by JodieB | Jul 5, 2012 | The Best Free Software, Uncategorized
Paint.NET is a free photo editor for Windows which features layers, blending modes, special effects, unlimited undo history, and a number of image adjustments and filter effects. Besides the standard pixel-based painting and selection tools, Paint.NET also includes...
by JodieB | Feb 16, 2011 | The Best Free Software, Uncategorized
GIMP is not Adobe Photoshop CS4, but it is an amazingly powerful and efficient open-source bitmap-editing package that can look just as confusing as Adobe Photoshop CS4if you open all its floating toolbars and sidebars. You’ll need to get used to its...
by JodieB | Feb 15, 2011 | The Best Free Software, Uncategorized
Here are two good (and of course free) options for manipulating audio files. dBpowerAMP lets you rip CDs, convert files, and record audio. It supports MP3, MP4, M4a, WMA, OGG, AAC, APE, FLAC, Apple Lossless, and more. This app integrates with Windows, so you can...
by JodieB | Feb 14, 2011 | The Best Free Software, Uncategorized
Audacity is a powerful audio editing/recording software package that doesn’t require much training. It works on Linux, Mac and Windows, and it handles many file types, including OGG, MP3, AIFF, AU, and WAV (but not WMA or AAC). Its features include 32-bit/96-KHz...
by JodieB | Feb 12, 2011 | The Best Free Software, Uncategorized
Anyone who has used Adobe Reader knows it is a huge resource hog. On a older system or one with limited resources AR can slow you to a crawl or stop you altogether (actually this true of every Adobe product I have ever used!!!). Well here is a sweet, sleek...
by JodieB | Feb 11, 2011 | The Best Free Software, Uncategorized
Today I am going to tell you about my favorite FREE PDF convertor – CutePDF. In spite of the sugary name it is an excellent piece of software and it is super easy to use – if you can print you can make a PDF. I especially like the fact that you can...