Adobe Photoshop The professional image-editing standard
Adobe® Photoshop® 7.0 software, the professional image-editing standard, helps you work more efficiently, explore new creative options, and produce the highest quality images for print, the Web, and anywhere else. Create exceptional imagery with easier access to file data; streamlined Web design; faster, professional-quality photo retouching; and more.
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Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0
Powerful yet easy-to-use image editing software for print, e-mail, and the Web
Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 2.0 software offers the perfect combination of power and simplicity so you can do more with your photos. From quick corrections to creative editing, you can easily achieve high-quality results. Whether you use a digital camera or scan traditional photos, Photoshop Elements makes digital imaging a breeze.
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IMatch 3
The image management tool of choice for thousands of professional photographers and serious amateur photographers worldwide. IMatch makes it easy to view, edit and organize your digital image collection. It integrates all your other applications, works with your digital camera and helps you with all aspects of your digital imaging workflow.

Features at a glance

Support for over 50 image file formats
Customizable Web and HTML support
Full support for "RAW" files: NEF, CRW, ORF, RAF, ...
Unique dynamic categorization feature
Full EXIF (including maker notes) and IPTC support
Lossless rotation
Built-in image editor with automatic red-eye removal
Built-in Contact Sheet Builder and Batch Processor
Complete file management support
Smart Rename with many features (with EXIF support)
Integrates other applications via customizable menus
Printing support and email integration
Powerful scripting language to automate frequent tasks
Control other applications from IMatch
Extensive Import and Export features
Unmatched flexibility for removable media (CD-ROM, DVD)
Excellent performance for small and large databases
Virtually no limit for the number of images per database
XML-based data management
"Open System" approach with published data formats

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ThumbsPlus shareware
Cerious Software's superb thumbnail-based image management and editing application is notable for its fast and flexible thumbnailing, powerful batch processing, solid intermediate image editing facilities (including a superb general enhancement function), off-line volume support for management of images archived on removable media, keyword-based image management, and a handy web page wizard for constructing thumbnailed image link tables.  ThumbsPlus also offers EXIF data access among many other enhancements. Download free trial program.

ACDSee shareware
View and browse digital photos and graphics quickly, even large images or thousands of thumbnail previews at a time. ACDSee picture viewer and graphic converter is the solution for managing your images. You can even preview sound and video files for over 50 media formats in total, including AVI, MPEG and MP3. Plus, quickly store thumbnails of your entire CD collection and then browse through all your images without loading or switching discs. Get images from almost any source, including TWAIN, FlashPoint Digita and WIA digital cameras, scanners, memory cards, CDs, USB devices and the Web. Download a free trial of ACDSee picture viewer, graphic converter and photo album software.

Picture Information Extractor------The Ultimate Tool for Digital Cameras.
camera by analyzing shutter, flash use, aperture, zoom position and quality setting. The exposure information PIE shows you exposure information for each picture. Improve understanding for the function of your digital saved in the JPG file (the meta data) will remain as long as the file is not modified. Any modification to the JPG file will destroy this data. PIE preserves exposure information in standard textfiles which also may be imported into a spreadsheet or database. PIE is a file renaming utility that extracts the camera information from the raw .jpg and renames the PIC000XX.JPG filename to a more computer friendly name keyed to the date and time as well as other photo information. This lets your favorite picture viewer display your photos in correct chronological order.  Download a free evaluation version of PIE

Paint Shop Pro shareware
Retouch, repair, and edit photos with easy-to-use, high-quality, automatic photo enhancement features
Create and optimize Web graphics with built-in Web tools and artistic drawing and text tools
Design cool animations with Animation Shop 3 included free
Easily add custom images to your home and business graphics projects
Save time with productivity tools: grids, guides, alignment, and grouping
Expand your creativity with over 75 special effects
Share photos electronically with friends and family via email, Web sites, and photo-sharing sites
Trial version is completely free, fully functional, and runs for 30 days