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| Advanced GIF Animator 2.12.2 | |
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W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP |
| Trial version | |
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/adv_gif_animator/ | |
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 and image size reduction.
With this trial, you have to put up with a nag screen and 'unregistered copy' stamped on saved files.
URL: www.creabit.com
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| Artistscope Secure Image Pro 3 | |
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W9x/ME/NT/2000/XP |
| Demo | |
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/artistscope/ | |
Secure Image Pro protects images through the use of encryption. Your Web images cannot be viewed away from your Web site (people could take screen captures, but the resulting image quality would be poor). Batch processing is available.
Features include: protection from right mouse click and page-saving; protection from unauthorised linking; encryption to protect cached images in the Temporary Internet Folder; locking of your image to a designated Web site; mouse over action for swapping images (print protection); multi-user register for managing several domains.
URL: www.artistscope.com
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| Blaze Media Pro 3.03 | |
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W9x/ME/NT/2000/XP |
| 15-day trial | |
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/blaze_media/ | |
Blaze Media Pro is an all-in-one media player including playlist, converter, editor, recorder, and much more. Features include audio and data CD recording, video capture, video creation and de-compiling, video processing, media management, audio merge, etc.
Supported conversions include: CD to WAV, CD to MP3, CD to WMA, WAV to MP3, MP3 to WAV, WAV/MP3 to WMA, WMA to WAV/MP3, WAV/MP3 to OGG, OGG to WAV/MP3, WAV/MP3 to CD, WAV/MP3 Compression, and two-way conversions among MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVI, Multi-Page TIFF, and FLIC. The program also features a fully skinnable interface, MP3 tag editing, and CDDB support. Supported formats for playback include: MP3, MP2, WAV, CDA, WMA, OGG, ASF, MPG, MPEG, AVI, MOV, MIDI, AIFF, AU, SND, and lots more.
URL: www.blazemp.com
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| dBpowerAMP Music Converter 9a | |
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W9x/ME/NT4/2000/XP |
| Free | |
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/dbpoweramp/ | |
dBpowerAMP can convert to and from Wav and Mp3, and from CD Audio files, Windows Media Audio (WMA), Ogg Vorbis and many more formats. The program integrates with Windows Explorer and by selecting a file and right clicking, a 'convert to' button displays a small menu allowing you to choose different conversion formats and methods.
Other codecs are downloadable from the Web site. Before you convert you have the option to normalise the music, great if you have a varied list of music with different volume levels. The program's plugin architecture means you can extend its features.
Does not contain any 'Spyware'.
URL: www.dbpoweramp.com
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| Macromedia Flash Player for IE 6.0.65 | |
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| Free - updated | |
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/flash_player/ | |
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
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| Macromedia Flash Player for Netscape 6.0.65 | |
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| Free - updated | |
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/flash_player/ | |
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
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| Paint Shop Pro 7.04 Anniversary Edition | |
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W9x/Me/2000/NT4/XP |
| 30-day evaluation | |
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/paint_shop_pro/ | |
From its early days as a popular shareware program, Paint Shop Pro has developed into a serious graphics application that should satisfy most of your needs. It certainly gives Photoshop a run for its money in most departments.
URL: www.jasc.com
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| The Gimp 1.2.4 | |
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| Free | |
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/the_gimp/ | |
Installation: you first need to install a set of runtime library files (GTK+), then install the program itself (The GIMP).
The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching and image creation and manipulation. Though not touted as a 'Photoshop killer', The GIMP nevertheless has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, a photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.
The GIMP is extremely expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plugins 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. The GIMP is written and developed under X11 on UNIX platforms. Its memory managent system means image size is limited only by available disk space.
Some other features include: sub-pixel sampling for all paint tools for high quality anti-aliasing; full alpha channel support; layers; a Procedural Database for calling internal GIMP functions from external programs; multiple Undo/Redo (limited only by diskspace); load and save animations in a convenient frame-as-layer format. File formats supported include gif, jpg, png, xpm, tiff, tga, mpeg, ps, pdf, pcx, bmp, and many others. There are loads of popular filter types and much, much more.
URL: www.gimp.org
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| Artistscope Secure Image Pro 3 | |
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OS X |
| Demo | |
Location on CD: software/mac/multimed/artistscope/ | |
Secure Image Pro protects images through the use of encryption. Your Web images cannot be viewed away from your Web site (people could take screen captures, but the resulting image quality would be poor). Batch processing is available.
Features include: protection from right mouse click and page-saving; protection from unauthorised linking; encryption to protect cached images in the Temporary Internet Folder; locking of your image to a designated Web site; mouse over action for swapping images (print protection); multi-user register for managing several domains.
URL: www.artistscope.com
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| GraphicConverter 4.5.1 OS X | |
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Carbon OS 9.2.1+/OS X |
| Shareware - recently updated | |
Location on CD: software/mac/multimed/graphicconverter/ | |
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 160 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. This update includes several minor additions and fixes.
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| GraphicConverter 4.5.1 | |
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PPC/OS 8+ |
| Shareware - recently updated | |
Location on CD: software/mac/multimed/graphicconverter/ | |
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 160 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. This update includes several minor additions and fixes.
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| Macromedia Flash Player 6.0.65 PPC | |
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PPC |
| Free - updated | |
Location on CD: software/mac/multimed/flash_player/ | |
URL: www.macromedia.com
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| Macromedia Flash Player 6.0.65 OS X | |
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OS X |
| Free - updated | |
Location on CD: software/mac/multimed/flash_player/ | |
URL: www.macromedia.com