DirectISO

DirectISO is a Windows tool that can create and edit ISO images, while also providing dedicated tools to make a bootable CD or convert image files.

While you can also find many similar freeware software solutions out there, DirectISO tries to impress with a long list of features that also includes support for several image formats.

For example, DirectISO can work with ISO, BIN, IMG, NRG, VCD, CUE and FCD images, providing not only image conversion tools, but also advanced options to create new files using your CDs as the source.

The multi-panel interface is nothing special, but it provides different workspaces for each kind of project, as well as a file browser to easily select files hosted on your local disks.

Another good feature available in DirectISO is the editing tool that not only lets you edit the content of an ISO image file, but also extract data, rename or delete it with minimum effort.

There is no configuration screen available, while a brief manual is included in the help section, although users are only provided with a very limited amount of information on the available features.

DirectISO works flawlessly on all Windows workstations, without affecting system performance and without requiring administrator privileges on Windows 7.

Overall, this is the kind of project that does its job, but a more intuitive approach is still needed. Users may need some time to figure out how to use certain features of the app, so a more appealing and eye-candy interface would fix most of these issues.