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Digital Photo Processing - Free Image Manipulation Tool

SUMMARY: Comfortable with the command prompt? Here is a free digital image manipulation tool that is perfect for batch processing.

If you are an expert computer user with knowledge of how to use the command prompt, and you would like a free open-source photo manipulation tool, consider trying out ImageMagick. This command-line tool, available for many operating systems including Windows and Unix, can perform the following tasks, among others:

* Convert images between JPG, TIF, BMP, and other types
* Resize, rotate, and crop images
* Create a montage or contact sheet suitable for printing or website use
* Apply special image effects such as charcoal, blur, emboss, and edge detect
* Annotate images with varying text font and sizes

This tool is especially useful when batch processing a directory or folder full of images.

Downloads and documentation are available on the ImageMagick website:

ImageMagick - http://www.imagemagick.org/