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PhotoScape is a free image editor that is designed to be fun and easy to use. It not only resizes, edits, and tweaks your digital snapshots and other image files but also creates slideshows and animated GIFs, captures screenshots, combines and splits images, and more. PhotoScape can do lots of fun things to your pictures, and its modules, circular feature selector, and video tutorials take care of the "easy" part.
We mentioned PhotoScape's unique, circular module selector, which duplicates and adds to the features on the program's toolbar, except the first tab, PhotoScape, which is the home screen (though all the tools are available on the toolbar via the toolbar menu). Another unique and interesting feature displays a photo grabbed from Flickr. You can click to change the image or turn the feature off. The Viewer tool's tree view and thumbnails helped us make quick work of finding and loading our images; the tree view persists in the upper left corner, too, when you move on to PhotoScape's various features, starting with the Editor. The Editor collects the most frequently needed editing tools in a console, but the compact view hides a plethora of options; for instance, the Filter menu has 25 items, and nine of those items have submenus. The Editor tools can do everything from adding objects to removing moles: we had quite a laugh when the random wallpaper image we opened turned out to be screen legend Anne Francis and her famous mole! But we could also paint, draw, stamp, and make mosaics out of our images.
More fun: Animated GIFs are easy to make with PhotoScape, including resizing images, changing the timing and alignment, and automatically resizing all photos to the first image's size. The Page editor includes a huge range of templates for creating frames, borders, and collages, while the pop-up Raw Converter converts RAW images from DSLR cameras into JPEGs. A cool Paper Print tool prints letters, music sheets, calendars, planners, and more. Be sure to check out the online Face Search tool. PhotoScape promises and delivers a fun photo tool that's also easy to use.
PhotoScape - Enhance images - Download Video Previews:Publisher's Description
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PhotoScape is an all-in-one style photo editor. Major capabilities are: viewer, editor, batch editor, page, combine, animated GIF, print, splitter, screen capture, color picker, rename, raw converter, resizing, brightness, color, or white-balance adjustment, backlight correction, frames, balloons, text, drawing pictures, cropping, filters, red eye removal and blooming. PhotoScape has been used for two years and is expanding its features continuously.
What's new in this version: Version 3.6.3 has added Clipart Object Mirror function in Picture and improvded Exif function.
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All versions:
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Current version:
3.3 starsout of 28 votes
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"ADWARE! STAY AWAY!"
Version: PhotoScape 3.6.3
Pros
good program for free
Cons
used to be a good program, but latest version is loaded with adware, some that you dont even get a choice to install
Summary
pass on the adware loaded software
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"This is amazing and so easy to use!!!"
Version: PhotoScape 3.6.3
Pros
The features it has is better than the other free ones and it's easy to use and it's almost like Photoshop a bit.
Cons
Needs more editing stuff for photos.
Summary
For not spending money this is really good for family photos and friends photos and for Facebook but not for clients and professional use.
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"A very good free photo editor"
Version: PhotoScape 3.6.3
Pros
Relatively easy to use, stable, no spamware included
Cons
Nothing really, wish it was open source, but it's a good product
Summary
I downloaded Photoscape and used it to create a pretty nice tiled mosaic of family and other pictures to use as my Google Plus cover banner. I was able to use it almost immediately (without reading the directions), and got a good result. I consider this a great tool for someone (like me) who's not at all adept with photo editing tools and doesn't want to learn a system like GIMP but needs to create something cool.
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"free, good for adding custom frames to photos"
Version: PhotoScape 3.6.3
Pros
free, good for adding custom frames to photos
Cons
i don't see any cons to this software
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"Very easy to use and versatile program. Big props!"
Version: PhotoScape 3.6.3
Pros
Easy to crop.
Easy to add captions.
Easy to add objects.
Good saving options.Cons
Not photoshop but it's free so complaining is not an option.
Summary
Great for basic editing of any graphic.
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"Hard to select options and scanning."
Version: PhotoScape 3.6.3
Pros
Does the job.
Cons
Could not figure out how to scan a pic from available choices.
Summary
ok except for the scanning feature.
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"Seems very odd about PhotoScape"
Version: PhotoScape 3.6.3
Pros
If so many users are seeing malware, why did the CNET reviewers not even mention it?
Cons
Don't they test for virus, malware, etc.?
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"MALWARE & TRACKING COOKIES ALERT!"
Version: PhotoScape 3.6.3
Pros
Great editing tools and ways to splice and dice your images for DYI family/friends photo projects.
Cons
Malware installs automatically w/this free download and no amount of scanning with top-notch PC protection will rid your computer of them.
My PC would not load after I tried to reboot after Symantec got rid of the threats/tracking cookies--I ran 2 Quick Scans and 1 Full Scan. I had to reset my 3-weeks-old, brand new desktop.Summary
NOT WORTH THE HASSLE! As another reviewer posted, get it from a better-trusted website.
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"Installs junk without permission and won't stop itself."
Version: PhotoScape 3.6.3
Pros
I can do many nice things with my photos, like combining a few photos into one page and frame it. Very cute!
Cons
Too bad it comes with so much junk that it's not worth the trouble to try this program. It hijacks your pc.
Summary
This is a program loved. I had it in my old pc and I don't recall it installing junk on that one. But now, when I tried to install it on my new pc., it installed so much junk, even when I denied it and tried to get out of the installation, that I had to go and uninstall everything I DID NOT give permission to in the first place and it installed anyway.
I turned off my pc thinking it would stop installing, but when I turned my pc on again, there was all the junk. There's no 'stop' button and you can't even close it.
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"Love this application."
Version: PhotoScape 3.6.3
Pros
Bets free program out there to edit your digital pictures.
Cons
I haven't found anything to complain about with this program. And to top it off, it's free.
Summary
I take a lot of pictures and use many different programs to edit my work. I do have and use Photoshop C6. PhotoScape is a powerful editing programs that has tons of features in making your pictures looking great. If I'm not going to edit the layers of my pics and need to tweak the lighting, contrast, brightness or crop its size I use PhotoScape. It's one of a handful of editing tools in my lightroom that I use often. You can't go wrong in downloading and using it. I would recommend it highly to all photographers novice and pros alike.
