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bobad reviewed v6.5.1 on Nov 30, 2010

Excellent graphics editor. Does 90% of what PhotoShop does at 10% of the program size. Extra point for being a no install portable program. I almost took a point off for the TWAIN interface not playing nice with Win 7 X64, but was able to run it successfully as an XP app. I hope it will be made fully compatible soon. 1/2 point off, still a great program!

Skyfrog reviewed v6.3.2 on Feb 9, 2009

This is an excellent replacement for Windows Paint. So many more features and yet it starts up just as fast.

mancubs reviewed v6.3.2 on Nov 2, 2008

i am runing coral x2 pro it is very good ,but have just tried this ,i would say photo filter is well; on its way to match this fair play to the programer

uberfly reviewed v6.3.2 on Oct 30, 2008

Rock solid, amazingly well written and a pleasure to use. 6 stars. Studio is also well worth the money.

zridling reviewed v6.3.1 on Jan 15, 2008

Nice, but Brian, much of the development has gone into Photofiltre Studio, where all the new goodies can be found.

Brian49 reviewed v6.3.1 on Jan 14, 2008

Nice to see a little bit of development happening again, after a longish period when I thought the author had given up on this freeware version in favour of the shareware one (PhotoFiltre Studio).

horsecharles reviewed v6.3.0 on Jan 3, 2008

XOX XOX XOX smack, slurp.

pforbes reviewed v6.3.0 on Jan 2, 2008

Love at first sight. Excellent.

Vetta reviewed v6.3.0 on Jan 2, 2008

What a fine program -- for free. I truly wish it would be available for my Mac as well as my Windows computers.

It does what it claims to do, and very well. It's actually fun to use.

bigmama reviewed v6.2.7 on May 2, 2007

great free small easy image-processing tool

powerful with many filters and tools

(some bugs during opening of some filetypes - i think they have solved and closed in the last version)

stisev reviewed v6.2.7 on Apr 14, 2007

Despite the fact that I am a die-hard Photoshop CS2/CS3 fan, I've been trying VERY hard to use this program for all of my graphical needs.

PhotoFiltre is just one of those programs that you love when you first open the program. Why do I love it so much?

1) It's "holy mother of god" fast! Unlike Photoshop, which has become painfully slow, PhotoFiltre retains it's speed

2) PhotoFiltre stores settings in .ini file

3) PhotoFiltre is available via .ZIP file (just extract and go!)

4) It's free! PhotoFiltre is obviously free, which adds to its appeal tremendously

5) PhotoFiltre is powerful. Once you get to know how to use the program, it's a wonderful

cannie reviewed v6.2.7 on Jan 16, 2007

Simple, fast and high quality results. Excellent work. Congratulations.

Canuckistani reviewed v6.2.7 on Jan 16, 2007

You can use Irfan View and Photofiltre together. In Irfan View, go to Options/Properties, choose the Misc. 2 tab and select Photofilter as your external editor. The result is powerful and fast. You can use the external editor option in the Files drop down menu or add "Open with external editor" and a bunch of other features to the mouse context menu by checking "Use context menu for mouse (default scrolling)" box in the Misc 1 tab.

idodialog reviewed v6.2.7 on Jan 16, 2007

For basic "one click" edits - I'll use Photofiltre before I bother with Photoshop or Fireworks.
Only a pity Irfan View and Photofiltre couldnt get together for the best of each.
Free, stable, big toolbox - a winner.

gbjennings reviewed v6.2.7 on Jan 16, 2007

This program absolutely rocks ! Been using it for several years now, and haven't found a photo application yet that it won't handle. THANK YOU, Antonio !

Hall9000 reviewed v6.2.7 on Jan 16, 2007

This is the perfect program when you just don't feel like loading Photoshop. I tried some of the options and it was very easy to use. The only glitch I got was with the "Rotate Free" control. For some reason the window that pops up with the angle selection wouldn't close after the rotation was done. Now it seems to be working properly. Even so I still give it a 5. I have to agree with Midiaa about PhotoFiltre and IrfanView being the perfect pair.

Haaglander reviewed v6.2.7 on Jan 16, 2007

Great freeware tool. It has all i need for editing images. Photoshop is for geaks, Photofiltre is for the middle-of-the-road user.

msaintange reviewed v6.2.6 on Dec 3, 2006

Great tool! The best IMHO.

cricri_pingouin reviewed v6.2.6 on Oct 9, 2006

This tool is very good! I would potentially prefer Paint .Net in terms of functionality, but this one is small and doesn't use .Net, which makes it portable. It thus resides on my pen drive.
Of course, I'd like to give it a 5, but clearly there are much more powerful out there. I'm tempted to mention PhotoShop and the magnetic lasso, but I'm sure I'd be told that I'm asking too much! Basic stuff like rotating text without having to convert it to a raster layer would be nice for instance.

midiaa reviewed v6.2.6 on Oct 3, 2006

Combine this with Irfanview and you got a great pair of digital imaging tools.

DEFo reviewed v6.2.6 on Oct 3, 2006

Free, no bugs, efficient.. One of the best

sorlag reviewed v6.2.6 on Oct 3, 2006

This actually is an old version of the real PhotoFiltre (v8.0) but its free and does its job.
There is no word about it on the companys page, but betanews is the nr1 page to download from :)

Howell reviewed v6.2.6 on Oct 3, 2006

One of the top freeware of its kind :)

Easy to use and efficient ;)

A must have !!!

sps reviewed v6.2.5 on Jun 1, 2006

Great app! There is also the shareware version: Photofiltre Studio with a lot more features!
http://www.photofiltre-studio.com/

yokozuna reviewed v6.2.5 on Jun 1, 2006

One of the best proofs that applications small in size and freeware can be much better than all those with already established reputation but often bloated and overpriced.
There is some room for improvement like the variable sensitivity of slider regulations, but overall the program is a gem.

shagger1 reviewed v6.2.3 on Mar 6, 2006

Agreed-who need photoshop elements? This proggie kicks butt and takes names...so many updates though-I use version 6.0 still as it is the most stable but this program rules!!

Brian49 reviewed v6.2.3 on Mar 6, 2006

Still the best of its kind.

Zygi reviewed v6.2.2 on Mar 1, 2006

This program is incredible for its size compared to features, whats better its totally free :D
Programs like this should be built-in into windows, instead of paint crap.

jwoertz reviewed v6.2.2 on Feb 17, 2006

This is one of the best photo editing programs out there. I removed all of my other photo editing apps and just use PhotoFiltre alone now. One nice trick is to add a shortcut to PhotoFiltre under your "Send To" folder in Windows. Then you can right-click on photos and choose "Send To - PhotoFiltre"! For the size of this program, I'm constantly amazed at how the authors can keep adding more and more incredible features. These people need to show Adobe and others a thing or two!

Zygi reviewed v6.2.1 on Feb 10, 2006

Great and little app, good for most basic editing task :)

Canuckistani reviewed v6.2.1 on Feb 10, 2006

I use Photofilter as the external editor for IrfanView. Talk about a blazing fast and nimble combination. I very, very rarely open Paint Shop Pro anymore.

jogygeorge reviewed v6.2.1 on Feb 10, 2006

Well, if people out here thinks this is a fantastic software, maybe a visit to the sites forums will tell them that the support they could get there is excellent as well!

Nice work Antonio, both with the software and the support!

benZin reviewed v6.2.1 on Feb 9, 2006

Excellent! No layers in this free version, too bad, but excellent job :)

israeli reviewed v6.2.1 on Feb 9, 2006

how did they do it so small?
this software does everything.

Brian49 reviewed v6.2.0 on Nov 18, 2005

Still the best. Don't understand why the overall score isn't higher than 4.7 - every reviewer except one outlier has given it a 5.

ye110mann reviewed v6.1.5 on Oct 28, 2005

The best simple photo editor there is. I would recommend it to anyone who doesn't need advanced features.

wyld61 reviewed v6.1.5 on Oct 2, 2005

most excellent software, very useful for my art/graphics work.

Small resource "footprint" makes it useful and fast on even older/less resource machines.

US VET 24/7 reviewed v6.1.5 on Sep 23, 2005

Best progam that I have ever used. Makes any photo look great. simple and easy to use, anyone who can take a pic and use a pc can use this program.

benZin reviewed v6.1.4 on Sep 16, 2005

YEAH, excellent program! With Paint.net ^^ A little thing, PhotoFiltre Studio have the layers and not PhotoFiltre.

zridling reviewed v6.1.4 on Sep 13, 2005

Better screenshot here, and also talks about PhotoFiltre Studio.

marie3a reviewed v6.1.4 on Sep 13, 2005

the best program for beginners.
verry easy to understand and functional.
i have used it nearly from the
beginning and will recomend it!

clovanzo reviewed v6.1.4 on Sep 13, 2005

Small but contains HUGE features! Very Nice Programs!

dhry reviewed v6.1.4 on Sep 13, 2005

This is one SERIOUSLY good program. Low on resource usage, functional, fast and does a LOT of neat stuff. Also very intuitive. I was searching for a program which would take a GIF and turn certain areas transparent. Found this program, downloaded, installed and basically discovered how to do what I wanted in about 10 seconds, no exaggeration.

luckman212 reviewed v6.1.4 on Sep 12, 2005

this is a very nice program

BUT does anyone know how to move stuff around, I cant figure it out-- i select an area and try to move it, all that moves is the selection rectangle (crawling ants). but the pixels do not move. Can anyone help me? tnx!!

wagner reatto reviewed v6.1.4 on Sep 12, 2005

PhotoFiltre has a superb set of effects. for those are not closer to make graphics, as i am not, this package represents a discovery! i can implement a lot of 'cool things' with no knowledge. low footprint and fast rendering. it supports plugins, they are very intersting; supports 8bf too.

guevara reviewed v6.1.3 on Aug 30, 2005

Very---very- good -& -free

ecjs reviewed v6.1.3 on Aug 30, 2005

I can't manage to understand how to use it properly.

Brian49 reviewed v6.1.3 on Aug 30, 2005

I'm with bobad.

bobad reviewed v6.1.3 on Aug 30, 2005

Great Freeware. Should satisfy the photo editing needs of all but the most demanding users. It has a PhotoShop-like interface and is very easy to use. The program is small, light, and portable, so it can be run from a USB flash drive. It has no registry or Windows bloat. I think PhotoFiltre is the best freeware photo editor.

benZin reviewed v6.1.2 on Jul 5, 2005

EXCELLENT! PhotoFiltre rocks! Easy to use and the best it's free!

Brian49 reviewed v6.1.2 on Jun 1, 2005

The best of the lightweight graphics programs, in my view.

zridling reviewed v6.1.1 on Mar 29, 2005

Although its algorithm for optimizing png files leaves something to be desired, overall, PhotoFiltre is fantastic. Well worth a donation!

rajesh_9g reviewed v6.1 on Feb 7, 2005

this software is of very small capacity its great and it can handle maximum operations of adobe photoshop inspite of the lenght of program.I suggest u people can use this software with out any hazitation.what u r waiting for download the free version.

zridling reviewed v6.0.2 on Oct 4, 2004

PhotoFiltre is so good I've given the author two donations over the past two years. Excellent software!

Crun reviewed v6.0.1 on Aug 18, 2004

A very worthy 5 points for this program !
Unlike the program mentioned below,(Babya}, which I have tried and would only rate it a 2 at most.

babyapartnership reviewed v6.0 on Jul 22, 2004

Excellent image editor with a mulitlingal interface and powerful tools, but poor image managment tools.However Babya Photo Workshop is more powerful than PhotoFiltre (especially if used with bPicture for digital asset management) and both can share images created in each application well.

4rest reviewed v6.0 on Jul 2, 2004

BOBAD - has said everything. I just want to give this program five stars! You wanna have this, for sure.

egg83 reviewed v6.0 on Jul 2, 2004

For those who cannot afford Photoshop, this will fit the bill nicely. Has a great deal of features and filters to give your photos whatever look you desire.

bobad reviewed v6.0 on Jul 2, 2004

In a word, this program is excellent. It has all but the most advanced features, and will fit the bill for 95% of graphics editing. This is really astounding for such a small program. PhotoFiltre is very well thought out and easy to use, and the tools work logically and well. I have yet to run across anyone that doesn't think this little program is excellent. Get it and you may want to uninstall the huge PS, PSP, Gimp, Dogwaffle, Etc.