Looking at human creativity as an engine of modern graphical design, the situation with pricy graphics software seems unfair. Is there any chance for amateur computer artists to get the proper tools at a fair price? There is! Introducing Artistic Effects! A collection of image filters that make up professional computer artist toolbox. This unique effects pack has all that you may need to start creating fantastic colorful artwork right away!

• License: Demo
• Language: English, French, Russian, Hungarian, Dutch
• Release: 2004-09-21
• Size: 981 Kb
• Cost: 59.95 $

Turn your favorite digital photos into realistic looking paintings such as watercolor, oil painting, etc. with a few simple mouse clicks! No difficult setup is required. Your photos are turned into paintings in front of your eyes in a few seconds. Virtual Painter 5 could not be any easier to use. All you need to do is to open a digital photo, select one of the 16 painting styles, then click OK to let the application do the work for you.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2006-06-01
• Size: 6 Mb
• Cost: 55.00 $

Looks sell. No one likes software that looks like its interface was made in 1993. And certainly not too many people will frequent a website that looks like it was created by a teenager. Have something to "de-uglify?" Check out these royalty-free icon collections with over 350 icons and small graphics elements that come in all sizes - from 16x16 to 128x128, 8 to 32 bits. Most are WinXP icons with alpha-channel.

• License: Demo
• Language: English
• Release: 2005-12-12
• Size: 652 Kb
• Cost: 149.00 $

Looks sell. No one likes software that looks like its interface was made in 1993. And certainly not too many people will frequent a website that looks like it was created by a teenager. Have something to "de-uglify?" Check out these royalty-free icon collections with over 500 icons and small graphics elements that come in all sizes - from 16x16 to 128x128, 8 to 32 bits. Most are WinXP icons with alpha-channel.

• License: Demo
• Language: English, German
• Release: 2005-12-12
• Size: 729 Kb
• Cost: 199.00 $

Screensaver that depicts tropical seas life, and various types of fish. picturesque surroundings! You'll find unique artistic touch on all images and countless image transitions that make pleasurable desktop experience to the next level.

• License: Freeware
• Language: English
• Release: 2007-12-09
• Size: 2 Mb
• Cost: Free

Multiple studies indicate that 3D elements of graphical image are perceived better thus making it easier for the designer to implement the idea of his artwork. Introducing Lokas 3D Maker, the unique Photoshop plug-in intended to add a completely new dimension to your artwork! It allows creation of pseudo 3D graphical elements out of 2D drawings. All you need is imagination. Take your chance to be creative! Download free trial version now!

• License: Shareware
• Language: English, Spanish, Russian, Hungarian, Dutch
• Release: 2003-11-02
• Size: 510 Kb
• Cost: Free

Beautiful expressions for Thanksgiving written in a frame with artistic designs and the video of a field dancing with joy in the background. Install to truly get into the spirit of the Thanksgiving season.

• License: Freeware
• Language: English
• Release: 2006-11-01
• Size: 2 Mb
• Cost: Free

Chameleon Desktop is an advanced graphical utility that will allow you to apply different artistic effects to your desktop wallpaper. Creating incredible professional looking desktop wallpapers has never been easier!

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2002-02-16
• Size: 1 Mb
• Cost: 14.95 $

ARTBorders allows you to make your photos look unique by adding beautiful artistic borders and frames to them. The program's unique feature is its capability to pick the colors of the border that match the style of the photograph's original color spectrum and to impart the unique, austere style to the produced images. ArtBorders improves image quality of bad scanned or "noised" photos and it lets you carry out various manipulations with images.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English, Czech, French, German, Polish, Russian, Spanish
• Release: 2005-09-09
• Size: 2 Mb
• Cost: 14.95 $

On the eve of Thanksgiving, let this wallpaper mark your screen. The cool orange background and the artistic frame here show all the symbols of the occasion. Enjoy this Thanksgiving by watching this free animated wallpaper on your desktop.

• License: Freeware
• Language: English
• Release: 2006-11-01
• Size: 1 Mb
• Cost: Free

PhotoMagic is designed to add fun and perfection to photography. If you have a digital camera PhotoMagic is the perfect add-on to give your photos a finishing touch. Unlike other products PhotoMagic offers all you need into one photo suite: professional, award winning, and patented technologies provide the highest quality. It has an easy to use yet powerful interface to repair, resize, paint, design, and print your photos.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English, Arabic, Chinese, ChineseSimplified, ChineseTraditional, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Other, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
• Release: 2007-07-14
• Size: 16 Mb
• Cost: 49.00 $

Show off those adorable grandkids! The Family Photo screen saver displays images downloaded from your digital camera. Fun artistic filters such as oil paint, antique and pop-art keep your pictures lively again and again. Supports images in JPEG format: compatible with most major brands of digital cameras. Does NOT require DirectX, OpenGL or other special video accelerators... even works on most laptops and older computers.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2004-04-05
• Size: 596 Kb
• Cost: 5.00 $

Kids Mask Factory, is a program which is aimed at both children and parents, depending on age and skill. The program is designed to create masks which can be worn. This is done by selecting face parts and adding them to the mask. Freehand lines can also be used with color to great effect. Masks can be created in just black and white which can then be printed and colored in with felt tip by the child; or can be filled with color.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2006-07-21
• Size: 2 Mb
• Cost: 23.99 $

An artistically done screensaver, it has images of flowers moving slowly inside an oval form. A beautiful Easter screensaver. Get it now on your desktop.

• License: Freeware
• Language: English
• Release: 2006-03-10
• Size: 2 Mb
• Cost: Free

Have Easter bunnies visit your desktop and bring to you the blissful feeling and happiness. A must download for anyone who wishes to have enjoy the magic and excitement of Easter.

• License: Freeware
• Language: English
• Release: 2006-03-10
• Size: 3 Mb
• Cost: Free

A rare 1789-1940s collection of Australian black and white and colourised fineart illustrations and clipart. Features over 2000 historical images taken from the original record of Arthur Philip's journey, the classic Bulletin artists from the 1900s, the beautiful art of Ruby Lind (sister of Norman Lindsay), Blinky Bill and friends, and more. Perfect for use in multimedia projects, newsletters and other print projects.

• License: Demo
• Language: English
• Release: 2003-04-18
• Size: 3 Mb
• Cost: Free

The collection of Artistic Toolbar Icons includes a range of attractive and colorful icons representing all basic operations required for surfing the internet or using various software applications. These modern-style icons are a valuable and eye-catching addition to any professional software application or a website. Artistic Toolbar Icons feature high-quality graphics and come in all sizes: 256 x 256, 48 x 48, 32 x 32, 24 x 24, 16 x 16.

• License: Demo
• Language: English, Russian
• Release: 2007-06-21
• Size: 995 Kb
• Cost: 99.00 $

The filter is designed for artistic painting and animated cartoon rendering. MSU Cartoonizer filter has many parameters, which allow to obtain very interesting results. MSU Cartoonizer includes a variety of styles such as colored and non-colored pencil, watercolor and oil painting.

• License: Freeware
• Language: English
• Release: 2006-04-25
• Size: 272 Kb
• Cost: Free

Kids Mask Factory, is a program which is aimed at both children and parents, depending on age and skill. The program is designed to create masks which can be worn. This is done by selecting face parts and adding them to the mask. Freehand lines can also be used with color to great effect. Masks can be created in just black and white which can then be printed and colored in with felt tip by the child; or can be filled with color.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2007-07-16
• Size: 6 Mb
• Cost: 25.99 $

The Jigetiser packages deliver professional computer jigsaw puzzles with marvelous motives for a fair price. The puzzles are emotional, intuitive, unconventional, exclusive, exceptional, artistical, educational and family-friendly. The Jigetiser puzzles are ideal for relaxing at the computer. They are highly addictive and completely nonviolent. As the difficulty level can be chosen, parents, children and grandparents can't resist them.

• License: Demo
• Language: English, German
• Release: 2005-03-30
• Size: 1 Mb
• Cost: Free