Perfect Platinum
Video & Photo Editor
full version
As its name suggests, this software combines video and photo editing in one package. You can add effects to both moving and still images, enhance, retouch, edit, compile, and add titles and sound.
Edit movies using simple drag and drop techniques. Timeline/storyboard arrangement makes editing intuitive and straightforward.

e-Promocard CD-R Presenter
LITE VERSION 1.1c     CD-R Presenter enables dynamic multi-media content to be created on a PC and the presentation burnt on to CD-R, business card CD or DVD-R. e-Promocard has included significant advances to CD-R Presenter from its entry-level multi-media business card tool, e-Promocard Designer. Now with extended animation, audio and video capabilities, the product can incorporate shockwave animations, Wav or MP3 files and video clips. Users can choose from a selection included with the software or import their own, from Word, Excel, Powerpoint and PDF documents.
v2.1 full version
Xara3D is a 'slimware' Windows application designed specifically for creating high-quality, compact 3D text headings, either still or animated, for use on the web.
Using Xara3D 2 you can:
create your own 3D text heading using any TrueType font (3 fonts are included free) alter the 3D extrude length, the lighting angle and colour (3 adjustable lights), the heading colour or texture and bevel type (15 different bevel types with adjustable bevel size) alter font & size and change between matt & shiny text

select any background colour or texture to match Web page backgrounds (or set the background to transparent) use real-time 3D positioning, simply by dragging the image on screen animate your heading, with control over the speed and angle of rotation obtain the best possible on-screen quality using full real-time anti-aliasing output files as JPEG, GIF or BMP, animated GIF or AVI movie sequences of rotating text minimise file size and maximise quality by using colour reduction and palette optimisations.
Xara 3D v5 trial
There are more than 30 new features or enhancements over version 4, including some major additions.
Xara3D can now export in Flash vector and bitmap formats – so you can use them as standalone .SWF files, or incorporate them into existing Flash movies. ALSO, the new Export as screen saver option lets you choose the size you want your screen saver to be and it can install it for you too – meaning you don't need to change any of your computer's settings.

MYOB Accounting Plus v11
TEST DRIVE    MYOB accounting software is specifically designed for small businesses. It allows you to keep your books up to date quickly and easily and provides you with the information you need to help you run your business more efficiently. Its intuitive approach means you don't need to be an accountant to use it.
This evaluation copy is fully functional, but limited to 20 uses, and is easily converted to the full retail version. For more information, or to order your copy, you should call MYOB on 0845 130 3975.
Inksaver demo
InkSaver allows you to control the amount of ink used by your inkjet printer, making your ink cartridges last longer. The program optimises printer data so that your printer uses less ink – even when printing at its highest resolution. When you print a document, InkSaver examines the print job, line by line, intelligently removing and optimising data.

Xara Online Membership Manager    free for 90 days
Now you can manage your members, customers or suppliers online from anywhere – free for 90 days. You can add MembershipManager to your website today – there are no downloads, no HTML, and no technical skills required.
The Xara Membership Manager is a simple to use, cost effective online system for associations, clubs, businesses and individuals to manage a database of members, subscribers, customers or suppliers. The Membership Manager can be seamlessly integrated into your existing website so the forms and reports appear on your web pages, or it can be used as a stand-alone website linked from your website. You can manage your member database, process prospective members, send emails and newsletters to individuals or groups, and even send SMS text messages. You can manage your events with a listing and details on your website and you can allow members to register online to attend. You can also give your members access to a secure area to access private content and look up other member details if you wish. There are several versions available to suit the varying needs of different organizations. The Membership Manager is one of a range of Ready-Built Data Applications created using the Xara Online connectable modules. You can add member and event management to your website in a fraction of the time taken by a professional programmer and you don't need any technical skills. Follow the prompts in the Xara menu.
Paint Shop Pro 7 trial
Paint Shop Pro celebrates a decade of providing digital photographers, web designers, and home & business users with powerful yet easy-to-use tools at an affordable price. Try the latest version for free now. The Anniversary Edition is brimming with great free tools, features and resources and includes: Paint Shop Pro 7.04 Media Center Plus 3.1 Animation Shop 3.04 Special effects filters from Alien Skin Eye Candy, Virtual Painter, and Flaming Pear Essentials A brand new Product Tour Bonus hands-on tutorials 30 new Picture Tubes, picture frames, & shapes.
EXEsafe trial
EXEsafe allows you to put a lock on almost any program file. It uses the highly secure blowfish encryption algorithm. The lock is totally customisable – you can lock using a password, timing system, username, or a combination of all three. When the protected program is run, the EXEsafe lock will process all the information, and decide whether access should be allowed. If not, a customisable message is shown, and the program will not decrypt or run.

Galaxy Pass and Galaxy Spy trials
Galaxy Pass - This password recovery tool and tester will automatically test billions of username and password combinations against your HTTP Basic Authentication password-protected web sites, and test your internet security. It uses supplied wordlists of common names and passwords or can sequentially generate usernames and passwords in any format required.
Galaxy Pass
Galaxy Pass Pro
Galaxy Spy
Galaxy Spy Pro
The professional edition features e-mail and ftp account password recovery. The program is compatible with all anonymous Proxy Servers (your unique IP address is withheld).
Galaxy Spy - Selectively block over 12,000 advertising, market research, profiling, tracking & adult content sites. Galaxy Spy claims to increase your web surfing speed by tenfold or more with advertisement-heavy sites. Detect, block and track unauthorised information leakage and intrusions by advertisements, adware, cookies, hackers, scripts, spyware, trojans, viruses, web bugs and worms. Every blocked HTTP request can be displayed or logged. Blocked domains can be instantly unblocked with a right mouse click.
Winamp 3
While most of today's players are fighting for all your media, be it video, audio, streaming or otherwise, Winamp has stuck firmly to core values: namely managing and playing audio alone. It's a great-looking audio player, with a graphic equaliser, spectrum analyser and number of plug-in visualisations which can keep you amused for hours. Which brings us to the playlists, which really could end up playing music for hours or days if desired.
Making Waves trial
The Making Waves range of software provides you with a complete virtual music creation studio containing everything you need to compose, arrange, record, edit, sample, sequence, remix and master original music. The latest version features 1000 track audio and midi sequencing, 6 octave note arrangement, 32beat per bar drum programming, realtime effects, wave editing, loop creation and recycling, direct x support, 96khz 16bit floating point audio engine with multi-sampling, pitch correction and auto time-stretching. In this trial version you won't be able to save any songs that you create.
NOTE: you'll find a selection of loops in the folder \software\makingwaves\loops on the disc.
Ulead PhotoImpact 8 trial
PhotoImpact 8 was designed to meet the specific needs of digital camera users and photographers managing, enhancing and sharing photos. The software provides a complete set of tools for web and graphics enthusiasts who want professional results without a steep learning curve.
New features in version 8 include: intelligent correction tools, enhanced lens distortion and flattening of uneven areas. New camera filters include star filter, gradient filter, spot filter, film grain and diffuse glow.

Opera
Opera is a compact alternative to the big two browsers. The non-Java version is just 3.4Mb (Java and non-Java versions included here), but in our tests with an ADSL connection under Windows XP, it fully opened web pages at the same speed as Internet Explorer 6. That said, Opera is also good at encryption, supports all the important standards, and offers a built-in facility to suppress all pop-up windows to the background, or not show them at all (most pop-up killers require payment).
Java
non-Java
   
SWF Extractor
This free application can extract images & mp3 files from a SWF file as separate files. SWF Extractor does not have a setup application, just copy the files from the \software\swf_extractor folder to your hard disk. You can open a SWF by using the "Open and Extract all" button. The files will be immediately extracted to the same folder as the swf file itself. A grid below the button can be used to view the images and mp3 files extracted. The program will launch your default audio player to play mp3 files.


VirtualDub
VirtualDub is a video capture/processing utility for 32-bit Windows (98/NT/2000/XP), licensed under the GNU General Public License. It lacks the power of a editors like Adobe Premiere, but is streamlined for fast linear operations. It has batch-processing capabilities for processing large numbers of files and can be extended with third-party filters. VirtualDub is mainly geared toward processing AVI files, although it can read (not write) MPEG-1 and also handle sets of BMP images. Most useful is its ability to edit DivX files without re-processing.


DivX 5 codec and player
DivX is a video compression technology developed by DivXNetworks and based on the Mpeg4 system. The DivX codec allows you to create your own DivX files, or view them in a suitable media player, such as DivXNetworks' own player – DivX Playa.
DivX could be used for delivering trailers, but most people are using it to sufficiently compress entire feature films so that they can be transported on single CD Roms or over the Internet. The DivX CODEC isn't available separately, but you get it when you install the Playa (you can install either one or both).

MadDVD bitrate calculator
This small but useful program will calculate the best constant bitrate when encoding a DVD into Mpeg4 (DivX low motion)/ MP3 format. Note: this software requires the VisualBasic 6 Runtime Library (you'll find it in the \software\maddvd\ folder).
WebAssist full version
This free program provides a substantial directory of useful web links, all neatly and conveniently organised so that you can find what you're looking for quickly and easily. Categories include Shopping, News and weather, Sport, Hobbies, Travel, Finance, Property, Computers, Phones, Motoring, Games, TV, and Music. You can also add your own favourite links to the database.