Installed and registered the Ashampoo way on a Win 8.1.2 Pro 64 bit system. A photo tool from the Ashampoo world, a German company with name, address, phone&fax an a real picture of their office building.

After installation it tells, that a premium version 6 is available.

The Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 5 is the intelligent tool for that certain something in your photos!

I always searched for that certain something. Let's see, whether Ashampoo can help me in finding this certain something...


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No, I didn't do that and I received immediately my key.

In the "about" Ashampoo tells, that this program uses software from:
http://freeimage.sourceforge.net/

That's good and should always be stated by other companies, if they are using other software. In nearly all cases, they forget to mention...

The program is from January 2014 - for Ashampoo a rather new one.

A well structured dark interface opens. The main focus is on the image with the optimized/non optimized slider.

On the right side you can cut, rotate, mirror, ... the pictures. With the effects you can sharpen, change color, reduce noise and "outline" the image. You can export it to facebook or picase, but you cannot define a new picture hoster.

In the settings you can select the language, from Belurussian over Arabic to Catalan and the folder for the backup.

The program works in an easy and understandable way. The settings for the "optimization" are good and not to aggressive. The do not boost colors (at least in my case).

A photo optimizer, simple to use and all needed functions. One of the better ones, really! But, what a pitty - it didn't give me that special feeling. Maybe I should learn to make good photos beforehand... Can anybody recommend a camera, that I can make photos with this special feeling of professional glamour? LOL.

Before:
http://www1.xup.to/exec/ximg.php?fid=89083669
After:
http://www1.xup.to/exec/ximg.php?fid=12720110

You can install this - its a fast tool, which can be kept besides PS or whatever.

You can delete the yoursoftwaredeals.exe and the additional icons on the desktop : Your Software Deals and CleverReach.com

I'll keep it: SFW (simply fast working).

Karl  –  8 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+170)

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Pretty decent app today designed to improve the quality of your pics.

So with this tool you can rotate or crop your photos, adjust the color levels, remove the red eye effect, as well as
apply several effects like blur, sharpen, reduce noise, sepia and grayscale.

Good for noobs or for the average Joe users out there!!!

If you want more functions you can switch to OS/freeware tools like GIMP or....

http://micranes.weebly.com/photosun-14.html
http://www.pomelo.com/windows
https://imageenhancer.codeplex.com
http://www.photopos.com/Photo-Pos-Pro_Photo-Editor-Key-Features.asp (Ad supported app)
http://hornil.com/en/products/stylepix
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pixelitor

My 2 cents for today's giveaway!! ^_^

Giovanni Dr FREE (Freebies' scientist)  –  8 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+122)

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Addition.

As stated, this program uses software from the freeimage project.
http://freeimage.sourceforge.net/

You can download from this side a newer version of FreeImage.dll (3.16 from March 2014).

It also provides better support for RAW, JPEG-2000, BMP, SGI, ICO, PSD, TIFF, TGA, GIF formats, as well as enhanced functions for JPEG lossless transformations. The rescale function is also slightly improved.

You'll find it in the Dist directory:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/freeimage/FreeImage3160Win32.zip

In a short test, I replaced the older Ashampoo version with this new version. The program accepts the change and works with the new .DLL version. I could see no problems, but also no direct visible improvement.

Rename and keep the old FreeImage.dll in case of problems.

Test it!

Karl  –  8 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+47)

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Features like removing red eyes, straightening horizon, cropping and watermarking work well enough. Automatic optimization is acceptable, but can't do much with seriously problematic images. Manual colour correction tool is basic. Noise reduction is no match for high ISO photos.

Saving edited jpg as tiff doesn't preserve the metadata, saving as png does. Saving in 16-bit depth is not supported, but this wasn't really expected.

The interface could be less clumsy and more informative.

The program works, but there is nothing sensational here. Everything it does (and much more) can be done with a simple image viewer like IrfanView, not to mention advanced free editors, that all can do some 'one click' corrections.

Jacal  –  8 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+45)

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For those of you who wish to take advantage of today's offer and not get spammed the following link to a 10 min e-mail service may be useful:-
http://10minutemail.com/10MinuteMail/index.html

Off topic
Regarding yesterday's requests regarding a search program will post shortly on GAOD Forum under "FileSearchy Pro 1.3” a topic kindly created by harpo2448

XP-Man  –  8 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+40)

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