A new version of the image viewer FastStone Image Viewer has been released today by the developers. Version 4.0 introduces several new and enhanced features including better Windows 7 compatibility, improved performance in network folders, display of GPS information with a link to Google Earth, favorite folders and several minor improvements and bug fixes.
The [...]

Tags: faststone image viewer, image viewer, images, photos, portable software, windwos software
Categories: Windows, software

Converting multiple photos into single pdf documents has several advantages. A single file can be stored and managed more comfortable and it’s also easier to distribute them without running into the problem of missing photos in the process. One interesting use would be for instance to convert photos that have been taken on the last [...]

Tags: images, pdf, photo to pdf, photos, windows software
Categories: Windows, software

Previously I wrote about taking screenshots in Linux with various applications (see “Taking screenshots in Linux“). In that article I left out one of the most powerful tools for taking screenshots – Shutter. Shutter is the new name for the project that was once called GScrot. GScrot is the GUI version of the handy Scrot [...]

Tags: gscrot, images, screenshots, scrot, shutter
Categories: Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic, software

Chance is you have already stumbled upon a few websites that are posting images as links or thumbnails. The only way to view the full images would be to click on the links to be taken to another page or website where the images are then displayed in their normal resolution. The majority of users [...]

Tags: firefox, firefox images, firefox-add on, full images, image links, image thumbnails, images, photos, unlinker, web browser
Categories: Browsing, firefox

We reviewed a small command line application a few days ago that could be used to grab all images that have been posted to one of the boards over at the popular forum 4Chan (read Download all 4Chan Pictures). The command line tool worked fine but was kinda uncomfortable to use as it required the [...]

Tags: 4 chan, 4chan, 4chan downloader, 4chan pictures, forum, images, windows software
Categories: Windows, software

If you are looking for an online service that offers free OCR scanning then you might want to point your web browser to the Free Online OCR service. The service allows users to upload images that will then be processed immediately. The OCR scanning does not take longer than a few seconds after uploading the [...]

Tags: documents, free ocr, images, ocr, ocr scanner, ocr scanning, ocr service, online service
Categories: Online Services

So you’ve been reading about Linux on ghacks for a few months now and you’ve  noticed plenty of screenshots or images of applications in action. Now it’s time you found out just how those images are taken. No it’s not magic, but in one instance it’s ImageMagick. Actually there are a few ways to take [...]

Tags: ImageMagick, images, Linux, screenshots, The GIMP
Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic