Freeware for Design and GPS

FotoSketcher v1.95

2010-01-21T08:55:00.000-08:00

Description:
Turn your photos into beautiful paintings, sketches or drawings in seconds.

FotoSketcher is a 100% free program which can help you convert your digital photos into art, automatically.

If you want to turn a portrait, the photograph of your house or a beautiful landscape into a painting, a sketch or a drawing then look no further, FotoSketcher will do the job in just a few seconds.

Thanks to FotoSketcher you can create stunning images to make original gifts for your friends or relatives. Create birthday cards, season's greetings stationary or simply print your work of art and hang it on the wall.

Different styles are available: pencil sketch, pen and ink drawing, various painting renderings. You can also improve your original photo with simple tools (enhance contrast, sharpen, simplify image, increase luminosity, color saturation etc...).

FotoSketcher is completely free and does not contain any adware, spyware or virus. It runs on any version of Microsoft Windows (sorry, no Mac version available).

Requirements:
* Microsoft Windows XP / 2000

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FotoSketcher

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portable version (standalone exe file)

Wings 3D v1.2

2010-01-21T08:48:00.000-08:00

Description:
Wings 3D is a subdivision modeler inspired by Nendo and Mirai from Izware.

It is possible to assign materials, vertex color, UV coordinates and textures, but there will be improvements in those features before Wings goes 1.0.

There is no support in Wings for doing animations.

Export Formats:
* Nendo (NDO)
* 3D Studio (3DS)
* Wavefront (OBJ)
* Lightwave/Modo
* VRML (WRL)
* Renderware (RWX)
* FBX (on Windows and Mac OS X)
* Yafray
* Povray
* Kerkythea
* Collada

Import Formats:
* Nendo (NDO)
* 3D Studio (3DS)
* Wavefront (OBJ)
* FBX (on Windows and Mac OS X)
* Adobe Illustrator 8 (AI)
* Lightwave/Modo

Requirements:
* Windows: OpenGL required. From 0.99.00: Windows 2000 or higher required.
* Mac OS X: From 0.98.35: 10.4 ("Tiger") or higher required. From 0.98.26 (Nov 2004): 10.3 ("Panther") or higher required. Earlier releases run on 10.2 or higher. There is no Mac OS 9 version.
* Linux: Open GL or Mesa required.
* Other Unix: OpenGL required; you'll need to build from source.

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Wings 3D

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WikiMapia GPS

2009-09-14T02:14:00.003-07:00

Description:
WikiMapia GPS is beta program for connecting Wikimapia site and GPS receiver.

Requirements:
Microsoft Windows XP / 2000

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WikiMapia GPS

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Navit v0.1.1

2009-07-16T01:31:00.001-07:00

Description:
Navit is a car navigation system with routing engine.

It's modular design is capable of using vector maps of various formats for routing and rendering of the displayed map. It's even possible to use multiple maps at a time.

Modular, touch screen friendly car navigation system with GPS tracking, realtime routing engine and support for various vector map formats. There's a GTK+ and a SDL user interface and also a GL accelerated 3d view.

The GTK+ or SDL user interfaces are designed to work well with touch screen displays. Points of Interest of various formats are displayed on the map.

The current vehicle position is either read from gpsd or directly from NMEA GPS sensors.

The routing engine not only calculates an optimal route to your destination, but also generates directions and even speaks to you using speechd.

Navit currently speaks 24 languages :
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Chinese (Hong Kong)
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- English
- Finnish
- French
- German
- Hebrew
- Italian
- Japanese
- Norwegian Bokmal
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Russian
- Slovak
- Slovenian
- Spanish
- Swedish
- Telugu
- Thai
- Turkish

Requirements:
* Pocket PC Windows Mobile

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XPort v1.35

2009-07-16T00:55:00.000-07:00

Description:
XPort Serial COM port splitter for Windows XP and Windows Vista.

Compatible with all GPS and Navigation software.
Used by Military, Fire/EMS, Police, and consumers everywhere around the world.
Recommended by Microsoft, USGlobalSat, Pharos, and others.

* Up to 8 virtual, bi-directional ports for simultaneous application usage.
* New interface for easy access to GPS data (XPortGPS.h). Develop GPS applications quickly. Unlimited soft connections. No buffers. No delays. Even allows XPort to be closed while apps are running. Finding GPS, baud rate, COM port reading, NMEA/SiRF parsing, and hibernation/standby handling is a thing of the past!
* Optimized to use very little memory. Much smaller than any other solution available.
* Scans and repairs the COM port arbiter to free up unused ports after drivers leave them allocated.
* Scan is only compatible with NMEA 0183 and SiRF Binary protocols, but the splitter handles any form of data transparently as long as it's continuous.
* Fixes most hibernation issues. Any USB device, including hubs can be automatically stopped and restarted when hibernating.

How to use:
When starting XPort, there will be no window if it's currently installed. Just a tray icon (that's for rebooting without any annoying popups when it starts). Double-Click on the tray icon to open the configuration dialog. Scan for your GPS or set the input manually if you already know, and set the outputs to a few unused COM ports, then hit "Enable Ports" and it's ready to go. You may now close the dialog. XPort will continue to run in the task bar and will start when Windows starts (except under Windows Vista - See note below).

NMEA Filter filters all noise/non-NMEA/SiRF data from the virtual ports.
Battery Saver keeps XPort from opening the GPS when no virtual ports are in use, mainly for battery powered GPS devices.
Video Reset briefly turns the monitor off and back on. This help in the car PC when the monitor is often blank when starting or resuming Windows.
Just below these is the log output. Enable the check mark to start logging data from the GPS.

The device list at the bottom works much like DevCon, and is for devices that have trouble with hibernation. Check only the devices you have trouble with. XPort will stop the driver before hibernation, then start after resume, then retry any driver that fails to start a few seconds later. Use with caution. Some devices may freeze XPort or fail to disable or enable. Each device may add several seconds delay, so it may not be a good option to use. You can test each device by disabling/enabling in Device Manager.

Tray Status Icon: Black=Not Connected, Cyan=Connected-No data, Red=Connected/No Fix, Yellow=2D, Green=3D

How to uninstall:
If XPort is running, uncheck "Enable Ports" and close the window, then delete the XPort.exe file.

Notes:
* The config window will open if XPort is run a second time (started from 2 places). XPort automatically runs from the explorer shell startup.
* When connected to the input port, you will see NMEA ($GPxxx) data on the bottom of the window or hex (A0A2xxx) if using SiRF. This does not mean data is being sent to the other ports. The ports must also be enabled.
* If you are using iGuidance, choose at least one single digit port number in the output ports on XPort and use that for iGuidance. Otherwise iG will truncate to 4 characters, saving "COM234" as "COM2" in the registry.
* The radio buttons are only connection indicators. You do not click on them.
* If you don't see the port your GPS is on, just click "Scan" which will search all ports.
* You must take the files out of the zip and put them on your hard disk in order for it to work properly.
* Cursor sometimes jumps all over the screen clicking left/right? Here's the fix: Open Regedit. Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SerMouse, and change the value "Start" from 3 to 4. Reboot.
Or click here and Open
* Still have hibernate isues? Make sure you have the latest Prolific PL2303 Driver which most USB GPS units use.
* When running under Windows Vista you will need to give XPort Administrative rights.
* If you see "This application is being blocked by another computer" by a firewall installed on your computer, press "Unblock."

Changelog:
Version 1.35 - 7/11/09: Find GPS updates comboboxes correctly
Version 1.34 - 6/03/09: Added a timeout compatibility (Immediate with TotalTimeoutConstant set). May fix delays in some COM port reader implementations
Version 1.33 - 4/26/09: Added battery saver for bluetooth battery powered GPS devices. Added reference count to API
Version 1.32 - 4/25/09: Fixed issue with log playback using Compass/WM_COPYDATA
Version 1.31 - 4/15/09: Finalized interface (XPortGPS.h) Improved NMEA/SiRF Filter
Version 1.30 - 4/14/09: Fixed icon colors. Added new GPS quick connect interface (C++ class object, can be converted to VB, VB.NET, etc.)
Version 1.29 - 4/03/09: Added automatic first-run setup. Improved port enumeration and arbiter maintenance. Added status Icon.
Version 1.28 -11/27/08: Changed driver start to fix startup when using minlogon without keyboard

Requirements:
* Windows XP / Windows Vista

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sendMap20 rev 6.0 for Windows

2009-07-13T02:19:00.000-07:00

Description:
Software for uploading maps to your GPS.

It now uses the official Garmin USB driver. Before using, you should install the USB driver for your GPS. If your GPS is RS based only OR your GPS is visible as USB-storage drive, you don't have to install this USB driver. The RS interface will work fine as well as USB-storage drives does not require any additional driver. You can download the USB driver from Garmin's site.
To see how to use it - start it without '-h'

New features:
* Automatic recognition of devices which are visible as USB-storage drives
* Store a file list on disk (TXT file) that can be used later with '-f' option
* Read file list (just drag and drop TXT file)
* Support up to 2GB
* Check for available memory in GPS - now sendmap will not start the upload process if there is not enough memory
* Ability to change the 'region name' for every file
* Support for uploading several TYP files (customization of built in types) - TYP files are used on maps with the same region name
* Fixed uploading of several unlock keys
* Fixed saving to text file TYP and MDR files (filelist)

Recent fixes:
* Create an EXE with TYP files included
* Fixes issues with mapset names

Requirements:
Windows XP/Wndows 2000

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Blender v2.49 RC2

2009-05-10T20:49:00.000-07:00

Description:
Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.

Features:

Interface
* Revolutionary non-overlapping and non-blocking UI delivers unsurpassed workflow
* Flexible and fully configurable window layout with as many screen setups as you prefer
* Undo support on all levels
* Anti-aliased fonts with international translation support
* Any window space can be easily switched to any window type (curve editor, NLA, 3D view etc)
* Built-in text editor for annotations and editing Python scripts
* Graphical user interface for Python scripts
* Custom themes
* Consistent interface across all platforms

Modeling

* A range of 3D object types including polygon meshes, NURBS surfaces, bezier and B-spline curves, metaballs, vector fonts (TrueType, PostScript, OpenType)
* Very fast Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces with optimal iso-lines display and sharpness editing
* Full multiresolution sculpting capabilities with 2D bitmap/3D procedural brushes (Paint, Smooth, Pinch, Inflate, Grab) supporting symmetry
* Modifier stack deformers such as Lattice, Curve, Armature or Displace
* Mirror modifier with middle vertices clipping and automatic deletion of inner faces
* Non destructive real time Boolean and Array modifiers
* Mesh modeling based on vertex, edge and/or face selection
* Smooth soft selection editing tools for organic modeling
* Python scripting access for custom tool

Rigging

* Fast skeleton creation mode
* Interactive 3D paint for vertex weighting
* Fast envelope based skinning
* Automatic Skinning that really works (heat equilibrium based)
* Mirror editing (bone creation and weight painting)
* Double Quaternions reduce shrinking and other bone deformation errors
* Volume deformer uses a mesh cage to deform complex meshes with great results
* Bone layers and colored groups for better rig organization
* B-spline interpolated bones; forget about elbow twists
* Constraint stack for IK solver setup and other constraints
* PyConstraints; if you need something not yet implemented code it in python with real time feed back, no compiling needed

Rendering

* Very fast inbuilt raytracer
* Oversampling, motion blur, post-production effects, fields, non-square pixels
* Tile-based and fully threaded
* Render layers and passes
* Render baking to UV maps and object to object baking (full render, ambient occlusion, normals, textures)
* Render engine tightly integrated with the node compositor
* Halo, lens flares and fog effects
* Vector motion-blur post-process effect (using node compositor)
* Realistic defocus (DOF) post-process effect (using node compositor)
* Edge rendering for toon shading
* Interactive preview rendering panel in any 3d view
* Ambient Occlusion
* Radiosity solver
* Integral support for the Yafray render engine
* Export scripts available for external renderers such as Renderman (RIB), Povray, Virtualight, lux render, Indigo, V-Ray

Animation

* Armature (skeleton) deformation with forward/inverse kinematics with pole target support
* Auto IK allows posing FK chains easily
* Non-linear animation editor for mixing individual actions created in Action editor
* Automated walkcycles along paths
* Animated constraint system
* Vertex key framing for morphing, with controlling sliders
* Edit and create new blendshapes from existing targets
* Character animation pose editor
* 'Ipo' system integrates both motion curve and traditional key-frame editing
* Audio playback, mixing and editing support for sound synchronisation
* Timeline offers fast acces to many playback functions, autokey, help markers
* Python scripting access for custom and procedural animation effects

UV Unwrapping
* Conformal and Angle Based unwrapping methods
* Interactive transform of UV maps by vertex pinning
* Proportional falloff editing of UV maps for smooth transformations
* Seam based unwrapping
* Cube, Cylinder, Sphere, View projections
* Catmull-Clark subdivition of UVs for less distortion
* Minimize stretch tool allows to reduce area distortion
* Multiple UV layers

Shading
* Diffuse shaders such as Lambert, Minnaert, Toon, Oren-Nayar, Lambert
* Specular shaders such as WardIso, Toon, Blinn, Phong, CookTorr
* Node editor for creating and mixing complex materials
* PyNodes: write your own Python shaders with realtime feedback, no need to compile
* Material previews rendered by main render engine
* Fast, realistic subsurface scattering
* Blurry reflections and refractions
* Tangent shading to give any shader an anisotropic effect
* Versatile procedural textures system
* Reflection maps
* Normal, displacement and bump maps

Physics and Particles
* Particle system can be atached to any mesh object. Control methods include weight painting, textures, curve guides, wind and vortex effects. Particles can be deflected by moving geometry
* Hair strands can be created by a static particle system, supporting all particle control methods
* Fluid simulator with fully animated inflow, outflow, obstacle and fluid objects. Gravity and viscosity settings can also be animated. Supports vector blur and is integrated with the particle system
* Realtime soft body solver integrated in mesh, lattice, curve and text objects. Supports collision detection and particle field effects like Wind or Vortex, soft bodys can also be baked for faster playback/rendering
* Game engine rigid body physics can be easily baked into animation curves

Imaging and Compositing
* Compositor tightly integrated and aligned with the rendering pipeline
* MultiLayer OpenEXR files allow to store and reuse raw renderlayer and passes data
* Complete list of composite node filters, convertors, color and vector operators and mixers including Chroma Key, Blur, RGB Curves, Z Combine, Color Ramp, Gamma Correct
* Preview panel to define the portion of interest. A composite then only happens on this part
* Threaded and memory efficient (up to 8 processors)
* Near realtime sequencer can edit hours of video
* Waveform and U/V scatter plots
* Open and write many audio & video file formats using ffmpeg
* Can render using frameserver-support directly into foreign applications
* Supports float images as well as regular 8 bits images
* Curves tool allows you to create a mapping from the float range to a displayable result (for HDR images)

Physics and Particles
* Particle system can be atached to any mesh object. Control methods include weight painting, textures, curve guides, wind and vortex effects. Particles can be deflected by moving geometry
* Hair strands can be created by a static particle system, supporting all particle control methods
* Fluid simulator with fully animated inflow, outflow, obstacle and fluid objects. Gravity and viscosity settings can also be animated. Supports vector blur and is integrated with the particle system
* Realtime soft body solver integrated in mesh, lattice, curve and text objects. Supports collision detection and particle field effects like Wind or Vortex, soft bodys can also be baked for faster playback/rendering
* Game engine rigid body physics can be easily baked into animation curves

Realtime 3D/Game Creation

* Graphical logic editor for defining interactive behavior without programming
* Collision detection and dynamics simulation now support Bullet Physics Library. Bullet is an open source collision detection and rigid body dynamics library developed for Play Station 3
* Shape types: Convex polyhedron, box, sphere, cone, cylinder, capsule, compound, and static triangle mesh with auto deactivation mode
* Discrete collision detection for RigidBody simulation
* Support for in-game activation of dynamic constraints
* Full support for vehicle dynamics, including spring reactions, stiffness, damping, tyre friction etc
* Python scripting API for sophisticated control and AI, fully defined advanced game logic
* Support all OpenGLTM lighting modes, including transparencies, Animated and reflection-mapped textures
* Support for multimaterials, multitexture and texture blending modes, per-pixel lighting, dynamic lighting, mapping modes, GLSL vertexPaint texture blending, toon shading, animated materials, support for Normal Maping and Parallax Mapping
* Playback of games and interactive 3D content without compiling or preprocessing
* Audio, using the SDL toolkit
* Multi-layering of Scenes for overlay interfaces

Files
* Save all scene data in a single .blend file, even images, sounds or fonts can be packed for easy transportation
* Powerful built-in database system allowing instances, scene management, and dynamic linking multiple project files
* .blend format supports compression, digital signatures, encryption, forwards/backwards compatibility and can be used as a library to link to from other .blend files
* Read and write support for many other 2D and 3D formats
* 2D
TGA, JPG, PNG, OpenEXR, DPX, Cineon, Radiance HDR, Iris, SGI Movie, IFF, AVI and Quicktime GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV (Windows and Mac OS X)
* 3D
3D Studio, AC3D, COLLADA, FBX Export, DXF, Wavefront OBJ, DEC Object File Format, DirectX, Lightwave, MD2, Motion Capture, Nendo, OpenFlight, PLY, Pro Engineer, Radiosity, Raw Triangle, Softimage, STL, TrueSpace, VideoScape, VRML, VRML97, X3D Extensible 3D, xfig export

Requirements:
* Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista
* Mac OS X (PPC and Intel)
* Linux (i386)
* Linux (PPC)
* FreeBSD 5.4 (i386)
* SGI Irix 6.5
* Sun Solaris 2.8 (sparc)

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Blender

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Blender for Windows
Blender for Linux
Blender for Mac OS

GeoSetter v3.0.14

2009-04-22T23:17:00.000-07:00

Description:
GeoSetter is a freeware tool for Windows for showing and changing geo data of image files (e.g. images taken by digital cameras).

Features:
* Reads and writes the formats JPEG and TIFF as well as camera RAW formats DNG (Adobe), CRW and CR2 (Canon), NEF (Nikon), MRW (Konica Minolta), PEF (Pentax), ORF (Olympus), ARW, SR2, SRF (Sony) and RAF (Fujifilm)
* Uses ExifTool from Phil Harvey for writing data
* Shows existing geo coordinates and tracks on embedded Google Maps map (requires internet connection)
* Setting geo data by using embedded Google Maps map (requires internet connection) or by entering known values for coordinates and altitude directly
* Automatic filling of location IPTC fields and altitude values (requires internet connection)
* Editable IPTC data (IPTC-NAA/XMP)
* Possibilty to change taken date of images
* Synchronization with track files (NMEA, GPX, PLT, Sony LOG and others)
* Synchronization with already geo tagged images with buddy images (e.g. between RAW images and their corresponding JPEG images)
* Google Earth export
* Synchronization with locr.com (new)
* Localizable user interface - English, German, French, Italian, Swedish, Czech, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Russian and Norwegian language is available at the moment

Requirements:
Microsoft Windows

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GeoSetter

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GPSBabel v1.3.6

2009-04-21T08:40:00.000-07:00

Description:
GPSBabel lets you move data between popular GPS systems such as those from Garmin, Magellan or a large number of map programs.

GPSBabel is Free Software. You are free to use it within terms of the GNU Public License. The punchline of this license is that it lets you modify the program and redistribute it, but you also have to share your modifications with others.

Requirements:
* Windows
* Linux
* Mac

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GPSBabel

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DarkWave Studio v2.7.3

2009-04-20T07:50:00.000-07:00

Description:
This program is designed for the composition, synthesis and recording of digital music.

It is great as a production tool and is also very suitable for live performance. If you have a little knowledge of music composition and sound design you will have no trouble making great music with DarkWave Studio.

Features:
* Virtual Studio - Wire Machines Together As If You Were Using Real Hardware
* Pattern Editor - Quickly Create And Modify Musical Notes In A Piano Roll Interface
* Sequence Editor - Arrange Patterns Into A Song
* Multitrack Hard Disk Recorder - Record Multiple Tracks To Disk For Post Production
* 32-bit Floating Point Internal Audio Path - High Quality Sound Processing
* SSE and SSE2 Optimizations - Blazing Performance On Recent Processors
* Assembly Language Optimizations - Blazing Performance Even On 32-bit Systems
* Native 64-bit and 32-bit Platform Support
* VST PlugIn Support - Limitlessly Expandable With Virtual Instruments and Effects
* ASIO Audio Driver Support - Low Latency Output For Live Performance

Bundled PlugIns:
* MIDI Input - Play Instruments From A Music Keyboard
* ES Mixer - 8 Track Stereo Mixer With 2 Auxilary Tracks, For Mixing And Production
* ES DGenR8 - Synthesize Drum Beats With Roland TR-909 Flavour
* ES BassHead - Top Notch Virtual Analog Subtractive Synthesizer
* ES SpatialVerb - Realistic Reverb Effects With The Smoothest Sound
* ES Stomp - Synthesize That Classic Techno Thumping Kick Drum
* ES AntiAlias - Filter Digital Audio To Make It More Like Analog
* ES QuadDelay - For Trippy Echo Effects

Requirements:
Windows Vista, XP, 2000
64-bit Windows and Multi Core CPU Recommended

More information:
DarkWave Studio

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Download DarkWave Studio 2.7.3 [ ExperimentalScene ]
Download DarkWave Studio 2.7.3 Source Code [ ExperimentalScene ]

Free Zune Video Converter v1.1

2009-04-19T10:17:00.000-07:00

Description:
Free Zune Video Converter is an absolutely free application which converts the most popular video files (AVI, DivX, XviD, MPEG, MPG, WMV, MOV FLV, MP4, 3GP, MKV, VOB and other) to Microsoft Zune compatible video format (WMV, MP4, M4V, MOV).

You can also extract audio tracks from video files to MP3, WMA, M4A or AAC format. The application allows you to convert full movie or selected range only. You can limit output file size and set many parameters used by encoder.

The most important features:
* Conversion from AVI, DivX, XviD, MPEG, MPG, WMV, ASF, MOV, QT, FLV, SWF, MP4, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, MKV, VOB, VCD DAT to WMV, MP4, MOV, MP3, WMA, M4A or AAC.
* Supported video codecs: WMV 7, WMV 8, MPEG-4 AVC, H.264.
* Predefined profiles for all types of Microsoft Zune players.
* Don't need any installation. Just extract ZIP archive and click ZuneConverter.exe file.
* Portability. This program doesn't use system registry and can be run from portable devices. All settings are written to INI file.
* Supported languages: english, polish.
* 100% freeware! - for private and commercial use. There are ono limitations, watermarks, adware, spyware etc.

Requirements:
• Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP

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The GIMP v2.6.6

2009-04-19T09:46:00.000-07:00

Description:
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.

It is a powerful piece of software with capabilities not found in any other free software product.

It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, or an image format converter.

GIMP is modular, expandable and extensible.It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything.

The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted.

Note:
You will need to download both GTK+ Runtime Environment and The Gimp installers. Install GTK+ before installing The Gimp.

Customizable Interface

Each task requires a different environment and GIMP allows you to customize the view and behavior the way you like it. Starting from the widget theme, allowing you to change colors, widget spacings and icon sizes to custom tool sets in the toolbox. The interface is modulized into so called docks, allowing you to stack them into tabs or keep them open in their own window. Pressing the tab key will toggle them hidden.

GIMP features a great fullscreen mode allowing you to not only preview your artwork but also do editing work while using the most of your screen estate.

Photo Enhancement

Numerous digital photo imperfections can be easily compensated for using GIMP. Fix perspective distortion caused by lens tilt simply choosing the corrective mode in the transform tools. Eliminate lens' barrel distortion and vignetting with a powerful filter but a simple interface.

The included channel mixer gives you the flexibility and power to get your B/W photography stand out the way you need.

Digital Retouching

GIMP is ideal for advanced photo retouching techniques. Get rid of unneeded details using the clone tool, or touch up minor details easily with the new healing tool. With the perspective clone tool, it's not difficult to clone objects with perspective in mind just as easily as with the orthogonal clone.

Hardware Support

GIMP includes a very unique support for various input devices out of the box. Pressure and tilt sensitive tablets, but also a wide range of USB or MIDI controllers. You can bind often-used actions to device events such as rotating a USB wheel or moving a MIDI controller's slider. Change the size, angle or opacity of a brush while you paint, bind your favorite scripts to buttons. Speed up your workflow!

File Formats

The file format support ranges from the common likes of JPEG (JFIF), GIF, PNG, TIFF to special use formats such as the multi-resolution and multi-color-depth Windows icon files. The architecture allows to extend GIMP's format capabilities with a plug-in. You can find some rare format support in the GIMP plugin registry.

Thanks to the transparent virtual file system, it is possible to load and save files to from remote locations using protocols such as FTP, HTTP or even SMB (MS Windows shares) and SFTP/SSH.

To save disk space, any format can be saved with an archive extension such as ZIP, GZ or BZ2 and GIMP will transparently compress the file without you needing to do any extra steps.

Requirements:
• Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista
• GTK+ Runtime Environment
• Unix
• Mac OS X

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* For Windows
* For Unix
* For Mac OS X

GPSS Baseline v6.92

2009-04-19T09:30:00.000-07:00

Description:
Free GPS Software and mapping for navigation on Laptop, Pocket PC and Smartphone.
maps for 163 countries - to street level for all the USA; voice guidance in 12 languages.

See how to navigate with this GPS Software and a GPS . Then download GPSS and run it on your PC. It will give demonstrations of what it can do. Run it on a Laptop with a GPS, and this same GPS Software will work for real. Need a GPS ? click here for advice. Get free support, mapping for 163 countries and voice guidance in 12 languages. This includes free street level mapping for all the USA. Over 10,100 people who have tried GPSS with GPS are on the links pages. Those with a business interest in GPS should visit the business page.

Requirements:
* Microsoft Windows
* Pocket PC Windows Mobile
* Smartphone Windows Mobile
* GPS

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GPSS Baseline

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TOPO Creator

2009-04-19T08:44:00.000-07:00

Description:
Some MapSends has built-in topo database. The database is stored in the \MAP\BLX folder in the *.blx files. Format of the *.blx files is very complex (to my opinion this is the most complex of Mapsend's formats).

Topographic data composed in the series of data chunks, each chunk represents 128x128 matrix of heights. Chunks in turn, composed from 15 smaller matrices to build 128x128 matrix. Moreover, chunks are compressed with Magellan's custom compression algorithm.

All this was discovered by Henrik Johansson (see his messages #203 and #797 in Mapsend_Format yahoo group). He created Python program to extract/create BLX files (available at MapSend_Format yahoo group). Many thanks to Henrik for his outstanding work! In my program I'm using his algorithms for compression/decompression of chunks and algorithms to create matrices.

I choose the most explicit format of the input files: Terrain Matrix model compatible with free 3DEM viewer. In this format Height matrix is represented by matrix of signed integers, all georefference information is stored as a plain text in a separate file (*.hdr). Terrain Matrix can be created with 3DEM viewer from may other 3D formats. 3DEM viewer available for free at http://www.visualizationsoftware.com/3dem.html.

TOPO file structure

Not all MapSends has topo database. As far as I know, almost all Mapsends can show topo information on PC screen. Some of them can export topo to GPSR.

Some examples (MapSends/MMO that initially do not have TOPO):

a) MMO1.00, MMO1.10, MMO2.00: can show TOPO on PC screen and export TOPO to GPSR
b) Direct Route can show TOPO on PC and export TOPO to GPSR
c) Streets&Destination USA can show TOPO on PC, but cannot export to GPSR . But if S&D's mapsend.exe is replaced with MapSend Topo's mapsend.exe, S&D becomes fully compatible with TOPO (including export, all the other stay the same).
d) MapSend Streets Europe, MapSend S&D Canada, MapSend S&D Australia. Similar to S&D US. Can show TOPO on PC screen, but can not export to GPSR. But if mapsend.exe is replaced with mapsend.exe engine from MapSend Topo, they can export topo to GPSR.

To make MapSend/MMO compatible with TOPO the following is needed:

1) Create \MAP\BLX folder containing *.blx files with TOPO database. The *.blx files can be created with TOPO_creator from available 3D data.
2) topo3d.ini and topo3d.cfg files must be in the MAP folder. topo3d.ini file contain info how topo lines appear on PC screen, topo3d.cfg contain info how TOPO will be shown in GPSR
3) Topo3DInit=topo3d.ini,BLX0 string must be in the [PATH] section of mapsend.ini (or MMOffice.ini) files in the root directory.

For convenience I add the feature to do all above mentioned automatically with TOPO_creator, ("Do Topo") button.

Some Mapsends (Streets Europe, S&D Canada, S&D Australia) needs some more modifications to show TOPO on PC screen:

1) the following section must be inserted to the map.ini file (say, at the end)

[ISO_DRAW]
labels=15 170 175 80 15 s 255 255 255 255
lines_style=3 220 220 190 1 170 175 80 1 255 0 0 1

2) Show_Topo=0 should be replaced with Show_Topo=1 in the [OPTIONS] section of the mapsend.ini file (this also needed for S&D USA).

TOPO map will be shown if the map is in the range covered with your MapSend.

To have an idea what mean parameters in the topo3d.ini and topo3d.cfg please have a look at Ryan Walsh's Msg#1070 in the MapSend_format yahoo group.

Data preparation

3D data must follow the following rules:

1). The must not contain abrupt changes of height (usually at the borders)
2) They must be WGS84 Lat/Long
3) Latitude and Longitude increments (steps) can differ from each other, but not less than 0.0002 degree each (otherwise map will not be shown). Mapsend Topo USA uses 0.0008 degree grid, so custom maps can be as much as 4 times more detailed.
4) Number of rows and columns must be N*128, where N is a positive integer.

Example of data preparation

Many different utilities can be used for data preparation, in the example I will use the following free software:

1) 3DEM viewer : available at http://www.visualizationsoftware.com/3dem.html (viewer - format converter)
2) gdalwarp.exe : extremely powerful command-line utility for format/projection/resampling (Henrik, thanks again for recommendation). This utility is a part of open source GDAL project. I found this utility in the OpenEV Binary Kit for Windows (OpenEV_FW_174.zip file available at http://openev.sourceforge.net or www.remotesensing.org).

Step 1.

1660095.DEM.SDTS.TAR ( 10m UTM DEM) data set was downloaded from the Internet and converted to hunter.dem with sdts2dem.exe utility. File size is ~9Mb

Step 2.

Observe the hunter.dem with 3DEM viewer:

Step 3.

We see that the map contains zeros at border area, they must be removed. Select (write on a piece of paper) area we can trust (to be sure that zero borders are out of this area), say: -74.2496, -74.1273, 42.2491, 42.1259. Then, this map is 10 m UTM, so it must be converted to WGS84 Lat/Long and number of columns and rows must be N*128.

Let us do some calculations:

Longitude increment: -74.1273 - -74.2496 = 0.1223. With minimal allowed step of 0.0002 it gives: 0.1223/0.0002=611.5. We are allowed of N*128: 611.5/128=4.78. Minimal integer close to 4.78 is 4, so we must use 128*4=512 cols.

Latitude increment: 42.2491 - 42.1259 = 0.1232. With minimal allowed step of 0.0002 it gives: 0.1232/0.0002=616. We are allowed of N*128: 616/128=4.81. Minimal integer close to 4.81 is 4, so we must use 128*4=512 rows.

(Note: this calculations can be done automatically with TOPO_creator, but will take more steps to prepare the dataset, see below)

Summary of our task:

We must cut edges of our hunter.dem to selected area (-74.2496, -74.1273, 42.2491, 42.1259), convert data to WGS84 Lat/Long, resample to have 512 rows and 512 columns.

This is one step operation with gdalwarp utility (!):

gdalwarp.exe -t_srs WGS84 -rcs -ts 512 512 -te -74.2494 42.1263 -74.1259 42.2493 hunter.dem hunter.tif

see description of gdalwarp.exe for all set of parameters. Here we use:

-t_srs WGS84 (WGS84 Lat/Long projection)
-rcs (cubic spline resampling, slowest, but the best)
-ts 512 512 (width, height (cols/rows))
-te -74.2494 42.1263 -74.1259 42.2493 xmin ymin xmax ymax- selected region, to cut edges (zeros)
hunter.dem : our data
hunter.tif : output file in GeoTiff format (default for gdalwarp.exe)

Conversion takes several seconds. Here is the result, image is stretched horizontally compared to original data, this is due to UTM-Lat/Long conversion.

Convert this GeoTiff hunter.gif file to Terrain Matrix (Save Terrain Matrix-Binary (Signed integer). This will be hunter.bin file ready to *.blx creation.

TOPO_creator

1. If your MapSend/MMO does not contain TOPO file structure, press Do Topo, select root folder for your MapSend/MMO, press "OK". The following will be done:

a). empty BLX folder will be created
b) topo3d.ini and topo3d.cfg files will be created with the default content (ready to use), but you should replace "YourBLXfile.blx" in the topo3d.ini to the name of file created with TOPO_creator.
c)"Topo3DInit=topo3d.ini,BLX0" will be inserted to the mapsend.ini or MMOffce.ini file

Now your MMO/Mapsend ready to accept TOPO data. Note: if your MapSend already contain topo structure this step should be skipped. This button is needed only once and for the Mapsends/MMO without TOPO support..

2. Select source BIN matrix (hunter.bin in the above example)

3. Press "Check" to validate the data. If resampling is needed or step is less then 0.0002 you will see warning messages. If number of Rows/columns is not N*128, they will be truncated (with warning messages). If step is less than 0.0002 you will see warning message with recommended parameters for gdalwarp.exe (for lazy people, who prefer press buttons in favor of doing calculations).

4. Select target BLX file. Press "Create".

The above example takes 3-5 seconds (Pentium 4, 2Ghz, 256).

5. Replace "0=......" in the topo3d.ini to the name of file created, put *.blx file in the \MAP\BLX folder. Done.

Here is an example:

MMO: (with default settings topo map is visible at zoom higher than 1:500 000, (10 mi scale). For some reasons topo sometimes is not visible if so, uncheck and then check again Show Topo in the Options menu. In the example summit POIs (small triangles) are inserted over the TOPO map. They were extracted from MapSend TOPO US (POI_DB_extractor-POI_DB_creator).

For comparison below is the same area taken from MapSend TOPO US. We can see that our custom map is more accurate and detailed than MapSend Topo US map.

Apendix A. Format of Terrain Matrix (used by 3DEM)

There are 2 files, name is the same, but extesions are different:

1. Header file with georefference information (*.hdr). This is plain ASCII text. The following fields are used by TOPO_creator:

a) It checks data_format and map_projection (they must be int16 and Lat/Lon) and elev_m_unit (must be meters).
b) left_map_x; lower_map_y, upper_map_y , riht_map_x
c) number_of_rows; number_of_cols

All the others have no meaning for TOPO_creator, but must exists (with any value after =)

file_title = hunter
data_format = int16
map_projection = Lat/Lon
left_map_x = -74.249481
lower_map_y = 42.126022
right_map_x = -74.127419
upper_map_y = 42.248978
number_of_rows = 512
number_of_columns = 512
elev_m_unit = meters
elev_m_minimum = 413
elev_m_maximum = 1233
elev_m_missing_flag = -9999

2. Elevation data (2 bytes integers), meters (*.bin). Columns and rows as indicated: (MaxX, Min X: Longitude, MinY, MaxY:Latitude)

(MinX, MinY)................................................................(MaxX,MinY)
..........................................................................................................

.........................................................................................................

(MinX, MaxY)..............................................................(MaxX,MaxY)

Note: From Min to Max for both directions, so for Northern hemisphere North is at the botom row, and South is at the top.

Also you can create elevation matrix as a plain ASCII text of heights (following the above mentioned rules), then this text data can be converted to binary data with 3DEM. Every point will be a real number with 2 digits after decimal separator:

Here is a part from the beginning of the file:

693.00 686.00 666.00 655.00 648.00 633.00 612.00 609.00 618.00 615.00 603.00 596.00 591.00 584.00.....

Requirements:
* MS Windows

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Sweet Home 3D v1.8

2009-04-19T08:34:00.000-07:00

Description:
Sweet Home 3D is a free interior design application that helps you place your furniture on a house 2D plan, with a 3D preview.

04/05/2009 - New version 1.8:
Base plan lock, export to SVG, localizations in Greek and Chinese (Simplified)

Sweet Home 3D is aimed at people who wants to design their interior quickly.

The user may draw the walls of his rooms upon the image of an existing plan, change the color of the walls, draw dimensions, drag and drop furniture in the plan from a catalog organized by categories (living room, kitchen...), in which he can import 3D models created by himself or downloaded from different web sites, change the size, the orientation and the elevation of each piece of furniture with the mouse, view the changes in the plan simultaneously in the 3D view, either from an aerial view point, or from a virtual visitor view point, and print the home plan and the 3D view.

Requirements:
• Windows 2000/XP/Vista
• Mac OS
• Linux
• DirectX 9.0 drivers

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MyPhotoIndex v1.23.3361

2009-04-19T08:25:00.000-07:00

Description:
My Photo Index is a free open source photo organizer. It focuses on image tagging and cataloging and offers a clear & simple user friendly interface.

My Photo Index handles major file types as well as Avi clips and can read and convert RAW image formats, My Photo Index can help you hide private images from prying eyes, and let you easily share your images with family and friends.

Requirements:
Windows XP / 2000 / Vista

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Wave Editor v3.0.0.1

2009-01-26T17:38:00.000-08:00

Description:
Wave Editor is a fast and easy digital audio editing software for Windows.

It provides powerful and user-friendly editing environment which suits beginners especially and perform basic editing capabilities like: cut, copy, paste and delete parts of recording.
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The user interface was designed with speed, accuracy and ease of use in mind. Key feature of Wave Editor is and simple selection of audio blocks during playback.

Supported Formats:
* Formats: MP3, WMA, WAV (PCM, ADPCM, GSM61, DSP, A-LAW, U-LAW and more…).
* Bits per sample: 8bit, 16bit
* Channels: Mono/Stereo
* Sample Rate: from 8000 Hz to 96000 Hz
* Supported OS: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista

Operations:
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* Insert Silence
* Normalize
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* Save Selected Fragment
* Reverse/Invert
* Unlimited Undo/Redo

Requirements:
Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista

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Pictomio v1.2.27

2009-01-26T07:06:00.000-08:00

Description:
Pictomio is freeware and raises the bar when it comes to displaying your 3D-accelerated photo and video collections.

The free version gives access to all of Pictomio’s features as well as almost all geotagging functions, e.g. photos taken with GPS-capable cell phones (iPhone, Nokia, etc.).

Features:
- Image Management
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- Liquid-Zoom
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- Library
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Pictomio requires a graphics card with ShaderModel 2.0 and a minimum of 128 MB video RAM.

Requirements:
• Windows XP
• Vista

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PhotoMapper v0.6.1

2009-01-25T15:13:00.000-08:00

Description:
PhotoMapper will assist in organizing your memories by adding a geographic position to the EXIF-data that is already present in your files, so called geotagging.

Requirements:
* Microsoft Windows

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Google Earth export sample, Stockholm, 2d
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Sun Clock v6.5 for Map Maker

2009-01-25T15:01:00.000-08:00

Description:
Free program to monitor the sun, the moon and time around the world. Displays a world map showing local times for cities around the globe, night and day, and the moon's phase and position.

Sun Clock is a desktop application for Windows. It shows the time around the world - and much more.

Sun Clock is available as:
* A free version.
* A single-user licensed version
* A corporate version.
* As a Windows Vista "sidebar gadget"

All versions of Sun Clock - except the Vista gadget version - contain the following features:
* The surface of the world is represented using satellite imagery from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre enhanced with 3D terrain data to give a colourful portrayal of the physical geography of the planet. In Sun Clock 6.5 the image has been enhanced to change subtly throughout the year reflecting the seasonal advance and retreat of ice caps, snow cover, and vegetation.
* The moving shadow covers the area on the globe where the sun is below the horizon. Where neither the sun nor the moon can be seen, the shadow is darker still.
* As an area becomes covered by the night-time shadow, town and city lights are turned on. Their brightness is in proportion to the population size.
* To help you plan international phone calls, a "fast forward" dial allows you to advance the time shown on the Sun Clock.
* The time is displayed at every point the cursor touches as you move it over the map.
* You can place boxes on the map to display the time continuously at your chosen locations. The boxes are white before noon, after noon they are yellow.
* You can choose your locations from a database of more than 2,700 cities, or enter your own additional locations.
* The centre of the analogue clock shows the current phase of the moon.
* You can choose to centre the world map on one location (e.g. head office) while your analogue clock shows the time at another location (e.g. your branch office).
* You can choose to display the different times zones in bands of colour.
* Sun Clock can be configured for different screen sizes including wide format screens. In wide-format mode, the world map fills most of the screen.
* Sun Clock is a stand-alone Windows application which can be configured as a screensaver.
* The display in Sun Clock 6 and 6.5 can be translated into languages other than English.

Requirements:
Sun Clock is designed for Microsoft Windows. There is no version of Sun Clock for Macs. Sun Clock will run on Windows 98 or ME, though we strongly recommend Windows 2000, XP, or Vista. You may find that the "night lights" do not display correctly on On Windows 98/ME. We recommend 256Mb of RAM or more. The best depth of colour is achieved using a good quality LCD or Plasma screen. Sun Clock can be used on an 800 x 600 pixel display, but we recommend higher resolutions.

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Map Maker v3.5

2009-01-25T14:50:00.000-08:00

Description:
Free map editor and viewer. Gives students and novice users the opportunity to learn the basics of map making and GIS.

You can make maps. Other relatively low cost mapping programs, such as MapInfo and ArcView are, as their names suggest, good for viewing information on maps. Map Maker is for people who need a tool to make maps.

Ease of use. A novice can start creating maps straight away, you do not have to be a GIS expert. Within hours you can learn how to draw, edit and print basic maps, and link them to databases. Tasks that are complex in many other programs, such as dividing and joining polygons, have been made simple. Map Maker software is in use in 100 countries, mainly by farmers, ecologists, foresters, archaeologists and other professionals who have taught themselves how to use the software.

Powerful features. Behind the simple, clean interface, experts and students of GIS will find a wealth of functions for manipulating vector, raster, 3D, and GPS data .

Now with 3D functions such as perspective views.

High quality accurate printing. Map Maker Pro produces impressive print-outs displaying limitless user-definable fill, line, and symbol styles within professional looking map frames and grids.

Compatibility. Data can be imported and exported to all the common GIS, CAD, and database programs.

Map Maker Gratis
Free map editor and viewer. Gives students and novice users the opportunity to learn the basics of map making and GIS. Gratis can also be used to distribute map projects and data. Add maps to Google Earth.

Requirements:
- Microsoft Windows

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To call Map Maker from to 3rd party software use MMmacro.exe

MapSphere v0.97

2009-01-25T14:41:00.000-08:00

Description:
MapSphere provides you with access to different maps and satellite images and combines together a lot of communication possibilities that can be used in a trip.

They are instant messaging, chat, blog, geo-referenced photo albums, and GPS position tracking.

MapSphere is a mapping software for Windows.

Features:
* downloads maps and satellite images from different sources
(OpenStreetMap, Terraserver, LandSat, and others)
* stores all the mapping data on the hard drive for offline use
* represents the map in 2D and 3D modes
* supports GPS-receivers to track your current position
* displays the location of other users and their GPS tracks
* provides a chat to discuss your travels
* geo-references your photos according to your track
and uploads them to your personal trip blog
* shows tracks, photos, and chat messages on the map

Requirements:
# Operating System: Windows XP or Vista
# Processor: 800 MHz processor
# Memory: 256 MB
# Hard Drive: 30 MB free space
# Internet connection
# Graphics Card: 32 MB, DirectX 9.0 compatible
# Screen: 800x600, "16-bit High Color"

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EasyMPS v0.61.215

2009-01-25T14:29:00.000-08:00

Description:
EasyMPS is a tool I'm developing that imports .loc EasyGPS files as downloaded from Geocaching.com, .gpx TopoGrafix files as saved by EasyGPS, and .mps and .gdb Mapsource files, and exports them as Mapsource or EasyGPS file format, allowing a few tweaks to the file along the way.

What good is that?

Well, ordinarily, the only way to get .loc and .gpx files into Mapsource is to:
1. Open them individually in a program such as EasyGPS
2. Upload them individually to a GPS receiver
3. Download the GPS receiver's memory to Mapsource
4. Or, downloading back to EasyGPS gives a merged file
What EasyMPS allows the user to do is import several .loc, .gpx and .mps files alongside each other, then export them as a single .mps or .loc file.
Thus EasyMPS acts as either a file merger, or a file convertor, or both!

Time, effort and bother are all saved!

Is EasyMPS a standalone application?

Not enirely, no. It uses the files msvbvm50.dll and comdlg32.ocx. Chances are you already have these files. However, if EasyMPS complains about not having them, download them in this zip (lib.zip) and extract them to your %windows%\system32\ directory - just copy them in (it's normally c:\winnt\system32 or c:\windows\system32)
If you're on an NT-based computer (NT4/Win2k/XP) and don't have permission to write to the %windows%\system32 directory, just copy the files to the same directory as EasyMPS.exe, and it'll work

You might also need comctl32.ocx. This should be unzipped into the system32 directory too.

EasyMPS also makes use of the Microsoft XML library, and some people have reported an ActiveX error when running EasyMPS. In the event of this, download and install the Microsoft XML parser 3.0 SP4. Once downloaded, right-click the .msi file and select "Install" from the context menu.

Requirements:
- Windows

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* EasyMPS (227 KB) - this is the main program executable.
* Required library files (0.73 MB) - You've probably already got these (see below)
* Comctl32.ocx (zipped)
* Microsoft's XML Parser - again, you probably already have this.

GPS Manager v6.4

2009-01-20T21:46:00.000-08:00

Description:
GPS Manager (GPSMan) is a graphical manager of GPS data that makes possible the preparation, inspection and edition of GPS data in a friendly environment.

GPSMan supports communication and real-time logging with both Garmin, Lowrance and Magellan receivers and accepts real-time logging information in NMEA 0183 from any GPS receiver. GPSMan can also be used in command mode (with no graphical interface).

What GPSMan does when in graphical mode:

* GPSMan keeps lists of data items (waypoints, routes, tracks, polylines, laps and groups) whose information can be written to and read from text files, or, except for polylines, got from and put into supported GPS receivers;
* GPSMan lets the user create new data items, as well as modify or delete those already defined; groups (sets) of data items are very helpful in keeping and classifying the existing information, as well as in the selection of information to be processed;
* GPSMan makes conversions of
o routes into tracks;
o tracks into routes, tracks or polylines, by keeping a certain number (fixed by the user) of track points;
o polylines into tracks;
o tracks into a waypoint taking the averages of the latitudes, longitudes and altitudes of the track points;
o waypoints in a group into a waypoint taking the averages of their latitudes, longitudes and altitudes;
o routes, tracks and polylines into similar items by splitting at certain points;
* GPSMan records real-time track logging information that can be displayed on a moving map and used to create a track (that may be then converted into a route or a polyline);
* GPSMan retrieves GPS almanac data from the receiver;
* GPSMan makes computations of,
o for waypoints: distance and bearing to another waypoint, nearest waypoints (in fact, distances and bearings to all other waypoints ordered from nearest to furthest), clusters of waypoints with given centres,
o for routes: distances, azimuths and differences in altitude between consecutive points, total distance, and enclosed area (under certain conditions),
o for tracks: distances, differences in time, speed and azimuths between consecutive points, cumulative distance and altitude at each point, total distance and and time with and without considering gaps between segments, average speed distance from first to last point, maximum distance from first point to any track point, and if altitude information is available, cummulative ascent and descent, maximum and minimum altitudes,
o for laps: stop time, average speed;
* GPSMan can make a map to scale, using one of a choice of projections, showing waypoints, routes, tracks and polylines; the map can be saved or printed in Postscript or other graphics formats if the Img Tcl/Tk library is available; images may be used as background for the map and geo-referenced; waypoints can be represented in different ways (any combination of symbol and name or comment); an animation of the movement along the real-time track or of a recorded track can be shown on the map; elevation graphs, as side-views or perspectives, of routes and tracks can be plotted and saved or printed in Postscript or other formats if Img is available; speed and climb rate graphs for tracks can be plotted, saved and printed in a similar way;
* GPSMan allows for data items to be searched by:
o patterns matching the item name, comment and/or remark,
o distance to a given waypoint or location (given by its coordinates), for waypoints and tracks,
o symbol, for waypoints,
o waypoints, for routes,
o start date, for tracks.
* GPSMan provides conversion between different position formats (latitude/longitude in DMS, DMM, DDD or grades, and several grid coordinates, including UTM/UPS) and/or different datums; there is support for user-defined datums, ellipsoids, projections and related coordinate grids.
* GPSMan allows the user to change its configuration, providing a choice of languages (Dutch, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese in the current distribution), and accepting new values for parameters related to the GPS receiver, default settings, and concerning interface appearance (colours, dimensions, positions).

Requirements:
Linux, Unix, MacOS X

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XnView v1.96 Beta 2

2009-01-20T21:34:00.000-08:00

Description:
Come to discover XnView, a software to view and convert graphic files, really simple to use ! Support of more than 400 graphics formats ! It's free, so do not hesitate !

It has the features :
- Import about 400 graphic file formats
- Export about 50 graphic file formats
- Multipage TIFF, Animated GIF, Animated ICO support
- Image IPTC, EXIF metadata support
- EXIF auto rotation support
- IPTC editing
- Resize, rotate, crop support
- Lossless rotate & crop (jpeg) support
- Adjust brightness, contrast...
- Auto levels, contrast
- Modify number of colors
- Apply filters (blur, average, emboss, ...)
- Apply effects (lens, wave, ...)
- Fullscreen mode
- Slide show with effects
- Batch convert, batch rename
- Create WEB page easily
- Screen capture
- Create contact Sheet
- Create or edit Multi-page file (TIFF, DCX, LDF)
- TWAIN & WIA support (Windows only)
- Print support (Windows only)
- Drag & Drop support (Windows only)
- Compare image side by side
- Filmstrip layout
- 44 languages support (Windows only)
- And many many other things...
- No Adware, No Spyware

Requirements:
XnView (1.95.4/1.70) exists for Windows, MacOS X, Linux x86, Linux ppc, FreeBSD x86, OpenBSD x86, NetBSD x86, Solaris sparc, Solaris x86, Irix mips, HP-UX, AIX !

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EasyGPS v3.0

2009-01-20T07:05:00.000-08:00

Description:
EasyGPS is free GPS software that allows you to create, edit, and transfer waypoints and routes between your computer and your Garmin, Magellan, or Lowrance GPS.

EasyGPS lists all of your waypoints on the left side of the screen, and shows a plot of your GPS data on the right. Use EasyGPS to back up and organize your GPS data, print maps, or load new waypoints onto your GPS for your next hike or geocaching adventure.

EasyGPS works with every popular handheld GPS receiver, and it is 100% FREE!
EasyGPS works with:
* Garmin GPS
* Magellan GPS
* Lowrance GPS
* Eagle GPS
* Other GPS Receivers...

Requirements:
Windows XP or Windows Vista.

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OkMap v5.2.2

2009-01-20T06:43:00.000-08:00

Description:
OkMap is a free GPS software for many outdoor activities.

Features:
· Trekking
· Sailing
· Hunting and fishing
· Soft air
· Off road
· Mountain bike
· Finding mushrooms
· Geocaching

OkMap help you to:
· Calibrate vectorial and raster maps with different types of cartographic projections
· Create own digital maps drawing point, multipoint, polyline and polygon vector
· Display simultaneously raster maps and vectorial data
· Import digital vectorial data based on different types of cartographic projections
· Use calibrated maps and vectorial data as background for navigation
· Create and represent on maps (raster and vectorial): waypoints, routes and tracks
· Use digital terrain models to display the elevation of any point on the map
· Load and save waypoints, routes and tracks in GPX format
· Upload and download waypoints, routes and tracks to and from a GPS device
· Navigate in real time via a GPS device through NMEA protocol
· Display Google Earth and Google Maps in current map location
· Exchange data with Google Earth and view your map in 3D
· Exchange data with GPSGate.com server
· Receive via socket customized navigation data from remote GPS devices
· Send via socket the current position to an OkMap remote server
· Make conversions between different types of coordinates, datums, formats, etc..
· Use a handy calculator for your calculations
· Many other things…

Supported languages:
· English
· Italian

Supported formats:
· Images: ecw, bmp, gif, jpg, png, tif and many others
· Maps drg: gfw, jgw, pgw, tfw, bpw
· Vector data: shp, dbf (Esri shape file); dcw (Digital Chart of World)
· GPS data: gpx (GPS Exchange Format); kml (Keyhole Markup Language); wpt, plt, rte (OziExplorer); and many others formats thanks to the software GpsBabel
· DEM data (digital earth model): hgt (SRTM-1 and SRTM-3)

Supported Gps devices:
· Upload/download through GpsBabel: Garmin and Magellan
· NMEA navigation: all GPS devices that support Nmea protocol

Requirements:
· Windows XP / 2000
· Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
· Microsoft Visual J# 2.0
· GPS

More information:
OkMap

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· OkMap version 5.2.2
· help document

GIMP v2.6.4

2009-01-12T06:48:00.000-08:00

PowerDraw

2008-07-29T02:45:00.000-07:00

Description:
PowerDraw, made by using PowerCad, is a 2D vector draw application.

Powerdraw is developed in Delphi IDE using only Powercad without single line of code. You can download this drawing application free of charge and use it with no limitation.Also you can see the open source codes of this application in Powercad trial packages.

PowerDraw Installation
Download PowerDraw Setup from our downloads page annd run the setup. The setup will install the PowerDraw application to a folder you have selected. Sample drawings,macros,blocks and plugins will be copied to your system as well as the executable application.

General features
You will see a drawing area when you will first open the application. This area is a page that is dimensioned by your values and you can make drawing in any zoom scale on this page..

Besides this page, Powerdraw; is consisted of toolbars, command menus and dialog windows. You can arrange and modify the toolbars and menus using the Customize Window , you can make any command visible and invisible. Also customizing provides you the ways to make new toolbars and menus with new commands or current ones.

To be able to make drawing on the page, a specific tool caommand should be selected (active). For this; by select any command from the Draw or Operations toolbars, you can draw any figure or make any operation on the figures.You can format the drawen figures using the commands on the Modify toolbar. Also the Context Menu that is poped up when you right click on the page or on a specific figure, provides you general or figure specific options. Many commands on the toolbars or menus can be run also through the keyboard shortcuts.

Requirements:
Windows 98 / ME / XP / Vista

More information:
http://www.tekhnelogos.com/powerdrawindexEn.html

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Acme CADSee v4.9

2008-07-25T02:20:00.000-07:00

Description:
CAD drawing and image file viewer , browser and Print.The fastest and easiest-to-use DWG/DXF/DWF(AutoCAD R2.5-R2006), PSD, BMP, JPEG, TIFF, PCX, GIF, PNG, MNG, TGA, PCX, ICO, WMF file viewer.

AcmeCADSee is two tools in one. A full-featured drawing viewer quickly displays your images in high quality. The drawing file browser lets you efficiently find and organize your drawing file.

Characteristics:
* Open various DXF, DWG versions ( R2.5-R2006) and DWF;
* Identify literal fonts and entity color correctly;
* Support BMP, JPEG, GIF, PCX, TGA, TIFF, MNG, PNG, PSD, WMF, ICO.
* Support full-screen mode ( press F );
* Support printing;
* Register once and upgrade free permanently;
* Support Windows95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP, without AutoCAD;

Requirements:
Windows95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP

More information:
http://www.dwgtool.com/cadsee.htm

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Paint.NET v3.35

2008-07-25T02:13:00.000-07:00

Description:
Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows.

It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins.

It started development as an undergraduate college senior design project mentored by Microsoft, and is currently being maintained by some of the alumni that originally worked on it. Originally intended as a free replacement for the Microsoft Paint software that comes with Windows, it has grown into a powerful yet simple image and photo editor tool. It has been compared to other digital photo editing software packages such as Adobe® Photoshop®, Corel® Paint Shop Pro®, Microsoft Photo Editor, and The GIMP.

The programming language used to create Paint.NET is C#, with a small amount of C++ for installation and shell-integration related functionality. The source code is available under the terms of the MIT License.

Features

Simple, intuitive, and innovative user interface
Every feature and user interface element was designed to be immediately intuitive and quickly learnable without assistance. In order to handle multiple images easily, Paint.NET uses a tabbed document interface. The tabs display a live thumbnail of the image instead of a text description. This makes navigation very simple and fast.

Layers
Usually only found on expensive or complicated professional software, layers form the basis for a rich image composition experience. You may think of them as a stack of transparency slides that, when viewed together at the same time, form one image.

Active Online Community
Paint.NET has an online forum with a friendly, passionate, and ever-expanding community. Be sure to check out the constantly growing list of tutorials and plugins!

Frequently Updated
Updates usually come about every 4 to 6 weeks, and contain new features, performance improvements, and bug fixes. Upgrading to the latest version is very simple, requiring only two clicks of the mouse.

Special Effects
Many special effects are included for enhancing and perfecting your images. Everything from blurring, sharpening, red-eye removal, distortion, noise, and embossing are included. Also included is our unique 3D Rotate/Zoom effect that makes it very easy to add perspective and tilting.

Adjustments are also included which help you tweak an image's brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, curves, and levels. You can also convert an image to black and white, or sepia-toned.

Powerful Tools
Paint.NET includes simple tools for drawing shapes, including an easy-to-use curve tool for drawing splines or Bezier curves. The Gradient tool, new for 3.0, has been cited as an innovative improvement over similar tools provided by other software. The facilities for creating and working with selections is powerful, yet still simple enough to be picked up quickly. Other powerful tools include the Magic Wand for selecting regions of similar color, and the Clone Stamp for copying or erasing portions of an image. There is also a simple text editor, a tool for zooming, and a Recolor tool.

Unlimited History
Everybody makes mistakes, and everybody changes their mind. To accommodate this, every action you perform on an image is recorded in the History window and may be undone. Once you've undone an action, you can also redo it. The length of the history is only limited by available disk space.

Open Source and Free
Paint.NET is provided free-of-charge, and the source code (all 140,000+ lines of it) is also available for free under generous licensing terms. The bulk of Paint.NET is written in C#, with only a small amount of code related to setup and shell-integration written in C++.

Requirements:
* Windows XP (SP2 or later), or Windows Vista, or Windows Server (2003 SP1 or later)
* .NET Framework 2.0
* 500 MHz processor (Recommended: 800 MHz or faster)
* 256 MB of RAM (Recommended: 512 MB or more)
* 1024 x 768 screen resolution
* 200+ MB hard drive space
* 64-bit support requires a 64-bit CPU that is running a 64-bit version of Windows, and an additional 128 MB of RAM

More information:
http://www.getpaint.net/index.html

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Pictomio v1.0.15

2008-07-25T01:58:00.000-07:00

Description:
Pictomio is a software application for managing, categorizing, searching, and archiving photos and other media files, and allows you to generate animated 2D and 3D slideshows.

The extensive capabilities of the latest programmable 3D graphic cards are utilized for image decoding and displaying slideshows. The Pictomio software is composed of three parts:
a photo browser and slideshow editor, a slideshow viewer, and a slideshow screensaver.

Requirements:
- Intel or AMD x86 CPU with >1 GHz
- 1GB RAM
- Shader Model 2.0 graphics card with 128 MB of Video RAM
- 500 MB of available hard drive space (depending on number of managed photos)
- Operating system Windows XP/Vista

More information:
http://www.pictomio.com/Default.aspx

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CAD X11® Free

2008-07-25T01:48:00.000-07:00

Description:
CAD X11® Free is a general CAD system ideally suited for drafting (strengths in mechanical drafting) and light wireframe and surfacing modeling.

Standard features:
CAD X11® Free include 3-D wireframe modeling, surfacing, custom DXF, 2-D drafting with ANSI, ISO and JIS dimensioning, geometric tolerancing, TrueType Font support, undo/redo, dynamic rotations, multiple views, data verification, geometric analysis, crosshatching, layering, Windows printer support and PDF output.

Download Requirements

You will need to email gsisales@graytechsoftware.com and provide your first and last name which is used for your username in order to download the file. GrayTech generates the password which will be returned to you along with a username the next weekday morning.

GrayTech has absolutely no intention of disclosing your email address to anyone outside of GrayTech Software. Your reply via email classifies you as a more serious inquirer of CAD software and will be used to return you a username/password and, on occasion, GrayTech will provide you with more information on the free version and other relevant information regarding our CAD products. We have chosen to personalize the username since you are a unique person, hence our request for your first and last name. If you truly object to this request, use a fake name or alias. Please do not send digitally signed emails or one that requires registering with a SPAM protection service, these emails will not be processed. If one or more days pass and you do not receive an email, please try again as likely your inquiry was caught in a spam filter.

Access to the free version is only provided via our Web site. If you have any difficulties or questions getting the software installed and running, please send email to gsisupport@graytechsoftware.com . Phone call support is not offered with the free version.

Requirements:
Windows XP / 2000 / NT 4.0 / ME / 98 / 95.

More information:
http://www.graytechsoftware.com/products/cadx11/cadx11free.asp

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Blender v2.46

2008-07-03T23:22:00.001-07:00

Description:
Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.

Features:

Interface
* Revolutionary non-overlapping and non-blocking UI delivers unsurpassed workflow
* Flexible and fully configurable window layout with as many screen setups as you prefer
* Undo support on all levels
* Anti-aliased fonts with international translation support
* Any window space can be easily switched to any window type (curve editor, NLA, 3D view etc)
* Built-in text editor for annotations and editing Python scripts
* Graphical user interface for Python scripts
* Custom themes
* Consistent interface across all platforms

Modeling

* A range of 3D object types including polygon meshes, NURBS surfaces, bezier and B-spline curves, metaballs, vector fonts (TrueType, PostScript, OpenType)
* Very fast Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces with optimal iso-lines display and sharpness editing
* Full multiresolution sculpting capabilities with 2D bitmap/3D procedural brushes (Paint, Smooth, Pinch, Inflate, Grab) supporting symmetry
* Modifier stack deformers such as Lattice, Curve, Armature or Displace
* Mirror modifier with middle vertices clipping and automatic deletion of inner faces
* Non destructive real time Boolean and Array modifiers
* Mesh modeling based on vertex, edge and/or face selection
* Smooth soft selection editing tools for organic modeling
* Python scripting access for custom tool

Rigging

* Fast skeleton creation mode
* Interactive 3D paint for vertex weighting
* Fast envelope based skinning
* Automatic Skinning that really works (heat equilibrium based)
* Mirror editing (bone creation and weight painting)
* Double Quaternions reduce shrinking and other bone deformation errors
* Volume deformer uses a mesh cage to deform complex meshes with great results
* Bone layers and colored groups for better rig organization
* B-spline interpolated bones; forget about elbow twists
* Constraint stack for IK solver setup and other constraints
* PyConstraints; if you need something not yet implemented code it in python with real time feed back, no compiling needed

Rendering

* Very fast inbuilt raytracer
* Oversampling, motion blur, post-production effects, fields, non-square pixels
* Tile-based and fully threaded
* Render layers and passes
* Render baking to UV maps and object to object baking (full render, ambient occlusion, normals, textures)
* Render engine tightly integrated with the node compositor
* Halo, lens flares and fog effects
* Vector motion-blur post-process effect (using node compositor)
* Realistic defocus (DOF) post-process effect (using node compositor)
* Edge rendering for toon shading
* Interactive preview rendering panel in any 3d view
* Ambient Occlusion
* Radiosity solver
* Integral support for the Yafray render engine
* Export scripts available for external renderers such as Renderman (RIB), Povray, Virtualight, lux render, Indigo, V-Ray

Animation

* Armature (skeleton) deformation with forward/inverse kinematics with pole target support
* Auto IK allows posing FK chains easily
* Non-linear animation editor for mixing individual actions created in Action editor
* Automated walkcycles along paths
* Animated constraint system
* Vertex key framing for morphing, with controlling sliders
* Edit and create new blendshapes from existing targets
* Character animation pose editor
* 'Ipo' system integrates both motion curve and traditional key-frame editing
* Audio playback, mixing and editing support for sound synchronisation
* Timeline offers fast acces to many playback functions, autokey, help markers
* Python scripting access for custom and procedural animation effects

UV Unwrapping
* Conformal and Angle Based unwrapping methods
* Interactive transform of UV maps by vertex pinning
* Proportional falloff editing of UV maps for smooth transformations
* Seam based unwrapping
* Cube, Cylinder, Sphere, View projections
* Catmull-Clark subdivition of UVs for less distortion
* Minimize stretch tool allows to reduce area distortion
* Multiple UV layers

Shading
* Diffuse shaders such as Lambert, Minnaert, Toon, Oren-Nayar, Lambert
* Specular shaders such as WardIso, Toon, Blinn, Phong, CookTorr
* Node editor for creating and mixing complex materials
* PyNodes: write your own Python shaders with realtime feedback, no need to compile
* Material previews rendered by main render engine
* Fast, realistic subsurface scattering
* Blurry reflections and refractions
* Tangent shading to give any shader an anisotropic effect
* Versatile procedural textures system
* Reflection maps
* Normal, displacement and bump maps

Physics and Particles
* Particle system can be atached to any mesh object. Control methods include weight painting, textures, curve guides, wind and vortex effects. Particles can be deflected by moving geometry
* Hair strands can be created by a static particle system, supporting all particle control methods
* Fluid simulator with fully animated inflow, outflow, obstacle and fluid objects. Gravity and viscosity settings can also be animated. Supports vector blur and is integrated with the particle system
* Realtime soft body solver integrated in mesh, lattice, curve and text objects. Supports collision detection and particle field effects like Wind or Vortex, soft bodys can also be baked for faster playback/rendering
* Game engine rigid body physics can be easily baked into animation curves

Imaging and Compositing
* Compositor tightly integrated and aligned with the rendering pipeline
* MultiLayer OpenEXR files allow to store and reuse raw renderlayer and passes data
* Complete list of composite node filters, convertors, color and vector operators and mixers including Chroma Key, Blur, RGB Curves, Z Combine, Color Ramp, Gamma Correct
* Preview panel to define the portion of interest. A composite then only happens on this part
* Threaded and memory efficient (up to 8 processors)
* Near realtime sequencer can edit hours of video
* Waveform and U/V scatter plots
* Open and write many audio & video file formats using ffmpeg
* Can render using frameserver-support directly into foreign applications
* Supports float images as well as regular 8 bits images
* Curves tool allows you to create a mapping from the float range to a displayable result (for HDR images)

Physics and Particles
* Particle system can be atached to any mesh object. Control methods include weight painting, textures, curve guides, wind and vortex effects. Particles can be deflected by moving geometry
* Hair strands can be created by a static particle system, supporting all particle control methods
* Fluid simulator with fully animated inflow, outflow, obstacle and fluid objects. Gravity and viscosity settings can also be animated. Supports vector blur and is integrated with the particle system
* Realtime soft body solver integrated in mesh, lattice, curve and text objects. Supports collision detection and particle field effects like Wind or Vortex, soft bodys can also be baked for faster playback/rendering
* Game engine rigid body physics can be easily baked into animation curves

Realtime 3D/Game Creation

* Graphical logic editor for defining interactive behavior without programming
* Collision detection and dynamics simulation now support Bullet Physics Library. Bullet is an open source collision detection and rigid body dynamics library developed for Play Station 3
* Shape types: Convex polyhedron, box, sphere, cone, cylinder, capsule, compound, and static triangle mesh with auto deactivation mode
* Discrete collision detection for RigidBody simulation
* Support for in-game activation of dynamic constraints
* Full support for vehicle dynamics, including spring reactions, stiffness, damping, tyre friction etc
* Python scripting API for sophisticated control and AI, fully defined advanced game logic
* Support all OpenGLTM lighting modes, including transparencies, Animated and reflection-mapped textures
* Support for multimaterials, multitexture and texture blending modes, per-pixel lighting, dynamic lighting, mapping modes, GLSL vertexPaint texture blending, toon shading, animated materials, support for Normal Maping and Parallax Mapping
* Playback of games and interactive 3D content without compiling or preprocessing
* Audio, using the SDL toolkit
* Multi-layering of Scenes for overlay interfaces

Files
* Save all scene data in a single .blend file, even images, sounds or fonts can be packed for easy transportation
* Powerful built-in database system allowing instances, scene management, and dynamic linking multiple project files
* .blend format supports compression, digital signatures, encryption, forwards/backwards compatibility and can be used as a library to link to from other .blend files
* Read and write support for many other 2D and 3D formats
* 2D
TGA, JPG, PNG, OpenEXR, DPX, Cineon, Radiance HDR, Iris, SGI Movie, IFF, AVI and Quicktime GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV (Windows and Mac OS X)
* 3D
3D Studio, AC3D, COLLADA, FBX Export, DXF, Wavefront OBJ, DEC Object File Format, DirectX, Lightwave, MD2, Motion Capture, Nendo, OpenFlight, PLY, Pro Engineer, Radiosity, Raw Triangle, Softimage, STL, TrueSpace, VideoScape, VRML, VRML97, X3D Extensible 3D, xfig export

Requirements:
* Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista
* Mac OS X (PPC and Intel)
* Linux (i386)
* Linux (PPC)
* FreeBSD 5.4 (i386)
* SGI Irix 6.5
* Sun Solaris 2.8 (sparc)

More information:
http://www.blender.org/

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Color Planner v2.0

2008-05-13T01:24:00.000-07:00

Description:
With Color Planner 2.0 you can paint easily all your own projects before you go to paint shop. Just click your image and paint.

Color Planner 2.0 is the most sophisticated colour visualization software in market. With new Genius Digital Image Masking System you can use your own images without any image handling tools.

Requirements:
Operating system: Win98, Win98se, WinNT, Win2000, XP
Processor: 486 or newer
Memory: RAM 32 Mt
Screen resolution: 800x600 or higher (recommendation 1024x768)
Screen colors: at least 65,536 hues (recommendation 24 bit or higher)

More information:
http://www.colorplanner.com/

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Fotosizer v1.16.0.249

2008-05-13T01:15:00.000-07:00

Description:
Fotosizer is a freeware batch image resizer tool. It resizes your photos in just 3 easy steps - 1. Photo selection, 2. select resize settings, then 3. Start the resize!

Increasingly, sharing photos on the internet is becomming more and more popular. Photos, represented as JPEG files from digital cameras, taken at high resolutions are far too large to send over the Internet, with some photos ending up at 5 mega bytes. Uploading one photo to a photo sharing website is fine, but 10, 20, or even more, this can take forever, especially on a dial-up connection.

With Fotosizer, you can shrink JPEG image files, along with other supported formats, and dramatically reduce internet transfer times, enabling you to quickly and easily prepare your image collections to be published on the web.

Help unlock the photos from your digital camera. Use Fotosizer to batch resize your photos making it easier and faster to email to friends, upload to photo sharing websites or upload to websites that offer photo printing services.

Fotosizer lets you resize in 3 easy steps, allowing you to choose the photos you want to resize, the dimensions, and where you want to save the new photos.

Resize quickly and easily using a preset list of sizes including iPod, iPhone, and Sony PSP screen sizes.

Requirements:
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP

More information:
http://www.fotosizer.com/

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FreeVimager Home v1.5.5

2008-05-13T01:05:00.000-07:00

Description:
The Free Image Viewer & Editor for Windows. It can as well play avi video files and some type of audio files. There are many tools around doing that, but the aim of this Freeware is to be a small and handy tool doing what it says and running also as a standalone exe file (installer not necessary).

Features:
* View & Edit graphics file of type: jpeg, bmp, gif, tiff (multi-page), png and pcx
* Works with all Windows versions from 95 up to VistaImage
* Multi-monitor support: switch form one monitor to another through context menu or TAB key
* Unicode support: Open, Edit, Batch Process or Batch Rename your files named in russian, indian, chinese, japanese...
* EXIF is displayed and all data are kept when editing and saving images
* IPTC & XMP single file / batch editing support for jpeg and tiff files
* Batch Processing and CD / DVD Slideshow creation
* Recursive directory slideshow to view all files in a directory and it's subdirectories
* Print Preview with image positioning by dragging
* Size optimized Email sending of image(s)
* Well known editing features like: rotate, crop, resize, brightness, contrast, sharpen, ...
* Live configurable Redeye removal tool
* Live Ansel Adams Zone System Histogram under Brightness, Contrast, ... (thanks Jordi for the suggestion)
* Transparent borders tool (save the result to the alpha channel for png, tiff or bmp)
* Twain Scan multiple pages to tiff and pdf (possibility to Email directly)
* Avi video player has draggable borders in full-screen mode
* Live audio / video time shift slider (to fix out of sync. videos)
* Choosable GDI or DirectX video rendering in YUV or RGB mode
* Basic Audio and CD player
* Zip extraction (context menu entry available)

Weaknesses:
* No Thumbnail View. The standard File Explorer does the job well
* Available only in English
* No integrated burning module. FreeVimager uses Nero Burning ROM or the XP / Vista burning features
* At the moment only VfW codecs are supported for Video and Audio playback
* Runs only on Windows systems, tested on Wine (Windows API on Unix based systems)
* No mpeg or wmv files support

Requirements:
Windows 98/ME/XP/2000

More information:
http://www.contaware.com/content/view/1/1/

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DESI-III v5.72

2008-05-13T00:48:00.000-07:00

Description:
The most powerful freeware 2D CAD system.

User Interface:
* DESI-III's conversation language can be selected via the main menu and it becomes immediately effective; UK and US English, Dutch, French, German and Ukrainian are allready defined.
* The main menu exists of "3D" buttons with ON/OFF appearances.
* The drawing settings are displayed in fields on the top of the screen and the selection of the field allows you to change the setting via a menu or popup form.
* The menus are in a strict logical order.
* "Intelligent" forms are provided to enter multiple parameters. Menus and forms can be moved to a more convenient place in the drawing area.
* DESI-III can be used with VESA compatible graphic cards with the screen resolutions: 800x600, 1024x768, 1200x1024 and 1600x1200 with a maximal screen area for the drawing itself. All pictures, appearing on this page, were grabbed from a 1024x768 screen.
* Every action isn't prompted by some cryptic message, but is fully displayed in the prompt area at the bottom of the screen (see also the full screen capture image further in this article).

Requirements:
DOS, OS/2, WINDOWS 95 / 98 / ME / 2000 and XP and Linux

More information:
http://users.pandora.be/desi-iii/index.html

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Hot Screen v1.0

2008-04-29T23:16:00.000-07:00

Description:
Hot Screen may be the smallest free screen capture (only 57K).

It supports BMP and GIF format in true-color, index color, grayscale and black & white.

Requirements:
- Microsoft Windows

More information:
http://www.xuebrothers.net/misc/hotscrn.htm

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Creative Paint Professional Edition v3.1.3

2008-04-29T22:59:00.000-07:00

Description:
Creative Paint is a 100% Free Image Editing and Photo Manipulation Software designed to be used on computers that run Windows Xp sp2 or Higher. It Supports Layers, Unlimited Undo, Special Effects, Several Image Formats (FileTypes), Plugin Support System and a wide variety of Useful and Powerful Tools!

Creative Paint's Special Effects Works Wonders.
Creative Paint Contains Several Special Effects and A Cool Plugin Support System... Several Effects and Plugins Are Provided...

Creative Paint Provides Powerful Graphic Tools and Several FileTypes Support.
Because of MSPaint's Lack of File Types (e.g PCX and TGA) Support Creative Paint Contains Several File Types Support Such As:
(.png, .bmp, .pcx, .tga, jpg, .jpe, .gif, .mcp, .ico, .ani, .cur, .dds, .tiff, .psd and etc...)

THE FEATURES:

Simple, Intuitive User Interface
Every feature and user interface element was designed to be immediately intuitive and quickly learnable without assistance. It is also designed to be immediately familiar to users of the original MS Paint software that comes with Windows.

Layers
Usually only found on expensive or complicated professional software, layers form the basis for a rich image composition experience. You may think of them as a stack of transparency slides that, when viewed together at the same time, form one image.

Powerful Tools
Creative Paint includes simple tools for drawing shapes, including an easy-to-use curve tool for drawing splines or Bezier curves. The Gradient tool, new for 3.0, has been cited as a huge improvement over similar tools provided by other software. The facilities for creating and working with selections is powerful, yet still simple enough to be picked up quickly. Other powerful tools include the Magic Wand for selecting regions of similar color, and the Clone Stamp for copying or erasing portions of an image. There is also a simple text editor, a tool for zooming, and a Recolor tool.

Unlimited History
Everybody makes mistakes, and everybody changes their mind. To accommodate this, every action you perform on an image is recorded in the History window and may be undone. Once you've undone an action, you can also redo it. The length of the history is only limited by available disk space.

Special Effects
Many special effects are included for perfecting your images. Everything from blurring, sharpening, red-eye removal, distortion, noise, and embossing are included. Also included is our unique 3D Rotate/Zoom effect that makes it very easy to add perspective and tilting.

Sound Effects For Things Like Toolbar / Tools and Mouse Click Events have also been implemented...

Adjustments are also included which help you tweak an image's brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, curves, and levels. You can also convert an image to black and white, or sepia-toned.

Requirements:
Because of The Technlogy Used To Develop Creative Paint The System Requirements are a little more Advanced then Most Software (e.g. Windows Xp Sp2 or Later is Required)...
* Windows Xp Sp2 Or Higher (Windows Xp or Windows Vista is Recommended)
* Intel Pentium or equivalent Processor
* At least 500 Mhz Processor Running 64 MB of SDRAM
* The .NET Framework [ 2.0 ] or Higher (v3.0 is included with latest release)
* 1024x768 Screen Resolution (Will Work With Less But Not Recommended)
* Finally a Good Graphic Skill (: You'll Get Good At Using It! :)

More information:
http://paint.web1000.com/

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Wax v2.0e

2008-04-29T03:03:00.000-07:00

Description:
Wax is a high performance and flexible video compositing and special effects software. The idea for Wax is to be very general purpose and flexible in video compositing and effects, so that you can compose your dream video sequence with ease everytime.

Wax can create 2D & 3D special effects and can work in two modes - as a standalone application which would appeal for home users/beginners, and as a "plug-in" to video editors/NLEs which would be more useful for professional editors. Currently Wax can work as a plug-in with Sony Vegas®, Pure Motion EditStudio and Adobe Premiere® and work for integrating with various other NLEs is in progress.

Features:
* Distributed as freeware for business or personal use. However if you want to redistribute Wax, you need to get permission from the author.
* Use graphics acceleration available with your video card for creating mind-boggling effects in realtime or near-realtime.
* Unlimited video and audio tracks with top-down compositing and many compositing modes (audio features are limited at this time).
* 2D and 3D Plugins and transitions for creating effects. Full featured 3D compositing with 3d objects, lighting, shadows, texture generators, etc.
* Plugin Adapter technology - can load and use VirtualDub filters, DirectX plugins, Freeframe plugins and Windows Movie Maker presets inside Wax or your NLE when using Wax as a plugin.
* Full featured project management with media bins/folders, element properties and comments for ease of use.
* Transition and Plugin SDK available for developers to extend functionality by adding external plugins. WinMorph uses this Plugin SDK to extend Wax's functionality for warping and morphing.
* File input/output through filters, Filter SDK available upon request for developers to extend file format support.
* Input formats : AVI, WAV, all popular image formats.
Output formats : AVI, MPEG, WAV, Flash, all popular image formats.
(AVI and WAV formats support compressed audio too, using Audio Codecs installed in your PC).

Requirements:
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP.

More information:
http://www.debugmode.com/wax/

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JustCad v8.0

2008-04-29T00:44:00.000-07:00

Description:
JustCad is designed, to make cad drawing as simple as possible.
To draw any object, simply click on the screen or snap to an existing object, move the cursor in the desired direction and enter a distance.

JustCad 8.0 is free with dxf, hatch and associates disabled.

To change an angle setting for any function, simply click on it's display box and enter a new value. Draw confined to an angle or free cursor with a simple click on the display. Define an Associate, hatch or multiple line by drawing the desired pattern, select it, enter a name and enter the prompted for reference points. Edit multiple objects with a few clicks on the screen. There is no setup for each rawing. Just draw. When your drawing is finished, select all or a part of it, click on the print menu, enter a scale and print.

Drawing tools include, line, 2pt. circle, 3pt. circle, 2pt. arc, 3pt. arc, curve, ellipse, point, polygon, linear dimension, radial imension, angular dimension, leader, text place, text edit, associates, hatch, multiple lines, ortho on/off, (3)arrow styles, (dimension in feet and inches, feet, 3 place inches, 3 Place Meters, 3 Place Centimeters, 3 Place Millimeters, Comma Metric), unlimited layers, (8) ine widths, (5) line styles, blank line, snap to (point, object, midpoint, percentage, intersection, perpendicular, tangent) and more.

Edits include, break, trim, stretch, copy, radial copy, concentric copy, move, rotate, fillet, 3pt. rotate, 3pt. radial copy, change roperties, scale, erase, (undo and redo 40,000 operations).

Utilities include, Measure distance, measure area, measure angle, total length selected,(2) circle tangent line functions, insert text ile, import and export dxf format files with true dimensions and save black-on-white bitmap.

Requirements:
Windows 95/98/2000/NT/ME/XP/Vista

More information:
http://justcad.com/

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Pad2Pad v1.8.3

2008-04-29T00:35:00.000-07:00

Description:
Design and Fabricate Custom Printed Circuit Boards - PCB's - and get instant quotes from Pad2Pad!

Requirements:
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP,Vista

More information:
http://www.pad2pad.com/

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yEd v3.0 - Java™ Graph Editor

2008-04-29T00:25:00.000-07:00

Description:
yEd is a very powerful graph editor that is written entirely in the Java programming language. It can be used to quickly and effectively generate drawings and to apply automatic layouts to a range of different diagrams and networks.

yEd is available as a free download with unrestricted functionality!

yEd makes full use of the yFiles library. This is a Java class library enabling the viewing, editing, optimizing, drawing, and animating of a wide range of diagrams, networks, and other graph-like structures.

yEd has been built using 100% lightweight Swing components. This allows it to run on any platform where a suitable Runtime Environment is available.

New Features in Version 3.0:
* Supports working with multiple graphs simultaneously: an arbitrary number of editor windows can be opened to edit graph structures.
* The new Palette tool window provides samples of both predefined as well as user-defined visual representations for nodes and edges. It allows for instant access to a number of graph elements of each kind that have different (visual) characteristics.
Several theme-based sample collections for graph elements (e.g., for UML) are available.
* Graph files can be opened using a Drag and Drop gesture into the canvas. A new editor window is opened for the graph structure contained in the file.
* Graph elements can be created with a Drag and Drop gesture from the Palette into the canvas.
* Subgraphs can be copied to the system clipboard in EMF vector graphics format or in several graphics formats (JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG), respectively.
* Full support for node types that are defined using SVG vector graphics format.
* Graph files can be opened directly from URLs.
* Includes sample graphs that, for example, present the various layout styles.

Requirements:
Windows
Mac OS X
Unix/Linux

More information:
http://www.yworks.com/en/products_yed_about.htm

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WinTopo

2008-04-29T00:18:00.000-07:00

Description:
Raster to Vector imaging software.

WinTopo Freeware is ideal for the home user and office environment.

Originally developed in 1999, the WinTopo project was instigated to provide a quality raster to vector conversion solution as good as high priced commercial products. Free from the encumbrance of old legacy techniques, WinTopo benefits from recent and established research in the field of image processing. Since the product launch, WinTopo has gained the approval of hundreds of thousands of users worldwide.

How much would you expect to pay for such useful software? Nothing! WinTopo Freeware is offered completely free and unrestricted.

WinTopo Freeware was the springboard for the WinTopo Pro professional product. In December 1999 SoftSoft Ltd in the UK was enlisted to create a commercial version of this popular software tool. Before work started on WinTopo Pro, SoftSoft Ltd removed many bugs from WinTopo Freeware and added the immensely useful Polyline Reduction function.

Although not quite as efficient as WinTopo Pro, WinTopo Freeware is the complete solution for users wanting to do small volumes of raster to vector conversion.

SoftSoft Ltd is committed to keeping WinTopo Freeware completely free. This is not a demo version, or time limited version. The options are not restricted in any way. Development is on-going with WinTopo Freeware. Click here to see an example of how to use WinTopo Freeware.

What can you do with the Freeware version?
* Load BMP, TIF, GIF, JPG and PNG raster files.
* Perform raster thinning, or edge detection.
* Vectorise the thinned raster to single colour vectors.
* Colour vectors.
* View the vectors overlaying the raster.
* Scale the vector drawing.
* Save the vectors to DXF, SHP, MIF, WMF or other vector formats.

Which WinTopo Pro features are not in the free version?
* Advanced vector extraction intelligence.
* Acquire image direct from a scanner.
* Many raster enhancement options: despeckle, fill holes, negative...
* Advanced raster thinning methods.
* Custom thinning options.
* Additional Edge Detection options.
* Georeferencing.
* Digitising and Vector Editing.
* Level/height assignment to vectors, 3D output.
* Priority Support.

Requirements:
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP

More information:
http://wintopo.com/wintopo-free.htm

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ImageToASCII v1.1.0.1

2008-04-28T23:52:00.000-07:00

Description:
This app generates ASCII art from any input image you supply. You load an image (.jpg, .bmp) and tune a few parameters, then click the Image-To-ASCII button to see the ASCII art.

ASCII art is the use of text characters such as letters, numbers and punctuation marks to display an image. JeRM ImageToASCII version 1.1.0.0 includes 3 modes of ASCII art generation, 1 in black-and-white, and 2 in color. There are several parameters you can play with when using this application.

You can hand select which ASCII text characters will be used in the final image. To gain more detail you can magnify your input image, which will effectively boost the number of characters used in the final image--often giving your ASCII art a better likeness to the original image. You can also smooth your input image, which sometimes helps generate better ASCII art too. Version 1.1.0.1 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

Requirements:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server

More information:
http://www.download.com/ImageToASCII/3000-2192_4-10558192.html?tag=lst-2-7

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Image Analyzer v1.29

2008-04-28T23:39:00.000-07:00

Description:
Advanced image editing, enhancement and analysis software. The program contains both most image enhancement features found in conventional image editors plus a number of advanced features not even available in professional photo suites.

Features:
* Automatic brightness, contrast, gamma and saturation adjustment
* Build-in conventional and adaptive filters for noise reduction, edge extraction etc.
* Retouch tools
* Retinex filter for reducing shadows and increasing local contrast
* Deconvolution for out-of-focus and motion blur compensation (see below)
* Easy red-eye removal
* User specified filters in spatial and frequency domain
* Resize, rotate, crop and warping of images
* Scanner, camera and printer support
* File format support:
Read/write BMP, ICO, CUR, WMF, EMF, PNG, MNG, GIF, PCX, JPEG and JPEG 2000 images
Read RAS, PNM, PGM, PPM, HIPS and Matlab files
* Morphological operations
* Color model conversion: RGB, CMY, HSI, Lab, YCbCr, YIQ and PCA
* Distance, Fourier and discrete cosine transformation
* Math expression module for creating and transforming images and advanced "pocket" calculator with equation solver
* Plugin system for adding more specialized features. See below for available plugins

Requirements:
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista

More information:
http://meesoft.logicnet.dk/Analyzer/

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IDPhotoStudio v2.3.0.13

2008-04-28T23:32:00.000-07:00

Description:
IDPhotoStudio is a user-friendly ID photo duplicator & printer.

Requirements:
Windows 98/ME/XP/2000

More information:
http://www.kcsoftwares.com/index.php?idps

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Video Splitter v2.0

2008-04-28T23:24:00.000-07:00

Description:
SolveigMM Video Splitter being MPEG-2, AVI, WMV, ASF, MP3, WMA files editor is the powerful program for cutting tasks to be fulfilled in fast and lossless mode. The nice looking and intuitive user-friendly interface allows movie editing in a few mouse clicks.

Based on SolveigMM Video Editing SDK, our video - audio editor provides the incredible quality and velocity involving no encoding/decoding operations.

From version 2.0 MPEG-2 frame accurate editing added. SolveigMM advanced technology keeps 99% of data and only transcodes some frames in beginning and end of processed media fragments that helps to operate in fast and lossless mode for MPEG-2 files too.

Video Splitter Features:
* Based on SolveigMM Video Editing Engine
* Supports MPEG-2 files - (*.mpg, *.mpeg, *.vob, *.ts )
* Supports AVI files - (*.avi )
* Supports Windows Media files - (*.asf, *.wma, *.wmv, *.wm)
* Supports MPEG Audio files ( *.mp1, *.mp2, *.mp3, *.mpa )
* K frame/GOP accuracy for AVI, WMV, ASF
* Frame accuracy for MPEG-2
* What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) preview. Advanced K frame navigation
* Cut commercials - cutting off several movie portions at one time is allowed. You can get rid of all ads in your movie in a couple of simple steps
* Supports batch files (*.xtl). You can process trimming for all media files you need in one run

Requirements:
- Windows 98/2000/ME/XP/2003 operating system.
- DirectX 8.0 Runtime or higher
- Appropriate video and audio decoders for preview feature.
- WMV/ASF supporting requires Windows Media Format 9 Series Runtime to be shipped with Windows Media Player 9 and higher,

More information:
http://www.solveigmm.com/?Products&id=VideoSplitter

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Windows Movie Maker v2.1

2008-04-28T21:47:00.000-07:00

Description:
Windows Movie Maker 2.1 makes home movies amazingly fun. With Movie Maker 2.1, you can create, edit, and share your home movies right on your computer.

Build your movie with a few simple drag-and-drops. Delete bad shots and include only the best scenes. Then share your movie via the Web, e-mail, or CD. Using third-party software you can even take movies you've made and turn them into DVDs. You can also save your movie back to the video tape in your camera to play back on a TV or on the camera itself.

Requirements:
- SP2 for Windows XP Home Edition
- Windows XP Professional
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

More information:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx

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progeCAD 2008 Smart!

2008-04-28T01:54:00.000-07:00

Description:
progeCAD 2008 Smart! the FREEWARE CAD*

progeCAD 2008 Smart!, powered by the most recent IntelliCAD engine, is derived directly from the professional versions of progeCAD, and maintains all the base functionality of its outstanding parents in a set of installation that is compact and easy to install.

progeCAD 2008 Smart! is related to a charitable initiative in favour of Doctors Without Borders for the Darfur, a western Sudan region in Africa, that endures a humanitarian crisis without precedents. All of the users that want to help us in the initiative can carry out some donations.
Donations do not limit in any way the free usage of the software.

progeCAD 2008 Smart!:
* reads and writes AutoCAD® DWG files from 2.5 to 2008
* has industry standard AutoCAD Commands
* has AutoCAD® Menu, Script, Font Compatibility
* has AutoLISP® Compatibility!
* has Basic Rendering Options
* has Express Tools
* export to PDF and JPG
* 10,000 standard symbols and blocks available for free
* supports RedLine and Markup made by progeCAD Viewer DWG

*Private use Only: progeCAD 2008 Smart! is for private, non-commercial use only. The use of progeCAD 2008 Smart! within any organization or for commercial and business purposes is strictly prohibited.

Requirements:
Windows 2000/ME/XP/Vista

More information:
www.progecad.com/compra/prodotti/eng_progecad2008smart.html

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Free Audio Studio Creator

2008-04-28T01:12:00.000-07:00

Description:
Free Audio Studio Creator is a must-have software tool that helps you to create normal audio CDs from your favorite (MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG) files. Burn your favorite songs on-the-fly to make your own customized Audio CDs NOW! With No additional temporary disc space required! You can then enjoy them in your portable CD player or car CD player.

You have put a lot of time into downloading music files from the net to listen to on your computer. Why don't you make Custom CDs for your car stereo, portable CD player or for that special occasion or simply replace your scratched CDs with CDs that you burn yourself from your supported audio files. This new version has the ability to erase CD-RW. So whether you want to burn your favorite (MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG) to CD this is the tool for you!

Features:

Friendly interface allows performing the following operations:
* Create normal audio CDs from your favorite (MP3, WAV, WMA or OGG) files.
* Erase CD's
* Easy to use (just one click of a mouse)
* Burn your favorite (MP3, WAV, WMA or OGG) songs on-the-fly to make your own customized Audio CDs NOW! With No additional temporary disc space required!
* Easy to use with intuitive user interface with drag-drop feature.
* You can then enjoy them in your portable CD player or car CD player.
* Perfect MP3 decoding quality.
* Supports virtually all CD-R and CD-R/W drives.
* Supports high speed writing.
* Registered users get free upgrades for one year.

Free Audio Studio Creator supports the following popular audio file formats:
* WAV PCM
* MP3 (MPEG Layer-3)
* WMA (Windows Media Audio).
* OGG
* CDA

Requirements:
Windows 95/98/ME NT4/2000/XP and Windows Vista.

More information:
http://www.softwarepile.com/audio_studio.html

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Free Image Viewer

2008-04-28T01:10:00.000-07:00

Description:
Free Image Viewer is the most favored photo manager by many users all over the world.

Features:
* Easily manages your image files.
* View most of the common image formats such as : JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG, PSD, TIF, PCX, TGA, WBMP, PCD, WMF, EMF, ICO .
* Zoom and rotate your images.
* Prepare slideshows
* Create quality prints.
* Save to different image formats.

Requirements:
Windows 95/98/ME NT4/2000/XP and Windows Vista.

More information:
http://www.softwarepile.com/img_viewer.html

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Free Ultra Video Editor

2008-04-28T01:05:00.000-07:00

Description:
Powerful Video Converter.
A Converter that converts MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVI (Windows Video), WMV (Windows Media Video) and ASF to AVI and WMV and much more.

Features:
# Conversion of different video formats
# Video Conversion (Supported formats AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2, WMV, ASF)
# Easy to use (just one click of a mouse)
# Convert multiple video files at once (Batch Conversion).
# Registered users get free upgrades for one year.

Requirements:
Windows 95/98/ME NT4/2000/XP and Windows Vista.

More information:
http://www.softwarepile.com/ultra_video.html

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Free Audio Mixer

2008-04-28T01:00:00.000-07:00

Description:
Free Audio Mixer is a multi-file audio player. It features a simple and useful play list, a lengthy time recorder, and an audio-level monitor and tester.

It supports MP3 and WAV so it can act as a converter from MP3 to WAV and vice versa. SC Audio DJ Mixer gives the ability to choose the way of playing for both the two playing lists either sequentially or at random.

Features:
* Play and mix MP3 and WAV files.
* Play files sequentially or randomly.
* Easily search for audio files on your computer.
* Manage simple and useful play lists.
* Convert MP3 to WAV and vice versa.
* Pitch control.
* Apply various effects.
* Mix sample audio files.
* Apply cross fading effects.
* Choose from 6 different time loops.
* Set up to 5 different cue points for each file.
* Record from a microphone.
* Save the output to either MP3 or WAV file.

Requirements:
Windows 95/98/ME NT4/2000/XP and Windows Vista.

More information:
http://www.softwarepile.com/audio_mixer.html

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Free Audio Converter

2008-04-28T00:56:00.000-07:00

Description:
It is a universal audio file converter, which supports all popular audio formats: WAV PCM, MP3 (MPEG Layer-3), WMA (Windows Media Audio), CDA, ALF2, ADPCM, GSM, DSP, A-LAW, U-LAW and Ogg Vorbis. Also comes with an ID Tag editor for music files -- This tool lets you change the artist name, title, Album name, Year, Add comments, change Genre information and much more!.

Features:

Friendly interface allows performing the following operations:
* Conversion of different types of audio files
* Easy to use (just one click of a mouse)
* Convert multiple audio files at once (Batch Conversion).
* Registered users get at least 1 year of free upgrades.
* ID Tag Editor
* Sound Recorder that records from mic or cassette tapes.
* Fully compatible with Windows 95/98/ME NT4/2000/XP and Windows Vista.

Free Audio Converter supports the following popular audio file formats:
* WAV PCM
* compressed WAV (ADPCM, GSM, DSP, A-LAW, U-LAW, ALF2 and others)
* MP3 (MPEG Layer-3)
* WMA (Windows Media Audio)
* Ogg Vorbis.
* WMA (Windows Media Audio).
* CDA

Requirements:
Windows 95/98/ME NT4/2000/XP and Windows Vista

More information:
http://www.softwarepile.com/audio_converter.html

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Diagram Designer 1.20

2008-04-28T00:46:00.000-07:00

Description:
Simple vector graphics editor for creating flowcharts, diagrams and slide shows.

Features:
* Customizable template object palette.
* Spellchecker (see below about dictionaries).
* Import/export WMF, EMF, BMP, JPEG, PNG, MNG, ICO, GIF and PCX images.
* Slide show viewer.
* Simple graph plotter to plot mathematical expressions.
* Advanced "pocket" calculator with equation solver.
* MeeSoft Image Analyzer integration for bitmap image editing and extended file format support.
* Uses compressed file format for minimizing drawing file size.

Requirements:
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista

More information:
http://meesoft.logicnet.dk/DiagramDesigner/

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PhotoShow Starter Edition

2008-04-28T00:32:00.000-07:00

Description:
Sharing your memories with family and friends has never been easier. Now you can create engaging multimedia shows from your digital photos and share them within minutes. And it's free to get started!

PhotoShow Print & Share lets you add captions, frames, transitions, and music to your digital photos to create a stunning PhotoShow. When you share your PhotoShows with family and friends, your recipients don't even need the PhotoShow Print & Share program to view them!

And if you enjoy your photos as prints, nothing beats the convenience and speed of ordering prints from your nearby photo retailer using PhotoShow Print & Share. In as little as one hour, you can have photos for your scrapbook or photo album.

PhotoShow Print & Share is all you need to organize, touch up, share, print and create gifts from your digital photos.

Requirements:
Windows XP or 2000)

More information:
http://www.simplestar.com/software/printshare

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MobilePhoto v1.5

2008-04-28T00:24:00.000-07:00

Description:
MobilePhoto lets you enhance and personalize photos, properly resize them, and quickly transfer them to your cell phone, PDA, or any mobile device. Work with any image local, and use the wide selection of easy-to-use image enhancement tools that will turn ordinary photographs into memorable ones. Easy upload to your phone via Internet to transfer your photos..

Mobilephoto Features:
* 5 step wizard, easy to use
* supports a wide range of mobile device
* integrated with photo processor
* Make mobile wall paper and send to your friend's mobile phone

Key Features

�Multi Mobile Equipments are well supported

�Professional user interface and very easy to use.
�Powerful photo editor integrated makes it easy to edit your photos.

�Choose from hundreds of image files.

�Choose bmp, jpg, gif files for the slide show of your mobile device.

�Direct preview result
Preview the image before sending to mobile equipment.

� High quality support.

We guarantee we'll answer your email questions promptly and accurately within 24 hours, Monday through Friday.

Requirements:
Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT/XP, Internet Explorer 4.0 or later

More information:
http://www.mobilepanda.com/mobilephoto.html

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King Kong Capture v1.0

2008-04-28T00:18:00.000-07:00

Description:
King Kong Capture is a free screen capture tool that allows you to capture any image on your screen from the smallest icon to the whole desktop. You can do simple edits, save your screenshots in the format of your choice, print and share.

King Kong Capture has cool and handy features to meet your quick screen capture needs:
* Several methods to capture images: desktop, whole screen, active window, selection, object, polygon, icon or any specific size selection. Moreover, you can speed capture desktop
* Special hotkeys for quick image capture
* Auto save and auto print options
* Auto saving of image captures in various supported graphic file formats (JPEG bitmap (*.jpg), TiFF bitmap (*.tif), CompuServe bitmap (*.gif), PaintBrush (*.pcx), Windows bitmap (*.bmp), Portable network graphics (*.bmp) and Targa bitmap (*.tga)
* User-friendly main window with icons for easy access

Requirements:
* Windows 98/2000/ME/XP/2003/Vista
* Minimum 32 MB RAM)
* Minimum 3 MB Free Space

More information:
http://www.kingkongcapture.com/

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Panorama Scroller v1.0

2008-04-28T00:13:00.000-07:00

Description:
Panorama Scroller is the simple program for scrolling panoramic images.

After installation you can see these panoramic images as desktop wallpaper.
Panorama Scroller scroll it from left to right for your pleasure.

Requirements:
Windows 98/ME/XP

More information:
http://webchartmaster.com/scroller/index.html

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Imagicon v2.4

2008-04-28T00:10:00.000-07:00

Description:
Imagicon is a graphics utility designed to convert multiple image files from BMP, JPG or PNG image formats into any of the following image formats (24-bit): Windows or OS/2 Bitmap (BMP), Independent JPEG Group (JPG), Portable Network Graphics (PNG) and Windows Icon (ICO).

Options are available to transform images and enable alpha transparency of icons. The interface window of Imagicon can be personalized with custom designs. The user can select to save icons with the following dimensions in pixels: 16 x 16, 32 x 32, 48 x 48, 64 x 64 and 128 x 128. Imagicon also features the ability to drag 'n' drop multiple images for faster processing. Full instructions are included with the software, explaining each of the possible settings and the function that they perform.

Requirements:
Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista, DirectX 3.0 drivers

More information:
http://www.deviouscodeworks.co.uk/imagicon.html

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PhotoFiltre v6.3.1

2008-04-28T00:00:00.000-07:00

Description:
PhotoFiltre is a complete image retouching program. It allows you to do simple or advanced adjustments
to an image and apply a vast range of filters on it. It is simple and intuitive to use, and has an easy
learning curve. The toolbar, giving you access to the standard filters with just a few clicks, gives
PhotoFiltre a robust look.

Filters
Its wide range of filters allows novice users to familiarize themselves with the world of graphics. You can
find the standard adjustment functions (Brightness, contrast, dyed, saturation, gamma correction) and
also artistic filters (watercolor, pastels, Indian ink, pointillism, puzzle effect).
There are more than 100 filters to be discovered !

Vectorial selections
PhotoFiltre uses two types of vectorial selections. The first type uses automatic shapes (rectangle,
ellipse, triangle, rhombus, rounded rectangle). The second type corresponds to the lasso and polygon.
They both allow a customized form by drawing a shape by hand or using a series of lines. Every
selection can be saved into a seperate file, to be used later on.

Tool bar
The toolbar is primarily made up of drawing tools, such as pipette, displacement cursor, fill bucket,
aerosol, brush, drop of water (blur), cloning stamp, smudge (finger) and magic wand.

PhotoFiltre has some standard brushes (round and square in different sizes), but also some more varied
forms (oblique line, leave, star, etc...).

PhotoMasque module
With PhotoMasque you can create advanced effects of contour and transparency on your images by
using preset masks. These masks are grayscale images, where white is the transparancy color, while
opacity increases as the shades of gray become darker. Black means complete opacity. PhotoMasque
comes with several basic masks to inspire you to create your own masks.

Automatisation module
This module allows you to apply basic functions/corrections (conversion, image size, framing) to a
group of images.

Other functions
Image browser
Plug-in management
Scanning of images using a TWAIN compatible device (scanner, webcam, photocamera)
Transparency management for GIF images and exporting them to icons (16, 256 or 16 millions of colors)
Advanced text effects (rotation, shading, bevel)
Serveral types of contours and textures
Blending and assembling of images

Requirements:
Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP

More information:
http://www.photofiltre.com/

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LaTeXPiX

2008-04-27T23:43:00.000-07:00

Description:
LaTeXPiX is of of the LaTeX drawing tools which works under all Microsoft Windows platforms. It supports both the EEPIC as well as the PGF environment. Some enhanced features of the program with respect to other LaTeX drawing tools are:

Many people use LaTeX to typeset their documents. By using LaTeX's picture environment, drawings can be made. The picture environment offers several basic shapes like lines, ellipses, vectors, Bezier curves and so on. The drawings have to be generated by writing LaTeX code. The drawback of this is that the resulting drawing can only be observed after compilation of the LaTeX document. Therefore, several programs provide the possibility to create drawings using a user interface. The LaTeX code can be generated by converting the drawn objects in the graphical user interface and write them to file.

LaTeXPiX is of of the LaTeX drawing tools which works under all Microsoft Windows platforms. It supports both the EEPIC as well as the PGF environment. Some enhanced features of the program with respect to other LaTeX drawing tools are:
* Colour support on objects like rectangles (squares), ellipses (circles), polygons, dots, text et cetera.
* Shaded (filled with different grey scales) and colour filled objects.
* Bold and italic texts.
* Inclusion of images like JPEG and PNG.
* Arrows in any direction with different arrowheads possible instead of the restricted vector command in standard LaTeX.
* Elliptical arcs instead of just circular arcs.
* Splines.
* Support for PGF package.

Requirements:
- Microsoft Windows

More information:
http://home.tiscali.nl/nickvanbeurden/latexpix.htm

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KitCAD v2.27

2008-04-25T02:21:00.000-07:00

Description:
As the name states 'Kit CAD' allows users to get downloads as parts for allowing CADD, CAD, or CAM solution data or image managers that will run on a win32 or an older win9x compliant computer operating system.

The KitCAD2 application has been designed towards kitchen manufacturers to provide users with both document editing design and 3D computer rendered photo-real views as free kitchen designer software downloads, or as freeware softwares. Even if you do not intend to purchase an application I do suggest that you download this one simply for a good read...

KitCAD2 has photo real 3D rendered views with a small additional software download. There have been several BETA versions made with rotation and rendering views which have been distributed over the Internet to the world as a free software download for the public, kitchen industry, cabinet makers, and woodworkers.

Requirements:
win32 9x/NT/ME/2K

More information:
http://www.kitcad.com/

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ImageForge v3.6

2008-04-25T02:08:00.000-07:00

Description:
ImageForge provides you with a set of powerful tools for painting and editing images, photos or other graphics.

Create and edit images, acquire pictures from your scanner, digital camera or other Twain-compliant device, apply special effect filters, produce your own photo albums and simple slide shows, and much more.

Upgrade your ability to edit images with this free paint program.

Requirements:
Windows 95/98, ME, NT4, 2000, or XP

More information:
http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_imffw.html

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Google SketchUp 6

2008-04-25T01:42:00.000-07:00

Description:
Google SketchUp is software that you can use to create, modify and share 3D models. It's easier to learn than other 3D modeling programs, which is why so many people are already using it.

SketchUp, a 3D modeling program bought by Google last month, is free for personal use and you can download it if you have a decent PC with Windows 2000 or XP. Google promises to come up with a Mac version for SketchUp soon.

Google SketchUp is software that you can use to create, share and present 3D models. Whether you want to design a new deck for your house, build models for Google Earth, or teach geometry to your fifth-graders, you can use SketchUp to see your ideas in 3D. And when you're done, you can export an image, make a movie or print out a view of what you made.

Requirements:
Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista
Mac OS

More information:
http://www.google.com/sketchup/index.html

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ShiftN v2.7.1

2008-04-25T01:35:00.000-07:00

Description:
In architectural photography, the effect of converging lines is often unwanted and can be avoided by using a perspective control lens.

These shift lenses are mechanically and optically more complex than standard lenses, so they are comparatively expensive. The software ShiftN offers another way to correct converging lines. All corrections are done automatically by evaluation of vertical edges without any user interaction needed. Version 2.7.1 adds multiprocessor support.

Requirements:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP

More information:
http://www.marcus-hebel.de/foto/links.html

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Stellarium v0.9.1

2008-04-25T01:29:00.000-07:00

Description:
Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go.

Features:

sky
* default catalogue of over 600,000 stars
* extra catalogues with more than 210 million stars
* asterisms and illustrations of the constellations
* constellations for ten different cultures
* images of nebulae (full Messier catalogue)
* realistic Milky Way
* very realistic atmosphere, sunrise and sunset
* the planets and their satellites

interface
* a powerful zoom
* time control
* multilingual interface
* scripting to record and play your own shows
* fisheye projection for planetarium domes
* spheric mirror projection for your own dome
* graphical interface and extensive keyboard control
* telescope control

visualisation
* equatorial and azimuthal grids
* star twinkling
* shooting stars
* eclipse simulation
* skinnable landscapes, now with spheric panorama projection

customisability
* add your own deep sky objects, landscapes, constellation images, scripts...

Requirements:
- Linux
- Mac OS X
- Windows

More information:
http://www.stellarium.org/

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Picasa v2.7.0.37.49

2008-04-25T01:20:00.000-07:00

Description:
Picasa is a free software download from Google.

It helps you:
* Locate and organise all the photos on your computer.
* Edit and add effects to your photos with a few simple clicks.
* Share your photos with others through email, prints and on the web: it’s fast, easy and free.

Requirements:
Microsoft Windows 2000/XP
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0+

More information:
http://picasa.google.com/

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FaceMorpher Lite v2.5

2008-04-25T01:15:00.000-07:00

Description:
Morphing images of one face into another is great fun. Morphing is the process of creating a smooth animated transition from one picture into another. Using morphing you can add stunning effects into your home-made videos, create visual jokes for your friends, or master a unique animated avatar to represent yourself in on-line communities. You'll easily find many more funny uses on your own. So, let's concentrate on the technical side...

Don't want to morph multiple photos? Want a really simple program to morph two photos only? Try FaceMorpher Lite! All you have to do is to load two images and point to the faces you want to morph.

It's fun! Imagine your home video enhanced with stunning effects. Filmed a wedding? Try to morph the bride into a little girl and vice versa, or morph the groom and the bride together to see how their kids will look. Amuse your friends morphing them into political celebrities, movie superstars or popular musicians. Express yourself in morphs!

FaceMorpher Lite is the first fully automated image morphing software on the market. It is tuned to work with human faces. No need to manually define control points. FaceMorpher Lite uses its AI to analyze images and to automatically recognize parts of faces that should be morphed into each other. Putting it simply, all you have to do is to load two images and point to the faces you want to.

Requirements:
Windows 98, ME, XP, 2000

More information:
http://www.facemorpher.com/

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Inzomia Viewer

2008-04-25T01:11:00.000-07:00

Description:
The Inzomia Viewer is a stand-alone desktop software which enables you to use the unique Inzomia features such as pan & zoom and fullscreen mode on your own images.

Supports JPG, PNG, TGA, BMP and LWF images, without altering your registered filetypes.
The Inzomia viewer uses the Inzomia ActiveX (included with the installation) to be able to display images with smooth realtime filtered zoom.

Requirements:
Windows 98, ME, XP

More information:
http://www.inzomia.com/inzomiaviewer.php

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Windows Fonts Explorer v3.6.1

2008-04-25T01:06:00.000-07:00

Description:
Windows Fonts Explorer is a powerful font manager for Windows with intuitive, easy-to-use interface and multi-lingual support.

It helps you to see how many and what fonts are installed on your system and test them. It supports complete view for all font types: TrueType, TrueType Collections, OpenType, Postscript Type 1, Raster, and Vector Fonts. It also allows you to install your fonts, You can even choose your own sample text, and enlarge any character to examine it in detail. With Windows Fonts Explorer you can see what your available fonts look like.

Requirements:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista

More information:
http://www.download.com/Windows-Fonts-Explorer/3000-2316_4-10535863.html?tag=pub

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Pixel Picker v1.1

2008-04-25T01:01:00.000-07:00

Description:
Pixel Picker is a simple color-picking program. It allows you to pick the color from any pixel on your screen.

It's written in C# .NET 2.0 and uses native Win32 APIs. In order to run it, you must install the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. This tool is released under the GNU GPL v2 License

Usage
Using Pixel Picker is really simple. Open it and just move the mouse close to the pixel you want to pick; you may use the zoom view to select the pixel more accurately.
Hit the space key to lock the color and stop the capture. Hit space again to restart the capture. When minimized, Pixel Picker displays the captured color on the taskbar.

Requirements:
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
- Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003, but it may also work with Windows 98.

More information:
http://www.screwturn.eu/(X(1)S(xrz1wlnwusm40laroxebf2bf))/Default.aspx?Page=PixelPicker

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PNG Package Deluxe v7.2

2008-04-25T00:57:00.000-07:00

Description:
PNG Package Deluxe is an attractive pack of icons of different themes, ideal to be placed in applications and Web sites.

Pictures are .PNG with a big enough size (128x128), so you will be able to adapt them to the desired size. By this way, your projects will seem even more professional. Version 7.2 adds 300 PNG icons.

Requirements:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista

More information:
http://www.download.com/PNG-Package-Deluxe/3000-2318_4-10538532.html?tag=pub

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Screen Capture Professional v1.3.2.1

2008-04-25T00:46:00.000-07:00

Description:
Screen Capture Professional is an application that allows you to capture your printed screens without any help of image processing software.

Screen Capture deals with Windows clipboard and specially images clipboard. When pressing on Print Screen on the keyboard, Windows takes a snapshot of your screen-content. Screen Capture Professional will automatically capture and save this snapshot to a folder called Captured Screens, inside the program installation folder or You can select any other folder on your local machine.

Additionally, Screen Capture Professional comes with an easy-to-use BMP to JPG Converter that helps you to convert your captured screens format from BMP to JPG. Finally, With Screen Capture Professional you can capture and save unlimited number of snapshots automatically without replacing them.

Requirements:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista

More information:
http://toolsbox.support.googlepages.com/

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Stereo Pictures v1.0

2008-04-25T00:37:00.000-07:00

Description:
Create stereo image using depth map and texture.

Requirements:
Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista

More information:
http://www.altarsoft.com/stereo_pictures.shtml

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SnapShot v2.0.4

2008-04-25T00:12:00.000-07:00

Description:
SnapShot is a freeware program which enables the user of it to easily take screenshots of the active screen (no dual-screen support). It supports a ‘Default Action’. Which will run when the icon is double clicked, or the hotkey is pressed. Various actions can be taken.

As example:
You press CTRL + F12; An image will be taken and saved to your disk, it will be automatically uploaded to a ftp server; and the link will be automatically placed on to your clipboard. It will be as easy as pressing 2 key combinations to share a quick image of your screen.

Requirements:
- .NET Framework 2.0
- Windows 98, 2000, ME, XP

More information:
http://qweet.eu/

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Envisioneer Express v3.0

2008-04-23T21:42:00.000-07:00

Description:
Envisioneer Express is the easiest to use residential design program available. This program was designed specifically to introduce clients to the simple creation of floor plans, 3D models, and interior design concepts.

Envisioneer uses real world objects such as walls, doors, windows and stairs. These objects make creative design fast and easy, and can achieve instant 3D images with a simple point and click approach.

Envisioneer Express can also be used to display and review professional designs created with many popular design programs on the market including:

Cadsoft Envisioneer
3D Home Architect Series (versions 5-8)
The Carey Bros 3D Deck and Landscape
IMAGINiT Builder 3D
The Home Depot 3D Home Designer
The Home Depot 3D Landscape Designer

Requirements:
- Windows 98, ME, XP

More information:
http://www.envisioneerexpress.com/

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GifSplitter v2.0

2008-04-23T20:36:00.000-07:00

Description:
GifSplitter can break GIF animation down into individual image frames. Then, you can select any frames of the gif animation, and modify them as you like.

Also, GifSplitter will create a .gsf file which can be used in Magic ASCII Studio. So, with the help of GifSplitter you can make ASCII Art Animation directly from gif animation file in Magic ASCII Studio now.

Requirements:
Windows 98, ME, XP

More information:
http://www.xoyosoft.com/gs/index.htm

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Inkscape v0.46

2008-04-23T20:23:00.000-07:00

Description:
An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.

Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great care is taken in designing a streamlined interface. It is very easy to edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps and much more. We also aim to maintain a thriving user and developer community by using open, community-oriented development.

Requirements:
- Windows
- Mac OS X

More information:

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Image Enhance v3.2.2

2008-04-23T20:17:00.000-07:00

Description:
Image Enhance is a free image editor for Windows 95 and later.

It features support for bitmap and JPEG images, webcams, digital cameras and scanners. You can digitally enhance your images by applying different filters and effects, like sharpness, contrast, grayscale, invert, logaritmize, find edges, old photo and more. You can also design your own filters.

Requirements:
- Windows 95, 98, ME, XP

More information:
http://biphome.spray.se/baxtrom/imageenhance.htm

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Soliton II v3.1

2008-04-23T20:10:00.000-07:00

Description:
A free sound editor. If you can’t afford Sound Forge or Cool Edit, try this!

Requirements:
- Windows 98, XP

More information:
http://biphome.spray.se/baxtrom/soliton.htm

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Skencil v0.6.17

2008-04-22T01:38:00.000-07:00

Description:
Skencil is a Free Software interactive vector drawing appliction. Known to run on GNU/Linux and other UNIX-compatible systems, it is a flexible and powerful tool for illustrations, diagrams and other purposes.

A somewhat unique (for a drawing program) feature of Skencil is that it is implemented almost completely in a very high-level, interpreted language, Python. Python is powerful, object-oriented and yet easy to use.

Just a few highlights about Skencil's features:
* Bézier Curves
* Transformed text and images
* Bézier curves, rectangles and ellipses can be used as guides
* Gradient fills
* Blend groups
* Writes EPS files
* Text along a path
* many more...

Requirements:
- GNU/Linux and other UNIX-compatible systems
- Mac OS X

More information:
http://www.skencil.org/

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CadStd Lite

2008-04-22T01:22:00.000-07:00

Description:
CadStd is a general purpose, easy to learn CAD/drafting program for creating professional quality mechanical designs, house plans, blueprints, schematics and charts utilizing ANSI drawing standards.

The Lite version is free and can read any drawing created by the Pro version. CadStd Lite can export files as DXF so you can share your drawings with friends who have other CAD programs like Autocad. The Pro version can create isometric projections from orthographic views, and has powerful commands like offset, trim, fillet and chamfer. Export drawings in formats like DXF, SVG, HPGL/1 or use copy clipboard to paste images into Office and other applications. Import DXF, HPGL/1 and Gedcom files.

If you need to create drawings you can be proud to show a client, a city planning department, a government agency CadStd (Cad Standard) is your best kept secret. People will think you spent hundreds or thousands of dollars to create such a drawing. A recent customer wrote : "I have bought a number of other programs, primarily for 3d graphics...but continually come back to this great program for every project requiring drawings."

Requirements:
Windows 98, ME, XP

More information:
http://www.cadstd.com/

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DrawPlus v4.0

2008-04-21T23:51:00.000-07:00

Description:
DrawPlus is the amazing drawing and graphics software that enables you to create stunning vector graphics, family trees, room layouts and even web animations.

With DrawPlus you can create outstanding vector drawings, high-impact graphics and eye-catching animations - no experience required! And best of all, you can download our standard drawing and graphics software, DrawPlus 4, completely free!

For the simplest, most powerful free drawing and graphics software ever, choose DrawPlus 4

Key Features: Drawing & Sketching Say goodbye to complicated tools and 'shaky hand' drawings. DrawPlus makes drawing simple with easy to use QuickShapes, Natural Curve Editing and Curve Smoothing. Backdrop Wizard Easily add abstract or themed backgrounds to your designs. From dazzling presentation backgrounds to outer-space style backdrops, start your drawings on a ready-made designer canvas. Studio Resources Choose from hundreds of pre-set lines, fills, transparencies, fonts and Wizard elements from the Studio tabs to save yourself time and still achieve amazing results. Colour Selection Apply colour fills to backgrounds, shapes and your own drawings from the simple on-screen studio palette. Animation Mode Bring your designs to life with the fun animation tools, which include easy-to-use, yet advanced features like onion skinning, backgrounds, overlays and frame management. Blends Use the blend tool to automatically 'morph' two images into one another. You choose the number of steps and let DrawPlus do the rest - easy! Transparency Easily create sparkling photo-like realism and quality in seconds with no experience required. Watermark Wizard A notoriously difficult effect to create is now a total breeze, with a wide range of customizable watermark designs on hand. Border Wizard Choose borders from the extensive library for your objects and pages or let the Border Wizard help you to build a totally unique border style. Colour Schemes Define new colour sets as shades of a base colour, then simply apply your colour scheme to your design instantly by editing the original base colour. Editable Envelopes Stretch and squeeze objects or text into whatever shape you choose. Select from the range of special outline shapes or customize your own! Text Create high-impact text for headlines, logos, banners, web pages and more. Convert your text to curves to bring fonts to life.

Requirements:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP

More information:
http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/DrawPlus/default.asp

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GIMP v2.4.5

2008-04-21T23:36:00.000-07:00

Description:
GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.

GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.

It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.

GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted.

Requirements:
- Unix
- Mac OS X
- Windows

More information:
http://www.gimp.org/

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DAZ Studio v2.1.1.13

2008-04-21T01:03:00.000-07:00

Description:
DAZ Studio is a free, feature rich 3D figure posing and animation tool that enables users of any skill lebel to easily create stunning digital imagery.

Wheter you're a 3D newbie or an avid 3D artist, you'll find DAZ Studio is the perfect tool for designing unique digital art and animation with virtual people, animals, props, vehicles, background and more. Experience total creative freedom with DAZ Studio and express yourself in 3D like never before.

DAZ Studio™ just keeps getting better. And 2.1 is no exception. It's just a continuation of other great strides DAZ Studio has made prior to this release of 2.1. From PowerPose to Puppeteer to Activity Tabs that load, pose, animate, and finish, these existing features have helped thousands to learn 3D animation and posing. So if you haven't downloaded DAZ Studio for a while, see what you've been missing! Those same features continue in DAZ Studio 2.1, along with all the other enduring features that have contributed to the successful development of DAZ Studio.

Requirements:
- Windows
- Macintosh

More information:
http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/software/studio/miq414sr9qall6lefvtenamlg3/?&_m=d

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APSW InAFlash v3.3.19.0

2008-04-21T00:50:00.000-07:00

Description:
APSW InAFlash is the great software tool to enable you to view your favorite downloaded swf (flash) files.

It enables you to view all Flash animations from web pages, including Flash game sites, Flash animations, Flash MTV, Flash Movies, Flash websites, Flash advertisements, or any Flash files you come across on the world wide web. All you need to do is simply choose your file, download Flash file to any destination you choose on your hard drive, startup InAFlash and play! Instant flash animations right there on your desktop. Simply start up InAFlash, choose file open and begin to watch your favorite Flash movie, Flash animation, Flash game, Flash MTV, Flash entertainment! you can free download APSW InAFlash 3.3.19.0 now.

Requirements:
Windows XP, 2000, 98

More information:
http://www.allpurposesoftware.com/inaflash.htm

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Free Video Converter v1.1

2008-04-21T00:39:00.000-07:00

Description:
Free Video Converter is a freeware designed to convert all your Video files.

It supports to convert your favorite video from / to AVI, MP4, iPod, PSP, 3GP (mobile phone format), Zune, iPhone, FLV, MKV, WMV, ASF, MOV, QuickTime, MPEG, RM, VCD, VOB...
With Free Video Converter, you can convert your video files into the formats you need (TV, website, Mobile Phone, iPod, Zune ...)

Features:
* Supports large range of formats like AVI, MP4, iPod, PSP, 3GP (mobile phone format), Zune, iPhone, FLV, MKV, WMV, ASF, MOV, QuickTime, MPEG, RM, VCD, VOB...
* You can choose to convert only some parts of your videos. Free Video Converter allow to set the Start Time, end time or duration that you wan to extract.
* You can choose to only extract the sound of your video into MP3, WMA, MP2, AAC...
* Extremely fast conversion speed.
* Completely FREE.
* For Windows 2000/XP/Vista. Size: 3.34MB

Requirements:
Windows 2000/XP/Vista

More information:
http://www.koyotesoft.com/indexEn.html

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3DBase

2008-04-21T00:31:00.000-07:00

Description:
3D modeling and animation for the three-dimensional simulation animations.

Includes a small set of easy to understand functions. It is recommended for those who are new at three-dimensional drawing.

Requirements:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000

More information:
http://www.yanpage.narod.ru/yan_prg.htm#

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Microsoft GIF Animator v1.0.0.101

2008-04-21T00:23:00.000-07:00

Description:
The Microsoft Gif Animator is one of the simplest programs for constructing animated gifs.

Microsoft GIF Animator lets you easily create and customize animated GIF files for your Web site.GIF animations are based on the GIF89a file format, which stores timing information to create the illusion of animation like a cartoon "flipbook". With GIF Animator you can make your animations loop, spin, fade in and out; set the size and transparency of your images; and control a wide range of other options. GIF Animator also features automatic or custom palette creation.

Requirements:
* Windows 2000
* Windows NT
* Windows 98
* Windows 95

More information:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/13212

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Goletas Screen Capture

2008-04-11T16:33:00.000-07:00

Description:
With its seamless integration into Microsoft Windows®, the Goletas Screen Capture program aids you with capturing any part of your virtual screen and saving the captured area to the clipboard and/or a file.

Screen Capture was specifically designed to run in the background completely eliminating user distraction. The program can be manipulated through its own hot keys without the need to bring the screen capture window up to capture all screens, current screen or foreground windows.
All the features of the program were carefully chosen to make the tool as simple as possible.
Goletas Screen Capture is absolutely free for personal or commercial use and is not bundled with spyware or adware.

Features:
* Native support for 32 and 64-bit operating systems.
* Fully multithreaded, takes advantage of multi-core processors.
* With the operating system's look and feel, Screen Capture has never been easier to learn and operate.
* Captures windows, controls, entire screen, current screen, foreground window, mouse pointer, pop-ups and drop down menus.
* Supports four hot keys for different operations. By redefining the default action of the Print Screen key, you can capture while working with other programs. It also lets you take screen snapshots of those elements that can't be captured other ways: menus, splash-screens and etc.
* Can send the captured image to the clipboard, a file or both.
* Automatic or manual output image file naming. In automatic mode, Screen Capture generates Globally Unique Identifier and uses it to name the image.
* Saves the captured area in any of the following file formats: BMP, JPEG (compression supported), TIFF, GIF and PNG.
* The ability to open the captured image with an external editor.

Requirements:
# Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003 (or Vista with Aero Glass theme disabled)
# Windows compatible mouse or pointing device
# Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

More information:
http://www.goletas.com/products/screencapture/

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Switch Audio File Conversion Software

2008-04-11T16:13:00.000-07:00

Description:
Switch audio file conversion software is a sound file format converter for Windows or Mac.

Convert audio files from many different file formats into mp3, wav or wma files such as wav to mp3, mp3 to wav, wma to mp3 and much more. This audio file converter is easy to use. Just add the files you want to convert, select the output format, and then click convert.

With Switch you can convert your sound files into the formats you need to compress for storage, create ringtones, add to a presentation, listen on your iPod and much more. In fact, the possibilities are endless using this powerful audio file converter.

Other Features:
* Automatically normalise audio while converting.
* Import multiple file formats at the same time and convert to one output format.
* Ability to play tracks prior to conversion.
* Import and convert a playlist (m3u and pls).
* Import video files and extract audio (avi, mov, mpeg)
* MP3 encoder supports constant or variable bit rates from 8 to 320kbps with optional error correction and stereo modes.
* WAV encoder supports sample rates between 6000 and 196000Hz in PCM as well as a number of other audio codecs.
* Allows up to 32000 files to be converted in one batch.
* Can be run from the command line for automation with other applications.
* Optimized CPU usage and efficient code allows for fastest conversion times.
* Switch Sound File Converter integrates directly with other sound software programs

Typical Applications:
* Compress wav to mp3 files to save hard drive space.
* To open or convert strange or audio file formats not supported by other audio software you use.
* Extract audio from video files (favorite sound bites) for your phone or other audio player.
* Convert multiple format audio files to mp3 for your iPod, PSP or phone.
* In professional audio studios to open formats not supported by your sound editor.
* As a command line plugin for other software to convert or compress audio files.

Requirements:
# Windows - 95/NT4/98/2000/Me/XP/2003/Vista
# Mac - Mac OS X 10.2 or above

More information:
http://www.nch.com.au/switch/

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Sweet Home 3D v1.2.1

2008-04-11T15:52:00.000-07:00

Description:
Sweet Home 3D is a free interior design application that helps you placing your furniture
on a house 2D plan, with a 3D preview.

Sweet Home 3D is available in English, French, Portuguese, Italian, German, Czech and Polish.

For some additional 3D object (stair, table, chair, desk, lamp, etc.), click here.

Requirements:
- Windows
- Mac OS X 10.4 / 10.5
- Linux and Solaris

More information:
http://sweethome3d.sourceforge.net/index.html

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Simple ID3-Tag Editor v0.5a

2008-04-11T08:30:00.001-07:00

Description:
Much idle time and very suitable editor mp3-tags (ID3v1 & ID3v2).

The main change is from rival this possibility to edit both versions tag (but-la Winamp). The main possibilities of the program: Support ID3 tag version 1.0 / 1.1 / 2.3 / 2.4; carrying tegov between version; the possibility of the work with embedded file; the advanced editor tag; extended support of the styles (more than 140) + possibility to assign their own; the marketed function drag&drop.
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Requirements:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server

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WPanorama v8.4.1

2008-04-11T08:09:00.001-07:00

Description:
With WPanorama you can display panoramic pictures by letting them scroll horizontally or vertically on the screen.

You can use this software to view the gorgeous 360° swiss panorama included with the program, the 730 panoramas available on this site or your own pictures in .jpg or .bmp format.

Both modules include many features, such as:
- 360° continuous scrolling
- Back and forth scrolling for non 360° pictures
- Automatic detection of 360° panoramas
- Horizontal and vertical scrolling
- Multi-monitor systems support (the scrolling panoramas can span over
several monitors)
- Mini slide show (one sample of it included in the package)
It is possible to display in full screen mode slide shows which aspect ratio
is different from the one of the display
- Mirror function for special interesting effects
- Miscellaneous stretch filters
- Variable scroll increment and speed
- Extensive help with a "Question and answers" section
- Direct access from the programs to the update on the Web

Additional features of the executable program:
- The pictures can be displayed either in a window or in full screen mode
- Possibility to resize the display window by dragging its edges or corners
- A user friendly dialog box allows to easily configure slide shows
- Tools to insert scrolling panoramas into movies by the means of .avi files
and to split the panoramas into several .bmp files
- Possibility to move the picture by dragging it with the mouse
- Panorama show and display of the whole current panorama with a single click
- Possibility to superimpose a description to the scrolling panorama in the
panorama show
- A logo can replace the description in the panorama show
- Possibility to load a panorama by double-clicking on the icon of its configuration
file and to start a panorama show by double-clicking on the icon of the image list file
- Customizable default parameters for the images
- Possibility to associate music (.mid, .mp3 ou .wav files) with panoramas
- Context help and direct access to the questions and answers

Additional features of the screen saver:
- Image list management with individual parameters for each image
- Automatic image change each time the screen saver is trigged
- Automatic image change at a given time interval
- Automatic image change after the panorama has scrolled a given number of times
- Possibility to superimpose a description to the scrolling panorama
- The panorama description can be replaced by a logo
- A panorama show can be exported to the screen saver just by double-clicking
on an icon
- Context help while in the parameters setting panel

When you install the software, both the executable program and the screen saver are installed.

While most of the parameters of the screen saver can be adjusted from its parameters panel, it is possible to set the parameters in WPanorama.exe in real time (with the scrolling picture displayed) and then send them to the screen saver through the configuration files.
If you plan to use the screen saver in a graphic mode other than the desktop mode (default), WPanorama.exe can be used to fine tune the various modes. These settings will be used by both the executable program and the screen saver.

Requirements:
Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000, XP and Vista

More information:
http://www.wpanorama.com/wpanorama.php?r=1207925637

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Videora iPod Converter v3.07

2008-04-11T07:52:00.000-07:00

Description:
Videora iPod Converter is a free iPod video converter that converts video files, YouTube videos, movies and DVD's so you can play them on your iPod.

The software, developed by the creators of Videora, can convert all types of video files (avi, divx, xvid, flv, x264, vob, mpeg, DVD's, YouTube, etc.) into the proper video formats (MPEG-4, H.264) that play on the iPod.

With Videora iPod Converter you can convert videos for any type of iPod that plays video. This includes the new iPod touch, iPod nano and iPod classic in addition to the 5th generation iPod. You can also convert videos for the iPhone.

When combined with Videora, our video search and download program, Videora iPod Converter + Videora allows you to download, convert and copy video to your iPod automatically, using BitTorrent and RSS technology. See the Automation Guide for more details.

More information:
http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/

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Free DWG Viewer v6.0.0.4

2008-04-11T02:07:00.000-07:00

Description:
Free DWG Viewer supports AutoCAD DWG, DXF and DWF.

It has simple view tools and measurement tools with accurate snap-to-geometry functionality. Save views to JPEG. It runs as a desktop application, and an ActiveX control in IE. Printing is available in our $29 Brava Desktop product. Version 6.0.0.4 includes AutoCAD 2008 support, an updated interface, and improved measurement tools.

Requirements:
Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista

More information:
http://www.download.com/Free-DWG-Viewer/3000-6677_4-10066135.html?tag=lst-2-9

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Windows Movie Maker v2

2008-04-11T01:56:00.000-07:00

Description:
Windows Movie Maker 2 is an XP-only download that gives you the tools to create, edit, and share home movies.

With Movie Maker 2.1, you can create, edit, and share your home movies right on your computer. Build your movie with a few simple drag-and-drops. Delete bad shots and include only the best scenes. Then share your movie via the Web, e-mail, or CD. Using third-party software you can even take movies you've made and turn them into DVDs. You can also save your movie back to the video tape in your camera to play back on a TV or on the camera itself.

Requirements:
Windows XP

More information:
http://www.download.com/Windows-Movie-Maker-Windows-XP-/3000-13631_4-10165075.html

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