Photolightning 2.0

CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: CNET Staff

Ease of use is Photolightning's priority, and the program makes good on the promise. The interface guides you step-by-step through the most common photo-editing and organizing tasks. Start with minor modifications, such as rotation, red-eye removal, zooming, and cropping, then allows you to print the results or share them via e-mail. Photolightning can help you create photo albums, flip albums, and slide shows. The slide shows can be viewed without any special software in your Web browser. The program's somewhat-restrictive, wizard-style approach may not appeal to everyone, but its functionality makes it a worthwhile download for beginners.

Publisher's description

From Photolightning :

If you love taking digital photos but have little time to learn or desire to use 'professional' programs to make standard sized prints, send photo e-mails, and perform minor photo enhancements, Photolightning is the solution for you. Following an easy three-step process, digital camera users can process a typical set of 24 photos in five minutes or less.

Save time and money on costly photo paper by using standard templates from major manufacturers which minimize paper usage and errors. Make professional quality photo prints for as little as $0.26 each at Shutterfly, Snapfish, and Walmart. Make your photo e-mails easy to read by eliminating attachments. Photolightning reduces each photo to about 40KB and then places your photos directly into the body of the e-mail so that they can easily be read by all major e-mail clients, including AOL, Yahoo!, Hotmail, Outlook, Outlook Express, and Netscape. Auto-detects your camera, downloads your photos, and provides a large preview for easy comparison.

Photolightning has a lightning fast thumbnail browser with a 'Photo History' view to see all of the photos on your disk in chronological order regardless of how they are organized. Offers red eye reduction, cropping, auto-levels, auto-contrast, fix backlighting, add flash, fixes out-of-focus photos, crops, sharpens, and boosts colors. Creates HTML slide shows to view on your machine, email to friends, or post to a web site. Version 2.0 added Photo History, auto-levels, auto-contrast, add flash, and HTML slideshow.

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