Magix Digital Photo Maker 2004

One of the major benefits of digital photography is being able to instantly store all your images. However, organising them can be rather tricky. Digital Photo Maker 2004 offers help by providing not only a way to arrange your photos but the ability to optimise them too.

It works by organising images into photo albums. Files from different locations on your PC can be included and it's also possible to assign each image to a category to make grouping easier. Each image can have more than one category, which makes searches more specific.

Once the images are in photo albums they can then be played as a slideshow with accompanying audio. Slideshows can also be copied directly onto a CD along with small viewer software so you can share your photos with friends.

It is rare for a picture to be perfect without the need for some kind of digital adjustment. This is where Photo Clinic comes in handy as it provides plenty of scope for image-editing. It can be used to tweak basic settings such as brightness and contrast, while a red-eye reduction option can eradicate any devilish peepers.

There is also an excellent panorama-creation wizard for joining multiple panoramic images. The wizard is simple to follow and creates one wide image with indistinguishable joins. Any number of changes you make while using the editing software can be undone, which makes it excellent for experimentation.

Digital Photo Maker 2004 is affordable and great for organising digital photographs. The image-editing options cannot compete with dedicated programs such as Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro but are powerful enough for basic use.

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