The Bottom Line
Ulead Photo Explorer lets you browse thumbnails of images on your computer, CD, network folders, or other removable media. It supports approximately 30 image formats. Photo Explorer is an inexpensive choice that offers everything you need from an image browser and excels at HTML output.
Note: This review is based on Photo Explorer 7.0 for Windows, though Photo Explorer 8.5 for Windows is the newest version. Since Corel acquired Photo Explorer in 2007, development of this title has been discontinued. You may still purchase Photo Explorer 8.5, but it is not compatible with Windows Vista.
Pros
- Excellent HTML output options and flexible printing options
- Imports EXIF metadata
- Red eye removal that actually works
Cons
- File association viewer is slow
- Can't browse offline media
- No Macintosh version available
Description
- Browse thumbnails of images on your computer, CD, network folders, or other removable media.
- Acquire images from scanners, cameras, and memory cards. You can also capture video clips.
- Add descriptions, view file information and EXIF data from digital cameras.
- Manage image files by copying, moving, sorting, deleting, converting, and renaming.
- Configure other applications for editing files or use the editing functions of the built-in viewer.
- Edit tools: crop, rotate, resize, sharpen, fix red eye, add text, and adjust color and tone.
- Print single or multi-photo layouts, image indexes with file information, or order prints online.
- Share files online with email, Web galleries, slide shows, or Ulead's photo sharing site, iMira.com.
- HTML thumbnail pages and slide shows can include auto-start files for CD distribution.
- Generate calendars from templates. Calendars can be printed, used as wallpaper, or copied.
Guide Review - Corel Ulead Photo Explorer (Discontinued)
Photo Explorer is easy to use and fairly fast. It does everything you would expect from a thumbnail browser, yet is one of the least expensive. Unfortunately, viewing can be slow if you associate your files to open in the viewer with a double click. It excels at HTML output with options for automatically generating photo gallery Web pages or HTML slide shows. You can customize all aspects of the Web page appearance including text, colors, backgrounds, and image sizes. You can also output the HTML to a self-extracting exe for sending via email, or include auto-start files for sharing your Web pages on CD. Flexible printing options round out the package nicely.
Note: This review is based on Photo Explorer 7.0 for Windows, though Photo Explorer 8.5 for Windows is the newest version. Since Corel acquired Photo Explorer in 2007, development of this title has been discontinued. You may still purchase Photo Explorer 8.5, but it is not compatible with Windows Vista.
