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Characteristic of the best photo album managers, on PC and Mac, 100% free: (in English).
What we were looking for at least the features below, and all 100% freeware:
- display by thumbnails (and without reorganizing the hard drive!),
- crop, resize, change contrast, etc.
- renaming by batch
We have found!
Photo album manager on PC: FastStone
100% freeware (link Download.com)
FastStone’s main features
- Browser and image viewer with a familiar Windows Explorer-like user interface
- Genuine full-screen viewer with image zoom support and unique drop-down menu panels.
- Clear and customizable image clipping with one click.
- Powerful image editing tools: resize/resample, rotate/flip, crop, sharpen/blur, adjust lighting/color/curve/level, etc.
- Eleven resampling algorithms to choose from when resizing images.
- Image color effects: grayscale, sepia, negative, red/green/blue adjustment.
- Special image effects: annotation, drop shadow, framing, bump map, sketch, oil painting, lens.
- Draw text, lines, highlights, rectangles, ovals and callout objects on images.
- Cloning stamp and healing brush
- Superior removal/reduction of the “red eye” effect with a totally natural end result
- Multi-level undo/redo function
- Support for displaying the image at full size or best size with one touch.
- Image management, including tagging, with drag and drop and copy/move to folder functionality.
- Histogram display with color counting function
- Side-by-side image comparison (up to 4 at a time) to easily eliminate missed shots.
- Support for EXIF metadata of images (plus comment editing for JPEGs)
- Configurable batch processing to convert/rename small or large collections of images.
- Create slideshows with over 150 transition effects and music support (MP3, WMA, WAV…)
- Create effective attachments to send emails to your family and friends.
- Print images with full layout control
- Create fully configurable contact sheets
- Create memorable art montages from your family photos to make custom wallpapers (Wallpaper Anywhere).
- Acquire images from a scanner. Support batch scanning to PDF, TIFF, JPEG and PNG.
- Versatile screen capture capability
- Powerful Save As interface to compare image quality and control generated file size.
- Run your favorite programs with one touch from Image Viewer.
- Provide a portable version of the program that can be run from a removable storage device.
- Support configurable de la molette de la souris
- Prise en charge de plusieurs habillages de programme
- Prise en charge des configurations à double moniteur
- Prise en charge de l’interface tactile (toucher, glisser, pincer)
- Et bien plus encore…
Photo album manager on Mac: PhotoScape X
100% freeware (link Download.com)
PhotoScape X main features.
- Rotation, Straightening, Resizing, Cropping, Color Adjustment, Color Temperature,
- Film Effect, Auto Level, Auto Contrast, Backlight Correction, Blur, Vigilance,
- Accentuation, Blur, White balance, Curves, Levels, Color balance, Sepia, Grayscale, Black and white, Negative, Text object, Image object, Brush, Effect brush, Mosaic brush, Red eye correction, Clone stamp.
- Picture browser, Full screen viewer, Batch rename, Batch resize, Batch format change, Lossless save, Sharing (email, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa, Flickr), Exif viewer.
- Share on social networks: Facebook, Twitter, Picasa, Flickr.
- View your photos in full screen or as a slideshow.
- Attach multiple photos vertically or horizontally to create a final photo.
- Create animated GIFs.
- Capture your screenshot and save it.
- Zoomez sur les images, recherchez et choisissez une couleur.
- Modifiez les noms des fichiers photo en mode batch
Gestionnaire album photos sur PC et Mac: XNViewMP
100% freeware (lien MacUpdate.com)
XNViewMP key Features
- ThumVue bnail
- Vue plein écran
- Vue FilmStrip
- Diaporama avec effets spéciaux
- Comparer les images
- Redimensionner, faire pivoter, recadrer
- Rotation et recadrage sans perte (jpeg)
- Régler la luminosité, le contraste, …
- Niveaux automatiques, Contraste automatique
- Modifier la profondeur et la palette des couleurs
- Appliquer des filtres et des effets
- Diaporamas
- Pages Web
- Feuilles de contact
- Galerie de vignettes vidéo
- Listes de fichiers
- Bande d’images
- Support et édition des métadonnées (IPTC)
- Transformations JPEG sans perte
- Recherche de fichiers en double
- Traitement par lots
- Renommage par lots
- Module d’impression