Paint.NET is a free photo editor for Windows which features layers, blending modes, special effects, unlimited undo history, and a number of image adjustments and filter effects. Besides the standard pixel-based painting and selection tools, Paint.NET also includes easy to use tools for drawing shapes and lines, a text tool, a clone stamp, and a […]
Need A Free Alternative to PhotoShop? Here you go!
GIMP is not Adobe Photoshop CS4, but it is an amazingly powerful and efficient open-source bitmap-editing package that can look just as confusing as Adobe Photoshop CS4if you open all its floating toolbars and sidebars. You’ll need to get used to its nonstandard menus. If you make your living from graphics or photo editing, you’ll […]
Convert Audio Rip CDs and More
Here are two good (and of course free) options for manipulating audio files. dBpowerAMP lets you rip CDs, convert files, and record audio. It supports MP3, MP4, M4a, WMA, OGG, AAC, APE, FLAC, Apple Lossless, and more. This app integrates with Windows, so you can simply right-click on a file to convert it. Get it here: www.dbpoweramp.com […]
Need to Edit Audio? You need Audacity!
Audacity is a powerful audio editing/recording software package that doesn’t require much training. It works on Linux, Mac and Windows, and it handles many file types, including OGG, MP3, AIFF, AU, and WAV (but not WMA or AAC). Its features include 32-bit/96-KHz recording and editing (up to 16 channels), independent speed and pitch control, noise […]
A Sleak Alternative to Adobe Reader Bloat
Anyone who has used Adobe Reader knows it is a huge resource hog. On a older system or one with limited resources AR can slow you to a crawl or stop you altogether (actually this true of every Adobe product I have ever used!!!). Well here is a sweet, sleek alternative: Foxit Reader www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php It […]
