Digital Conversion Unit Library 837 Greene St. Room 3212 http://www.lib.umich.edu/node/19943

Scanning and Photo Management & Photo Editing Software Options (many free)

Windows Scanning (& ) Wizard- A Windows utility for PC users. An easy alternative to the software included with most scanners. Available for free download if not already installed. It has a VERY simple interface for single page scanning, but it might be too simple if you are an advanced user.

Gimp- http://www.gimp.org/ Free image editor

Photoscape- http://www.photoscape.org Free image editor and simple animator

Paint.net- http://www.getpaint.net Free image editor

Picasa-http://picasa.google.com/ Free image manager & includes some and tagging ability.

Picnic- http://www.picnik.com/ Free basic image editor. (associated with image display website-www.flickr.com)

Irfanview- http://www.irfanview.com/ Free image manager/viewer/tagger

Aviary-http://aviary.com/ Free online suite of tools for all sorts of creative content including images and audio. (for advanced users)

Polyview- http://www.polybytes.com/ Image manager, viewer and printing utility Cost- $30

ACDsee- http://www.acdsee.com/ Image manager, viewer, printing utility, simple fixes editor Cost- $70

Corel Paint Shop Photo Pro- http://www.corel.com Photoshop alternative image editor Cost- $80-100

Adobe Photoshop Elements- http://www.adobe.com This is basically Photoshop light and contains the tools to do most image touch-ups. Cost- $80-100

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