The Bottom Line
CompuPic Pro is top of the heap for speed and simplicity. It provides plenty of useful features without the bloat.
Pros
- speedy thumbnail browsing and viewing
- simple uncluttered interface
- small download
Cons
- more expensive than most competitors
- no Macintosh version
Description
- Quickly browse thumbnails of image files on your computer, CD, network, or other media.
- Supports viewing and playback of over 100 file formats including images, fonts, audio, and video.
- Manage image files by copying, moving, sorting, deleting, converting, and renaming.
- Add keywords and categories, and search for content by keyword or file name. Supports EXIF data.
- Crop, rotate, resize, adjust color and tone, remove red-eye, add borders, text bubbles and effects.
- Share pictures online through email, photo sharing sites, picture greeting cards, and Web galleries.
- Produce PictureCDs which contains your photos and a self-contained CompuPic viewer.
- Print single images or thumbnail contact sheets. Buy prints online from several photo-sharing sites.
- Display images as slide shows with snazzy transition effects and a multi-image "Maxi-show" format.
- This review is based on CompuPic Pro 6.2. A Standard and Express version are also available.
Guide Review - CompuPic Pro for Windows from Photodex
CompuPic Pro is simple and straighforward to use with plenty of options for customizing the layout in a way that fits your style. Thumbnail generation is super fast, and I especially like that you can browse thumbnails of offline volumes (such as CDs) without having the CD in the drive. It also doesn't leave thumbnail database files scattered all over your hard drive like some image browsers do. With support for over 100 file formats, it is sure to meet the digital content management needs of just about anyone.
CompuPic allows you to perform common image enhancements and also offer some fun effects such as borders and text bubble. Most function are available for batch processing. Extras include a screen saver, wallpaper changer, Web site scanner, generate file lists, decoding of archives, password protection, and more.
CompuPic Pro is not bloated with features you'll rarely use, but it does what it's supposed to and does it with elegance.
