National Geographic Photography Site: a fantastic source of desktop wallpaper images

If you’ve ever been on the National Geographic Photography site then you already know that they feature some of the best, high quality photographs...

How to find high quality wallpaper images on any topic

Want to find cool wallpaper? I was recently admiring the wallpaper my friend Jeff (who, incidentally, works for Microsoft) had on his computer. When I...

Seadragon: a nifty online viewer designed for very large images

Seadragon.com from Microsoft Labs is a free web service designed to view, zoom, pan-into, and share large images on the internet without degrading them...

Dropresize: resize images by dragging them to a special folder

Dropresize creates a special folder on your machine such that any images placed in this folder are automatically resized as per a predefined height...

PhotoJoy: embeds your photos in screensavers, desktop widgets, and dynamic wallpaper

PhotoJoy is a free app that uses your own photo collection to create dynamicdesktop wallpaper, screensavers, and desktop widgets. As your image collection grows you...

PhotoFilmStrip: create videos from images (including Ken Burns style zooming in/out effect)

If you’ve ever wanted to string a bunch of images together into an animation then PhotoFilmStrip is for you. PhotoFilmStrip is a free program...

JacksonPollock.org: unleash your inner (abstract expressionist) artist

JacksonPollock.org is a free flash toy that simulates the "action painting" style of American abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock. Even if you don’t recognize the name...

Viewer2: unique, innovative image viewing and tagging app

Viewer2 is a free image viewing and tagging app that combines form and function into a powerful program that is a joy to use....

PrtScr: stylish, “cool” screen capture program

PrtScr is a free screen capturing program that combines good functionality with an excellent user experience. It offers much of what you would expect...

SmillaEnlarger: free tool produces high quality image enlargements

SmillaEnlarger is a free, open source program that enables enlarging/magnifying bitmap images in high quality. Based on original algorithms, this standalone software uses a number...

First Impression: a lightweight image viewer (with no visible interface)

First Impression is a free, lightweight image viewing app that is geared towards utilizing as much of the screen’s real estate as possible for...

Twingly Screensaver: visualize the blogosphere in real time

The Twingly screensaver is a free screensaver that displays blog postings visually on a representation of the globe in real time as they are...

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