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With digital photography, you're catching more amazing moments than ever. Bring those photos to life with free HP Photosmart Essential photo printing and sharing software. The features below are just some of the great things you'll find.


View, organize and manage your photos



  • Browse image catalog or folders
  • Thumbnail, single view, full-screen or slideshow
  • Sort by Date, Name or Recently viewed
  • Use keywords to manage and search for photos

Print



  • Quickly, easily print common sizes or select a custom size
  • Let HP PSE automatically set the properties to print photos on your older printer
  • Printer settings preset for lab-quality photos, so you get great results with your HP printer, regardless of whether you have a new or older model

Edit



  • Fix red-eye, crop, rotate, flip
  • Enhance photos with one button Auto Fix
  • Convert to B&W or Sepia
  • Apply HP Adaptive Lighting
  • Select warmer/cooler color

Creative projects



  • Create photo album pages--select from several sizes and borderless options
  • Get free plug-ins to create greeting cards with your photos

Share



  • Share photos with HP Photosmart Share service without the burden of large attachments
  • Upload photos to online albums
  • E-mail photo thumbnails or links to photos (smaller file size)
  • Integrate e-mails with MS Outlook address book

Backup/protect



  • Use a free trial of PhotoBack plug-in with reminder options to back up photos to CD/DVD

Additional features



  • Connection to HP Snapfish for ordering prints, photo gifts and more

System requirements



  • Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP operating system
  • PC with a 486 or higher processor
  • 64MB RAM
  • 100MB of free hard disk space

How to get it



The software is free and fast to download—less than a minute on a broadband connection, and less than 15 minutes on 56K modem.

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