PhotoFiltre is a complete image retouching program. It allows you to do
simple or advanced adjustments to an image and apply a vast range of
filters on it. It is simple and intuitive to use, and has an easy
learning curve. The toolbar, giving you access to the standard filters
with just a few clicks, gives PhotoFiltre a robust look.
Its wide range of filters allows novice users to familiarize themselves
with the world of graphics. You can find the standard adjustment
functions (Brightness, contrast, dyed, saturation, gamma correction) and
also artistic filters (watercolor, pastels, Indian ink, pointillism,
puzzle effect). There are more than 100 filters to be discovered.
PhotoFiltre uses two types of vectorial selections. The first type uses
automatic shapes (rectangle, ellipse, triangle, rhombus, rounded
rectangle). The second type corresponds to the lasso and polygon. They
both allow a customized form by drawing a shape by hand or using a
series of lines. Every selection can be saved into a seperate file, to
be used later on.
The toolbar is primarily made up of drawing tools, such as pipette,
displacement cursor, fill bucket, aerosol, brush, drop of water (blur),
cloning stamp, smudge (finger) and magic wand.
With PhotoMasque you can create advanced effects of contour and
transparency on your images by using preset masks. These masks are
grayscale images, where white is the transparancy color, while opacity
increases as the shades of gray become darker. Black means complete
opacity. PhotoMasque comes with several basic masks to inspire you to
create your own masks.
The Automatisation module allows you to apply basic
functions/corrections (conversion, image size, framing) to a group of
images.
PhotoFiltre is free for a private, non commercial or educational use
(including non-profit organizations). In this case, registration is not
necessary.
http://www.photofiltre.com/
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.
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/
