Graphics

Serif's PhotoPlus SE

A fully-functional, professional quality, bitmapped graphics editor; features powerful image export optimizer, editable text, comprehensive image enhancement, image export optimizer, image slicing, etc. Requires WinXP or later plus free on-line registration.
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70.8MB

Serif's DrawPlus

A fully-functional, professional quality, drawing program; features include drag 'n drop formatting, animation mode, advanced graphic functions, Border Wizard, transparency effects, and more. Requires WinXP or later plus free on-line registration.
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94.3MB

Google SketchUp

A modeling program for creating 3D drawings; features normal drawing tools, push/pull to create a 3D effect, add color & textures, shadow casting, over 50 pre-drawn objects, X-ray mode, tutorial, and more. Requires WinXP or later plus OpenGL videocard.
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18.9MB

Photoscape

A deluxe photo editor; features image viewer, image editor, batch editor (edit multiple photos), merge multiple photos, make animated GIFs, print, screen capture, color picker, batch renamer, converts RAW to JPG, and more. Requires Windows 98 or later.
Review/screenshots
13.1MB

Photo! Editor

A powerful and easy-to-use image editing suite of tools; features 7 editing plug-ins (Fix Red Eye, Lighting, Denoiser, Make Up, Caricature, Enhance Color & Framing), batch processing, unlimited undo/redo, and more. Requires WinXP or later & 1024x768 screen.
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7.03MB

Paint.NET

An image/photo editor from Washington State University with help from Microsoft; features full image editing, supports layers, includes 10 special effects, unlimited undo/redo, all major tools, and more. Requires WinXP or later & .NET framework.
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1.50MB

Pixia

A full-color photo-editing program supporting 10 bitmap formats (but not GIF); features multiple layers, up to 100 levels of undo, TWAIN32 compliant, support for drawing tablets, huge assortment of special effects, and more. Requires 800x600 screen & 16k colors.
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4.65MB

Strata 3Dbase v3.5

A fully-functioning 3D package that creates raytraced 3D models, images, animations and Web content; features textures, lighting effects, & rendering of 3D scenes. Requires Pentium CPU, Win98/ME, 128MB RAM, IE4.x QuickTime 3.x, and free on-line registration.
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23.0MB

Fotografix

A portable image editor for digital image enhancement, photo retouching & graphic design; features painting tools, selection tools, transformation tools, layers & channels, editable text layers, easy-to-use scripting language, and more. Requires WinXP or later.
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368kB

StudioLine Photo Basic

Professional photo-editing, management, & image sharing; features import most popular image file formats, share picture thumbnails via e-mail, print images in preset standard sizes, create Web galleries, slideshow, etc. Requires free registration, PII 300MHz, Win98 or later.
Review/screenshots
43.9MB

Pos Free Photo Editor v1.26

A user friendly photo editor that was specially designed for novices; features small learning curve, 12 image enhancements, 12 effects filters, multiple undo/redo, prints multiple images per sheet, and more. Requires WinXP or later.
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12.6MB

FotoMix

Creates a montage of photos where the background of an image is replaced with another image so that it appears that the character in the first image has the background of the second image, or even multiple backgrounds. Requires Win98 or later.
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5.14MB

My Pictures 3D Album

Displays photos in picturesque 3D galleries that can be viewed in automatic or free movement mode; includes My Pictures 3D Screensaver & Web Photo Album. Requires Win98 or later & 1024x768 screen. CFS download ( 16 additional sets 33.6MB)
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13.6MB

20/20 v2.2

Professional quality image editing tool with heaps of special effects filters. Advertiser supported (Radiate).
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3.48MB

imagoWEB v1.1

A photo editing tool that supports JPEG, GIF, BMP, DIB, RLE, WMF, etc file formats; features special effects filters (Blur, Oil Paint, Mosaic, Page Curl, Wave, Mirror, etc), drag 'n drop, TWAIN, thumbnail viewer, screen capture, sequential rename, and more.
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688kB

PhotoModeler Lite v3.1a

Create 3D models from photos, with points, lines, surfaces, photo-textures.
Review
4.34MB

IrfanView32

An excellent image viewer and editing tool which supports over 60 filetypes (some require optional plug-ins: irfanview_plugins_400_setup.exe – 6.69MB) including animated GIFs, video and sound formats; features TWAIN support, special effects, HEX view, etc.
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1.10MB

Ashampoo Photo Optimizer

Optimizes/enhances digital photos with a single click by improving contrast, brightness, color intensity & sharpness; features picture preview, undo optimization, auto backup, batch processing, and more. Requires Windows XP or later & free on-line registration.
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9.94MB

Satori PhotoXL

Professional object-oriented paint photo-editing and 2D graphics design program features dockable palettes and toolbars and support for multilayer images. 1024x768 True color or higher recommended.
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6.53MB

Hornil StylePix

A multi-layer graphic's editor; features support for 6 popular formats, multiple files can be opened simultaneously, multi-level undo/redo, huge selection of filters & effects, correction & enhancement tools, and more. Requires Windows XP or later.
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2.21MB

Helicon Filter Free

A full set of post processing tools for the digital photographer; features intuitive interface, correction Wizard, a huge number of retouching tools & image filters, support of external plug-ins, full EXIF & IPTC information, supports user settings, and more.
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12.2MB

FastStone Capture v5.3

A powerful screen capture utility that can capture windows, objects, full screen, rectangle regions, freehand-selected regions & scrolling windows; features image editor, captures mouse cursor, and more. Requires Win98 or later – free for personal use only.
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1.05MB

Fiolex Media Express

An image viewer & editor which also manages, views & plays media files; features support for 19 image formats (JPG, BMP, TIF, PNG, etc), 10 audio formats (MIDI, MP3, WAV, etc) & 10 video formats. Requires Win98, DirectX 9 & VB 6 runtime files, nagware.
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3.09MB

Ulead GIF Animator LE v1.0

The absolutely best free GIF animator available; tremendous!
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1.73MB

FastStone Image Viewer

An image browser, converter & editor that supports all major graphic formats; features fullscreen viewing, red-eye removal, resizing, cropping, slideshow, drop shadow, lossless JPG transitions, image annotation, scanner support, and more. Requires Win98 or later.
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3.43MB

CadStd Lite

Very powerful 2D CAD drawing program but with limited Helpfile; features import of GEDCOM files (5 generations only in the Lite version), an accuracy of .0001 of an inch & drawings can be as large as 3.5 miles, view & edit files created in HPGL, and more.
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1.48MB

JustCad v2.01

Simple to use point ’n click 2D CAD program which requires few CAD skills; features a huge array of drawing tools (includes line, circle, arc, ellipse & polygon) and editing tools (includes object select, trim, copy, stretch, mirror, scale, erase, change, undo & redo).
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1.92MB

Envisioneer Express

A 3D architectural design program with a simple point and click approach; features a selection of real world objects (walls, doors, windows, stairs, etc), supports imperial & metric measurements, and more. Requires Win98SE or later (see Info for more).
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37.7MB

VectorEngineer Quick-tools

A multi-purpose 2D CAD system with extensive capabilities to produce professional technical drawings and designs; features drawing, edit, property, dimensioning, styles, units, grids, color, unlimited undo/redo, zoom, printing, etc. Requires 800x600 screen.
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2.04MB

Serif 3DPlus

Creates 3D logos, banners, animations, scenes, and more; features easy-to-use interface, bevels & extrusions, lighting effects, camera control, models/materials gallery, 3D objects & materials, text & effects, automatic animation, etc. Requires free on-line registration.
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20.9MB

Sweet Home 3D

An interior design application that helps positioning furniture on a 2D floor plan; features a 3D preview, 75 different pieces of 3D furniture to place (or download more) or create your own, sloping walls, ground & wall textures, and more. Requires Win98 or later.
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27.6MB

Digital Dream Studio

An image editor that has multiple layers & supports plug-ins; features over 50 blending modes, a non-linear history (similar to undo, but more complex), image retouch, includes 4 plug-ins, and more. Requires Pentium 333 MHz, 96 MB RAM, 800x600 resolution & 24 bit color. Download IFS Library (4kB)
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3.66MB

Room Arranger v3.26

Allows the creation of floor plans, with objects (TV, bed, table, etc) capable of being moved around at will; features an extensive library of objects in 9 categories, suitable for indoors or outdoors, can be displayed in a 3D VRML viewer, and more. 4 additional samples (26kB).
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709kB

TwistedBrush v3.5

An image effects editor with a huge range of special effects filters & general image editing tools; features 18 brushes (pastels, pencils, oil paint, stamps, cloning, etc), 55 filters, scripts, masks, unlimited undo/redo, auto save, and more. Later versions are shareware.
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1.74MB

PhotoMeister

A Wizard-driven digital photo management tool; features built-in slideshow & screensaver tools, basic image editing, 7 filters, creates HTML & Flash Web albums, HTML template editor, built-in FTP client, printing Wizard, batch Wizard, and more.
Review/screenshots
11.4MB

SureThing Photo

A photo editor & manager; organizes all photos & images, can handle thousands of images, can automatically adjust exposure & contrast, removes red eye, special effects, creates photo albums & contact sheets, prints, and more. Requires Win98 or later.
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13.1MB

FastStone Photo Resizer

An image converter/resizer that supports for popular image formats (JPG, GIF, BMP, TIF & PNG); features batch processing (convert, resize, etc), renames with sequential numbers, supports folder/non-folder structure, and more. Requires Windows 98 or later.
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1.24MB

Minos

Sensational 3D solid CAD system with English & French versions; separate Helpfile in Word format (additional 232kB download).
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891kB

PaintStar

A digital image editor, specially designed for retouching photos & authoring images; features a full suite of painting tools, gradient fill tools, selection tools, zoom, supports over 30 file formats, 99 level undo/redo, over 100 filters & effects, screen capture, and more.
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2.57MB

TwistedBrush Open Studio

A digital paint and photo editing program; features layers, masks, tablet & scanner support, over 100 filters, supports 12 image formats, drawing guides, image warping tools, text support, gradients, tracing paper, up to 500 undo/redo levels, and more.
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11.0MB

Image Analyzer

An advanced image editor, with enhancement & analysis tools; reads/writes to popular image formats, scanner/printer support, built-in conventional & adaptive filters, color model conversion, image tools, red-eye removal, and more. Requires Win98 or later.
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1.24MB

PhotoFiltre

An easy-to-use image editor; features over 100 filters, PhotoMasque & Automatisation modules, image browser, plug-in manager, TWAIN support, GIF transparencies, text effects, contours & textures, and more. Free for non-commercial use only.
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1.60MB

Beneton Movie GIF

A GIF editing tool for creating animated images; features support for 48 image formats, drag 'n drop, multiple frame selection, 20 effects, built-in image editor, preview window, and more. Requires WinXP or later plus DirectX 8+ with compatible graphics/sound card.
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4.95MB

FotoSketcher

Convert digital photos into art in a few seconds; features 9 customizable art styles (pen & ink drawing, pencil sketch, & various painting renderings), improve the original photo with simple tools (enhance, contrast, sharpen, color saturation, etc), and more.
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2.55MB

Picasa

An album-based digital picture organizer; features image editing (red eye removal, crop, rotate, enhance, etc), image search, built-in e-mail, slideshow, timeline view, thumbnail view of images, and more. Requires WinXP, DirectX 7, IE 5.01 & 800x600 display.
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5.93MB

Virtual ImagePrinter

A printer driver that creates an image of any document which can be printed; supports the most popular image formats (PDF, BMP, PNG, JPG & TIF), optionally saves a large document to a single image, variable image quality, and more. Requires WinXP or later.
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882kB

MyViewPad

An image viewer that reads over 60 file types (GIF, JPG, BMP, TGA, WMF, PSD, etc), and writes to 25 file types; features slideshow, load & save from TWAIN source, image rotation, basic image editing, color histogram, and more. Requires Windows 98 or later.
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2.50MB

FocusViewer

An image viewer and editor; features 21 filter effects, supports common photo formats (BMP, JPG, GIF, TGA, PSD, etc), slideshow, red-eye removal, wallpaper with calendar, contact sheet, screen capture (timed & hot key), and more. Requires Win98 or later.
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1.43MB

Image Analyzer

Image editing, enhancement and analysis that supports reading & writing to 12 file formats (GIF, JPG, TIF, etc); features easy red-eye removal, noise reduction, automatic brightness, contrast, gamma & saturation adjustments, supports TWAIN devices, and more.
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1.80MB

Banner Crafter v1.020

Create sensational animated GIF banners with drag ’n drop visual elements, full editing control, etc.
Review
1.96MB

GIF Optimizer

Reduces the size of GIF images by removing the unused colors from GIF image pallets, and which also works with animated GIFs & removes duplicate frames; features image preview, size saving preview, and more.
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258kB