{"id":638,"date":"2006-10-01T11:19:47","date_gmt":"2006-10-01T11:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jasonbassford.com\/?p=638"},"modified":"2021-11-12T20:11:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T01:11:30","slug":"new_graphics_pr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasonbassford.com\/index.php\/2006\/10\/01\/new_graphics_pr\/","title":{"rendered":"New graphics program."},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been using Graphic Workshop<\/a> for several years now – so much so that I purchased it a while back. It’s become a bit dated, however, and won’t let me apply some of the special effects I’d like – such as red eye reduction for use with digital camera pictures. Also, I’m not a fan of the newest version – which doesn’t appear to offer much more than the old version, and which I’d have to pay for again.<\/p>\n

I’ve also been using PhotoPlus<\/a>, and had purchased it also – but I got my copy some time ago, so I only have version 8, not 11 which is the latest. It, too, was useful, but, ironically, was missing some of the things I liked about Graphic Workshop – namely bulk resizing, conversion, and so on.<\/p>\n

Just last night I stumbled upon FastStone Image Viewer<\/a>, a freeware graphics viewer which combines the best of both of the above, and is, I believe, actually better overall – at least for my purposes. PhotoPlus does let you create pictures, unlike FastStone which only applys effects to existing pictures, however I hardly ever need to do that and, when I do, I can just use the native Windows Paint program.<\/p>\n

(If I ever need to do something fancier, I can always download the free Gimp<\/a> – something I’ve installed on and off over the years but have never kept on my system because I almost never need to use something as advanced as it, even though it’s excellent for what it does.)<\/p>\n

I will always prefer freeware (and open source software) to anything I could buy – especially if its quality is comparable, as this piece of software is. I heartily recommend it, and it’s now found its place in the list of software links on the left-hand side of my home page. It replaces the previous PhotoFiltre<\/a> that I’d had there.<\/p>\n

Something else interesting is that it also has an excellent contact sheet wizard – which means that it edges out the still good Cas<\/a>, from Zhorn Software, as my contact sheet utility of choice. This frees up another “spot” on my software link section, as I’ve removed that link too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been using Graphic Workshop for several years now – so much so that I purchased it a while back. It’s become a bit dated, however, and won’t let me apply some of the special effects I’d like – such as red eye reduction for use with digital camera pictures. Also, I’m not a fan …<\/p>\n

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