Photography has become a lot easier to dabble in in recent years, thanks to the leaps and bounds made by consumer technology. Even bare-faced novices can now take good quality photos, something that was once only possible with years of training and a substantial financial outlay for equipment. Still, talent is still required, since truly great photography and the photos produced by it is as much an art as painting or music. For those users who don't have that kind of talent, programs like Rotation Pilot are here to help.

The purpose and use of Rotation Pilot is simple: If you find the horizon or skyline in your photos to be tilted or skewed, simply let this program straighten and level them! Controls are intuitive, and the utility also allows for basic edits in the form of cropping, re-sizing, mirroring, and the like.

Still, Rotation Pilot is a piece of technology, and like all technology, it comes with both perks and limitations. You can find a brief pro/con summary below.

Pros

This program couldn't be much easier to operate, what with everything being basically automated. Even avowed technophobes shouldn't have too much trouble fixing their photos. Simple editing capabilities are built-in, and best of all, this program is free.

Cons

This program is Windows-only, though with the Mac's reputation for being the go-to machine for "artsy" people, that shouldn't upset Apple users. Both they and users of other systems will need to find their own equivalent software. The cropping function, when used, may over-edit the user's pictures.

It is, of course, a personal decision to be made by each consumer as to whether or not this program will suit their needs, and thus, whether or not they'll download it. However, the preceding review should make that decision an educated and simple one.