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Do More With Digital Photos

Fix, manage, share, print, shrink, and stitch: These 22 tools let you get more out of your digital snapshots than ever. And you don't have to be a tycoon to afford them or a photo pro to use them.

Ken Milburn and Dave Johnson

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Microsoft Microsoft Digital Image Suite 10

Ulead PhotoImpact 10

Corel Paint Shop Pro 9

Adobe Photoshop Elements 3

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Power Print 2.10

$34 (free trial)

Power Print delivers more options for creating prints of photos than any editing suite or drugstore. Tell Power Printer what drive letter Windows uses to refer to your digital camera, and you can select all of your pictures--while they're still in the camera--for printing at any standard size. Or drag a bunch of images to the list of print sizes on the side of the screen to print them automatically at just the size you want. Power Print also arranges them on the page in the most space-efficient way.

Digital Camera Poster Creator 2.03

$29 (free trial)

Click on image to see full size.What good is having an 8-megapixel camera when the biggest print your printer can make is 8 by 10 inches? Digital Camera Poster Creator is a low-cost alternative to buying an industrial press--it lets you make posters by tiling together sections of the picture. The final poster size is determined by the size of each tile and the number of tiles you print. Don't forget to keep an eye on the resolution and the quality status--Poster Creator not only advises you on the final dpi at various sizes, but it also makes a general assessment, such as "good quality" or "fair from a distance."

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You won't get great-looking posters using Digital Camera Poster Creator unless the various tile pages line up properly when printed. To fine-tune your prints, choose Tools, Edge Calibration and print a test page. Then save a profile that indicates how close to the edge of your paper your printer can print.

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