It can also be applied to a group of photos at once. The Optimize is an auto tool that analyzes your photo and applies whatever corrections the software feels it needs. Tools are limited to Optimize, Color Correction, Effects and Red Eye Correction.

Once you have JPEG thumbnails displayed, click on one to open that picture in the active editing window. In fact, when we clicked a folder that contained only TIFFs, the program froze, and we had to use Windows Task Manager to close it. However, the only file format it supports is JPEG. When you click on a folder that has photos in it, those are displayed as thumbnails at the top of the screen. On the left side of the screen is a Windows Explorer-like tree, displaying all the drives and folders connected to your computer and your network. The interface is highly accessible most people will get right to work on their pictures without bothering to glance at the Help menu. Although its results will satisfy some home users, its tools are quite limited. Ashampoo Photo Optimizer ($15, 10-day free trial trial can be extended to 30 days with registration) is a simple, inexpensive photo editing program that does a decent, but not stellar, job correcting and enhancing pictures.

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