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Photo Editors exposes which functions are important and make a photo editor software convenient to use.
	Digital Photo Enhancement exposes many aspects of photo enhancement, the exposure and contrast correction, the color cast correction, the sloped axis or sloped horizon correction and the sharpness improvement.
		Histogram exposes the role of histograms and how they can assist you for exposure/contrast correction and for color cast correction.
		Gamma correction exposes the way to treat photos that are too dark or too light and why gamma correction combined with levels correction through the assistance of an histogram is faster and gives better results than common brightness/contrast correction.
		Photo correction of geometrical issues tells you how to correct a slanted horizon line or slanted axes very easily, without guessing if the inclination of your horizon is 1 degree, 2 degrees, 5 degrees or whatever. Also treats about barrel and pincushion corrections.
		Sharper Image exposes the way to give your photos a sharper look without the inconveniences of the built-in sharpening tools of most editors.
		Batch Photo Enhancement exposes the ways and limits of exposure/contrast enhancement and color cast correction through a batch process.
	Resizing photos exposes the difference between simple resizing and resampling -or resizing through a resampling algorithm-.
		Resizing jpegs exposes why jpeg images are easy to resize through a resampling algorithm.
		Resizing gifs exposes the problems encountered when resampling gifs and how to get around them.
	Converting images tells you how easily you can convert photos from one image format to another one with nearly any photo software.
		Converting bmp to jpeg exposes how easy it is to convert from bitmap to jpeg with nearly any photo or image software. If you only need to convert from bmp to jpg, skip the page above and go straight to this one.
		Converting avi to jpeg exposes how to extract still images out of a video sequence.
		Converting raw pictures deals with the digital camera's raw picture format and raw picture conversion.
		Image file formats lists over 100 more or less common image file formats and tells you which software can handle them.
	Compressing photos exposes the basic idea behind the concept of compressing photos.
		Jpeg compression exposes all the specifics about compressing jpg images and how to get better compressed jpegs than most photo editors will produce.
	EXIF viewers shows what EXIF information is and lists software that will let you display the EXIF data.
		EXIF editors tells you how you can edit or modify the EXIF data of your photos.
		keeping EXIF tags exposes what photo editors really keep and which EXIF data they may lose when working on images. Solutions.
	Special Effects lists many special effects and which software is able to produce them.
		Examples of the effect Add Envelope
		Examples of the effect Add Frame
		Examples of the effect Button Maker
		Examples of the effect Drop Shadow
		Examples of the effect Emboss
		Examples of the effect Greyscale image
		Examples of the effect Negative image
		Examples of the effect Oil Painting
		Examples of the effect Old Photograph
		Examples of the effect Split RGB Channels
Image Viewers exposes which functions are important and make an image viewer software convenient to use.
Batch Software tells you which photo editors and image viewers will let you apply the same treatment to many photos in a glance.
	Batch image conversion lists photo software that is able to convert images via a batch process.
	Batch image resizing lists photo software that is able to resize images via a batch process.
	Batch Photo Enhancement exposes the ways and limits of exposure/contrast enhancement and color cast correction through a batch process. Mentions a software that enhances photos via a batch process.
Photo Album Software exposes what photo album software has more compared to photo viewers and lists some photo album software.
Animated GIF photos tells you how you can make animated GIF files with your photos.
Photo & Web site tells you what to care of when you write a page containing photos.
Tables.
	Compare editing photo software lists photo software and features they offer in a table.
	Image file formats lists over 100 more or less common image file formats and tells you which software can handle them.
	Special Effects lists many special effects and which software is able to produce them.
My personal pros and cons lists.
	Color Washer plugin
	Exifer
	Focal Blade plugin
	Photo-Brush
	PhotoPhilia
	Powerexif
	Power Retouche plugins
	Zoner Media Explorer
	Zoner Photo Studio
Frequently Asked Questions gives answers to questions asked by the visitors of this website.
	How to copy photos to CD tells how to burn backup CD's with photos and how to burn CD's with a self running slide show to give away.
	How to date photo tells how to print contact sheets with EXIF data.
	How to by-pass the pc camera software explains alternatives to acquiring digital photos on the pc.
	How to rename file extensions explains how to rename single file extensions and how to rename file extensions in a batch if they have been changed unexpectedly.
	Resizing versus Compression explains that photo resizing and photo compression are 2 different things and shows examples.
Examples of photos.
	Compressed photos shows examples of photos compressed with various quality factors.
	Enlarged photo shows an example of a photo that has been reduced and enlarged again leading to quality loss.