Raw Files Software

Capture One

This software handles RAW files from DSLR cameras. The main reason for working with RAW files as opposed to JPEG is to preserve image quality. Capture One allows the photographer to adjust the exposure, white point, color balance etc. of the image prior to processing it into a readable TIFF or JPEG. The software is fast, easy to use and improves the quality. Capture One supports Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Olympus, Pentax and Konika-Minolta.

Picture Information Extractor

The original EXIF toolkit. Unique photo browser that extracts metadata from JPG and RAW files of almost any digital camera. Allows to edit EXIF tags and adjust date/time picture taken - without destroying Makernote data. Transfers pictures, renames automatically, rotates losslessly. Includes file manager and fast picture viewer with slide show feature. Support for .ARW .SR2 .CRW .CR2 .DNG .ERF .DCR .KDC .MEF .MRW .NEF .ORF .PEF .RAF .RAW files.

Helicon Filter

This graphics utility is a highly optimized product for digital photograph enthusiasts. It includes such innovative tools as selective noise reduction, saturation and brightness equalizers, noise and sharpness maps, color range selections and more. Other features:PhotoShop plug-in, batch processing, support for all RAW files and 16 bit TIFFs, embedded color profiles, crop/resize (coming), retouching (coming). All updates are free.

Media Recovery Wizard

Recover lost or deleted pictures, music and videos from flash memory cards and hard disks completely automatically. Media Recovery Wizard fixes corrupted flash memory cards and recovers pictures, audio and video content from any media. The recovery tool supports all formats of memory cards, USB drives and hard disks, and can work with digital cameras and MP3 players that are connected to the computer via a USB cord.

Just Right Click Tumbnails for Fuji

A small utility that allows you to view thumbnails of Fuji CCD-RAW files and the associated Exif (Exchangeable Image File) information in Windows Explorer. You do not need to process the .RAF files first. This shareware is listed under thumbnail generator category.

STOIK Imagic

This unique application combines functions of thumbnail browser, photo viewer, image and video editor. Imagic 3.5 features very fast thumbnail browsing, comprehensive set of image enhancement and editing tools including Auto Red Eye, color and exposure compensation, powerful printing functions, slideshow, web album, and puzzle generation tools, support of RAW files, easy-to-use video editing. This shareware is listed under graphics, photo category.

Ashampoo Photo Commander 5

This graphics utility is an all-in-one application for organizing, editing, sharing and presenting photo collections. It also features additional creativity tools and audio and video management capabilities, making it a complete media management package. The previous versions won users over with their intuitive ease of use and the inclusion of all the tools amateur photographers need to organize, edit and enhance their pictures. This graphics software is categorized under graphic apps viewers.

Lame Front-End

This multimedia utility is a graphical interface for the popular and very fast MP3 encoder and decoder - LAME. It offers easy access to all LAME parameters without the need for command line usage. The program offers a simple mode (for beginners), which was designed according to the LAME authors guidelines (http://lame.sourceforge.net/lame_ui_example.php), and an advanced mode which reveals additional expert options.

Alive WMA MP3 Recorder

This audio software records any audio source from your computer into MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG, and VOX files. With Alive WMA MP3 Recorder you can record sound from microphone, line-in, streaming audio from the Internet, or music played by WinAMP, Windows Media Player, Quick Time, RealPlayer, Power DVD, VCD, Flash, Games, etc..

Art Plus Digital Photo Recovery

Free Art Plus Digital Photo Recovery tool can help you recover lost images from corrupted or accidentally formatted digital camera memory cards. Program works with ALL types of memory cards. It''s able to recover images from formatted cards. Reads corrupted cards (even if they''re not recognized by Windows)! Recovers JPG, TIF and most of RAW files! Program should be able to read all memory cards currently available on the market.

4U WMA MP3 Converter

This audio software is an all-in-one tool to convert popular audio formats, edit ID3 tags with a simple right click. It lets you convert MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG or VOX from one format to another, you can also convert MPC, AVI, MP1, MP2, MPEG, MPG, MPA, g721, g726, g723 or RAW to MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG, or VOX formats, and normalize MP3 to MP3, WMA to WMA, WAV to WAV, OGG to OGG, VOX to VOX. Audio shareware listed in audio converter tools.

gPhotoShow Pro

Software that is an easy to use make-your-own photo slide show or screen saver. gPhotoShow can display an unlimited number of jpeg, png, tiff, avi,mov,mpg, swf (flash) panorama and web pages. Main features: pictures sorting, stretching/shrinking, wallpaper creation, captions (with filename, date and exif info), music (including MP3), transition effects, multiple monitors and more. gPhotoShow can also create standalone slideshows/screen savers

PhotoWatermark Professional

Photo Watermark Professional combines power and ease of use. It uses a mixture of text, graphic and drawing objects of any complexity. Various styles of outline and angled text, gradient or texture fill, emboss, engrave, innershadow, 3D and photo framing render you professional class watermarks. It supports combinations of batch watermarking, converting, resizing, renaming, cropping, rotating, image enhancing, printing and framing. This graphics software is categorized under graphic apps editors.

WaveDiff

This software ActiveX Control v1.0 processes a input wave file using FFT and returns the accuracy of match found with a reference wave file.Features: -Compares or Differentiates a given wave file from a set of reference wave files using FFT-Works with voice, audio frequencies and tones-Gives the closest match by getting the shortest Euclid distance of them all-Use WaveDiff to Recognize Keywords or Numbers in any languages