I am looking for simple hopefully free application that I can use on photos on my PC to enhance [adjust background, red eye, brightness & contrast etc], combine/edit and print in various sizes on my colour printer.

Thanks in advance

I use Gimp2.6 and PhotoScape for all my photo needs.

Both are free.

I use Gimp2.6 and PhotoScape for all my photo needs.

Both are free.

Yep, photoscape: http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php

• Viewer: View photos in your folder, create a slideshow
• Editor: resizing, brightness and color adjustment, white balance, backlight correction, frames, balloons, mosaic mode, adding text, drawing pictures, cropping, filters, red eye removal, blooming, clone stamp
• Batch editor: Batch edit multiple photos
• Page: Merge multiple photos on the page frame to create one final photo
• Combine: Attach multiple photos vertically or horizontally to create one final photo
• Animated GIF: Use multiple photos to create a final animated photo
• Print: Print portrait shots, carte de visites(CDV), passport photos
• Splitter: Slice a photo into several pieces
• Screen Capture: Capture your screenshot and save it
• Color Picker: Zoom in on images, search and pick a color
• Rename: Change photo file names in batch mode
• Raw Converter: Convert RAW to JPG
• Paper Print: Print lined, graph, music and calendar paper
• Face Search: Find similar faces on the Internet

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I use Picassa from Google. Works fine for me.

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