ReaViewer - Image viewer & Converter   
http://www.reasoft.com

ReaViewer is fast, flexible and compact image viewer. It also features slide shows, conversion between graphic formats (JPG, TIF, PNG, BMP, etc.) and photo enhancement tools. For example, you can rotate, mirror, change height, width and color resolution of your image, change brightness, contrast, and gamma; change color balance of your image using filters, which operate in RGB, CMY, YCbCr, HLS, HSV color spaces, and create thumbnails. When you click the right mouse button while the mouse cursor is over the image, a pop-up menu appears. This pop-up menu contains various items for controlling how the image in that view is displayed. This is very easy to use yet powerful software.

RoboRealm   
http://www.roborealm.com

RoboRealm provides you with a low cost vision software solution to explore the complex world of image analysis and image processing. Through an easy to use analysis pipeline you can add image processing filters to translate an image into robotic movements, computer actions, or just plain fun! Image and/or video processing can be technically difficult. Home robots are continuously moving towards high powered PC based systems that are capable of supporting complex image processing functions. Sometimes you just need a testbed of current image processing applications to test potential ideas that you want your robot or computer+webcam application to perform. We've compiled several image processing functions into a freely available windows based application that you can use with your computer's webcam. You can use it to test out your vision ideas and see what may be possible or not ... have fun! We did!

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.

VCW VicMan's Photo Editor   
http://www.vicman.net

With this free easy-to-use image editor, you can turn your snapshots into works of art, as well as draw your own images using its built-in image enhancement functions. Select a pencil, brush, or eraser and set its size, shape, and transparency. Other features allow you to select colors with an eyedropper, paint colors in a gradient, and add plain or anti-aliased text to any picture. The program supports more than 20 image formats. The distortion tools offer more than a dozen variations of twirls, waves, rotations, mirrors, and ovals, and even a fish eye effect. Use the trilinear filters to blur your image, create 3D extensions, and sharpen the image. Supports Adobe Photoshop-compatible filters and includes a lot of preinstalled plug-ins. Installation contains the animated tutorials.