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.

Pixwirl Imager   
http://www.pixwirl.com

Pixwirl Imager uses HTML analysis engine to find all the image links on Web pages based on specific filters on domain, URL pattern, size, image extension, and page extensions, etc. This feature gives you the full ability to control what you do and don't want. It can also download images in multiple page arrangement by following next-page links. Its large-scale viewer allows you to monitor the downloading process in real time. It also save image host pages with link adjustments to allow off-line browsing. It is also an image database management system. It saves different properties of Web sites, pages and images and supports search, bookmark, and image categorization. With all the information in database, it can eliminate duplicate links and images. Its massive link retrieval ability lets you select all links on a page and adds to download task list without the needs to setup download settings for each individual link. This function will save you huge amount of time. With Pixwirl Imager, you can do slide show on both downloaded images and images being downloading. Its flexible script engine can let you write your own script to alter URLs of link, which can be used to fix erroneous links and get real URLs from combined URL. Built in page title naming engine can let you change the page title easily and can apply to multiple pages.

JPhotoBrush Pro   
http://www.jphotobrushpro.com

This is an Award Winning Multi-Platform Image Editing/Enhancement/Retouch Application written in Java offering various filters, effects and transformation with user friendly interface. Offering a wide range of adjustment for most effects, you will find many features found only in expensive commercial editors. JPhotoBrush Pro, has been successfully tested in Windows(9x/NT/2000/XP), Linux, OS/2,Macintosh . The new version also includes a GIF Animation Wizard called JPhotoAnim, Exif Support and a tool called JPhotoBatch which allow batch processing like renaming / resizing (including generating thumbnails) / format(file type) change of multiple image files in a directory at the click of the mouse. Features include: * Open/Save JPG,GIF,PNG,BMP, TIFF ,TGA, ICO, PSD, PICT, XPM images. * Browse thumbnails of images from a directory and zip/jar files * Correct image brightness, contrast, RGB, Gamma, Invert colors * Use filters to Sharpen, smoothen, detect edge, emboss or use custom filter. * Add effects like frosted glass,mosaic,venetian blinds,scramble,camera effects, solarize, wave, spotlight, oil paint, blend/merge images etc. Many more effects can be added as plugins, available for free in the product website. * select regions as layers which can be moved/dragged/copied/cut/deleted/cropped and pasted as new selection or image. Image operations can be performed on selected region rather than on the whole image. * different types of Fancy Text (rotated, 3D, shadowed, outlined etc) which can be dragged/ copied/cut/pasted/deleted. * Remove noise * use brushes with textures , clone image regions * View Histogram and equalize histogram * transform image - flip, rotate, shear, resize * draw/fill shapes- rectangle, ellipse, lines, freehand. * warp(deform) image, overlay several images * zoom in/zoom out, view full screenshot * See print preview and Print images in multiple pages * drag and drop support. and much more