Welcome to the Image Tools Project
Image Tools is a desktop application to capture the display as an image, or open an existing image file, crop and/or annotate if necessary, and save the image.
This project was registered on SourceForge.net on Mar 13, 2009 as UNIX name "imagetools".
Donation Drive
If you use and appreciate our open source project, please consider making a donation. All contributions go toward improvements to our project and the following organizations:
- Sourceforge.net - 10% (5% standard deduction plus an additional 5% donation)
- Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) - 5%
- Open Source Initiative (OSI) - 5%
All donations are handled by PayPal. Any amount is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for supporting the project.
Get Image Tools
The current release version is 1.4.0
Please visit our Project Summary Page for downloading Image Tools.
About Image Tools
Image Tools is Free Software not Shareware. You will not be bothered into buying the "full version" or paying to make the messages stop. We do hope you like Image Tools and help us continually improve it, whether it's by a monetary donation ,participating in the users mailing list, or as a developer helping with patches or new features.
Help Wanted
Image Tools is currently developed and maintained by one developer. The project is seeking volunteers to help out with Java development, localization (translating), and program testing. If anyone is interested in contributing, please contact carl.marcum at codebuilders.net.
Latest News
1.4.0 released
2009-08-01
This is the final release of version 1.4.0.
New features include cross-platform printing and enhancements include white background behind text annotation for better contrast.
We have finalized this release and are continuing main development.
100% FREE award granted by Softpedia
2009-07-30
Softpedia has tested Image Tools 1.3.0 for Windows and added it to their download site in the Windows section.
Link to their Download Page
2009-07-14
Softpedia has tested Image Tools 1.3.0 and added it to their download site in the Mac OS section. Here's what they had to say: "Image Tools" has been tested in the Softpedia labs using several industry-leading security solutions and found to be completely clean of adware/spyware components. We are impressed with the quality of your product and encourage you to keep these high standards in the future.
Link to the Softpedia Award Page and their Download Page
All news can be found on the News Archive page.
Quick Links
Index - Artifact Submission Guide - Bug Reporting - Wiki Etiquette
Documentation
User Documentation - Developer Documentation - Trac Information
Project Pages on SourceForge.net
Summary Page - Mailing Lists - Screenshots - Downloads - Support - Donations - Statistics
License
Image Tools is Open Source software distributed free of charge under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
Platforms
Image Tools is written in Java and is OS independent. It should run on any operating system with a compatible Java Runtime version 1.5 or newer including Linux, UNIX, Mac OSX, and Windows.
It has been successfully tested on:
- Windows XP using Sun Java 1.5 and 1.6
- Windows Vista using Sun Java 1.6
- openSUSE 11.1 Linux using Sun Java 1.5 and 1.6
- Ubuntu 9.04 Linux using OpenJDK 1.6
Features
Current
Image Tools currently includes the following features among others:
- Screen Capture
- Crop to rectangular selection
- Image Annotation including lines, rectangles, and simple text
- Open existing jpeg for cropping or annotation.
- Undo/Redo
- Choice of red or blue color for annotations
- Choice or Serif or Sans Serif fonts in heights of 10, 12, 14, and 16 points
- Cross-Platform Printing
- Contrasting background color behind text annotations
- Installer for Microsoft Windows platforms
Planned
Planned features for upcoming releases include:
- Polyline (polygonal chain) annotation
- Linux installer
For a complete list of local wiki pages, see TitleIndex.
About Open Source
Of benefit to users, Open Source software is licensed so you can download and use the software free-of-charge. The source code for this software is made available free-of-charge, you (or a programmer you hire) can make changes to this software to better meet your needs, and you can release your changed code back to the community passing the benefit on to other users.
Donate
If you use and appreciate our open source project, please consider making a donation. All contributions help maintain our open source project and the following organisations:
- Sourceforge.net - 10% (5% standard deduction plus an additional 5% donation)
- Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) - 5%
- Open Source Initiative (OSI) - 5%
All donations are handled by PayPal.
Any amount is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for supporting the project.
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