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just put this into the address bar
http://www.thelightsri​ghtstudio.com
and than look for digital darkroom etc etc....

For digital neophytes who just want to publish pics to a web page, this is a (very basic) fast and easy-to-use program:

Web Photo Publisher 0.4
http://www.download-by.net …,web-photo-publisher.html

Give it an input folder, you can create an output folder on the fly. It creates your index page, thumbs gallery and comments/titles. Your jpegs are put on html files so you can scroll through them backwards and forwards.

Then you need some web space and an FTP program...

Sarchi wrote:
For digital neophytes who just want to publish pics to a web page, this is a (very basic) fast and easy-to-use program:

Web Photo Publisher 0.4
http://www.download-by.net …,web-photo-publisher.html

Give it an input folder, you can create an output folder on the fly. It creates your index page, thumbs gallery and comments/titles. Your jpegs are put on html files so you can scroll through them backwards and forwards.

Then you need some web space and an FTP program...

Thanks for the link. I think it is a very nice easy to use basic program.

I see that Picasa and Autostitch are already covered, so let me suggest something a little different. World Wide Media eXchange at http://www.wwmx.org. It isn't one specific application but a collection of a few that are specifically for adding and viewing GPS data in your JPEGs. The most important of which are the "Track Downloader" to download tracks from your GPS and the "Location Stamper" that correlates the GPS data with your photo timestamps and stamps the photos with the lat/lon/alt of the location.

I carry a GPS with me whenever I take photos just for this purpose. Think about it... using Google Maps to view your vacation photos.

I'm working on a viewer, check out an early sample at the bottom of this page http://okuda.blogspot.​com …traboulay-poco-trail.html. Here is an older attempt using the wwmx.org web tool and a bunch of hacking to put it in my blog http://okuda.blogspot.​com …day-4-in-new-zealand.html. I like the Google Maps version better.

sni wrote:
That't not freeware though... this on the other hand is:

http://epaperpress.com​/ptlens/

thanks mate, thats a pretty good program

Not a pleasant name for a piece of software, but "The Rasterbator is a web service which creates huge, rasterized images from any picture. The rasterized images can be printed and assembled into extremely cool looking posters up to 20 meters in size." You can also download an offline version, see the link below:

http://homokaasu.org/r​asterbator/

not a serious bit of software, but quite fun and easy to use all the same )

Not exactly imaging related, but more of a file management helper for Windows. How many times have you tried to delete or rename a file or folder only to be stymied by THIS:

HTTP response: NOT FOUND | MIME changed to 'text/html'

Rad, that just made me jump with joy. Never struck me to search for such a program!! You made my day and ended up making me spend the last 2 hours cleaning up so many 'dead ends'!!

Excellent thread! I've found a lot of useful tools here.

I'm hooked on the demo version of Neat Image, and will probably buy it in the future. It's a noise reduction program that is invaluable for cleaning up a photo after sharpening. Unfortunately the demo can't be used for commercial purposes, but it's great for home projects.

Dart wrote:
I JUST posted a thread about this.....

The Gimp....a photoshop type program for both linux and windows.... http://www.gimp.org/

another vote for the gimp. I wasn't aware it was available for M$ platforms though.

It's available for Mac OS X also!

(http://www.gimp.org/ma​cintosh/ -- I recommend Gimp.app.)

VuePrint!
I use this program as my Proof review program with clients after a shoot.
web site at: http://www.hamrick.com​/
Allows you to scroll thru photos by hitting the spacebar &/or zBackspace button.
It does a lot more but I use it just for the easy of previewing photos

A free plug-in for most editing programs. This thing has some realy cool effects and dont forget to download the free extras.

Virtual Photographer

http://www.optikvervel​abs.com/default.asp

Not all of the previous suggestions have been for image manipulation, so let me throw in my .02 for jAlbum (jalbum.net) for web publishing. I don't want to get into everything it does, just that it does it all and keeps getting better. And it is free. And it is available for windows, mac and linux. And it has an active user forum.

Found this for merging images of different exposures to get a average

http://www.hdrsoft.com​/download.html#basic