CodedColor PhotoStudio Manual - digital photo software, picture viewer, image editor, page layouter and flash / pdf album exporter (similar ACDSee, IrfanView)

External Editors / Applications tab

CodedColor allows you to use other picture editing software to manipulate your images. Select File > Send to, or right-click on the thumb and select the editor of your choice. The selected pictures will then be transferred to the chosen application. CodedColor will automatically detect any changes made by the third-party tool. You can customize the list of tools by selecting Define "Send to" List.

The Applications tab shows all applications installed on your Windows system, if they are correctly registered by an installation program. In this list you can select the external editors of your choice, with which you want to edit your pictures.

If you want to refresh this list of applications (after installing more image editing programs), press Refresh list. Please note, that you then have to reselect your preferred image editors.

	List of installed Applications Enable those applications, that you want to appear in the *Send To* menu.
	Organizer with Applications folder The Application links in this folder can be refreshed by clicking on *Program Settings > Applications > Refresh List*. You can start an application by doubleclicking on the linkfile in the Organizer.
	Send To popup menu This menu appears in the Explorer in Imageview and Thumbsview, when pressing the *right mousebutton* on a thumb and selecting *Send To*. The selected image will then be opened in the desired application, for instance Photoshop or MS-Paint.

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CodedColor PhotoStudio by 1STEIN is a Windows photo viewer and editor to organize, edit, resize, reformat, correct, compare, sort, watermark, annotate and print digital images, and to edit EXIF and IPTC data in digital photos. You can rename multiple images, remove scratches, create panorama pictures (stitch), convert RAW photos (from Canon, Nikon, Olympus, etc. cameras), send images via Skype, send photo SMS, burn digital watermarks, correct colors, run a screenshow, convert and correct JPEG images in a batch process, rename fields, open pictures and image folders from the Explorer, generate a webalbum in HTML and compress JPG images. The CodedColor full version is not free, but during registration you can choose the Freeware edition, in which some functions are deactivated. After the download you can try the PhotoStudio shareware for 30 days without any restrictions. The CodedColor software interface looks very similar to ACDSee, is easier to use than Photoshop and more versatile than Picasa and Irfanview, but still contains editing and correction features as effective as Paintshop. Have a look at our Before / After tutorials, in order to get an idea of the powerful editor capabilities. The software comes with a detailed handbook and a fast database to store EXIF / IPTC data and color informationen. CodedColor PhotoStudio is a powerful and versatile photo organizer and image editing software for digital camera users. The user friendly interface includes features like photo editing & printing, web & flash album galleries, slide shows, photo management & cataloging, custom sorting, IPTC & EXIF editor and display, GPS tagging, perspective correction, barrel distortion, effects, thumbnail generation, resize & resample images, jp2000, batch conversion, database keyword searching, red eye removal, color / sharpness / brightness & contrast correction, artefacts removal, clone brush, scanner & TWAIN import, screen capture, lossless JPEG rotation, transparency (alpha channel), gamma correction, print ordering and screenshows with many transition effects, watermark text, image annotations, panorama stitch & animation, video capture, PDF album export, photo layouts, collages, frames, shadows, histograms, automatic white balance, skype photo sharing, etc. Opens and converts all common image formats: BMP, WMF, GIF, JPEG, JPEG2000, TIFF, PCX, PNG, PSP, PSD, PCD, and all current RAW formats. Visit the CodedColor FotoStudio homepage to learn more and download a free copy! Includes BYNGO MMS messenger and CodedColor Publisher, a versatile photo layout and DTP tool, from which you can order individual photobooks through KODAK.