| Useful System Applications Links |
| AllChars |
Free - easy foreign language accents, and much more! |
| Audacity |
Free - a versatile audio capture and edit package from the the open source community. |
| AVG Virus Protection |
Free - Grisoft try hard to make you buy the 'upgraded' version but the free version can be found with a bit of patience. |
| Ccleaner |
Free - clean out and spruce up your Windows machine. This utility can scrub hard so make a restore point before using - just in case. |
| Core FTP LE |
Free - a full function file FTP package for managing web site files. |
| CutePDF |
Free - install this to add a PDF document generator to all your packages that can print. |
| DiskTective |
Free - presents disk/folder usage as a pie chart. Find out what happened to all that disk space you thought you had. |
| Firefox |
Free - the 'other' web browser of note. |
NoteTabPro |
Buy - an invaluable and powerful text editor. A delight to use. |
| Open Office |
Free - does more or less whatever Microsoft's Office package does, and is compatible with Office. In my opinion, easier to use too. |
| PixResizer |
Free - a very useful batch photo size convertor. |
| Thunderbird |
Free - email handler for those who still have pop-based email rather than web based email such as Yahoo or Googlemail. |
| Super Antispyware |
Free - you'll be amazed how many people are monitoring your internet activity - and slowing your machine. Clean up your act with this utility. |
| Super@ |
Free - a quirky but extremely powerful and useful file format convertor. Invaluable for all manner of audio and video conversions. |
| Wordle |
Free - not a package as such, rather a web site that you use to use text in an artistic way - useful as well as good fun. |
| SyncBack |
Free - a very smart file backup control software package |
| ZIP Central |
Free - compress files into a zip archive or unzip any archive received. |
| Multimedia Software Links |
| Blurb Publisher |
Free - this software allows you to design your own quality books with photos and text. Unfortunately you do then have to pay for any book(s) you order! |
| MoviePlus X3 |
Buy - a really powerful multitrack video editor with HD capability. Excellent value. |
| Pictures2e |
Buy - use to generate top quality AVs - like PhotoStory above but far more powerful. |
| PaintShoPro8 |
Buy - PSP is now at version 12 but I think this is by far the best value release. Not current so try eBay. It's really fast and provides 99% of what you would want from any photo-editor, Elements/Photoshop included! |
| PhotoStory |
Free - a simple but effective slide/music/commentary generation package from Uncle Bill. |
| Swish |
Buy - Generate Flash animations in no time at all (well, almost) with this cost effective Flash substitute. |
| Poser |
Buy - realistic 3D figures for stills or animation. |
| POVray |
Free - programable 3D for amazing stills or animation. A very slick piece of software and a good way to learn your way into programing as you get instant results. |
| PROCESSING |
Free - the Processing language is ideal for generating interactive audio-visuals. Easy to get into. You can even generate Android phone Apps with it! |
| VLC media player |
Free - a no-nonsense player that handles most video & audio formats - HD included! |
| Vue D'Esprit |
Buy - create your own virtual 3D world. The Vue 8 Pioneer intro package is free! |
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