ZoneHelper detects and automatically converts inverted text zones and change white-on-black text to normal black-on-white text.

RakeHelper searches for rakes the aim being the extraction and recognition of the characters. Also rakes can be used as features in the step of form identification and recognition as anchor elements. RakeHelper expects as input a monochrome image.

PhotoHelper is a freeware image viewer with an attractive ease of use and graphics manipulation capabilities. Being a lightweight yet powerful software it combines both a graphic files navigation and an image processing just fine. Scanning and printing possibilities expands its capabilities!

PageHelper detects up side down pages (rotated with 180 degrees) and automatically put the image into the right position for further processing steps (character recognition).

LinesHelper finds and removes horizontal and vertical lines and repairs overlapping text and graphics on binary images. The line removal filter can also be configured to reconstruct horizontal and vertical lines, redrawing them straight with smooth edges.

LandscapeHelper detects landscape pages (rotated with 90 degrees) and automatically put the image into the right position for further processing steps (character recognition).

DespeckleHelper provides a successful method for automatically improving the quality of document images and a marked decrease in OCR error rates. The method is easy to use - we view it as a pre-OCR cleanup operation, and it takes a very small amount of the computational effort of the OCR process itself. DespeckleHelper expects as input a monochrome image

DeskewHelper allows automatic skew detection and correction. The steps used to deskew an image are: Calculate the slope of the document Compute the rotation angle Calculate the size of a new image large enough to hold the rotated image Allocate the new image Rotate the entire image

Album Express is a great tool for creating slick, professional-looking picture albums for home, friends, and the Web. Its wizard-like interface and built-in templates make it easy to present your pictures in style: you can produce a slide show, create an index, catalog your pictures, and build a fully searchable image database -- all with just a few clicks of the mouse.

Search and download images using several image-searching engines simultaneously. Download images from any sites by one click using filters or URL masks. Gather images from the pages you visit easily. Create and organize advanced collection of your beloved pictures. Delete duplicate images from collection. View images from your Hard Drive or CDs. Comments for downloaded images, handy classification and search in your collection. Try PixGrabber!

Use the NightVision PhotoShop plug-in to create completely realistic army night-goggle type images complete with true over lighting, scaled noise, realistic feedback and anti-aliassed interlacing. Not only does NightVision provide a realistic looking effect, it can actually enhance and correct image intensity just like real night-vision hardware.

SnowScape is a PhotoShop plug-in for creating piles of snow, dirt, sand, gooey, slimy stuff, blood and similar effects to your (semi-)transparent images. You can specify where you want the snow to appear, how sticky it should be, allowing you to control whether the slopes should be smooth or jagged, and of course how much will have to be falling down. You can even change the color and apply noise to create effects nothing like snowfall.

Retouch Pilot is photo retouching software specially designed for imperfections removal from a photo. The program removes small technical imperfections present on an image or having appeared while scanning a photo such as scratches, spots from dust particles and hair. With this program you'll be able to restore scanned old photos. Also the Retouch Pilot allows you to quite easily retouch some unwanted objects from a digital photo.

This tool helps you get maximum available screen space for design while using Adobe Photoshop. It hides all the floating palettes and toolbars until you need to use them. When you don't use the floating windows, it automatically moves them to the edge of the screen to give you the maximum available screen space for design; when you want to use these floating palettes and toolbars, just move cursor on any of them and they will restore for usage.

With the Harmonix PhotoShop plug-in you can create complex waveforms. The waveforms generated by Harmonix are created by mixing (or superimposing for the more technically-minded) harmonic frequencies. All features of the waveforms are automatically scaled to fit the image (or selection of course) so you will not have to reconfigure an entire wave should you decide to change the image size.