2 Pic - Free Graphical Editor from Tomas Moor

Merge images, make them fade into each other, frame them, apply several cool effects use a distortion mirror, change colors, use gradient, make multi-layer texts, and change properties like contrast and brightness.

2 Pic is a graphical program that you can use to edit your images (like photographs and drawings). There are already several famous programs on the market that you can use for the same purpose, like PaintShop Pro, PhotoShop and Picture Publisher. Why should you use 2 Pic instead? Software developer Tomas Moor compiled the program with one major mission on his mind - make it extremely simple, user-friendly, and with no need for long learning curve. And it is absolutely free.

Programs like Photoshop have a lot of functions, but you will need a lot of time to find out what exactly are all those functions. Sometimes, you get lost in the big number of these functions. That won’t be the case with 2 Pic. The utility is specifically designed for ease of use and it has a unique design with the functions clearly arranged on tabs. That’s the biggest advantage of the program: with less time and less experience, you can do very nice things.

2 Pic’s name is because you can open simultaneously two images next to each other. Many functions of the program use both images, like merging.

Most useful functions of 2 Pic:
* Merging images with each other
* Making images fade into each other
* Spout images into each other with an aerosol
* Give images frames
* Apply cool effects to images, like: rotate, make sharper and make mosaic
* Insert texts on multiple layers
* Fit the size to, like, an A4 paper
* Insert gradient very easily

Developers’ website: http://www.moor-software.com/0.php?page=2pic.php

Download: http://www.petermoor.nl/overig/zip/2pic.zip

Photobie - Freeware Substitute for Photoshop

Photobie is absolutely free image editing software that would be attractive as to the fresh users as the professional photographers, if they do not need to perform extremely difficult tasks. This editor is having most features similar to what available in Photoshop, adding to the set advanced screen capture and photo frame editing. With photobie screen capture you can prepare presentation very simply.

Photobie has simple and user-friendly interface and supports multiple-layer image retouching for advanced image editing. Starting at version 2.8, Photobie even supports thousands of Photoshop filter plugins (format .8BF).

Main Features:

• General Photo editing tool - resize, rotate, flip, color balance adjustment; copy, cut, paste, crop; selection (includes rectangle, square, oval, circle, polygon, free hand, Magic Wand; complex region using selection modes such as Single, Union, Exclude, Intersect and XOR)
• Flash Player - Fancy player allows to play list of flash files (.swf) repeatedly and selectively.
• Gif animation - Simply create gif animation with/without transparency.
• Image format supported: Bmp, Png, TIF, Gif, Ico, Jpg --- support various encoding quality, and Pob - Photobie specific multi-layer image format, used to keep the work in progress for future retouching.
• Multi-layer features - support unlimited layers; layer merge, flatten; whole layer copy, paste, clone within current image or cross images; etc.
• Painting features - draw shapes as rectangle, square, oval, circle, line, dash line, polygon, free hand, curve, it support gradient color; fill shapes as rectangle, square, oval, circle, polygon, free hand, it support gradient color, etc.
• Text editing - Support most system fonts; High quality text; Gradient color support; 3D text effect.
• Screen Capture - Support Screen Capture hotkeys, you can setup up to 8 hotkeys for screen capture, you can set the hotkey to capture full screen or active window.
• Framing - Photobie simplifies the digital photo framing process. You can design your favorite frame template and then apply to other photos quickly.

Developers Website: http://www.photobie.com/

Direct Downloading Link: http://www.photobie.com/download/download_photobie.php