Freeware Software Links Here

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by mdd770

Bad link or gone?

Picture Shark is the name of the program referenced in that link. It can be found here:
watermark picture shark freeware image gallery protect

[mdd770]

thanks! that watermark one looks great! Thank you!

[mdd770]

Originally Posted by Sonny

You can try this add-on for firefox.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3905

Thanks! I installed that one and your watermark suggestion! Thank you very much!

[Buddha]

If you shoot outdoors day or night, this application could be a lifesaver.
When opened, it will show you the angles of the sun and the moon as they rise and set on your subject location on any day of the year. If you are going to shoot at a location you aren't familiar with, that can make a huge difference in the time of day you schedule to shoot.
The default location is somewhere in Turkey, IIRC. Just click and drag the cursor to wherever you are and it will remain there the next time you open it. Locations show just like Mapquest, maps or satellite photo. Zoom in or out.

The Photographer's Ephemeris | Plan your shoot

[TXhummer2]

Originally Posted by Buddha

If you shoot outdoors day or night, this application could be a lifesaver.
When opened, it will show you the angles of the sun and the moon as they rise and set on your subject location on any day of the year. If you are going to shoot at a location you aren't familiar with, that can make a huge difference in the time of day you schedule to shoot.
The default location is somewhere in Turkey, IIRC. Just click and drag the cursor to wherever you are and it will remain there the next time you open it. Locations show just like Mapquest, maps or satellite photo. Zoom in or out.

The Photographer's Ephemeris | Plan your shoot

Thanks, Joe!

[dbaldock]

I haven't looked at every post in this thread, but I did do a search of the forum for "magick", and didn't find ImageMagick listed. It's another suite of command line applications that started in UNIX / Linux world, and are now available on Windows.

I've used it for years, and have written some shell scripts (batch files) to modify images (size, format, and using ExifTool to copy EXIF data from a TIFF to a PNG of the same image).

ImageMagick
ImageMagick: Install from Binary Distribution

ExifTool
ExifTool by Phil Harvey

[mdurisseau]

How about this: Free copy of Capture One software...

Capture One Promotion | Digital Photographer

[givtu]

Originally Posted by mdurisseau

How about this: Free copy of Capture One software...

Capture One Promotion | Digital Photographer

No longer available :(

[texkam]

Version 0.11 has now been released. Shotwell keeps improving. : )
Shotwell

Now version 0.12 and the beat goes on.

[Mark McCall]

FotoSketcher
Quick automatic painting of images

FotoSketcher | Turn photos into art for free
Unfortunately the samples on the website doesn't do it justice. I

[henderson2238881]

Originally Posted by King Edward

I can't believe no one has mentioned The GIMP.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-win/

I haven't found a better free image editor with the power GIMP has! (note* Install the GTK+ file before installing the main program.)

I can't believe it either! It's the closest thing to Photoshop I've ever found. It's had a version of content aware fill for years which works perfectly. The only thing it lacks that Photoshop has that I would love is adjustment layers. No real problem, it's just a convenience. There are dozens and dozens of fantastic plugins,and more all the time. Currently, it's 8 bit with some 16 bit internal processing (GEGL). Version 2.8 will be out this year, and the full 16 bit version 3.0 is in the works.

Another very important freebee is Rawtherapee ver. 3.0. As it's name suggests, it's a raw converter -- loaded with incredible features which rival those in ACR. Quite an incredible program, actually.