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Exploring the World of Shareware
Shareware is software that you can download and try for free. Sometimes you get to
use it indefinitely and other times you might be asked to pay a nominal fee to continue
using the software beyond a trial period (usually 30 to 60 days).
A great place to look for image-editing shareware is the ZDNet website, at
www.zdnet.com/downloads/specials/free. This site, shown in Figure 9-5, contains
links leading directly to graphics shareware programs, as well as a list of the 50 most
popular shareware programs on the Web.
FIGURE 9-5
The ZDNet site contains links to free graphics shareware.
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The following are just a few examples of the interesting free graphics programs
you can learn about on ZDNet:
MediaSpyder A free tool that finds and downloads photos, clip art, and
animations from the Internet. Searches using this program are automatically
archived, with the ability to group images in collection folders.
FotoAlbum Retrieves photos directly from your scanner and lets you organize,
view, print, and share them with others on a free website. You can organize pictures
into albums, set images as wallpaper, and print multiple-picture layouts.
Photocopier Scans your document or photo and sends it directly to your printer.
You can choose color, grayscale, or black-and-white scanning at 100 percent or
70 percent; adjust the brightness; and quickly select the number of copies to print.
Screen Seize Allows you to photograph your entire computer screen, an application
window, a dialog box, a selected area, or an object.
Making the Right Software Choice
In summary, choosing the right image-editing software to complement your scanning
projects involves asking yourself the following questions:
■ Does any software come bundled with a scanner you’re considering
purchasing?

■ Is the image-editing program bundled with the scanner adequate to meet your
needs or should you consider purchasing other programs or downloading
shareware with additional capabilities?
■ Based on the types of projects you plan to undertake, which additional image-
editing capabilities will you need?
■ After narrowing down programs in your price range that have the features you
want, which interface is most intuitive and appealing to you?
Do you feel you still need more information to choose an image-editing software?
Chapter 10 takes a look at some of the most commonly used image-editing tools and
what they accomplish.
CHAPTER 9: Selecting the Right Image-Editing Program
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Which Photo-Editing
Tools Are Useful for
Specific Tasks
Chapter 10
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How To…
■ Cut, crop, and rotate images
■ Correct red eye
■ Airbrush like a professional photographer
■ Fix scratched, torn, wrinkled, and stained photos
■ Correct under- and overexposed photos
■ Make good use of other touchup tools
■ Colorize and tint images

■ Draw and paint with your editing software
■ Make cutouts and logos
■ Combine several photos into a single work of art
It’s both a blessing and a burden that there are dozens of image-editing products on
the market. While the proliferation of programs gives you lots of choices, it means you
must carefully select among them, and have a good understanding of which features
are useful to you. This chapter gives you an inventory of the different types of tools
you might be interested in purchasing in a software package, and shows you what
they’re used for.
A Disclaimer about this Chapter
Please be aware that this chapter is intended to provide you with an overview of
different types of image-editing tools that you might find useful. It is not the purpose
of this chapter to provide you with detailed instructions as to how to use any particular
image-editing program. You’ll need to consult the Help menu or online help for the
software for that.
As with any computer book, the objective of this one is to enlighten, not confuse;
but a chapter providing an overview of various image-editing tools can become
frustrating. For example, say you’re working with PhotoDeluxe while the author is
using illustrations and examples that apply to the PhotoSuite 4 program. The book
might seem unrelated to the menus and features on your screen. That’s why this
chapter focuses on the tools themselves, rather than how they’re presented in any
particular program interface.
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