Outliner 2.0 works as a plug-in for Photoshop and similar products helps pick edges of a photo and create a outline effect.

Pros: Outliner is a Photoshop-compatible plug-in for Windows. It can work with commercial software like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Corel Paint Shop Pro, Microsoft Digital Image Suite and free software IrfanView, XnView. This plug-in draws out the edges of a given photo making it more aesthetically pleasing. The user can manage a range of edge appearance in the processed image getting artistic effects. Outliner can be very useful plug-in for web designers creating graphic icons and for artists dealing with engraving.

Ouliner processes RGB and Grayscale images with 8 or 16/bits channel. The effect generation is automatic and a single click process.

Plug-in has simple install and de-install procedures and automatically detects suitable graphics hosts. The application is easy to operate and understand.

Cons: Even with the given controls the whole effect generation is largely automatic and the output effect entirely depends on the effectiveness of the algorithm used. There can always be photographs that can generate some unpleasant looking edges. So, really speaking one is entirely at the mercy of what the application would produce. Most often it should produce desired results though.

Overall: The application is a single feature program and does its job quite alright, is easy to use and easy to learn. Overall rating is 4 stars.