A Good Free Photo Program

For Windows 9.xx to Windows Vista
tip #0002
I like computer software that lets me do fun, useful or helpful things. I Love good software that is Free!

I have been using INFANVIEW for a number of years now. It is a great way to look at a number of photographs. Some of its features are a slide show creator, an image resizer, a batch converter, photo information and a few other useful tools. It can do basic sharpen and red-eye removal. This is not a threat to Adobe’s Photoshop for professional photo retouching, but it does a good job with basic functions. The cheapest version of Photoshop can cost $500 bucks or more. Infanview costs $00.00. So, unless you are a professional who get paid big bucks, this will do a very adequate job as a basic photo viewer. It is easy to install, the instructions are common-sense. (for example; to create a slide show, click slide show in the file menu).
If you have a few or even a bunch of photos and you want to view them in an easy format or rename them to send as eMail attachments, then this is a good program to use. You can re-size JPEG (the web standard) photographs so they can be easily adjusted and sent as eMail attachments without the recipient with a dial-up connection cursing you. I have professional and serious hobby photographers as clients who own Adobe PS and other expensive photo editors and they still keep a copy of Infanview on their machines.
I like and I recommend it, without reservation.

To download follow this link: http://www.irfanview.com/
Go to one of their many download sites. TUCOWS or CNET are reliable sites to download from. They are usually in the top four choices listed.
I recommend you create a “My Download” folder. You can do this by opening your computer to the C: prompt. In the top left, of the window, open the file section. Scroll down until you see “new” click and you will see “file” click again and a new file will be created name it MyDownloads (or whatever suits your fancy, it is your computer so name your files with names that are useful for you).
Your download will go to the new folder you just created. Here I suggest you create another new file. Same instructions as above. Name it Infanview. The file will be downloaded there. This labeling of downloads can be very helpful for a variety of reasons. (Primarily keeping files separate and labeled will make your digital housecleaning a cinch.)
After the download you will be prompted to either “run” or “open” the file and receive a warning from Microsoft telling you that downloading files you are unfamiliar may be dangerous or words to that effect. Ignore the warning and proceed with confidence. You are downloading a good program from a safe source.
You will be asked if you wish to run/open the program after the installation is completed. I suggest you do open it up and take your new free software for a test drive.
Depending on your internet connection speed (Dial-up, DSL, Cable) it should not take more than 15 minutes from start to finish. I think you will enjoy this program.
Please let me know.
If you have any other computer questions, problems or just general comments please feel free to send me a note. My eMail Address: GuyGriscom@gmail.com