Web Picture Creator (472 KB) is a tool for creating Internet photo albums and for resizing images, making thumbnails and copying images. It handles JPEG images (*.jpg, *.jpeg). Offers customizable HTML output that can be edited to match your site design. Add titles and descriptions to each image, specify the thumbnail size and output quality and more. Freeware for Windows 98/ ME/ NT/ 2000/ XP.

ModelPress Publisher (17 MB) provides a mechanism for publishing 3D files to a Web-ready format, as well as a flexible, Web-delivered visualization application that can be embedded into Web pages. Fr'eeware for Windows 98/ Me/ NT/ 2000/ XP.

RGBLab (1.72 MB) is a smart and easy color manager for developers and designers. Lets you pick and mix RGB colours and also lets you save RGB colour palettes as text files. Save all the RGB colour codes for six different colors in twelve different formats, including your own custom format. Freeware for Windows 95/ 98/ Me/ NT/ 2000/ XP.

PIXresizer (2.8 MB) is a utility for quickly generating screen-friendly versions of your images with dramatically reduced file sizes of one file or, a selection of image files, for use on the web and in email. Offers several different resizing methods and can automatically recognize image sizes to calculate the best fit. Includes a built-in image viewer. Can also convert between graphics formats, rotate images, and convert to grayscale. Freeware for Windows 9x/ NT4/ ME/ 2000/ XP.

WinMorph (4.3 MB) is a morphing app that enables the smooth transition from one image to another; e.g. a young woman into an old woman, or a man into a lion. Downloaded by more than 400,000 users. The program can work as a stand alone or as a plug-in for Adobe Premiere, Vegas Video and Wax. Wax is included in the download. Freeware. For Windows 98/ Me/ XP.

Pawbrowse (1.23 MB) is an advanced image viewing, browsing and management utility. Features include support for 13 common image formats, 25 image filters, a thumbnail browsing mode, full screen mode, slideshow mode, file management customization options, screen and window capture, file type association, send image to external editor and lots more. For Windows 9x/ Me/ NT/ 2000/ XP. Freeware. Requires Visual Basic 6 runtime files.

Color Cop (325 KB) is a color picker loaded with extra features. Magnify to select the color of a single pixel with the eyedropper; average a color from a 3x3 or 5x5 block; pop-up menu configuration; output may be to closest of 216 web safe colors; support for color hex conventions in HTML and many programming languages, etc. Freeware. For Windows 9x/ Me/ NT/ 2000.

PrintKey 2000 (557 KB) lets you print the desktop, active window or a selected rectangular area. Optionally include the cursor in the capture. There are options for stretching, centering, mirroring, and inverting the image. Captures can be saved in BMP, JPEG, JPG, EMF, WMF format, or edited with your graphic program. Freeware. For Windows 9x/ Me/ 2000/ XP.

Icon Sucker (658 KB) is a utility that allows you to extract icons from the files on your hard drive. Many different file types on your computer contain one or more icons that you can use. The program supports ICO, CUR, ANI, ICL, EXE, DLL, OCX, DRV, BPL, CPL, SCR and VBX files. Freeware. For Windows 9x/ ME/ NT4/ 2000.

P3dO Explorer (1.8 MB) is an easy-to-use Explorer-ish graphics browser supporting all popular image file formats, plus the Poser and Vue d'Esprit file formats. Features include selectable thumbnail image size, slideshow, zoom, Windows-like favorites menu, Zip through browsing, plugins and more. Freeware. For Windows 95/ 98/ Me/ NT/ W2k/ XP.

Movies 13 (414 KB) is a GIF-Animator with 98 animation wizards including text and actor wizards. Edit existing animations, create new ones from imported images or from images created with integrated Movies Draw. Features: GIF explorer, GIF optimizer, quick backgrounds, smart shape (100 shapes with 25 gradient fills, rotated text etc.), select frame animation, 3 free floating actors for creating cartoons, actor and text wizards, and AVI to GIF and GIF to AVI converters. Freeware. For all versions of Windows.

Ultimate Paint (2.5 MB) is a graphics program for image retouching, viewing and manipulation. All popular image formats are supported. Image acquisition from twain compatible scanners. Multiple Undo/Redo, total control over file parameters, save optimization panel to help you optimize your JPEG, PNG and GIF images. Tools for retouching and enhancing photos: comes with more than a hundred stunning plug-in image filters and special effects. Adobe plug-in support is also provided. Freeware. For Windows 9x/ NT/ 2000/ Me.

3DWebButton (1.1 MB) is one of the best and easiest to use 3D button generators we've yet seen. Even graphic novices can create sophisticated buttons and headings in minutes. A preview of your work is continually displayed. Set button shape, color, size, drop shadow and texture map. 100 + options and 7 button shapes are available. Save in .bmp, .jpg, and gif image formats. For Windows 95/98/ME/2000. Fully functional. Shareware $23.

DeKnop (662KB) is an easy to use button maker. Select the text, font style, color, 3D bevel, size, gradients and many other aspects. Preview any changes that you make as you make them. DeKnop also offers support for automatic up/down effects for use in mouse over javascripts. Files can be saved in PNG, JPG, BMP or GIF(non LZW) format. Free. For Win XP/Me/NT4/2000/98/95.

XnView (1.8 MB) is program for viewing and converting graphic files. More than 360 graphic formats supported! Features include resize, copy/cut/crop, brightness and contrast adjustment, color modification, filters, effects, screen capture, thumbnail creation and much more. For Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP. Freeware.

Picture-shark (723 KB) gives you the ability to watermark and copyright your picture galleries. Use logos, text or any other images. Picture-shark can process hundreds of pictures per minute. Supports transparence and realtime preview. For Win9x/NT/2000/ ME/XP. Freeware.

MWSnap (410 KB) is a small, powerful program for capturing images from selected parts of a screen. Current version can capture a whole desktop, a highlighted window, an active menu, or a fixed or free part of the screen. Supports BMP, JPG, TIFF and GIF formats. Also includes a zooming tool, screen ruler and a color picker as well as system wide hotkeys and preset selection sizes. Freeware. For Win 9x/NT/ME/2K/XP.

FotoArchive 2.4.9 (2.1 MB) can divide image files into albums and catalog them using the image file type. Easily transfer Foto records between albums, add images or change their location within an album. The interface displays a scrollable image, the full path of the image file and three searchable category text areas. View multiple images in thumbnail form without saving. Freeware. For Windows 95/ 98/ NT/ 2000/ Me.

CoffeeCup Free Viewer Plus (3.4 MB) is a fast, powerful, and easy to use Image viewer with built-in Email, FTP, and Zip functions. Browse images by folder, find images on your computer, view 35 image types by right-clicking in Windows Explorer, and make Thumbnail Web pages from any group of images, all with just one click! For Win 95/ 98/ NT/ 2000/ Me/ XP.

STGThumb (1.0 MB) is an application that allows you to quickly make high-quality thumbnails from your images. Select individual files or entire directories. Thumbnail image size can be customized and STGThumb also allows you to rotate the resulting images or to apply filters like blur, sharpen, emboss and others. Converts from AVI, JPG, TIF, PNG, BMP, PCX, WMF, EMF, ICO, CUR to JPG. Free for personal use. For Windows 95/ 98/ ME/ 2000.

Image Co-Tracker (514 KB) is a tool for creating a database of images from the Internet. It automatically captures the image, the image Internet address, the image name and the date it was added to the database. Once an image has been grabbed, you can perform various functions like Search, Print, add textual info, organize images into categories and more. Requires IE5 or higher. Freeware. For Windows 9x/ NT/ ME/ 2000.

Image Browser Arctic (10.3 MB) is an easy-to-use image viewer. Different viewing modes are supported: Full screen, Stretch window and more. You can also create your own slide shows and distribute them to your friends/family. Major file types are supported. For Windows 95/ 98/ ME/ NT4/ 2000/ XP.

Font Magic (1.95 MB) is an easy-to-use tool for creating 3D text effects. The interface allows you to preview and select your effects. Select textures, colors and materials from drop down menus and create an attractive looking 3D text or logo in no time. The result can be saved as single BMP file or even rendered as rotating movie frames. Freeware. For Windows 95/ 98/ ME/ NT4/ 2000/ XP.

PictureDicer (450 KB) chops any image file into several smaller images, suitable for creating mouse over effects and "pseudo" image maps on Web pages. Also generates the HTML for a table to contain the partial images and display them so they appear as the original uncut image. Freeware. For Windows 9x/ NT/ ME/ 2000.

Pixie (65 KB) is a color spy and mouse tracker. Simply point to the color, and the program tells you the RGB, hex and HTML-ready values for it. Use the values to reproduce the color in your favorite programs. Pixie also shows the current X and Y position of your mouse pointer. freeware. For Win 95/ 98/ NT/ 2000/ Me/ XP.

ScreenHunter Free (322 KB) is a screen-capture tool that can capture a full screen, an active window, the client window, or a rectangular area. Automatically saves captures in BMP or JPEG format to the clipboard so they can be copied easily to other programs, such as Motion Studio, Paint Shop Pro or Word. Has a selectable hot key capture (F1 to F10) and delayed capture. Virtually no system resources used on standby. Freeware for Windows 95/ 98/ Me/ NT/2000/ XP.

EyeBrowse (1.70 MB) is an advanced graphics editing and management program that is equipped with image manipulation functions and that incorporates extensive support for all common file formats. Supports Animated GIFs and lets you extract frames for editing. Fully customizable screen capture features. Freeware. For Windows 95/ 98/ Me/ NT/ 2000/ XP.

Gallery Wizard (1.05 MB) is a "template based" program for creating thumbnail gallery pages. Accepts over a dozen different input formats, renders gallery pages, includes various effects (like 3D Border), and can optionally create HTML pages for each image. Freeware. For Window 9x/ NT4/ ME/ 2000/ XP.

Pixeur (1.5 MB) allows you to easily view the color, RGB, Hex, and long value of any color you see. It also keeps a history of all colors you have selected in a color history list. Freeware for Windows 98/ 2000/ XP.

Image Resizer (294 KB) allows you to resize/ scale multiple images by percentage or by a fixed width/ height. Drag and Drop enabled with the ability to greyscale images on-the-fly. The program supports .png, .gif, .jpg, .tif, .wmf, and .bmp formats. Freeware for Windows XP/ 2000.

GifSplitter (34 KB) is an image utility that can extract image frames from a gif animation and allow you to save and modify them individually. Can also be used with Magic ASCII Studio to make ASCII Art Animation. Freeware for all Windows versions.

ThumbaWumba (387 KB) takes images (currently only jpg's and bmp's) from a given directory, resizes them to a given max. size (preserving the aspect ratio), generates thumbnail images and then fully customizable html websites for the thumbnail views and the images themselves. Freeware for 98/ ME/ 2000/ XP.

FirePaint (606 KB) is a simple app that allows you to easily edit images. Supports popular image types such as .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .jfif, .gif, .tif, .tiff, .png, .tga, .bmp, .dib, .wmf, .emf, .ico. Easy-to-use sidebars help to locate images and perform basic image-edit actions. Freeware for Windows XP/ NT/ 2000/ 98/ 95.

PicPerk (2.5 MB) is an image viewer and editor that supports most graphic formats, including jpeg, gif, tiff, bmp, pcx, wmf, and tga. Open image files or folders and easily view and edit any image. File operations include convert, copy, move, rename, delete, and print. PicPerk also features thumbnails, full-screen viewing, zoom functions, and 33 image-edition effects, including crop, resize, red-eye removal, and tools to display slide shows. Free to try, $9.99 to buy. For Windows 9x/ NT4/ Me/ 2000/ XP.