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Linn County Landscapades

This document is published by the History Center and contains a trio of self guided driving tours featuring barns, farmsteads, and country landscapes of Linn County, Iowa.  The document is a PDF file and is over 11 megabytes in size, so a high-speed broadband (cable modem, DSL) Internet connection is recommended for download.

2004 Photography Salon

This document contains winning images and exhibitor lists from the 2004 Iowa State Fair Photography Salon competition.  Over 3,600 photographs from 1055 photographers were entered in this contest.  The document is in PDF format and is over 7 megabytes in size, so a high speed internet connection is recommended for download.

Graphics by GIMP
Do you have a digital camera, but can't afford Adobe Photoshop?  If so, the GIMP is for you.  The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is an open source software package for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.  Unlike Photoshop it works on many different operating systems,  and best of all it's free!

Picasa

Picasa is a free software download from Google that helps you find, share, and organize your photos.
VCW VicMan's Photo Editor
A freely downloadable image editor with an intuitive interface and a wide variety of features.