PICOLAY is a free graphics utility that features the ability to perform various photo enhancements and permit you to create 3D holograms.

For all the uses included with PICOLAY, it remains lightweight, but the small size is not an indication of its power. You can enhance your photos and generate MPO files (which allows for any number of JPG files to be saved in an MPO file, but the most common use is for stereoscopic images), GIFs, and slideshows, all derived via combined stacks of images.

Once launched, you are greeted with a simplistic interface consisting of three windows; one for the central functions - image list, stack operations, and options, the second is the selected image view, and the third is the image result. We noticed that some of the command windows, like the one for saving your work, were in German, but they were readily translatable - Nein = no, Ja = yes, for instance. It includes a manual, which is available on the author's website. And with so many features, it is a good idea to take a look.

PICOLAY permits you to:

Browse images of a list at constant position and size

Display images of a list as a slideshow

Generate an animated gif file

Cut the edges of one or all images in the list

Resize one or all images of the list

Rename images

Change the file format of images

Delete selected images from disk

Add or subtract images from one another

Convert colored images to grey scale

Increase sharpness

Increase contrast

Increase color saturation

Change gamma value

Change brightness

Add or subtract offset or percentage to the red, green or blue channel

Run a median filter over one or all images of your list

Rotate images by any angle

Flip images horizontally or vertically

Generate negatives of images

Select sharp areas from an image stack (focus stacking)

Select areas with a target color from your stack

Average images

Generate and insert intermediate images between the images of your stack

-Align displaced images of your stack concerning x- and y-positions

Harmonize brightness of the images in your stack

Set white balance of one or all images in your stack

Set a smooth background (flat field) by removal of disturbing items from your stack

Divide RGB values of images by those of the first image in the list

Generate a depth map of your stack

Generate 3D images from depth map and stacked image.

Generate red-cyan images for anaglyph goggles

Generate (2 or 4) separate images for a 3D observation with a crossed eyes parallel

Generate spatial projections of stacked objects from any angle

Generate 3D hologram views that allow covered structural detail display

Generate rocking and rotating animations in 3D

Generate 3D images for defined observation distances (viewing angles)

Let 3D images appear in front of or behind the screen

Paint on images

Blur disturbing details

Clone (= copy) parts of an image to other areas

Clone areas of original images to the stacked result (including depth map information)

Write text on images horizontally or vertically with any font and size

Draw a scale bar (rectangle with any color and size)

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