Monday, July 22, 2002

Mediachance makes a bunch of digital photo editing tools, most of which are more sophisticated than a newbie like me can use profitably. However, they have one tool, the Digital Camera Enhancer, which is easy to use and which has already saved many a picture of mine. You know those pictures you take where everything is great, except part of your subject's face is in the shade? This little mini-app does a great job of lightening up that face. Highly recommended. Plus it's free. 11:48:01 PM

Just wanted to take a quick minute to plug some tools for digital photography. The first is Irfan View. This is the fastest, easiest graphic viewer for Windows that I have found. It is great for looking through a set of files and for doing very basic photo editing -- red eye reduction, color balance, cropping and rotating. It has a very nice standard interface that doesn't intimidate someone who isn't a graphic professional, but doesn't condescend with cutesy icons that are difficult to decipher, either. Plus, it is free. Highly recommended. 11:45:31 PM