SciImage

SciImage is a feature-rich software solution that comes in handy to those who like expressing themselves through unique drawings and for processing and improving poor-quality photos.

It's wrapped in an accessible interface, consisting of the working area, the drawing panel and the color palette. The app opens and saves photos in standard image formats like JPG, JPEG, PNG, BMP, PDN and TGA.

Pictures can be loaded from any compatible device, including scanners and cameras. The program requires .NET Framework to be present on the drive in order to run.

You can choose to make a painting from scratch or browse for a particular picture on the computer. It's possible to enter numerous layers to get the desired result and merge all of them together into one single file.

To view a specific detail in the photo, you can zoom in and out, and fit the image to the window, as well as display the grid and ruler for a more accurate editing. You can go back to the previous design if you're not happy with your result using the undo function.

The program provides a wide range of editing and painting elements, such as selection tools (e.g. rectangle, elliptic, magic wand), brushes, pencils, stamps and color sampler. You have to option to insert geometrical shapes (ellipse, oval, rectangle) with custom fill and border color. The app lets you add text with different font types, styles, and alignment (left, right, center).

You can apply filters, such as artistic, blur, distort (e.g. twist, pixelate, frosted glass), noise, render, photo, sharpen and red eye removal. It's possible to adjust the black, white, hue, saturation, brightness and contrast levels. The image can be flipped horizontally or vertically and rotated 90 degrees clockwise and counterclockwise.

To sum it up, SciImage is a reliable application designed to offer professional means to make unique paintings, view, modify, adjust and enhance pictures.