Links: software for photographers
This page gives links to a selection of software applications' websites that may be of interest to you as a photographer. The Club does not formally endorse the programs, nor can we be held responsible for their operation and impact on your computer equipment, but all applications included have been found useful by one or more of our members.
Do check the status of the applications before using them, eg, commercial, shareware, freeware, etc.
For emergency photo recovery
- Image recall's 'Don't Panic' software can recover accidentally deleted and corrupted files from memory cards.
Digital slide shows
- PicturesToExe: www.wnsoft.com
- ProShowGold: www.photodex.com There is also a ProShow Enthusiasts Forum where users of the software can post questions and read answers from other users.
File viewers
- Viewer and thumbnailer for RAW files on Windows XP, provided by Microsoft. It supports most popular dSLR camera RAW file formats, and means that you can see thumbnails when you open folders of raw images.
- Irfanview: a fast, compact and innovative freeware (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows. Numerous plug-ins allow it to handle a range of different file types, also to produce slideshows/screensavers.
Image manipulation
- Adobe: their range of photo software.
- Apple's Aperture software for organising and enhancing photos (for Mac computers)
- GIMP - open source (ie free) well-featured imaging program; seems an unusual 'front end' interface, but seems to 'do the job' in most cases.
Sundry
- 'Matworks' is an application to help you to mount your prints on mats, including calculating the size of openings on matting boards. Offered by Giorgio Trucco Photography.
Websites for displaying pictures
- Flickr "a great website for displaying photos, it's completely free, you just need to sign-up for a Yahoo! ID"
