Imaging software stories

  • Seven essential free software apps for a new PC

    18 Nov 2009 2:55 PM

    Once you get that new Windows 7 computer, here are the apps you need to install.

  • Flickr adds Facebook-style tagging to photos

    26 Oct 2009 11:42 AM

    Popular photo sharing site Flickr has added a Facebook-style tagging application for users to label people in their photos.

  • Adobe Photoshop Elements 8: New features tour

    24 Sep 2009 2:34 PM

    New versions of Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements boost organisational capabilities, automation and ties with Photoshop.com. Let's take a look at the new features..

  • Flickr adds new photo-sharing idea: Galleries

    16 Sep 2009 11:40 AM

    Flickr has added a new feature called galleries to showcase photos — and this time not just your own shots.

  • 7 Photoshop alternatives: Online image editors reviewed and rated

    28 Aug 2009 2:14 PM

    We've tested a host of image editors that allow you to achieve many of the effects offered by Photoshop, but solely within your browser — without that whopping price tag or even a download.

  • Flickr lets users post direct to Twitter

    16 Jun 2009 10:21 AM

    Flickr now allows users to post photos directly to their Twitter stream, complete with a fancy Flic.kr shortened URL.

  • Face recognition comes to Flickr

    27 Apr 2009 10:39 AM

    Without any big fuss, a face-recognition feature has been added to Flickr. The new feature was launched recently by Swedish start-up Polar Rose.

  • Flickr trends highlighted via Google-based app

    21 Apr 2009 10:01 AM

    What do you do when you can use the internet to data-mine a collection of billions of photos? Find out whether cats are more popular than dogs, of course. Or whether good outdoes evil.

  • 15 online photo editors compared

    30 Mar 2009 4:26 PM

    Tools that let you edit photos in the web browser have come a long way in the last few years. We wanted to take a moment to do a feature comparison with a grouping of editors — big and small, to see what each one is capable of.

  • Zooming in on photo editing tools

    30 Mar 2009 4:26 PM

    While most photographs are rectangular, the tools we use to edit them online come in all manner of shapes and sizes. Here's a look at 13 of them.

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