CNET Editors' review
There are image editing programs that are so bare bones that they barely do anything besides crop and rotate, and there are behemoth image editors that use a lot of system resources and require a lot of time to master. Hornil StylePix falls squarely in between these two extremes, providing users with a powerful editing tool that is still intuitive and fairly easy to learn.
The program's interface is plain, reminding us a little bit of Microsoft Paint, but with sleek icons that give it a more modern feel. Toolbars across the top and down the left side give the program a slightly cluttered appearance at first glance, but it will quickly become apparent to users that the icons are familiar, well-organized, and described by helpful tooltips; what may at first seem cluttered quickly starts to look like a lot of useful tools at your fingertips. StylePix provides more than the typical number of photo editing features, with a wide variety of special effects. Some of these features work better than others--we didn't have a whole lot of luck getting realistic-looking results with the red eye correction tool, for example--but on the whole we impressed with what the program includes, and most of the features worked as expected. The program's online Help file is lengthy, addressing each of its many features, but we do wish that it went into more detail about each one. Overall, StylePix didn't exactly wow us, but we think it's a solid photo editing tool that should meet the needs of many advanced-amateur users.
Hornil StylePix installs and uninstalls without issues. We recommend this program to all users.
Publisher's Description
From Hornil:
Hornil StylePix, or simply StylePix, is a graphics editing program with a number of advanced features. Stylepix is an acronym for "Style Pictures". This means your pictures with nice style. Hornil StylePix has intuitive user interface. It is designed to control the selected functions easy and conveniently. Even if you have no experience, you can easily learn how to edit image and retouching your photos. As a result, Hornil StylePix's intuitive UI reduces your time to work. To better speed editing, Hornil StylePix is designed to focus on light and powerful. We are always striving to improve the performance of Hornil StylePix. Hornil StylePix runs on fewer resources environment such as Net-books and laptop computer or virtual machines(vmware, virtual box...) with full image handling features.
What's new in this version: Version 1.8.7 fixes some bugs and improve UI.
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4.2 starsout of 14 votes
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"I love it! Does so much more than you can imagine!"
Version: Hornil StylePix 1.7
Pros
Does just about as much as any of the name pro progs
Cons
There needs to be a mac version :-)
Summary
Definitely one to try! You'll be glad you did.
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"Easy to use small program"
Version: Hornil StylePix 1.6.9
Pros
A good little editor for simple file adjustments
Cons
Limited capabilities.
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"FREE LIGHT ADVANCED IMAGE EDITOR"
Version: Hornil StylePix 1.6.9
Pros
FREE
Layers with group
Various editing tools
Practical filters with live preview
Batch Processing
Browse Images and Fonts
Easy to Use(Tool option panel, work switch)
Intuitive UI
LightCons
not support RAW files
Summary
It's just 10MB with full image handling features. Just download and try it. It's free.
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"Not worth the effort to down load."
Version: Hornil StylePix 1.6.9
Pros
Big window to look at.
Cons
can only write...tag name ..what etc not what i thought it would be. I have seen many better downloads do better.
Summary
Go somewhere else..this one is NOT near good enough.
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"Great Product at a fantastic price"
Version: Hornil StylePix 1.6.5
Pros
1. Simple to use.
2. Free.
3. lots of options.
4. FreeCons
1. Using the sliders to adjust the level of sensitivity for a tool is a bit off; just a small change can have a large effect. A button and slider option would work better where each 10% increment could be selected, and then use a slider to tweak.
Summary
Does all it should, and does so much without cost.
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"Almost great photo editor"
Version: Hornil StylePix 1.6.5
Pros
Loads of features. Wide range of image filters with live preview. Paint functions. Layers. Available in portable edition. Small program size.
Cons
Maybe a biit rough round the edges. e.g. instant preview sometimes stops working then later starts again on my PC. My Wacom tablet behaves strangely only in this program.
Summary
A good poor mans photoshop. Much easier to use than GIMP and much less of a CPU and memory hog to boot. Shame it doesn't work with my tablet.
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"Simple to use, does everything I need"
Version: Hornil StylePix 1.6.5
Pros
I tried other similar tools, and this one does everything they other did, but much simpler for me to use - no need for reading any help/doc as in the others
Cons
Didn't find any, yet
Summary
Excellent software, simple to use, does everything I need
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"First impressions compared to Paint Shop Pro"
Version: Hornil StylePix 1.6.5
Pros
free to download. clear toolbars.
Cons
renames all image files with the Horni Stylepix Document file type. I prefer to know the actual file type as in .jpg or .bmp for example. Selections cannot be pasted and rotated by degree. Pasting procedure awkward. Colour dropper awkward to use.
Summary
These are first impressions only. I am used to Paint Shop Pro. This opens files in a new window, within the view pane, and multiple images can be open and manipulated individually. Copying and pasting, resizing and distortion are easy. PSP is superior in changing colours/hue/shade/intensity/light or dark, soft or hard.
I will continue to explore and learn Stylepix to see if it has tools I dont know about yet. -
"very practical software to edit your pictures"
Version: Hornil StylePix 1.6.1
Pros
easy to use
Cons
no comments
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Version: Hornil StylePix 1.6
Pros
I like this product because we can edit anything.
Cons
I don't have any dislike about this product.
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