SharpShot
This software is available as a freeware, you can download and use it for free.
Design
SharpShot is a multi-platform picture editing software. It is meant for people who think Photoshop or Gimp are too cumbersome for everyday picture editing, while other simpler software like F-Spot or Windows Picture Manager are not powerful enough. SharpShot is meant to be a practical app that lets you edit many shots quickly, while giving you powerful and fast operations to match demanding photographers’ needs.
The design philosophy includes:
- original files are never modified, all modifications are made on distinct versions stored in separate files. This is very important for most photographers.
- versioning is simple, only one version of an original file is active, and it will be the one displayed, uploaded, etc.
- it does not try to scan all your pictures into a library and display them all. It only opens the files / folders you want to work on.
- it makes available most operations that serious photographers need, and executes them fast on one or more pictures.
- it offers previews and histograms for all operations.
This application makes use of:
- Java’s SWING in order to run on every platform.
- JAI (Java Advanced Imaging) to perform image operation extremely fast, taking full advantage of hardware acceleration.
- SwingFast and JASIX libraries that make its code much shorter and cleaner.
Features
SharpShot’s main features include:
- ability to open entire folders with pictures, and edit them as a batch
- automatic versioning of modified image, always keeping the original file untouched
- full set of basic image operation including cropping, resizing, rotating
- full set of image improvement tools including brightness, contrast and colors
- full set of advanced operations including sharpening, blur, noise reduction
- extra tools including mosaic creation, red-eye removal, watermarking
- all image modifications offer preview, histogram, and batch operation
- fast undo, redo, history of changes
- effects can be applied on a rectangular or a circular sub-selection of the image
- picture metadata (EXIF) browser
- upload to Flickr or Picasa, export to Zipped folder
- automatic save of preferences and usage settings
- efficient keyboard shortcuts
- runs identically on all platforms: Windows, Linux, MacOS
Requirements
- OS: Windows, Linux, or Mac OSX
- A recent Java installed (version 1.6.0 update 21 or above is recommended)
- at least 1GB of RAM (application may take up to 512MB by default)
Downloads
Please try it out, enjoy the app, and give feedback on what can be improved 
Windows
Download the appropriate version:
Install:
- place archive file where is preferred (for example, in your downloads folder)
- extract the archive (right-click “Extract All”)
- open the extracted folder and double-click SharpShot (type Application), or execute SharpShot.exe in a terminal
Linux
Download the appropriate version:
Installation:
- place archive file where is preferred (for example, in your downloads folder)
- extract the archive (right-click “Extract Here”)
- open the extracted folder and double-click launchSharpShot.sh, or execute launchSharpShot.sh in a terminal
Mac OSX
Download the appropriate version:
Installation:
- place archive file where is preferred and extract it (for example, in your downloads folder)
- extract the archive (double-click the file)
- open the extracted folder and double-click launchSharpShot.command, or execute launchSharpShot.command in a terminal
Samples
General viewing:
General editing:
Editing colors:
Modifying a batch of pictures:
Opening a file:
Application preferences:
Upload to Flickr:
Exif browser:
