With the developing of digital technology, more and more digital products are used in our life. Digital camera are widely used all over the world especially today. We often take large numbers of photos in various occasions with our digital camera and store them on our hard disk in different directories. But edit and manage these photos later are not a easy work for us. Adobe Photoshop is any serious photographer or graphic designer application of choice but we will have to cough up quite a lot of bills to get it. Another solution is to use Photofiltre, a lesser known and more basic yet free and solid image editing application. Did you know that? The photo editing and effects utility which was published by Antonio Da Cruz. I have used it for a long time and I can make sure that it would be very helpful for you as well.

PhotoFiltre is a complete image editing and effects package, that will not only amaze us with features but also the fact that it is free (for personal use). It comes with many features that rival some commercial packages, as well as additional add-on that can be downloaded from the web site. PhotoFiltre offers all the standard editing features (selection, clone brush, paint brush etc.) as well as a large selection of image effects, photo masks, image adjustments, thumbnail browser and much more. The program also supports batch processing to apply filters, sizing, adjustments and transformations to a large number of images at once. PhotoFiltre comes with modern, well designed interface and is well suited for everything from simple resizing to advanced photo editing. PhotoFiltre is a relatively small application and unlike Photoshop, will install and launch very quickly. The interface, loaded with all the features and options, can be confusing at first glance, but after a short time, we should be comfortable with it. The right side is composed of the shape and drawing tools and an optimizable color palette. The top bar has all the essential image editing and modification options. PhotoFiltre sadly does not let us customize the interface and choose our favorite tools however. Like any self-respecting image editing application, Photofiltre includes the most widely used filters to transform our image, but if we need to make really significant changes, we will find the limitation of it. Furthermore, unlike Photoshop, Photofiltre does not include layers, making it more challenging to work on different elements of the image separately. Like the excellent free image viewer Irfanview, Photofiltre covers the majority of image formats and can batch process and convert images rapidly. The magnifier is probably less precise than the drop down percentage pane, and the auto zoom adjusts the image size according to Photofiltre window size.

The key features and functions of PhotoFiltre include: PhotoFiltre is a complete image retouching program. It allows us 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. Red Eye correction feature: This feature can be enabled with the Retouch Tool by selecting the part of the picture to soften. Red Eye removal is very easy to use. Animated-GIF generator: This module uses the layers to generate an animated GIF file. Each frame is calculated by merging the visible layers one-by-one. General options are available (Delay, loop...). The PhotoMasque module: With PhotoMasque we 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 us to create our own masks. Here are some possible results: The transparent mode, applied to a layer let us get Original Borders because the filter modify the Alpha channel, not the image layer. The same technique may be used for a picture into RGBA mode. Icon export: PhotoFiltre allows us to create 32x32, 48x48 and 64x64 icons. All colors format are available but several modes are not supported by some Windows version. Add, substract selection: We can add or substract some parts of our selection by using CTRL or ALT keys. But we work into Bitmap mode (same as the Magic wand), not in Vectorial mode. Image Explorer: The exploration module provides a toolbar that allows quick access to the predefined folders (selections, masks, patterns...).

PhotoFiltre 9.2.1 is a Image Editing Software product from photofiltre.com, get 5 Stars SoftSea Rating, PhotoFiltre is a complete image editing and effects package, that will not only amaze you with features but also the fact that it is free (for personal use). It comes with many features that rival some commercial packages, as well as additional add-on that can be downloaded from the web site. PhotoFiltre offers all the standard editing features (selection, clone brush, paint brush etc.) as well as a large selection of image effects, photo masks, image adjustments, thumbnail browser and much more. The software also supports batch processing to apply filters, sizing, adjustments and transformations to a large number of images at once. PhotoFiltre comes with modern, well designed interface and is well conformable for everything from simple resizing to advanced photo editing. The license of this graphic software is Freeware, you can free download and free use this Graphic software.