CNET Editors' review
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 9 is the ideal companion for all management, optimization and editing processes concerning digital photos and multimedia files. The program provides users with a quick and straightforward management of photo collections including extensive options such as a miniature view with grouping function or virtual picture albums. In the Ashampoo Photo Commander 9 pictures can be indexed (tagging) with words, so that photos which were tagged with the same words can be found fast.
The program's user interface is designed clearly and intuitively. It's easy to rotate pictures, adjust horizontal nonalignment, crop images, remove red eyes. With just a click photos can be optimized or changed using effects, e.g. inversion or pixelization and can be compared with the original photo in the dual-view mode during editing. Ashampoo Photo Commander 9 offers several exciting features to present one's photos. Pictures can be put together in a slideshow or in an HTML album. Collages as well as greeting cards or calendars are also easily produced in next to no time.
What's new in this version: Version 9.4.1 improves Fullscreen mode: fixed a possible problem on multi monitor systems.
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"Great Photo Program"
Version: Ashampoo Photo Commander 9.4.1
Pros
Does everything I need in a photo program and then some.
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Not as easy to use as the older versions but in Ashampoo's defense there is a lot more that can be done with this version.
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Recommend highly.
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