Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 8

A matter of perspective!

If you take a picture of a building, you usually stand at the bottom of it - which you can see clearly later! Lines "fall", the picture seems to tilt and the motif loses its charm. Or you notice when looking at the photos that you were standing at a slight angle in front of them and want to sort out the photo right away. With the new perspective correction this is no longer a problem! Correct horizontal or vertical distortions with just a few clicks! Give your photos a second chance and simply adjust the perspective until the subject is positioned as you want it!

Favorites for convenient use

Everyone has their favorite features that are used most often. So that you don't have to navigate through the program to find them, you can conveniently save the features under Favorites. Afterwards, you have all functions "at a click" and can complete work processes in a relaxed manner from a menu. For example, you can quickly straighten the horizon, correct the perspective or crop the image after automatic optimization. Ingeniously simple, right?

Optimizes images automatically like no other program

The secret of the new Photo Optimizer lies in its unique image optimization. For this purpose, each image is analysed in detail to find possible weak points and potential for improvement. What you may have hastily shot with your mobile phone can be optically saved! Pale colors, wrong exposure or missing contrast - the algorithm of Photo Optimizer finds all errors! After analysis, the optimization recreates your pictures - bright, vibrant and exactly as a good photo should be. Thousands of variations have been tested to produce brilliant results with the highest hit rate. And after 2 years of programming and testing Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 8 has reached a whole new level!

More manual customization options

As good as the automatic optimization is - maybe you would like to do some work yourself? There are numerous correction options available for this. New in version 8 is the colour temperature, which can give a shot a completely new look. Especially "cold" mobile phone recordings gain a new atmosphere. With the Light Curves function you can easily change gradation curves and thus influence shadows, mid-tones and highlights. Especially with RAW recordings the results are impressive! Just give it a try, thanks to the smart backup technology you can always get back to old memories!

Improved memory usage

The new Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 8 uses the entire working memory for its calculations if required and now profits from the full system power of your PC. Even pictures with very high resolutions or entire picture folders can be optimised in no time at all. Look forward to the fastest and most stable Photo Optimizer ever!

Improve white balance and intensify contrast spread

The color temperature of an image stands or falls with white balance. Especially digital cameras often tend to have a blue cast and make colors look pale. Photos look so lifeless and do not capture the special moment. Often, low-contrast pictures are also the result, especially in difficult lighting conditions. Even these actually failed pictures can be intensified with the contrast spread and become respectable again! Both functions are included in the automatic optimization and are activated immediately as soon as they can make the photo better!

Image editing with a few clicks

The interface of Photo Optimizer 8 is self-explanatory. Every function is easy to find, neatly divided into categories and a maximum of two clicks away. While other photo editing programs require you to browse through the help first, you already have the finished results. Everything is so logical and simple that every user quickly gets the desired result! Even beginners will get their money's worth - or simply everyone who doesn't want to spend hours with image editing programs.

Comfortable export options

Good pictures want to be seen, so you can send your pictures comfortably by e-mail and upload them to the Ashampoo web for free. You can also set especially beautiful pictures as wallpaper immediately. To print your pictures there is a sophisticated print dialog, with which you can immortalize your pictures in best quality and, if desired, in a paper-saving way.

Functions for perfectionists and creative people

Many sophisticated functions are available for those for whom automatic optimization is not enough. Whether you want to effectively sharpen or blur, Photo Optimizer offers sophisticated functions for every area. Annoying image noise can be reduced just as effectively, the color temperature can be changed or the image simply cropped. For the more artistic approach, there are plenty of ways to experiment with waves, swirls and implosion.

Natural looking portrait enhancements

Faces are the focus of many photos and yet rarely succeed perfectly! With Photo Optimizer you can automatically improve portraits or retouch them manually. Easily remove red eyes or whiten teeth for a brighter smile. With the handy stain removal and copy function for selected areas, other flaws such as skin blemishes can be removed unobtrusively. Create perfect yet natural-looking portraits in just a few clicks!

Bring more colour into the game!

No picture is convincing without matching colours. With the highly effective color correction you can give your images a unique style or, more classically, a realistic look. Contrast, saturation and many other values can be easily adjusted with simple sliders, and the program immediately displays the results as a preview. If you want to play with color effects, you can set individual accents by adding colors, nostalgic sepia or reduction over the threshold. And what you don't like is simply undone!

Comfortable batch processing

A big advantage of this program is that it does not need any further information or parameters, but does its job automatically. So save a lot of time by having several images optimized automatically. Whether selected images from different sources or entire folders, Photo Optimizer meticulously analyzes each image and improves the image quality. So even an entire vacation can be processed in one go, weddings can shine in new splendor or a birthday can shine in new colors and perfect contrast!

Plenty of room for experiments!

Thanks to the tried and tested backup, you can experiment as you please, the backup of the original images prevents any mishap. What you don't like is easily restored to its original state. And thanks to the integrated Before and After view, you always know in advance what changes your current settings will cause. So there are no unpleasant surprises and you'll keep only perfect images!

Perfect photos are irreplaceable memories. Make the most of your photos and get brilliant results quickly and safely - only with Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 8!

After two years of intensive development Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 8 is now available with powerful new features! The automatic image optimization has been greatly improved through countless tests and ensures even more beautiful, radiant pictures! New manual adjustment options such as color temperature, gradation curves or the innovative perspective correction increase your possibilities to give even the finishing touches. Under Favorites you can now easily store your favorite functions and always have direct access for the perfect workflow! Thanks to the new memory management, Photo Optimizer runs even faster and more stable and can handle high image resolutions or entire folders in no time at all. Treat yourself and your pictures to our best image optimization!

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Greatly improved image optimization	NEW
Changing the color temperature manually	NEW
Adaptation of gradient curves	NEW
Intelligent white balance	●
Automatic contrast spreading for best results	●
Optimize images automatically	●
Insert watermark as text or image	●
Cutting	●
Rotate image freely	●
Horizontal straightening	●
Flip and rotate image	●
Color Correction	●
Portrait editing
Remove skin blemishes	IMPROVED
whiten teeth	●
Copy areas	●
Remove red eyes	●
Effects
Image overlay	●
Embossing	●
Distortion filters: thrust, wave, implode/explode and vortex	●
Shadows	●
Blue shift	●
Segmentation	●
Solarize	●
Placarding	●
Sketch	●
Noise: Adding noise, averaging, noise reduction and pixelation	●
Invert	●
Grayscale	●
Sepia	●
Aging image	●
Sharpness	●
Blur	●
Median	●
Contour	●
Noise reduction	●
General
Improved memory management for faster and more stable performance	NEW
Lightning-fast access to favorite functions under Favorites	NEW
64Bit version	NEW
Eye-protecting, ergonomic surface	●
Logical, intuitive program structure	●
Easy to use and navigate	●
Batch processing	●
Time saving through more speed due to multi-core support	●
Export and Presentation
Easy upload to Ashampoo Webspace	IMPROVED
Set as wallpaper	●
Send by e-mail	●

You need the 64-bit version of the following operating systems:

Windows® 10, Windows® 8, Windows® 7

Any computer that supports the operating systems listed above.

Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 x86 Redistributable

An Internet connection is required to activate the program. The program license is checked at regular intervals.