Name: ASCII Art Generator
Description: AASCII Art Generator is a graphics art-to-text solution, which allows you to convert digital pictures into full color text-based images. You can input any message you’d like, and let your picture say what you want it to read. It supports GIF, JPG, BMP files, and generates four popular formats, including HTML, image, RTF, and ASCII.
License: Free to try; $19.95 to buy
File Size: Approx. 0.67 MB
Requirements: Win98/2000/ME/XP

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Name: Virtual Photographer
Description: Virtual Photographer lets you instantly apply high quality, professional photographic styles to your digital images, with just one click. virtualPhotographer includes over 50 presets that automatically apply combinations of film grain, color modification, B/W, soft focus, high contrast and many artistic effects to achieve the same professional-looking images that used to take hours of photo editing. The plugin is compatible with Photoshop®, Photoshop® Elements, Paint Shop™ Pro®, Photo-Paint and other popular imaging applications.
License: Free
File Size: 273 Kb
Requirements: Photoshop®, Photoshop® Elements, Paint Shop™ Pro®, Photo-Paint and other popular imaging applications.

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Name: EvJO Photo-Image Resizer 1.3
Description: The EvJO Photo-Image Resizer enables you to quickly resize one file or a selection of image files for use in Web and E-mail. The converted files are saved in a different folders, so your original images are not altered at all. EvJO Photo-Image Resizeroffers several different resizing methods to choose from and can automatically recognize image sizes to calculate the best fit.
License: Free
File Size: 1.48 MB
Requirements: Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista

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Nikon has recently announced two new software suite components, Nikon Transfer and ViewNX

Nikon Transfer Screeshot

Nikon Transfer is Nikon’s new utility for downloading images from camera or memory card to your computer. Nikon Transfer provides a simple intuitive workflow suitable for all users from beginners to professionals. Nikon Transfer will be included with the latest Nikon cameras.

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Nikon ViewNX offers photographers a fast solution to the organization and classification of their digital images. This software uses the computers file directory to display and browse images and inherits the very latest features and design concept of Capture NX. ViewNX will be included with the latest Nikon D-SLR cameras.

Nikon ViewNX Screenshot

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Tim Jackson has a focus test chart available for download;

Download Focus Test Chart (PDF)

“The issue is that of focus. Some folks have found that, particularly when using the kit lens, some of their images are not correctly focused. This problem manifests primarily when shooting close-ups at wide apertures. After doing lots of research and testing, I produced a simple and effective test that quickly shows up these focus problems if they exist on your camera.”

Posted: 04 October’05

Name: CardRecovery 3.5
Description: CardRecovery is a photo recovery software for digital memory card used by digital camera. It can effectively recover lost, deleted, corrupted or formatted photos from various memory cards. It can effectively recover lost, deleted, corrupted or formatted photos from various memory cards.
License: Free to try; $39.95 to buy
File Size: 841K
Requirements: 95/98/2000/NT/ME/XP/2003

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Name: PhotoOnWeb
Description: PhotoOnWeb is a software to create your online photo albums. Easy for sharing your pictures on internet with your friends and familly. PhotoOnWeb does it all for you, resizes the photos, builds the web site and publishs it on the Internet. You can host the pictures yourself with your own ISP web space by FTP or create an account on VSO’s server.
License: Free
File Size: 5.65 MB
Requirements: Windows 98 / 2000 / XP / Vista

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