating the default bundle of resources to match user expectations.

GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.

Written on Unix, GIMP is arguably the most popular alternative for Photoshop available today.

Visit: gimp.org

WinMorph – Free Software for Morphing Images

Morph, warp and distort images in a professional and high quality way. This program gives you all the freedom you could possibly ask for from a free package.

It works as standalone application or as a plugin for various video editors, it offers advanced keyframing, blending and distortion tools for total control and can even do dynamic morphing with various input(JPEG, BMP, PCX, PNG, PBM, TGA, TIFF) and output (JPEG, BMP, PNG,TGA, TIFF, AVI, MPEG and SWF) file formats. Are you sold, yet?

Distributed as freeware for business or personal use.

Visit: debugmode.com/winmorph

Photo pos pro – Free photo editor

Photo Pos Pro Photo Editor is a free photo editor offers users a wide variety of possibilities in the fields of Image Enhancing and Image Editing and in the field of Computer Graphics Design. Using the editor you can perform various tasks, from simple basic tasks to complex tasks; you can edit existing images, create new works based on existing images, create new works from scratch and more.

Photo Pos Pro Photo Editor offers powerful tools and functions which include among other things Support of many picture file types, Support of scanners and digital cameras, Advanced Image Enhancing and editing tools and functions, Tools for creating Computer Graphics Design, Rich Text Tools, Special Effects, Selection Tools, Layers & Masks, Gradients, Patterns and Texture, Script Tools, Batch Operations and also The Ability to expand the software yourselves!

Though the Photo Pos Pro photo editor is a powerful program, it contains an extremely user-friendly interface enabling you to work intuitively. If you are a beginner you can easily begin to use the program in an intuitive fashion. The program offers beginning users a Help system which they can follow step by step into the wonderful world of Digital Picture Enhancement. With the Help system, you can turn from a beginner to a professional user.

If you are an experienced user, you will probably be amazed to discover the infinite possibilities which the program has to offer in the fields of Digital Image Enhancement and Computer Graphics. Advanced users will discover advanced editing and creating possibilities; they will find all they need to work in an efficient manner in the professional Help system which comes with the program.

Visit: Photo-Pos-Pro

Fotobounce – Photo organizing with face recognition

For one reason or another, you might want to download all your photos from Flick or Facebook to your computer. Either to have the backup or to migrate them to another photo sharing service online. Doing it manually is a time consuming task, so thats where Fotobounce is useful. It is a free downloadable software, which lets you download all your photos from Facebook or Flickr at once.

To download your photos from the web, install Fotobounce on your computer. Run it and enter your Facebook and Flickr credentials to give the software access to your collections. You can either download individual albums one by one or all the photos at once.

Apart from downloading, Fotobouncer is a great photo manager in itself, so you can later use it to organize and view your photos. The software is free but ad supported.

Features:

  • Download photos from Facebook and Flickr to your computer by individual albums or all at once.
  • Available for Windows and Mac.
  • Adobe air required to run the Fotobounce software.
  • Free software, ad supported.

Visit: fotobounce.com

A new version of XnView is available

XnView is freeware software that allows you to view and convert graphic files. It’s very fast and easy to use. But more importantly it supports more than 400 graphics formats!

  • Import about 400 graphic file formats
  • Export about 50 graphic file formats
  • Multipage TIFF, Animated GIF, Animated ICO support
  • Image IPTC, EXIF metadata support
  • EXIF auto rotation support
  • IPTC editing
  • Resize, rotate, crop support
  • Lossless rotate & crop (jpeg) support
  • Adjust brightness, contrast…
  • Auto levels, contrast
  • Modify number of colors
  • Apply filters (blur, average, emboss, …)
  • Apply effects (lens, wave, …)
  • Fullscreen mode
  • Slide show with effects
  • Batch convert, batch rename
  • Create WEB page easily
  • Screen capture
  • Create contact Sheet
  • Create or edit Multi-page file (TIFF, DCX, LDF)
  • TWAIN & WIA support (Windows only)
  • Print support (Windows only)
  • Drag & Drop support (Windows only)
  • Compare image side by side
  • Filmstrip layout
  • 44 languages support (Windows only)

Visit: xnview.com