Other features include Batch Editing, Multiple Photo Merge, Animated GIFs, Screen Capture, Print, RAW to JPG Converter.

Homepage: http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php
Download: Download.com
Filesize: 14.37Mb

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.

Features:

• Dual and Quadcore compatible
• Resize images to any size quickly and in high quality
• Create thumbnails for your website images
• Resize Algorithm quality and JPEG quality configurable
• Create resized files in new folder, or in the same folder as the source
• Use EXIF information to rotate your pictures to the correct orientation
• Copy EXIF info from source image
• Easy resizing by using windows explorer Send To menu
• Automatic cropping option
• Can read JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TIFF and HD Photo (.wdp, .hdp) files
• Writes JPG files
• Compatible with Windows 2000, XP and Vista

Homepage: http://adionsoft.net/
Download: http://adionsoft.net/fastimageresize/
Filesize: 450Kb

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!

FDRTools Basic

• Combine several differently exposed photos of an exposure series into an HDR image
• Prepare your HDR images for display or print with high quality tonal range compression (tone mapping)
• Import the RAW images of your digital camera
• Export and archive the optimised HDR image in a format of your choice

Photomatix Basic

• Automatically blend two differently exposed photos, combine multiple exposures into HDR, and tone map HDR images with a simple tone mapping method.

easyHDR Basic

• EasyHDR is an image processing software that produces high dynamic range (HDR) images from normal, 24-bit, photos taken with a typical digital camera. EasyHDR blends a sequence of photos taken at different exposure times and applies tone mapping in order to create the result. No more overexposed or underexposed photos. With easyHDR you can create images with dynamic range of human vision or even greater.

Qtpfsgui

• Qtpfsgui is a graphical user interface that aims to provide a workflow for HDR imaging. Supported features: Create an HDR file from a set of images (formats: JPEG, TIFF 8bit and 16bit, RAW) of the same scene taken at different exposure setting, Save and load HDR images, Rotate and resize HDR images. Tonemap HDR images.

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.

1. Irfanview

IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative Freeware (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista.

2. XnView

Come to discover XnView, a software to view and convert graphic files, really simple to use! Support of more than 400 graphics formats! Provided as Freeware for private non-commercial, educational use and non-profit organization.

3. Picasa 2

Picasa is free photo management software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the photos on your PC. Picasa automatically locates all your photos (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual folders organized by name, size, or date. You can drag and drop to arrange your folders and make albums to create new groups. Picasa makes sure your photos are always organized.

Picasa also makes advanced editing simple by putting one-click fixes and powerful effects at your fingertips. And Picasa makes it a snap to share your photos – you can email, upload to an online album, print photos at home, make gift CDs, and even post photos to Blogger.

4. Imgv

Imgv is a unique and feature rich Image Viewer. Features include a GUI that doesn’t get in the way of viewing your images, a file browser, slideshows, zooming, rotating, on-the-fly Exif viewing, histograms, fullscreen support, wallpaper setting, the ability to view 4 images on the screen at once, adjustable thumbnail sizes, playlists, view and download images from Web sites, movie playing, file searching/filtering, multiple directory loading, transitional effects, image hiding and more.

5. cam2pc Freeware Edition

cam2pc has all the features you may need to work faster than ever with your digital pictures. With cam2pc, digital imaging get as simple as it gets! cam2pc is aimed at digital photography and therefore handles most digital imaging image formats.

6. DaVinci

The program is written for anyone with a digital camera. The image editing tools included range in complexity from simple to advanced. The image improvement guide is available to help users improve their photos.
For people who need the powerful image editing software, but don’t want to spend a lot of money to get it. DaVinci™ is free.

7. Photo Studio

Photo Studio is a multi purpose tool for dealing with photographic images. It greatly speeds up and enhances the process of getting images from your digital camera to the web. It supports everything from downloading the images from your camera or memory card, through rotating, resizing, conversion, previewing, adding comments, creating thumbnails and generating fully customisable HTML index pages ready for uploading to your website.

Photo Studio is also a useful tool for exploring the meta data stored along with your image files. The program supports a wide variety of meta data standards, including EXIF, CIFF, Olympus, JFIF and Photoshop. EXIF data will be of particular interest to digital camera users – it is the format used by most digital cameras to store camera settings along with an image.

8. FastStone Image Viewer

FastStone Image Viewer is a fast, stable, user-friendly image browser, converter and editor. It has a nice array of features that include image viewing, management, comparison, red-eye removal, emailing, resizing, cropping and color adjustments. Its innovative but intuitive full-screen mode provides quick access to EXIF information, thumbnail browser and major functionalities via hidden toolbars that pop up when your mouse touches the four edges of the screen.

Other features include a high quality magnifier and a musical slideshow with 150+ transitional effects, as well as lossless JPEG transitions, drop shadow effects, image annotation, scanner support, histogram and much more. It supports all major graphic formats.

9. PhoA

Free photo album and image cataloguing software. You can store source image files the way you like. The files can be foldered by event, by date, by author, or be placed in the single folder. You can fill picture properties gradually as you wish. In addition, properties can be set for a number of pictures at once.

10. PhotoMeister

PhotoMeister helps you to handle, edit and publish photos from your digital camera. Everything that you need to manage your photos and to impress your family, friends or customers with your photos are included in one piece of software – easy to install and even easier to use!