76 SEPTEMBER 2019 |COMPUTERSHOPPER|ISSUE 379
REQUIREMENTSWindows7,8,10;
50MBharddiskspace
WEBSITEwww.ashampoo.com
NOTESGetyourregistrationcodewithin
theapplicationASHAMPOOPHOTO
OPTIMIZERis an easy-to-
use tool fortuning and
fixing your digital images.
The programtakes an
app-likeapproachto photo
tweaking.There are no
selectiontools, no drawing
or paint options,no floating
toolbars: you just select one
or more photos and apply
your effects in aclick or two.
Tools on offer include
the usual Crop,Resize,
Rotate, Mirror,Sharpen,
Blur and Straighten
options,and there are
automatic adjustmentsfor
brightness,contrast,hue,
saturationand gamma.
These individualeffects are also quitebasic.
Youdon’t get to chooseyour resize algorithm,for
instance,orcorrect contrastwith abezier curve;
mostly you have just aslider or two.
Despitethat, there are some neat touches.
The Crop tool supportscommonaspect ratios, a
neat Straighten Horizonoption provides two points
that you just click and drag to positionson the realAshampoo Photo
Optimizer 2019
horizon,imagesare auto-rotated based on their EXIF
orientationand metadatais preservedwhen saved.
What’smore,you don’t have to manuallyedit
your imagesat all. An AutoOptimizetool can fix an
entire folder of photos in asingle click, while asmart
Preview feature helps you check the results.
Whatever you’re doing, the finishedimagescan
be saved in afew core formats (JPG, PNG, BMP,TIFF,
JNG), exported as emails or printed.BACKUP4ALLIS ANeasy-to-use but very capable
backuptool, which is available in three different
editions:Lite, Standardand Professional.
The Liteedition –which is the one you’ll get with
your free registrationcode –isaimed at home users,
but still offers all the core functionalitymost people
will need. Youcan specifythe files and folders you’d
like to back up; these can be saved to local, external
or networkdrives. There are optionsto compress
your archives,or password-protect them forsecurity,Softland Backup4all 7.4Lite
while asimple schedulercan automaticallyrun your
backupjobs every day, week or month.
Restorationis just as straightforward,because
your backupsare just mirrorsof the originalfiles
and folders, stored in regularZip files. Simply open
an Explorerfolder and you’ll be able to find and
recover what you need in seconds.
The 7.4updatebrings lots of changes,especiallyif
you upgradeto the Professional version:this offers
features such as block-level incrementalbackups,
and Azure and
AmazonS3
support.Every
edition benefits
fromtherevamped,
more customisable
and easier-to-user
interface.You can
now suspend,
cancel or stop all
backupjobs, too.
The programis
able to run
scheduledjobs
it might have
missed,and there
are new tools both
to test and repair
your backups.REQUIREMENTSWindowsXPSP3,Vista,7,
8,10;150MBharddiskspace
WEBSITEwww.backup4all.com
NOTESwww.backup4all.com/
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