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Foxit pdf reader
- the official pdf reader is free from Adobe
(www.adobe.com/uk) but is a big 22.3Mb to download, slow
to open files and offers more options than most of us need. Try the free
one from
www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads
which is just 2.13Mb in size. It opens and displays pdfs very quickly. |
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MPEG Streamclip
is a powerful video converter, player, editor for Mac and Windows. It can
play many movie files; encode movies to many formats; extract from DVDs;
can cut, trim and join movies. It is free from
www.squared5.com |
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Audio Level Meter
- Paul Marshall has devised a range of software meters
(click here)
- all available for free. They include PPM (Peak Programme Meters), Analogue
and VU ones. There is even a calibration tone wav file. |
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How much is that?
What does that cost in my currency? Buying on the internet, planning a holiday
abroad ... we all need to have some idea of what prices are in our own money.
xe.com provides exchange rates between almost
any currencies. |
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Making and Burning a DVD
- there are many file converters but fewer free DVD authoring programs which
will make everything required for a DVD to play on most set-top boxes.
DVD Flick is simple to install and
use as well as being very effective. |
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Free Stock Photos
- Stock.XCHNG is the free section of a Stock
Photos website. You register but pay nothing to use the pics ... fine for
websites, posters, magazines and leaflets. Possibly a problem using them
in films as the movies would have to be made freely available. |
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Playing video
- there are plenty of media players but
GOM has codecs
for just about anything. It even plays damaged AVI files and has a good
screen-capture facility ... simple to run but with oodles of control options
if you want them. And it is just 4Mb download ! |
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Make and Fake
How often have you needed a fake newspaper headline for a drama? What about
a new brand of cigarettes (so you do not get sued). Or even your own clapperboard
image? fodey.com makes it easy to generate
those and more. |
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Fast web browsing
- with Firefox the
free alternative browser which offers Windows, Mac and Linux users a better
way to browse the internet. |
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Image Editing
- there are lots of programs for manipulating still images. Few can
match the power and speed of Irfanview which is free. The official
website www.irfanview.com will point
you to several shareware websites where you can download it. |
