Organize your photos and videos, edit them or apply special effects by turning to this comprehensive application that comes with an intuitive layout
Now discontinued, Windows Photo Gallery used to be a feature-rich and intuitive application designed to organize, edit and share images with other PC users. Developed by Microsoft, the tool was part of Windows Essentials 2012 which, sadly, reached end of support on January 10, 2017.
Windows Essentials 2012 is no longer available for download from Microsoft but you can still get it from Softpedia. In addition to Photo Gallery, the package contains Messenger, Movie Maker, Mail, Writer, OneDrive, and Outlook Connector Pack. Unless you want to set up everything, you can choose which apps to install. Also, although Microsoft says that Photo Gallery is not compatible, it turns out that it works just fine on Windows 10 (in our case, at least).
Organize, edit and share photos of friends and family
The gallery of the program takes cue from Windows Explorer in terms of look and functionality, making it easy to explore media from the Pictures and Videos folder. Additional media can be imported from various devices like CDs, DVDs and USB flash drives.
Before getting a closer look at images, you can rotate, resize and rename them if necessary, especially if you plan on putting together a thoughtful media collection of family and friends. Windows Photo Gallery intelligently detects people faces and offers to tag them. You can also set captions, descriptive tags and geotags, rate or flag pictures, change the time when the photo was taken.
Tagging, advanced search, and slideshows
File searches by text can be conducted using a built-in function of Microsoft's tool, which particularly comes in handy when dealing with numerous pics. Furthermore, you can filter files by tags, months, rating or flags, as well as play slideshow.
You'll be happy to know that a handful of auto editing functions are available if you wish to quickly correct lighting and use other means of enhancing pics without having to resort to another application. However, you have to make JPG copies to be able to enter editing mode.
Auto photo tweaks, panoramas, fusing, collages, and sharing
For instance, you can ask the tool to straighten the image, reduce noise, fix color and exposure, or a apply a filter (e.g. sepia, orange, black and white). The JPEG quality can be manually adjusted. As far as sharing options are concerned, it's possible to send media to OneDrive, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr or Vimeo, or via email.
Photo Gallery saves copies of the original files automatically, which means that you can easily go back and try again if you're not pleased with the new adjustments. You can create panoramas, fuse two or more pics together, generate collages out of 7 or more photos, as well as create clips with Movie Maker.
Old but still useful photo organizer and editor
Although this is a pretty old product, Windows Photo Gallery surprisingly continues to surpass other similar software, thanks to the plethora of features dedicated to photo management and manipulation, together with a general sense of 'easy'. Plus, as mentioned at the beginning of this text, it worked smoothly on Windows 10 in our tests.
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS- Processor: 1.6 GHz or higher
- Memory: 1 GB of RAM or higher
- Resolution: Minimum: 1024 × 576
- Internet connection: Internet functionality requires dial-up or broadband Internet access (provided separately). Local or long-distance charges may apply. High-speed Internet access is recommended for some features.
- Graphics or video card: Windows Live Movie Maker requires a video card that supports DirectX 9 or higher and Shader Model 2 or higher.
- Auto Collage: Trying to create a collage of photos on your own is hard and usually requires expensive and complex software. With Auto Collage in Photo Gallery you just select seven or more photos and we’ll arrange them in a collage for you. Making a new photo our of existing photos has never been easier. Whether you want to make a special print of a collection of photos or you want a nice start or ending to a movie highlight with some of your favorite scenes.
- Vimeo: We’re excited to announce Vimeo as our new publish partner! Now you can share your videos straight to Vimeo from Photo Gallery. Once you have your project saved and are ready to share it with the world, just click on the Vimeo button in the share gallery, choose from a variety of options that Vimeo provides and you’re done. Now your movies can become a part of an ever growing community of film makers who call Vimeo their home.
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Windows Live Photo Gallery collects a simple set of tools for downloading, editing, and sharing photos. Its functional design and excellent capabilities make it one of the most user-friendly photo programs we've ever tested.
The program's interface was clearly designed by Microsoft and felt instantly comfortable, with the familiar feel of Windows. All the commands and functions were logically organized, and the program was pleasing to use, though the Help file's vague instructions for panoramic photos were a disappointment. Nevertheless, we uploaded some photos from our digital camera with a single button click and were quickly able to choose a shot to edit. Windows Live Photo Gallery offers basic editorial tools that seem likely to delight novices and frustrate photo experts. The program quickly cropped our selected image and minimally adjusted its color, but not much more. We were able to publish our photos online or even burn a CD within the program's interface, a surprising but pleasant addition. One disappointment was the Panoramic Photo feature. We were curious about creating panoramic photos, but apparently you can't select it as a function, and the Help file offers little in the way of useful advice. Beyond that misstep, Windows Live Photo Gallery is a smooth and likeable entry-level photo management system. This is a photo program anyone can use.
Windows Live Photo Gallery is a free utility from Microsoft. While it hit a snag with its panorama option, the overall program was smooth sailing, and we recommend it.
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If your Windows Live Photo Gallery freezes, crashes or does not start in Windows 7, it is quite possible that the database created by Windows Live Photo Gallery to track photos and videos may be corrupted.
To fix this problem, you have to regenerate the database for Windows Live Photo Gallery as follows:
Close Windows Live Photo Gallery.
Open explorer.exe, type %userprofile%AppDataLocalMicrosoftWindows Live Photo Gallery in the address bar and hit Enter.
This will open the Windows Live Photo Gallery App Data folder.
Here, delete any existing instance of “OLD_Pictures.pd4” and “OLD_Pictures.pd5.”
Next, locate and then right-click “Pictures.pd4” or “Pictures.pd5.”
Rename “Pictures.pd4” to “OLD_Pictures.pd4” or rename “Pictures.pd5” to “OLD_Pictures.pd5.”
Now restart Windows Live Photo Gallery and see if all is fine!
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