Ashampoo Photo Commander 3 3.5

CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: CNET staff on March 04, 2009

Billed as "an all-in-one application for organizing, editing, sharing, and presenting photo collections," Ashampoo Photo Commander makes some big promises. Ultimately it delivers, but this isn't a program for the casual user.

The interface struggles to present the various (and numerous) options. It's overwhelming at first, and with so much going on, the black background makes it a little difficult to read. "How-to" pop up windows were a welcome sight, and they helped us get our bearings. Presentation issues aside, the program really proved its stuff in action. Photos are easily imported and scanned into the program. There are tons of options for adding effects and manipulating photo images, and even with a generous 40-day trial period, you won't be able to explore them all fully. We were impressed that when a specific image is selected, it appears with pixel, color depth, dpi, and memory information also displayed. We were able to easily turn image galleries into slide shows and burn them onto a CD. You can even add new images to your collection with the program's screen capture tool, an extra we appreciated.

Along with the wizard-like how-to guides, the program also offers a comprehensive Help file. Even with the extensive user guidance, the interface will likely make novice users shy away. For more experienced users willing to spend time mastering the busy interface, the program offers a very effective set of photo management tools.

Publisher's description

From Ashampoo :

Ashampoo Photo Commander is packed with functions for organizing, enhancing, editing, and archiving your digital-photo collection. Choose your best shots and burn them directly to a CD or DVD as an animated slide show or upload them to your home page as an interactive photo album. And of course you can rotate, tilt, flip, resize, and print your images and send them to friends and acquaintances by e-mail--all from within the program. You also can create animated images, apply borders, take snapshots of your computer screen, and use conversion functions.

Version 3.5 features: Extract Curret Frame functionality for most video and animated files; New MouseTool: Red Eye Remove; MouseTool: Selection has been redone; Selection keeps now position when scrolling/zooming and is easier to use; FileDate Tool for easily changing the filedate/time. Can be used to set EXIF Date to file date.

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