Visions

Visions has everything you need to get the most out of digital photos. It takes a multifaceted approach to managing and manipulating digital files. So many photo editing programs are complex and expensive. Visions is not only free, but it's also designed for every skill level. In addition to its photo-editing and file-managing capabilities, it offers useful extras, such as automatically resizing images for sending via e-mail.

Visions is attractively designed and easy to use. A Wizard gets you started off well. The Help menu includes a user's manual, a hints menu, and a link to an online forum. The Viewer tab reviews and organizes your files into albums. The Editor tab edits and enhances your photos. You can fix color, levels, noise, remove red eye, rotate, crop, add filters, and even view metadata. The Creator tab has templates for greeting cards, books and calendars. The Sharing tab lets you share your photos with your friends online using your Flickr account. If you want to print images from Visions, you can do so with your own printer, or you can create an account with Snapfish and upload photos there for printing. It also has an optional backup system where you can back up your images by creating a Box.net account and storing your images online there. The third-party services that Visions partners with, Flickr, Snapfish, and Box.net, are all smart choices.

Visions is free and installs and uninstalls with no problems. This is an awesome, versatile, and easy to use application.