adionSoft Fast Image Resizer is a simple, easy to use resizing tool for Windows 2000, XP and Vista. The front end is extremely simple, but don’t worry there are plenty of options under the hood. You simply set the output size from several preset sizes (or type in a custom size) then drag and drop your images onto the application!

You can set preferences for the resize quality, the level of JPG compression used, automatic rotation, location of resized files and EXIF handling.
Fast Image Resizer also has flexible output file naming options.

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So what is HDR (High Dynamic Range)?

Put simply it allows you to create images that are more like what the human eye may see. To create HDR images you need to take multiple exposures (over exposed, correctly exposed, under exposed) and combine the images, or take a RAW image and extract the additional shadow and highlight detail from the file.

To do this you will need some HDR or Tone Mapping software and there’s no better software than free software!

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We’ve put together a list of the Top 10 Freeware Photo and Image Viewers for the Windows platform.

All the programs provide thumbnail viewing and display of multiple image formats, many provide basic image manipulation such as color and density corrections, cropping, rotation and file format conversions (save as different filetypes). All the software listed here is either freeware or free for non-commercial use without feature disabling. Read more »