July 22, 2010 - Free download Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 3.12

All the photo editing you really need. Instantly. Many people buy big expensive camcorders but still shoot all their videos with their phone or point-and-shoot camera. Photo editing software is similar - you may have a powerful graphics editor but most of the time you'll find yourself using just a couple of functions. Ashampoo Photo Optimizer enables you to touch up your digital photos fast. Everything is so simple you never need to read a manual - after you point and shoot just click and go. Ashampoo Photo Optimizer doesn't try to replace major graphics programs. It just gives you everything you need when you want results fast. You'll love this if you've ever struggled with all the complicated settings in a graphics editor. Just select a photo and click Optimize. Suddenly a dull photo starts to shine. There's nothing to configure, you really just select and click. The results look attractive and natural, not artificially boosted.

You can also optimize all your photos with a single click, it's just as easy as a single photo.

Red eye correction

Correcting the dreaded red eye effect in flash photos is just as easy: Just roughly select the part of the photo containing the red eyes and click, Photo Optimizer does all the rest. You don't have to make a precise selection, the red area is found and corrected automatically. Here too, the result looks attractively natural and you get it instantly, without having to spend hours studying a manual.

Rotate, brightness, contrast and effects

Click once to rotate photos that are on their sides. Adjust brightness and contrast with simple sliders. Convert your photos to graphic black-and-white or sepia or invert the colors, all with a single click. Instant preview, instant results - and just click on Undo if you change your mind.

Automatic backup - undo your changes at any time

You never need to worry about "damaging" your photos by editing them because you can always return to the original version. Ashampoo Photo Optimizer automatically makes backups of the original versions of your photos in a database. To restore the original just select the photo and click on Undo - even days or weeks later. In the new version you can also choose where you want to store the undo database.

Image viewer, Windows Explorer integration

Ashampoo Photo Optimizer also doubles as a fast image viewer with a full Explorer-style directory view showing all the drives and folders on your computer for quick access. This works for digital cameras too, allowing you to view the images in your camera when it's connected to your computer. In Windows Explorer you can right-click on any photo file to load it into Photo Optimizer for instant editing.

Features at a glance:

• Instant Optimize function makes dull photos shine
• Optimize all your photos with a single click
• Select and click red eye removal
• One-click image rotation
• Convert to black-and-white, sepia and inverted
• Easy brightness and contrast sliders
• Automatic backup: all edits reversible at any time
• Explorer view doubles as a quick image viewer
• Start with right-click from Windows Explorer