A useful tool for creating animated GIF images. With Advanced GIF Animator you can create pictures, banners, buttons and even movies. You can use the built-in image editor or any stand-alone graphics editor to create image files that will be assembled into the GIF animation. The program features palette optimisation, image size reduction, and multi-language support.
With this trial, you have to put up with a nag screen and 'unregisgtered copy' stamped on saved files.
URL: www.creabit.com
Use Advanced JPEG Compressor to make smaller files from your images, ideal for use on Web pages and in email. While still retaining the original image size, and with minimal loss of quality, smaller file sizes means your Web pages will load faster and your visitors will be happier. Very handy is the ability to setup compression profiles, which can then be batch applied to different types of image.
Until you purchase a licence, this evaluation version is save-disabled.
URL: www.winsoftmagic.com
Advanced MP3/WMA Recorder is a real-time sound recorder application that offers professional recording features with MP3 and WMA (Windows Media Audio) support. Turn your computer into a complete audio recording studio.
You can record sound from microphone, streaming audio from the Internet, or music played by Winamp, Windows Media Player, Quick Time, Real Player, Power DVD, Flash, games, etc. The program is able automatically to detect the recording formats your sound card supports and then set its parameters for the best possible performance.
Note: the evaluation version has a 60-second recording limit.
URL: www.xaudiotools.com
| IrfanView 3.75
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W9x/ME/NT/2000/XP |
| Free |
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/irfanview/ |
This image viewer, browser and converter supports all popular file formats. Free for personal and non-commercial use.
URL: www.irfanview.com
| KoolMoves 3.4
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W9x/ME/2000/NT/XP |
| Trial version – new |
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/koolmoves/ |
KoolMoves is an animation program that creates Flash movies and frames for animated GIFs. It has a comprehensive set of drawing tools as well as the ability to import vector clipart, bitmaps, and WAV audio. KoolMoves can be used to create navigation systems, splash pages, flying logos, text effects, character animation, transition effects, drop shadows and more.
This update includes numerous additions, enhancements and fixes.
URL: www.koolmoves.com
This is the latest version of the player you will need to enjoy an ever-growing proportion of Web sites. Flash Player will let you view Web site interfaces created with Macromedia's Flash (now Flash MX) program or compatible applications.
The IE version is for use on MS Internet Explorer browsers while the Netscape version will work with Netscape and compatible browsers.
URL: www.macromedia.com
This is the latest version of the player you will need to enjoy an ever-growing proportion of Web sites. Flash Player will let you view Web site interfaces created with Macromedia's Flash (now Flash MX) program or compatible applications.
The IE version is for use on MS Internet Explorer browsers while the Netscape version will work with Netscape and compatible browsers.
URL: www.macromedia.com
| Presto Web FX
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W9x/ME/NT4SP4/2000/XP |
| 30-day trial |
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/presto_web_fx/ |
With Presto Web FX you can quickly create eye-catching animations in Macromedia Flash format. The program includes 10 different styles of special effects at the touch of a button, all of which can be customised.
URL: www.digitalworkshop.com
| Quick ePics 3.1.5
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W9x/ME/2000/NT/XP |
| 30-day trial ñ updated |
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/quickepics/ |
Quick ePics makes it easy to prepare and optimise images for the Web. It can be used to process single images or multiple images in a batch. It provides full control over every image in the batch and you can see all changes in real-time without changing the original file. The image, as well as the displayed file size, size savings, and download time are immediately and dynamically updated as the compression level is changed.
This update includes several minor enhancements.
URL: www.missionpeaksoftware.com
| RealOne Player
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| Free |
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/realone/ |
If you want a great-looking multimedia app that lets you watch video, rip digital audio and manage your multimedia library, give RealOne a spin.
URL: www.realnetworks.com
Cutesy Butterfly Babies dance, hop and twirl to cheery music as they pop in and out from behind giant sunflowers. Contains 3D modeled animated images and two MIDI music files. The registered version has three babies and much larger animations and does not have the scrolling marquee or overlay text.
URL: www.sandiegoscreensavers.com
Images of autumn-coloured falling leaves against a huge harvest moon and an eerie autumn sky. Music is soothing string classical style in an MP3 format. The registered version has much larger leaves and does not have the scrolling marquee or overlay text.
URL: www.sandiegoscreensavers.com
Watch this beautiful 3D animated ballerina swanning about your screen. She dances to Tchaikovsky's Panorama from the Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite. Surreal spheres move with the ballerina. The registered version has higher quality background graphic and sound file and doesn't have the scrolling marquee or the registration reminder overlay text.
URL: www.sandiegoscreensavers.com
Skellerina Ballerinas dance to spooky music Night on Bald Mountain. Animated bats fly overhead and skulls lay on stage in front of and at the skellerinas' feet. In the registered version animated skellerinas are the size of the still image skellerinas in the background and there is no scrolling marquee or registration reminder overlay text. Requires 128 Mb of RAM for the high resolution registered version, 64Mb for this demo.
URL: www.sandiegoscreensavers.com
This screen saver has animations of seahorses, mermaids, sea turtles, dolphins, manta rays, angelfish, clownfish, lionfish and more, swimming in a fantastic Atlantis setting. Eerie CD quality background music by Nina Choi completes the serene fantasy. The registered version has many more animated images, larger images, more variety to motions and does not have the overlay text or the scrolling marquee.
URL: www.sandiegoscreensavers.com
Realistic 3D dolphins swim near forground coral reef and in the distance. With a lot of variation of motion, they twirl and spin in the deep blue sea, chattering away. Sound is a spacey MP3 file. Dolphins are all much larger in the registered version.
URL: www.sandiegoscreensavers.com
30 original Fantasy Dragons in 3D rendered and stylised Fantasy environments. CD quality dangerous sounds of Night on Bald Mountain complete the ambience. The demo has only 9 dragon images, a scrolling marquee and overlay text and has MIDI quality music.
URL: www.sandiegoscreensavers.com
Ferocious Raptors search for prey with your open windows or desktop in the background. Images are animated GIFs. The registered version has four Raptors in a unique 3D design. Dangerous and eerie background music completes the effect. Background music is an original composition in MP3 format. The demo version has only two Raptors and has a scrolling marquee and overlay text.
URL: www.sandiegoscreensavers.com
Weird 3D Sumo Baby Ballerinas dance a ballet to classical music as Japanese characters float past. This one will get you laughing. The registered version has much larger animations and does not have the scrolling marquee or overlay text.
URL: www.sandiegoscreensavers.com
Full-featured graphics program for image retouching, viewing and manipulation. Includes more than 100 image filters and special effects. This is an earlier free version of Ultimate Paint – the latest version is shareware.
URL: www.ultimatepaint.com
| Xara3D 5.01
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W9x/ME/NT/2000/XP |
| 15-day trial |
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/xara3d/ |
Xara3D is a simple tool for creating great 3D graphics for the Web.†It can also create simple, high quality animated GIFs, AVIs and Flash movie sequences in seconds. A key use for Xara 3D is in the creation of 3D text headlines.
This new version has more than 30 new features or enhancements.†You get†the Flash export option, various new effects and the ability to save your animations as screen savers.
URL: www.xara.com
| XnView 1.31
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W9x/NT/2000/ME/XP |
| Free |
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/xnview/ |
XnView views and converts more than 360 graphic file formats ñ it supports filters and effects as well. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
URL: www.xnview.com
| Zpaint 1.4
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| Free |
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/zpaint/ |
Allows you to create 3D-style elements like raised or lowered shapes as buttons for your Web site.
URL: www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/index.html
| Future Paint 2
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OS 6.0.8 - OS X |
| Free |
Location on CD: software/mac/multimed/futurepaint/ |
Future Paint offers painting and drawing tools, anti-aliased text, transparency support, twain support, batch conversion, an image browser, and much more.
URL: www.stazsoftware.com/futurepaint
| GifFun 3.3
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OS X |
| Free |
Location on CD: software/mac/multimed/giffun/ |
GIF animator with options to set delays between frames and make new movies using drag-and-drop.
URL: www.stone.com
GraphicConverter is an essential Web tool and indispensable in any other situation where you might be handling lots of graphics files. It will open and convert most file types. The program imports about 145 and exports about 45 graphic file formats.
GraphicConverter offers batch conversion with additional actions; slide shows; easy creation of optimised images for the Internet; image manipulation; compatibility with Photoshop plug-ins; and more.
URL: www.graphicconverter.net
This is the latest version of the player you will need to enjoy an ever-growing proportion of Web sites. Flash Player will let you view Web site interfaces created with Macromedia's Flash (now Flash MX) program or compatible applications.
URL: www.macromedia.com
This is the latest version of the player you will need to enjoy an ever-growing proportion of Web sites. Flash Player will let you view Web site interfaces created with Macromedia's Flash (now Flash MX) program or compatible applications.
URL: www.macromedia.com
| NetCD 2.0.2
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PPC |
| Free |
Location on CD: software/mac/multimed/netcd/ |
NetCD is a CDDB (CD Database) client and audio CD player†– log into the CDDB and get the titles and names of all the tracks on your audio CDs automatically.
URL: www.tobyrush.com/software/netcd/index.html
| Paintfx 1.0.2
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OS 8.1 with CarbLib 1.2 or later/OS X |
| 30-day trial |
Location on CD: software/mac/multimed/paintfx/ |
Paintfx is a budget but feature-packed, powerful image creation and editing tool. You get custom brushes and loads of effects and filters.
This trial version allows images to be saved only in the lowest quality and File Export is disabled. Quicktime 4 or later is required.
URL: www.miennetwork.com/software/paintfx.html
| PhotoFix 3.4.2
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OS X |
| Demo |
Location on CD: software/mac/multimed/photofix/ |
Edit and manipulate graphics in a variety of formats. PhotoFix opens GIF, JPEG and Kodak PhotoCD images. In this demo version, the save and export functions are disabled. Printouts have 'demo text' across them.
URL: www.microspot.co.uk
| RealPlayer 8
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| Free |
Location on CD: software/mac/multimed/realplayer/ |
Listen to and watch streaming and downloaded multimedia content with the ever popular RealPlayer.
URL: www.realnetworks.com
