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							Free 
							Graphics Programs
							 
							Here's a roundup of the Web's best free graphics 
							software. Whether you're a professional artist or 
							someone who's just wanting to learn about computer 
							graphics, you'll find a program to fit your needs 
							below. Some of these programs will help you create 
							graphics; others will help you organize the image 
							files on your hard drive. If you're a Web page 
							designer or you're doing business presentations or 
							you just would like to create some cool 3D art, 
							you'll find free programs here that can assist you. | 
						 
					 
 
					
						
							
							
							
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								Spinwave  
								Want faster-loading Web pages? Then check out 
								this excellent, free online utility that can 
								reduce the size and download times of GIF images 
								from anywhere on your hard drive or the Web by 
								up to 90%. You can crunch single GIFs for free 
								(although you'll need to subscribe to crunch 
								whole sites). Their new 
								JPEGCruncher downsizes many other types of 
								images to JPEG format, including GIF, BMP, JPEG, 
								TIFF and other formats.  
  
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								20/20  
								This fabulous free, adware-supported graphics 
								application offers loads of features that you 
								normally only see in the top commercial 
								programs. 20/20 is an image viewer, screen 
								capture and annotation program. Many features: 
								slideshows, thumbnails, a background generator 
								and much more. (For 
								Windows).  
  
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								IrfanView  
								(Note: this site is 
								occasionally inaccessible). One of the 
								handiest freeware programs around, this 
								multimedia and graphics viewer can handle any 
								type of file you throw at it: from GIFs to Real 
								Audio to MP3 to Adobe Photoshop files, as well 
								as a lot of obscure formats.
								(For Windows).  
  
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								AAAThemes.com  
								This site serves up hundreds of free desktop 
								themes. Categories here include anime, art, 
								fantasy, games, horror & occult, holidays, 
								movies and music. New themes are added each day. 
								 
							
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