B&W Pro 2   
http://www.redpawmedia.com

B&W Pro 2 is an advanced Adobe Photoshop© compatible filter/plugin for converting colour images to monochrome, simple enough for amateurs to use but powerful enough for professionals producing fine art images. B&W Pro 2 uses advanced image processing algorithms to produce far fewer unwanted image artifacts than other B&W conversion plug-ins. It works on both 24-bit (8 bits per channel) and 48-bit (16 bits per channel) RGB images.

Paint Express   
http://www.slavasoft.com

This image editor fully supports ICO, CUR, BMP files of all color formats including 32-bit, reads PNG, JPG, JPEG files. Use this image maker to create multi-format icons/cursors from existing images in one click. With Paint Express, converting professional images with transparency created using Photoshop or Paint Shop into high-quality Windows XP icons/cursors with alpha channel takes seconds. To modify images, use various editing and drawing tools (rotation, flip, gradient, semi-transparent brush), image processing filters (smooth, blur, sharpen, shadow), and effects (brightness, contrast, opacity, grayscale). Use the built-in extractor to extract image resources from EXE, DLL, OCX files. Use the searching tool to find images on the computer, filter the search results based on file type and colors. Use the powerful screen-capture tool to grab any image from the desktop: an Internet picture, window, toolbar. Edit, save, print, or convert the captured picture to an icon/cursor/bitmap. Use the clipboard operations (copy, cut, paste) to enhance existing or to make new images. Use the built-in resizing tool to resize any pictures; To achieve best scaling results, Paint Express offers several scale methods, including biliniar and bicubic resample. Use the provided palette functionality (edit, load, save) to change or customize the indexed palette for 2, 16, and 256-color images (1, 4, and 8-bpp images). Use this application as a convertor to easily transform digital images from one type to another: bitmaps to icons, icons to cursors, PNG files to icons, etc. This utility can also be used to increase/reduce the color depth of an image. Use this image creator for creating an 8-bit bitmap from a 32-bit bitmap, a 32-bit icon from a 4-bit icon, etc. Paint Express offers a free trial period (60 uses). During this time you can freely create new images from scratch or from images previously created with other imaging software, use saving, printing and draw functions, etc.

JPEG Imager   
http://www.v-methods.com

JPEG Imager is an interactive image compressor. It provides a real-time preview of a compressed image and handy means to compare it with original one. You can fiddle with various compression parameters and observe the effect of changes almost instantly. You can also specify a desired file size and let the program select the proper value of the quality parameter automatically. In short, JPEG Imager is perfect for Quality vs. File Size optimization. It may prove to be very useful if you need to optimize your images for publishing in the Web. Speaking about other features, JPEG Imager includes a set of basic image manipulation and enhancing operations such as Resample (resize), Crop, Rotation, Gamma correction, Levels adjustment and so on. There is also a cleaning tool for noise removing and, of course, the TWAIN support for image acquisition from scanners and digital cams. Working with JPEG Imager you can acquire, enhance and optimize your images not having to use any other programs. Besides, JPEG Imager has a simple built-in batch processor and thumbnail generator.

Web Image Guru Suite   
http://www.vimas.com

Web Image Guru is a powerful graphics suite for everyone who need to optimize image color and tonal balance, sharpness, noise level, geometry, bit depth, and file size. This product was originally designed as a specialized tool for web designers, but then it was greatly extended and now this is a set of three high quality imaging applications: Image Guider, Filter Studio plug-in, and Web Image Guru plug-in itself. The key features of Web Image Guru Suite are: 1. High quality color reduction algorithm. 2. Advanced shadow/highlight and color correction algorithms. 3. Supporting for PNG8 images with alpha transparency (Palette Alpha). 4. Simple to use, yet effective weighting optimization for JPEG, GIF, and PNG8 compression. 5. Rich set of filters for noise reduction. 6. Powerful JPEG compression algorithm. 7. Rich set of live shape effects. 8. Advanced crop functionality. 9. Ability to generate several images from single original with just few mouse clicks. 10. More easy to use, but still powerful shape handling. 11. Internal browser preview of images in existing HTML files in specified places. 12. Effective and attractive user interface. Web Image Guru and Filter Studio plug-ins may be used as Adobe Photoshop plug-in module. They are compatible with Adobe PhotoShop 3.05 - 7.0, CS and other products that support Adobe PhotoShop 3.05 type plug-ins. Filter type plug-ins are available. Web Image Guru plug-in also may be used as stand alone application or from Image Guider, image browsing utility from which is a part of suite.

ImageForge PRO (Deutsche Version)   
http://www.cursorarts.com

German language version. See http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_imf.html for English version. Whether you want to put your company logo up as wallpaper, do something creative with those photos from your new digital camera, or create graphics for your web site, ImageForge PRO is an inexpensive, yet powerful, suite of image editing tools which will have you turning out digital art in no time. Packed with high-end features, such as support for drawing tablets and Photoshop-style plug-in filters, ImageForge PRO is simple enough for kids, but with the all the power you'll need to produce high-quality artwork. Click a second time on the basic tools in the ImageForge toolbar, and you will find variations on each. Paint with oils or watercolor brushes, create stars and polygons, smudge out wrinkles, clone between images, drag out 3D text and other objects, and much more. You can experiment with creating your own custom brushes, painting with clipart brushes, or even producing your own animations. Once you have created your images, you can generate stand-alone album "Library" programs to give to friends and family. Add special effects transitions between images, or even create slide shows with an audio background. If you prefer, you can turn your slides show into a Windows screen saver. For the budding webmaster, an Internet layer allows you to split images across HTML tables, create clickable image maps, and add special effects to images for your web pages. HTML code is automatically generated, ready for you to insert into your web documents. Supports most common web image formats: .JPG, .PNG, and .GIF (normal, transparent, animated). Other options include: conversion of groups of image files, printing multiple images per sheet of paper, adding grids to your printouts, image merging and masking tools to combine images seamlessly, scanner and other TWAIN device support, distortable text, etc. A complete digital art studio which almost anyone can afford.