Image Compressor 2008 Pro Edition

IMC2008 is a digital photography software. It contains image viewer, screen capture, comparer, retouch, photo album and compression tools.

Pros: Image compressor comes with a comprehensive set of tools that include import, capture, scan, retouch, compare, create photo album, share and compress facilities in one.

The basic facility of compression does not require the user to make a trade off between file size and quality. The application compresses the image as best as possible for optimum quality and a reasonable size. Viewing of images has a wide range of formats that include RAW formats of many popular camera makers; Canon’s CR2 CRW, Nikon’s NEF, Kodak’s DCR and Olympus’s ORF. Photo formats supported include image file types JPEG, JPEG2000, TIFF, GIF, PNG besides the RAW formats supported.

The additional but really useful functions include professional viewer, image comparison tools, retouching tool, screen capture, image grab from the net, EXIF data editor, photoshop filter plug-ins, web photo album creation and conversion/export to multi-page PDF, animated GIF, multi-page TIFF, PowerPoint and Word.

The comprehensive user interface with a large set of features that include such functions as screen capture or image capture from the net makes for a comprehensive tool for the graphics artist. The interface is simple enough to be useful for the learner yet has enough power to be useful for a professional.

The functionality of all the extra features offered are well integrated into the application. For example capturing images from the net or creating web photo albums do not require the user to come out of the application. Application settings, screen layouts, file associations, photoshop filters or web album are parameters that can be changed for setting up a configuration suitable for you.

Cons: No problematic issues noticed.

Overall: A well designed, feature rich application that is easy to use and learn, this certainly rate a 4 star level.

The perfect after-the-shot software, Image Compressor provides comprehensive set of tools. You can easily import, capture, scan, retouch, compare, create photo album, share and compress your images more efficiently than ever before.
Image Compressor 2008 compress and optimize your photo using revolutionary digital eye technology.
It uses up to 8x automatic snapshots, object detection, optimization and filtering technique to ensure the highest quality compressed photo. Image Compressor is for people who understand photo quality. It's you!
PLUS Choice Of the Professionals:
+ Adobe Photoshop 8BF Filter Plugin Support. Use Photoshop plugin without Photoshop.
+ Batch Image Exporter. Export your images to multi page PDF, TIFF, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or ZIP file.
+ EXIF Editor.
+ Internet Image Grabber
+ Visual Image Finder.
+ Power Enlarger. Increase image size well over 500% and keep the sharpness intact.
BONUS: 10 Essential Digital Photo Utilities
+ Image Viewer. Views more than 50 image types including the latest DSLR RAW.
+ Image Comparer. Compares 2 images side-by-side
+ Image Retouch. Retouch your photo with easy to use tools. Includes: Color management, JPEG artifact reducer, face enhancer, image merging and many more.
+ Web Photo Album Creator. Creates animated, interactive web photo album.
+ Batch Image Converter. Convert from any supported image formats to JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP or PDF.
+ Batch Image Resizer. Resize multiple images with 11 filters or let Image Compressor choose the best one automatically for you.
+ Batch Image Rotator. Rotate, straighten or auto skew multiple images directly.
+ Batch Image Watermarker. Add your copyright, or visual date time stamp to multiple images. Support both text based and image based watermark.
+ Batch Image Processing. Apply special effect to multiple images at once.
+ Screen Capture. Capture whole screen, active window, any object or any region on your screen