K, of castenet xiosnetworks, wrote:
> Wow! I finally found SOMEONE on this List who has used Irfanview!
> I do agree that Sharpening with IFW is a delicate issue and I usually only
> apply it one step if not two and that's about it. If I go beyond that, the
> image will break out like rupturing pimples. Otherwise IFW is really
> pretty much all I need. The tools are simple enough but effective for what
> I need. Like you, I don't dabble with layering and I'm utterly lost with
> Photoshop.
>
> IFW is also great for oldies like me who are used to keyboard hotkey
> controls. They're fast and highly usable.
>
> I haven't used Faststone but would like to hear more about it. Is it
> freely downloadable like IFW?
Chuck answered your main question, it it should be noted:
Irfanview is also a powerful, capable tool for many other media file types
including video and audio.
Faststone has many additional image manipulation features, including
running slide-shows.
I like the fine controls it makes available for varying pixel count, contrast
etc
etc.
I don't have the latest version of either Irfanview or Faststone.
I know that current wisdom says that I should be working in formats other
than jpg, but I keep my modifications to any image as few as possible, and
as far as I can tell for the sizes I work up to (8 x 10 inches from the E-1),
this
makes no appreciable difference cf editing in tiff or bmp formats.
If anybody can show me how I'm mistaken, I'll listen.
Brian Swale.
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