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I'm looking for a new photo retouching program. I use the GIMP whenever I have heavy editing to do but I like to use a smaller program for quick and common tasks like red eye reduction and cropping. Photoscape does a pretty good job for me, but it is missing a couple of features I'd like to have. And of course I'm always on the hunt for an open source alternative to any software I use.

Here is a list of features I'd like to have:

Free/open source

Not Java/.NET2+

Red eye removal

Skin smoothing

CCD noise removal

Focus correction

Crop/resize/recompress

Small program size

Portable

Any suggestions?

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I agree that Artweaver and PhotoFiltre are excellent lightweight tools.

PhotoFiltre is portable, settings are kept in .ini file.

Executable size is about 2.5 mb.

Artweaver has an official portable version in its own website (not the ugly portableapps solution)

Besides these, ImageMagick from comman-line is another powerful alternative.

You just need convert.exe from static (no dll, standalone exe) win32 builds of ImageMagick.

http://www.imagemagick.org/script/binary-r...ses.php#windows

Win32 static at 16 bits-per-pixel:

http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binari...dows-static.exe

Win32 static at 8 bits-per-pixel:

http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binari...dows-static.exe

Packages are about 20 mb, but the standalone executable needed (convert.exe) should be less than 5 mb.

Command-line options for convert.exe:

Option Description 
-adaptive-blur geometry adaptively blur pixels; decrease effect near edges
-adaptive-resize geometry adaptively resize image with data dependent triangulation.
-adaptive-sharpen geometry adaptively sharpen pixels; increase effect near edges
-adjoin join images into a single multi-image file
-affine matrix affine transform matrix
-annotate geometry text annotate the image with text
-antialias remove pixel-aliasing
-append append an image sequence
-authenticate value decrypt image with this password
-average average an image sequence
-background color background color
-bias value add bias when convolving an image
-black-threshold value force all pixels below the threshold into black
-blue-primary point chromaticity blue primary point
-blur geometry reduce image noise and reduce detail levels
-border geometry surround image with a border of color
-bordercolor color border color
-caption string assign a caption to an image
-channel type apply option to select image channels
-charcoal radius simulate a charcoal drawing
-chop geometry remove pixels from the image interior
-clip clip along the first path from the 8BIM profile
-clip-mask filename associate clip mask with the image
-clip-path id clip along a named path from the 8BIM profile
-clone index clone an image
-contrast-stretch geometry improve the contrast in an image by `stretching' the range of intensity value
-coalesce merge a sequence of images
-colorize value colorize the image with the fill color
-colors value preferred number of colors in the image
-colorspace type set image colorspace
-combine combine a sequence of images
-comment string annotate image with comment
-compose operator set image composite operator
-composite composite image
-compress type image compression type
-contrast enhance or reduce the image contrast
-convolve coefficients apply a convolution kernel to the image
-crop geometry crop the image
-cycle amount cycle the image colormap
-debug events display copious debugging information
-define format:option define one or more image format options
-deconstruct break down an image sequence into constituent parts
-delay value display the next image after pausing
-delete index delete the image from the image sequence
-density geometry horizontal and vertical density of the image
-depth value image depth
-despeckle reduce the speckles within an image
-display server get image or font from this X server
-dispose method GIF disposal method
-dither apply Floyd/Steinberg error diffusion to image
-draw string annotate the image with a graphic primitive
-edge radius apply a filter to detect edges in the image
-emboss radius emboss an image
-encoding type text encoding type
-endian type endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image
-enhance apply a digital filter to enhance a noisy image
-equalize perform histogram equalization to an image
-evaluate operator value evaluate an arithmetic, relational, or logical expression
-extent geometry set the image size
-extract geometry extract area from image
-family name render text with this font family
-fill color color to use when filling a graphic primitive
-filter type use this filter when resizing an image
-flatten flatten a sequence of images
-flip flip image in the vertical direction
-floodfill geometry color floodfill the image with color
-flop flop image in the horizontal direction
-font name render text with this font
-format string output formatted image characteristics
-frame geometry surround image with an ornamental border
-fuzz distance colors within this distance are considered equal
-fx expression apply mathematical expression to an image channel(s)
-gamma value level of gamma correction
-gaussian geometry reduce image noise and reduce detail levels
-geometry geometry preferred size or location of the image
-gravity type horizontal and vertical text placement
-green-primary point chromaticity green primary point
-help print program options
-identify identify the format and characteristics of the image
-implode amount implode image pixels about the center
-insert index insert last image into the image sequence
-intent type type of rendering intent when managing the image color
-interlace type type of image interlacing scheme
-interpolate method pixel color interpolation method
-label string assign a label to an image
-lat geometry local adaptive thresholding
-layers method optimize or compare image layers

-level value adjust the level of image contrast
-limit type value pixel cache resource limit
-linear-stretch geometry linear with saturation histogram stretch
-log format format of debugging information
-loop iterations add Netscape loop extension to your GIF animation
-map filename transform image colors to match this set of colors
-mask filename associate a mask with the image
-matte store matte channel if the image has one
-mattecolor color frame color
-median radius apply a median filter to the image
-modulate value vary the brightness, saturation, and hue
-monitor monitor progress
-monochrome transform image to black and white
-morph value morph an image sequence
-mosaic create a mosaic from an image sequence
-motion-blur geometry simulate motion blur
-negate replace every pixel with its complementary color
-noise radius add or reduce noise in an image
-normalize transform image to span the full range of colors
-opaque color change this color to the fill color
-ordered-dither NxN ordered dither the image
-orient type image orientation
-page geometry size and location of an image canvas (setting)
-paint radius simulate an oil painting
-ping efficiently determine image attributes
-pointsize value font point size
-polaroid angle simulate a Polaroid picture
-posterize levels reduce the image to a limited number of color levels
-preview type image preview type
-print string interpret string and print to console
-process image-filter process the image with a custom image filter
-profile filename add, delete, or apply an image profile
-quality value JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level
-quantize colorspace reduce image colors in this colorspace
-quiet suppress all warning messages
-radial-blur angle radial blur the image
-raise value lighten/darken image edges to create a 3-D effect
-random-threshold low,high random threshold the image
-recolor matrix translate, scale, shear, or rotate image colors.
-red-primary point chromaticity red primary point
-regard-warnings pay attention to warning messages.
-region geometry apply options to a portion of the image
-render render vector graphics
-repage geometry size and location of an image canvas
-resample geometry change the resolution of an image
-resize geometry resize the image
-roll geometry roll an image vertically or horizontally
-rotate degrees apply Paeth rotation to the image
-sample geometry scale image with pixel sampling
-sampling-factor geometry horizontal and vertical sampling factor
-scale geometry scale the image
-scene value image scene number
-seed value seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers
-segment values segment an image
-separate separate an image channel into a grayscale image
-sepia-tone threshold simulate a sepia-toned photo
-set attribute value set an image attribute
-shade degrees shade the image using a distant light source
-shadow geometry simulate an image shadow
-sharpen geometry sharpen the image
-shave geometry shave pixels from the image edges
-shear geometry slide one edge of the image along the X or Y axis
-sigmoidal-contrast geometry image lightness rescaling using sigmoidal contrast enhancement
-size geometry width and height of image
-sketch geometry simulate a pencil sketch
-solarize threshold negate all pixels above the threshold level
-splice geometry splice the background color into the image
-spread amount displace image pixels by a random amount
-strip strip image of all profiles and comments
-stroke color graphic primitive stroke color
-strokewidth value graphic primitive stroke width
-stretch type render text with this font stretch
-style type render text with this font style
-support factor resize support: > 1.0 is blurry, < 1.0 is sharp
-swap indexes swap two images in the image sequence
-swirl degrees swirl image pixels about the center
-texture filename name of texture to tile onto the image background
-threshold value threshold the image
-thumbnail geometry create a thumbnail of the image
-tile filename tile image when filling a graphic primitive
-tile-offset geometry set the image tile offset
-tint value tint the image with the fill color
-transform affine transform image
-transparent color make this color transparent within the image
-transparent-color color transparent color
-transpose flip image in the vertical direction and rotate 90 degrees
-transverse flop image in the horizontal direction and rotate 270 degrees
-treedepth value color tree depth
-trim trim image edges
-type type image type
-undercolor color annotation bounding box color
-unique-colors discard all but one of any pixel color.
-units type the units of image resolution
-unsharp geometry sharpen the image
-verbose print detailed information about the image
-version print version information
-view FlashPix viewing transforms
-vignette geometry soften the edges of the image in vignette style
-virtual-pixel method access method for pixels outside the boundaries of the image
-wave geometry alter an image along a sine wave
-weight type render text with this font weight
-white-point point chromaticity white point
-white-threshold value force all pixels above the threshold into white
-write filename write images to this file

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I have read this with a lot of interest. I have some B&W photos of my grand parents. Is there an app to colorize them?

:blink:

The photos were recorded in black and white... there IS no color data there. Sure you could add fake color but there's no way you're going to be able to turn black and white photos into color photos. It's just not possible.

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Those are both neat, but they both require XP+ and Paint.NET requires .NET2 :(

Artweaver

http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?artweaver_en

And as Kel mentioned PhotoFiltre, there is a freeware version here:

http://photofiltre.free.fr/frames_en.htm

I don't see that ArtWeaver has any photo-oriented features. It is for drawing. Or am I missing something?

PhotoFiltre looks awesome! I think we may have a winner :)

I have read this with a lot of interest. I have some B&W photos of my grand parents. Is there an app to colorize them?

:blink:

The photos were recorded in black and white... there IS no color data there. Sure you could add fake color but there's no way you're going to be able to turn black and white photos into color photos. It's just not possible.

dirt, I found this link while reading these posts but I don't think it is exactly what you want: http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?id=62,144,0,0,1,0
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I know you said free, but if you have Microsoft Office installed, you can use Microsoft Picture Management. It has a cropping tool, red eye removal tool, you can change the brightness and color. Its very basic and easy to use for small jobs.

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Those are both neat, but they both require XP+ and Paint.NET requires .NET2 :(

Artweaver

http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?artweaver_en

And as Kel mentioned PhotoFiltre, there is a freeware version here:

http://photofiltre.free.fr/frames_en.htm

I don't see that ArtWeaver has any photo-oriented features. It is for drawing. Or am I missing something?

PhotoFiltre looks awesome! I think we may have a winner :)

I have read this with a lot of interest. I have some B&W photos of my grand parents. Is there an app to colorize them?

:blink:

The photos were recorded in black and white... there IS no color data there. Sure you could add fake color but there's no way you're going to be able to turn black and white photos into color photos. It's just not possible.

dirt, I found this link while reading these posts but I don't think it is exactly what you want: http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?id=62,144,0,0,1,0

Thanks it looks like it might work.

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