Photofiltre is a great little graphics programme that I have used to replace microsoft's PhotoEditor. It has all the filters (more than 100), colour correction and editing tools that you find in most graphics programmes but best of all it has Paste as new image like PhotoEditor had and that is one feature I can't live without. To start a new picture in most graphics programmes you have to know in advance what size it is going to be. This doesn't work if you are copying a picture out of a web page or email or document and besides, it's too hard.

Below is a screenshot of photofiltre in which I am going to crop a picture. I simply selected an area by dragging and will then go to the Image menu and choose Crop.

Image resizing is also a breeze with photofiltre and size can be adjusted by pixels or %

Another great point about Photofiltre is that is starts really fast compared to most graphics programmes, much like PhotoEditor. Yippee, no more waiting.

Here's a list of some of the things you can find to do with Photofiltre

• Resize an image
• Rotate
• Frames
• Shadow frame/drop shadow
• Flip
• set transparency
• add text (limited)
• Swap colours/change colours
• adjust brightness, contrast, gamma etc.
• Export as Icon
• Clone
• Apply filters such as aging, edges (chalk, pencil etc.), Tarnish, night effect, sunrise effect, buttonise and heaps more.

Photofiltre is free for personal use.