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- Photo Pos Pro photoeditor is the ultimate tool to turn you digital photos into stunning artworks, create eye-catching graphics and take your creativity to next level. ...
- photopospro3_setup.exe
- PowerOfSoftware Ltd.
- Freeware ($)
- 61.85 Mb
- WinXP, WinVista, WinVista x64, Win7 x32, Win7 x64, Windows Vista, Windows 10, Windows 8
- Get powerful and easy-to-use image editing tools for free with Photo! Editor. The program provides a number of useful image editing options with an astoundingly simple interface.
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- VicMan Software
- Freeware (Free)
- 7.78 Mb
- WinXP, Windows2000, Windows Vista, Windows
- MagicEffect PhotoEditor is an image editing software that helps you to add many magic effects onto your digital photo. With MagicEffect PhotoEditor, just by mouse clicking, you can add many wonderful effects onto your photo.
- setup.exe
- ZCStar
- Shareware ($29.95)
- 7.2 Mb
- Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT 4.x, Windows2000, WinXP, Windows2003, Windows Vista
- Frame PhotoEditor is an easy to use photoeditor software. With it, you can easily blend your digital photo onto another picture or photo to create unique effect, you can also add text,flowers, cartoons, or pretty frame onto your pictures.
- photoed.zip
- Kigosoft Inc.
- Shareware ($29.95)
- 10.3 Mb
- WinXP
- Great free user friendly photo editing software enables fast photo editing without 'headaches'. This free photoeditor supports many photo adjustments, filter effects and much more!
- posfreephotoeditor_setup.exe
- PowerOfSoftware Ltd.
- Freeware (Free)
- 13.66 Mb
- WinXP, Windows Vista
- Like its name, DreamLight PhotoEditor can easily add many special dream effects onto your photo. By just several mouse clicks, you can add dream light, color, art, pencil drawing, edge effects etc onto your digital photo to make it more attractive.
- dreamlight.exe
- Photo Editor Software
- Shareware ($39.95)
- 6.43 Mb
- Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT 4.x, WinXP, Windows2000, Windows2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7
- Aoao Photoeditor helps you adld image or text to photos,Aoao PhotoEditor is operating is convenient and its processing is fast, it supports many kinds of picture formats,Aoao PhotoEditor platinum is powerful. It support most picture formats.
- Aoao_Photo_Editor.exe
- Photo Watermark SoftwareTeam
- Freeware (Free)
- 2.03 Mb
- Win98, WinME, WinXP, Windows2000, Windows2003, Windows Vista
- Alter batch of file names or folder names. Turn over and revolve batch of images. Add batch of photo dates ( some Digital Cameras don’t have the function of adding photo dates, you can add photo dates through Aoao Photoeditor. Correct date setting.
- Aoao_Photo_Editor_Platinum.exe
- Photo Watermark SoftwareTeam
- Shareware ($35.90)
- 4.04 Mb
- Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT 3.x, WinNT 4.x, WinXP, Windows2000, Windows Vista
- A free lite edition of the award-wining photoeditorPhoto Pos Pro (Photo editing software). Despite Photo Pos Lite photoeditor contains only a part of Photo Pos Pro features it is still a powerful Photo, Image and Computer Graphics editor.
- photoposlite_setup.exe
- PowerOfSoftware Ltd.
- Freeware (Free)
- 21.32 Mb
- WinXP, WinVista, WinVista x64, Win7 x32, Win7 x64, Windows Vista
- Simplify your digital photo processing and organize your pictures with Artensoft Photo Editor! The new image editor includes viewing, batch processing, image adjustment and photo editing features in a shell that is plain, easy, and straightforward.
- ArtensoftPhotoEditor-Setup.exe
- Artensoft
- Shareware ($49.95)
- 19.82 Mb
- WinXP, WinVista, WinVista x64, Win7 x32, Win7 x64, Win2000, WinOther, Windows2000
- ACDSee PhotoEditor 10 boasts the 64-bit power to actualize the original graphics, polished photography, and compelling art imagery you've been envisioning. Cut straight to the creative part with this dedicated image adjustment and layered editing software. ACDSee Photo Editor 10 boasts the 64-bit power to actualize the original graphics, polished photography, and compelling art imagery you've been envisioning.
- acdsee-photo-editor.exe
- ACD Systems of America
- Shareware ($59.99)
- 1.48 Mb
- Win2000, WinXP, Win7 x32, Win7 x64, Windows 8, Windows 10, WinServer, WinOther, WinVista, WinVista x64
- Scrapbooking Made Easy Create layouts with your own photos and elements from your digital scrapbooking supplies. With PhotoEditor 2008, you have full creative freedom in a program that?s easy to learn and use. Resize, correct and add effects to. ...
- acdseephotoeditor.exe
- ACD Systems
- Shareware ($49.99)
- 84.99 Mb
- WinXP, Windows Vista
Canon’s Digital Photo Professional (DPP) is a free, and surprisingly powerful, image organising and editing application that ships in the box with every EOS camera. You’ll find DPP on the EOS Digital Solution Disk alongside other very useful Canon developed software, such as EOS Utility.
Related:Canon Creative Photo Editor - Canon Free Photo Editor - Canon Photo Cameras - Canon Photo Importer - Canon Photo Gold
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Digitize Your Precious Photos
Both photo buffs and family archivists often turn to photo scanners to digitize their prints and film. Most such scanners provide photo-friendly features, such as high resolution and the ability to scan transparencies such as slides and negatives in addition to photo prints. Many include software to help retouch scans and remove scratches.
Though they are geared to photo scanning, most photo scanners can also be used for general-purpose scanning, and some include optical character recognition (OCR) software. This is a niche segment of the hardware market; you will see relatively few models of photo scanner on the market, and they tend to have very long shelf lives.
Flatbeds: The Rule for Photo Scanning
One feature shared by nearly all true photo scanners is a flatbed design. In these scanner designs, you lift a lid to expose a glass platen, onto which you place your photo to be scanned.
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We strongly urge you to avoid making a habit of scanning photos (or any delicate originals, for that matter) through a sheet-fed document scanner. It works in a pinch, but it risks damaging your originals, even if they're enclosed in a protective sleeve. A notable exception is the Epson FastFoto line of sheet-fed photo printers, the latest of which is the FastFoto FF-680W. The FastFoto models are built specifically for scanning shoeboxes full of photo prints and are engineered to treat the prints gently.
Finding the Right Features
Photo scanners are available in a wide range of prices and capabilities. As a rule, low-cost photo models are limited to scanning photo prints. Many do a very good job of this, generally for less than $100. Starting in the $200 range are scanners that can handle slides and/or film negatives. Such models come with holders that fit multiple slides or negatives and secure them in place during scanning.
See How We Test Scanners
Most scanners offer basic and advanced modes, accessible through their driver or scan utilities. A scanner software's basic mode, typically, will select the scan settings for you, while the advanced mode will let you customize the settings.
Many scanner drivers also have dust- and scratch-removal capabilities. The dust feature sometimes works well, but effective scratch removal really requires a hardware-based solution. To pinpoint this, look for something called Digital ICE technology, which is generally built into some photo higher-end scanners.
Is an MFP Enough?
Though most people who scan a lot of photos will want a single-function scanner, nearly all multifunction printers (MFPs) include a flatbed that can scan photo prints and other material. The quality of their photo scanning varies widely, depending on the hardware and software involved. Most fall well short of single-function photo scanners in terms of scan quality and/or photo-centric features. (See our picks for the best multifunction printers.)
A few models, which we call home photo labs, can scan slides and negatives in addition to prints, and have a variety of photo-centric features, as well as providing the normal MFP functions (printing, copying, and—in some cases—faxing). They're worth considering if you're a scrapbooker or a photo buff in need of a versatile photo scanner that can print and make copies, as well.
Ready for Our Recommendations?
The models we highlight here run the gamut from inexpensive consumer units to scanners aimed at serious photographers, be they professionals or advanced amateurs. What all these products have in common is that they're the best photo scanners in their respective categories on the market today.
For more on what to look for in a scanner, check out our top overall scanner picks. And if you have an Apple computer, our guide to the best scanners for Macs is worth checking out. Also, before you start that big digitizing project, you'll also want to check out our top tips for preserving your photos.
Best Photo Scanners Featured in This Roundup:
Canon CanoScan LiDE 120 Color Image Scanner Review
MSRP: $69.99Pros: High-quality photo scans. Color restore. Scans to searchable PDF format.Cons: Extremely limited software with no photo editor.Bottom Line: If you want to scan photographic prints without paying for a film-scanning feature you don't need, the Canon CanoScan LiDE 120 Color Image Scanner should be your top choice.Read ReviewEpson FastFoto FF-680W Review
MSRP: $599.99Pros: Quickly scans stacks of photo prints. Decent as a document scanner. Scans to searchable PDF. Solid OCR performance.Cons: Somewhat pricey. Slower at photo scanning than its predecessor.Bottom Line: The Epson FastFoto FF-680W is a sheet-feed desktop scanner that excels at scanning stacks of snapshots while doing a credible job at document scanning.Read ReviewEpson Perfection V39 Review
MSRP: $99.99Pros: High-quality photo scans. Fully automatic mode for easy scanning. Scans to editable text and searchable PDF formats.Cons: No film-scan capability. Lacks bundled applications.Bottom Line: The Epson Perfection V39 flatbed scanner is an excellent choice if you want to scan photographic prints, as well as short documents to searchable PDF and editable text formats. It's our top budget pick for high-quality photo scanning.Read ReviewEpson Perfection V550 Photo Color Scanner Review
MSRP: $199.99Pros: High-quality scans for a flatbed scanner at its price. Can scan slides, negatives, and medium-format film as well as prints. Digital ICE hardware-based dust removal for film. Can upload scans directly to Facebook and cloud-based services.Cons: Lacks photo-editing program. Not ideal for document scanning.Bottom Line: The Epson Perfection V550 Photo Color Scanner makes high-quality scans from both photos and film, and can scan directly to Facebook and cloud-based sites.Read ReviewEpson Expression 12000XL-PH Review
MSRP: $3429.99Pros: High-resolution, wide-format scanning. Scans slides, negatives, and transparencies, as well as reflective photos and artwork. Highly accurate color and detail.Cons: Expensive. Big and heavy. Transparency unit comes uninstalled.Bottom Line: The Epson Expression 12000XL-PH is a large, tabloid-size graphics arts and photograph scanner that is compatible with a large array of media and produces excellent output.Read Review
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