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Process your images quickly with BatchPhoto Enterprise

Photo editing can be an extremely tedious and time-consuming process. Fortunately, many editing tasks can be performed automatically using batch-processing programs. BatchPhoto Enterprise is an easy-to-use program that can correct, adjust, resize, crop, and otherwise edit groups of images. It's not perfect, but we don't think we've encountered many programs that are more versatile and intuitive than BatchPhoto Enterprise.

BatchPhoto Enterprise opens with a wizard that walks users through the process of getting acquainted with the program, and copious documentation is provided, including video tutorials. Once we started using BatchPhoto Enterprise we were surprised by exactly how … Read more

Road Trip Pic of the Day, 7/3: What is this?

Update (Tuesday, 9:00 p.m. PT): The answer to today's challenge -- which 14 people got -- is the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study (home of the Academy Film Archive), in Hollywood. Thanks to everyone who played, and to all, please come back for Wednesday's challenge.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting a new photograph from my various travels, and your job … Read more

Create slideshows to go with PicturesToExe Deluxe

The problem with most photo slideshow programs is that you have to have them installed on any machine that you plan to display your slideshow on. Fortunately, there are ways to solve this problem, such as PicturesToExe Deluxe. This easy-to-use program lets you create custom slideshows and package them in a variety of different formats that can run anywhere.

The program's interface is plain and intuitive. The multipane layout makes it easy to navigate to the desired directory and add images to the slideshow via drag and drop. You can customize slideshows by adding a variety of transition effects, … Read more

Road Trip Pic of the Day, 7/2: What is this?

Update (Tuesday, 12:17 a.m. PT): The answer to Monday's challenge -- which 23 people got right -- is the under-construction Rain Rocks Rock Shed, alongside the Pitkins Curve Bridge, in Big Sur, just north of Limekiln State Park. Thanks to everyone who played, and to all, please come back for Tuesday's challenge.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting a new photograph from my various travels, and your job is … Read more

Road Trip Pic of the Day, 7/1: What is this?

Update (Sunday, 8 p.m. PT): The answer to today's challenge -- which 68 people got right -- is the Museum entrance hall at the J. Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles. Thanks to everyone who played, and to all, please come back for Monday's challenge.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting a new photograph from my various travels, and your job is to try to correctly identify it using any … Read more

Road Trip Pic of the Day, 6/30: What is this?

Update (Saturday, 11:50 p.m. PT): The answer to today's challenge -- which 123 people got right -- is artist Jonathan Borofsky's "Ballerina Clown," mounted on the Venice Renaissance Building in Venice, Calif. Thanks to everyone who played, and to all, please come back for Sunday's challenge.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting a new photograph from my various travels, and your job is to try to … Read more

Road Trip Pic of the Day, 6/29: What is this?

Update (Friday, 9:04 p.m. PT): The answer to today's challenge -- which 27 people got right -- is the Chalon campus of Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles. Thanks to everyone who played, and to all, please come back for tomorrow's challenge.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting a new photograph from my various travels, and your job is to try to correctly identify it using any … Read more

In Hollywood, keeping Tinseltown's treasures safe forever

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--Deep inside a series of very cold vaults, surrounded by thick concrete and protected from fire and water damage, more than 76,000 movies sit on shelves, preserved for future generations to enjoy.

Welcome to the Academy Film Archive, the storage arm of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. On your right is a stack of cans containing several reels of the 1962 classic "Lawrence of Arabia." On your left are several cans comprising a copy of "2001: A Space Odyssey."

Since opening its doors in 1927, the Academy -- the folks … Read more

Road Trip Pic of the Day, 6/28: What is this?

Update (Thursday, 10:12 p.m. PT): The answer to today's challenge -- which 66 people got right -- is the El Bordello Alexandra, a former brothel turned apartment building in Venice, Calif. Thanks to everyone who played, and to all, please come back for Friday's challenge.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting a new photograph from my various travels, and your job is to try to correctly identify it using … Read more

Road Trip Pic of the Day, 6/27: What is this?

Update (Wednesday, 6:40 p.m. PT): The answer to today's challenge -- which 98 people got right -- is McWay Falls in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park in Big Sur, Calif. Thanks to everyone who played, and to all, please come back for Thursday's challenge.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting a new photograph from my various travels, and your job is to try to correctly identify it using any … Read more