Image Broadway   
http://www.filestream.com

Easy-to-Use Graphic Tools at Your Fingertips Image Broadway lets you create and edit graphic images with special effects like a pro in just minutes. From simple tasks to advanced image editing capabilities, Image Broadway does it all and does it very well. It offers state-of-the-art digital image processing technologies while hiding beneath a user-friendly interface. Image Broadway features include all the elements of a great image-editor, color corrections, cloning and repair, powerful text effects, geometric and free-hand lasso area selection, precision move, bump-mapping, texture painting, RGB color separation, built-in special-effects filters, layer support, unlimited undo functionality, Folder and File lists with on-the-fly custom-size thumbnail viewing, dockable toolbars, and lots more. In addition to a unlimited number of image editing options, it also offers Optimization features, ideal tools for creating and enhancing graphics for the Web. If you are looking for quality image processing software and ease of use, this is the graphic program for you. Web Optimization Saves Bandwidth and Time Optimization for the Web to let you reduce images to optimal file sizes so your sites will load faster while preserving their professional look. You can also experiment with different optimization options with instant optimized onscreen displays to see which one best suit your criteria. You can also save your optimization selections as script file to be used for other images.

Icon Catcher   
http://www.helexis.com

Finding necessary icon images for your shortcuts/documents is not easy task. Before downloading one of those gigantic icon collections, consider that one probably already exists on your hard drive! Average computer contains hundreds, even thousands of different icons "hidden" in a variety of files on your drives and you can get them all with Icon Catcher! Icon Catcher 4.0 is a high-speed batch icon extractor and processor capable of scanning over 3000 icons in one minute. The program supports 32-bit XP-style icons with alpha channel. Icon Catcher can process icons with custom sizes, from monochrome to true color formats. Extended filtering options let the users select the color palette or size or combination of those parameters to make search for necessary icons easy and fast. The program extracts icons from any source files, including .ico, .exe, .icl, .dll, .scr, .ocx, .vbx, .dpl, .bpl and others, and allows users to later save the icons in libraries or separate .ico files. The new version of software has a brand new improved user interface that is intuitive and very easy to navigate through large icon collections. The program does not require any special skills or knowledge and can be used by virtually anybody. Best of all, the BETA version is distributed free of charge and can be downloaded from our website. Download your copy now!

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.

Icon In Depth   
http://www.soundindepth.com

Icon In Depth works like a Swiss Army Knife of icon & cursor manipulation. Features find & manage icons on your system, image-editing features such as effects, filters, rotation, cropping, as well as a huge color palette, easy-to-use editor that has all the functions for creating/editing ICO, ANI, CUR, GIF, JPEG, WMF, EMF, TGA, and WBMP files, image filters, including Blurring, Sharpening, Embossing, Diffusing, and Color Balance, image effects, including Linear Gradient, Radial Gradient, Rectangular Gradient, WAV, 3D Shadow, 3D Button, Text Gradient Effects, Noise, and Arbitrary Rotation, create icons with a preset sizes, use dynamic transparent colors, create cursors with free hotspots, create & view animated cursors, extract icon from any file or folder, paste images from clipboard, select Regions for Import from .bmp, .jpg, .gif, or .wmf images, Drag and Drop files for editing, unlimited undo and redo steps, support multi-language interface.

VLButtonBar   
http://www.viklele.com

VLButtonBar is a versatile navigation control that can be used to incorporate MS Outlook styled navigation sidebar, a vertical menu as well as visual basic style tool palette into your applications. It allows you to arrange sets of buttons / navigation items into groups, each identified by its header. VLButtonBar provides native (MBCS) support for far eastern languages, and also supports use of unicode text and font for group and button captions, making it an ideal choice for localization of your application UI. The control provides a variety of orientation and layout combinations for groups and buttons to suite your specific needs. Also, the control can automatically calculate the appropriate size for buttons based on button picture size, button caption and the font, or you can specify a custom button size as per your requirements. A variety of gradient filled background options for group headers and buttons and button styles allow you to incorporate great looking UI into your application.