design & photo

 

There are many great open source and free shareware design and photo editing software programs that offer professional results. Choose from a wide selection of 3D modeling, photo imaging, and vector graphics packages.

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ACDSee

ACDSee - ACDSee is the most powerful photo manager around is now even faster. Way faster. No other photo software saves you so much time. Enjoy the freedom to find, organize and edit your photos faster, easier and with better results than ever before. <Download - Read More>

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Adobe Photoshop CS3 - Adobe Photoshop the professional image-editing standard and leader of the Photoshop digital imaging line, delivers more of what you crave. Groundbreaking creative tools help you achieve extraordinary results. <Download - Read More>

Axialis IconWorkshop

Axialis IconWorkshop - Axialis IconWorkshop is a professional tool for Windows designed to create, edit, extract, convert and manage your icons in a fully integrated workspace. <Download - Read More>

Blender

Blender - Blender is the open source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback. Available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License. <Download - Read More>

Crystal Space

Crystal Space - is a free cross-platform software development kit for realtime 3D graphics, in particular games. Crystal Space is typically used as a game engine but the framework is more general and can be used for any kind of 3D visualization. <Download - Read More>

FastStone Image Viewer

FastStone Image Viewer - FastStone Image Viewer is a fast, stable, user-friendly image browser, converter and editor. It has a nice array of features that include image viewing, management, comparison, red-eye removal, resizing, cropping and color adjustments. <Download - Read More>

Google SketchUp

Google SketchUp - Google SketchUp is an easy-to-use yet powerful tool for creating, viewing, and modifying 3D ideas quickly and easily. The program is designed to combine the elegance and spontaneity of today's digital media. <Download - Read More>

Inkscape

Inkscape - is an open source drawing tool that uses the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) scalable vector graphics format (SVG). Some supported SVG features include basic shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, and grouping. <Download - Read More>

IrfanView

IrfanView - IrfanView is a fast and compact image viewer/converter. It is trying to be simple for beginners and powerful for professionals. Many supported file formats and features. <Download - Read More>

Paint Shop Pro

Paint Shop Pro - Paint Shop Pro continues to set the standard for affordable, professional image editing. This version builds on Paint Shop Pro's legacy of innovation with a new Art Media features, professional photo editing tools, and graphic design capabilities. <Download - Read More>

Paint.NET

Paint.NET - is image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run XP, Server 2003 or Vista. It started development at Washington State University as an undergraduate senior design project mentored by Microsoft. <Download - Read More>

PhotoFiltre

PhotoFiltre - PhotoFiltre is a complete image retouching program. It allows you to perform simple or advanced adjustments to an image and apply a vast range of filters on it. <Download - Read More>

Picasa

Picasa - Picasa is free software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names you will recognize. <Download - Read More>

The Gimp

The Gimp - The GIMP is a multiplatform photo manipulation tool. GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. The GIMP is suitable for a variety of image manipulation tasks, including photo retouching, image composition, and image construction. <Download - Read More>

WinSnap

WinSnap - WinSnap is a small enhancement utility for taking and editing screenshots. It can easily capture windows of non-rectangular form with the background of your choice, automatically perform simple canvas transformations and coloring effects. - <Download - Read More>

XnView

XnView - XnView is a fast multi-format graphics browser, viewer, and converter. It can read more than 400 file formats, e.g. gif, bmp, jpeg, png, targa, multipage tiff, camera RAW, jpeg 2000, mpeg, Avi, Quicktime. EXIF & IPTC metadata are also supported. <Download - Read More>