BWorks

BWorks is an easy-to-use tool dedicated to digital cameras photographs. It enables you to apply some preset image filters without needing any previous experience with graphic editing software, featuring support for BMP, JPG, PCX, PNG, TGA, TIF and WMF file types.

Simple setup and GUI

After a brief and uneventful setup operation which shouldn't give you any trouble, you're welcomed by a user-friendly interface consisting of a standard window split into two vertical areas, where you can view the original pic and preview the modified one.

Explore and apply photo filters

A photo can be opened using the file browser or by dropping it into the main frame while navigating Explorer directories. You can preview it in the first pane, as well as select a predefined filter from the drop-down menu to preview effects.
This includes high contrast, sepia (normal, heavy sky, dramatic), burned, cool (normal), duotone (normal, heavy sky), inverse duotone (normal, heavy sky), and noisy. The modifications are immediately applied to the preview picture in the second pane, and it's possible to change the zoom mode or move the pic's thumbnail using the mouse cursor.

Save the new files in any supported format

If you're satisfied with the results, you can save the photo to a new file by specifying the output directory, file name and extension. Therefore, the original files remain unchanged, so it's not necessary to manually perform backups before using this application.
Worth noting is that the new files can be saved with any of the previously mentioned formats (apart from WMF), regardless of the original file's content type. This means that BWorks also acts as a graphic conversion tool.

Evaluation and conclusion

Although it hasn't received updates for a long time, BWorks worked smoothly on modern Windows in our tests. It applied filters swiftly without hanging, crashing or prompting errors. CPU and RAM usage was minimal. It doesn't enable you to tweak the effects but offers a straightforward solution for applying predefined image filters.