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by GraceyLink listing of free software relating to graphics and imagery. These are either freeware, open source or donationware – *not free trials…
Link listing of free software relating to graphics and imagery. These are either freeware, open source or donationware – not free trials. Some are “light” or free versions of a full-version software. As with anything, PLEASE READ THE TERMS OF USE and Licensing for each thing you download. Just because it is free that doesn’t always mean you can use it for commercial outputs. I have not tried all of these personally, so I can’t give you recommendations on their functionality; the graphic/paint programs which I have used (some I still use for certain things) may have notations of my opinion on them, but it is just that, my own personal opinion. Many of these are available for both Mac and PC, but you’ll have to go check at the link site yourself – make sure you check the system requirements before you install anything (mamy older programs may not be compatible with WindowsXP or Vista), and be sure you have an up-to-date antivirus. I have accessed all of these links and downloads with no warnings, but it pays to be safe. One last thing…if you use free software and find it useful, please donate to the creators (or upgrade to the paid version if they have one at reasonable cost) when you are able. Donations are how we can encourage free software makers to continue making the software free. MINI ANIMATORS FOR ANIGIFS Unfreez2 I have been using this since the days of “blinkies” – this is probably one of the tiniest programs – takes up no space and almost no memory and creates an animated gif. You need to have all your files ready to go when you use this. There is no time line, and not much in the way of control, so it’s not for those who use more sophisticated programs. It will, however, make a decent animated avatar. Pivot by Peter Bone. A stick-figure animator. There is a sample on the homepage. Another very simple program to create small anigifs and and avatars. Click the software link to go to the download page. GRAPHICS & PHOTO Editing PaintStar – supports 30+ file formats, image morphing, full editing/graphic tools, supports layers and multiple paths. Freeware. GimPhoto & GimPad / GimPhoto is a GIMP modification with a new menu layout, a great selection of plugins, and many additional resources for a more professional look and feel in a digital photo retouching and image editing application package. It more closely resembles the look of Photoshop. Portable Gimp You can run this version of GimpShop from a thumb drive, or cd/dvd instead of installing it. Be sure to read the installation info – you will need to download at least one other file if you want the interface to look like Photoshop. There is a third file that gives you the PS background window, however, I did not download this since it is buggy. I recently got this Portable Gimp for my new laptop (already own two versions of CS (2 & 3) for different computers, so I can’t afford another version for a travel computer (particularly when I don’t plan to do much editing on it). The laptop has Vista Home Premium on it, and this portable version with PS GUI file installed seems to work just fine. New Photobie and Photobie Studio Both versions are free. There are also helpful forums and tutorials on the site. NOTE For anyone interested in other “portable” applications, the “PortableApps”: site has a goodly number. You can find the page here These are all freeware or open source, and it includes the Mac OS (an older version – see Mac-on-a-stick). Ivy Generator – not really an editing program, but it generates fairly realistic ivy for use in your collages or other imaging. Artrage2 (free version & paid version is only $25 – freeware version is somewhat limited but good for basic art) Artweaver (decent simple painting program with variety of drawing styles and supports layers and transparency – good for creating patterns and texture) Cenon for mac or linux (haven’t used this since it won’t work on PC, but it looks interesting and I’d love to try it) Gimp (one of the most powerful open source image editors with an interface and functions similar to Photoshop) ImageMagick Inkscape Vector Graphics program (a bit of a learning curve with this; similar in function to Adobe Illustrator) Paint.net (drawing and paint program; supports layers) Pixarra’s Twisted Brush Free Edition Pixia Drawing & Painting) Photofiltre – this version is free and does not support layers, the studio version is 29 euros (the studio version supports layers and transparency and has many functions similar to Photoshop) Project Dogwaffle Free Version Serif DrawPlus Skencil Vector Graphics Smooth Draw Nx MobaPhoto – not an image editor or paint program, but useful to create image galleries for websites. PANORAMA MAKERS Open Source Panorama Tools Autostitch Canon Panorama Stitch PanoGuide FRACTAL PROGRAMS Fyre – random image generator. This is pretty cool. Apophysis Chaoscope Double Fractal Endlos Fractal Explorer Fractal Forge Fractal Studio Fractint Gnu Xaos Mandala Explorer Tierazon Specifically for Mac – fractals Spangfract / Spanky’s Fractals for Mac Listing SCREENCAPTURE SOFTWARE Cam Studio (records video screen captures to avi or swf) MWSnap (I used this one for years – pretty good, very easy) Easy-Capture (very similar to the “CaptureIt” software) ScreenHunter FastStone IMAGE CATALOGUES/ORGANIZERS Lightbox Picasa Windows Live Photo Gallery WEB-BASED IMAGE EDITORS (thanks to Jo Obrien for this link – there’s ten image editors here that are web-based) 10 Web Editors 3D SOFTWARE Amabilis 3D Canvas Anim8or Art of Illusion Blender Bryce 5.5 Daz3D Studio POV-Ray Serif 3D Plus SketchUp sPatch Terragen trueSpace from Caligari Wings 3d World Creator and Buttonmaker by Inet 3d Add-ons, Utilities and Models (listed on Verchi forums) General Use For Bryce and Blender For Daz3D, Poser and Others The above links are to 3 forum threads (stickies) elsewhere – the lists were compiled by me for that forum (which is now defunct, but still accessible), and includes plugins, add-ons and utilities, and links to sites where you can obtain things like free models for 3D and free textures. Please be sure to check the model downloads for licensing terms. If you are unsure about using a model in a sellable product, email the modeler – they are usually very good about responding. Mostly they don’t want you sell or give away the model/mesh, but will usually allow it’s use in a rendered image for sale. If the license doesn’t state that it is available for commercial use, please don’t use it without contacting the owner first. A simple email from them will act as a license for your renders. If they don’t allow it, please don’t do it. Other Useful Utilities Revo Uninstaller – very good program to help in uninstalling programs that don’t come with their own uninstaller. Yes, windows has an uninstall function, but sometimes there are bits left behind. Revo can help with that. Freeware CCleaner A cookie cleaner that cleans out a lot more than cookies. It can also do a registry check and remove unnecessary entries. Freeware PC Inspector Smart Recovery – recover image files from memory cards Startup Control Panel For those who want to control what programs load on startup, but aren’t sure how to do it, this small control panel applet is a useful tool. (I’ve loaded this onto both my daughters’ computers because they don’t understand how to stop the unnecessary programs from loading. This little program was easy to explain to them.) Those who understand computer maintenance and techs won’t need or want this, since you can do the same from your control panel. Startup Monitor A small program that monitors your startups and notifies you when any program/file registers itself to run at startup. RunAlyzer, FileAlyzer, RegAlyzer – from the makers of Spybot S&D RunAlyzer / Gives an overview over many relevant system settings, intended to replace the Tools section currently integrated into Spybot-S&D. FileAlyzer / FileAlyzer allows a basic analysis of files (showing file properties and file contents in hex dump form) and is able to interpret common file contents like resources structures (like text, graphics, HTML, media and PE). RegAlyzer / RegAlyzer is a tool to browse and change the registry. Office Software Open Office.org (comparable to MS Office) Floppy Office (a software package containing a dozen applications. The entire thing will run from a thumb drive, a floppy, or your computer. A very small download for those with connection issues. Contains a useful ftp client.) Computer Security & Antivirus Software How to Remove Antivirus XP, Antivirus XP2008, Antivirus XP2009 (there have been a spate of infections of this nasty, so it seems helpful to include this link, which also includes appropriate software downloads). How to Remove VIRUS ALERT (ditto the above) Spybot Search & Destroy – variety of functions including cleanup of malware, adware, browser protection, system internals and other uses. HijackThis – helps remove browser hijacks, homepage hijacks, identify & remove malware, adware, trojans etc. NOTE: do not use this on your own if you don’t know anything about computers. If you need help to identify and clean up computer infections go to What The Tech (formerly TomCoyote forums) and post your problem in the appropriate forums. If you need help or explanations, bmail me. A-squared – very good anti-trojan. They also have pro versions of the anti-trojan, as well as anti-malware. Malwarebytes – a variety of useful anti-malware tools. Tried and true; I’ve used some of these quite often to clean up other computers. Adaware Free – adware removal tool (other tools available, though not necessarily free) – I don’t use this one personally. AVG Free Antivirus – Free antivirus & browser protection. I’ve read some minor complaints about false-positives with this, but I’ve been using this for about five years with no complaint. I also install this on every computer I clean. One thing to note about some OEM software installed on new computers – products like Norton & MacAffee: the subscription for free virus signature updates will often run out after a year or two – be sure to check yours if this is what you use. This happened to both of my daughters – thinking they had antivirus software. Avast Free Antivirus – another decent freeware antivirus I’ve used. ThreatFire (formeryly known as Cyberhawk): “ThreatFire is different. It does not rely on signatures, but instead constantly analyzes your computer’s behavior to detect and block any malicious activity. ThreatFire protects immediately so you know your PC and your valuable data is always secure.” Rather than listing all of these available products (which there are many – but be careful, because some will cause more harm than good to your computer) here’s a trusted site where there’s a decent listing of helpful programs: Freebytes Guide to Free Anti-virus/Anti-malware Pacs Portal A fairly large listing of computer start-up programs (.exe files) and what they do, or what they are used for, and whether or not your computer needs them to load on start-up. It also lists start-ups for trojans and malware which makes this site extremely helpful in identifying the files that are loading in your process list. CHILDREN There are also some drawing & paint programs in the free/open source category available specifically geared to children in age ranges from 4 or 5 to 10 or 12. Encourage the artist in your children from a young age. Tux Paint Drawing for Children Smooth Teddy LAST BUT NOT LEAST Here’s a site that I check every day. I’ve gotten a couple of pretty decent programs from here. They offer a licensed software download for free, every day. To get it licensed you must download and install it on the day it’s given away – and you need to follow the activation instructions in the downloaded zip file. Give-away-of-the-day There are two drawbacks here: most of the time the software offered is of no use or interest to me personally (that doesn’t make it bad, it could be that stuff offered is very useful to someone else), and secondly…if your computer crashes or you buy a new one, the software license can’t be recovered or transferred to another computer. There are, however, times where the software will be offered again at a later date. NOTE: you can’t always trust the thumbs up/thumbs down ratings. A lot of people will give the software a thumbs down because it’s of no interest to them. I’ve been following this site for about six months, and I have a number of programs I use (including Business Cards MX3.9, Wondershare’s WebVideo Author, Sound Editor Deluxe, A2 Antiwaremalware, Moyea Flash Video MX, Acoolsoft Powerpoint to Video Converter, Photo Story Gold, iSpring Pro, Wondershare’s Photoo Collage Studio and their Flash Slideshow Builder, and Dogwaffle’s “PD Particles”), Dogwaffle Project (not the free one), and like from them, along with 3 games. You can scroll through some of the previous give-aways on the main page to see the variety of stuff they offer. On the weekends, they offer a free game give away on their sister site Game-give-away-of-the-day This is not a complete listing of all freeware available, but it is fairly representational of what’s available, from the simple to the more complex. If anyone has links that fit these categories, please feel free to add them in the comments section, or bmail them to me and I’ll add them into the body with a notation of who submitted them. / __________ One of the reason’s for this compiled list is that I find myself frequently pointing people to links for software of this nature. I just thought it would be easier to keep it one place.
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Abode Photo Shoplifter / Powerful design tool when used with Google. / Widely available as a pirate download. For all of us worried about having our work lifted.
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Last night I found the contents of a garbage bag dragged along the back yard of my South London home, so I decided to catch the culprit tonight after his evening of celebrating. Just gone midnight young Brer Fox turned up. “Who me?” said his look and with a quiet pop he was immortalised by the Fox Paparazzi forever! Technical Details: Camera: Nikon D3 / Lens: Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6 / Focal Length: 38mm / ISO: 200 / Flash: SB-800 / Exposure: 1/60 sec at f/4.2 / Post Processing: Photoshop CS3 © 2008 John Hooton Photography
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PINK IS FOR GIRLS Best viewed large. My newest design, “PINK IS FOR GIRLS,” is a delightful / abstract; a fractal image that was created using Incendia software and Photoshop. / “PINK IS FOR GIRLS” was featured in the group PRIZE CHALLENGES / / “PINK IS FOR GIRLS” was featured in the group A FRACTAL ENERGY PASSION / PINK IS FOR GIRLS is a wonderful fractal, somewhat abstract, that will surely complement any little girl’s (or big girl’s) bedroom. / With it’s soft, black background, this stunning pink design / will be an added attraction to anyone’s home or office. / Wherever that “special touch of pink” is needed to brighten / any room’s decor, I hope you choose PINK IS FOR GIRLS.
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DIMENSIONS Best viewed large. I created this image “DIMENSIONS” using new parameters in Fractal art, and did all the post-processing in Photoshop. ABOUT FRACTAL ART: / Fractal art is created indirectly with the help of fractal generating software, iterating through three phases: setting parameters of appropriate fractal software, executing the possibly lengthy calculation, and evaluating the product. In some cases, other graphics programs, such as Photoshop, are used to further modify the images produced.
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My first real attempt at some star trails, I thought the South Celestial Pole would be a bit further up in the image but it ended up being just out but I think I still like this one. This tree is the same tree in my image Speed of Light. This technique will definitely require some more practice, the tree is lit from car headlights coming off Lysterfield Road in the distance. Borrowed mum’s new/old Canon 5D for this one with a 24-70mm f2.8 L series attached. / Settings Canon 5D, 24-70mm f2.8 L USM. FL: 54 mm 30 seconds @ f2.8×50 shots, ISO 800 No Filters Adobe Lightroom 2, Startrails software & Adobe Photoshop CS4
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This designs says “I’m A Mac” and has the 3 colored buttons below the text. If you’re a proud Mac User you should get a t-shirt that says “I’m A Mac”. Show your Mac Pride.
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Alfred Nicholas Gardens Mt Dandenong Vic / With a touch of HDR from Dynamic Pro and a tidy up in picasa. / Hand held using auto settings on the Nikon D80 with 18-135mm zoom. All EV steps adjusted on a single image through Dynamic Pro Software / /
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We’re the Nerd people. Our life goes around the binary system: yes/no, true/false. Our pet is the PC, we stay all the time with it. Our relationship is so great, better than Rin Tin Tin or Flipper . We have to admit it: sometime our close relationship with what you call “machines” makes us hard to communicate with other human being. But it’s not our fault, it’s only because our algorithms can’t adapt very well to the human society chaos. If the communication doesn’t work it’s a serious problem, we know that, indeed we go in panic when our internet connection goes down. There is nothing more destabilizing than not to be connected. For this reasons maybe you think that we’re cold like our silicon friends, but if you go beyond the 0 and 1 made firewall you can find a heart that beats and bleeds. So, please, love us :) All My Series: /
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This was taken from Rosebud on the mornington peninsula victoria Autumn 2008. / I ran this through HDR Software Dynamic Pro. / The image was taken using the Nikon D80 with an 18-135mm lens hand held and on auto settings. Altered E.V steps x 3 times through Dynamic Pro using a single frame only. /
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photomanipulation (software: Photoshop 7) + digital painting (glasses) You can also examine details. Portrait :)
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I guess the title tells it all. But I´d like to know what thoughts and or feelings this image provokes on you. / This was entirely made with Cinema 4D; just a bit postwork to add some window reflections. / Thanks for stopping by.
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Ever just wished all the new fandangle hoopleheaded got to have stuff would just go away…like the dodo bird or just smash it all to hell like a mad dog Luddite…ha ha…well it ain’t gonna go away but if you are a bit of a Luddite…step back and consume less or just hang onto your junk until it goes belly up and then only then replace it…if you have any bucks hanging around the new reality of save instead of spend. Practice thriftiness and be a stealthy peaceful Luddite. Google the Luddites and find out the real meaning of Luddite and when you feel like smashing the new and improved operating system by you know who (?)…that crashes just when you wished you had bought the elite fruity competitions system and your Internet connection sucks…relax…”turn on…turn in…drop out” an oldie but goody.
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Froggie Play… Play with Software effects in IrfanView… / I love to work with different programs. This time I first use the option Effects Aquarel. Than I go Sharpen… 3x. / Than I make a little Swirl… i like it ;-)
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Sorry for all of the capitals, I forgot to take of the caps lock. This image would not seem incredible except for where it started which was baaad. Like all of the photos from this show, it was shot under terrible shooting conditions and I had to up the ISO in order to capture any action. So, I ended up with a lot of noise. Scott Kelby, an author and PS expert that I’m sure many of you are already familiar with, mentioned in one of his books that there was software available that worked miracles with excess noise from low light conditions. Well, it does!! I’m so excited by the amazing change that it made in the image. The software is available at: / imagenomic.com and I’m so happy to share this information with all of you.
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Taken in 2008, I have given this picture some ‘60s treatment using CS3 and Silver Efex Pro which simulates the characteristics of black and white film, and makes this sort of effect a breeze. My favourite film Kodak Tri-X, had a speed of 400 ASA (400 ISO in digital terms) but I used to rate it at 200 ASA (over exposing by 1 stop) to ensure clean highlights and help make a high contrast print in the darkroom. Prints for glossy magazine reproduction were best printed a little ‘hard’ meaning contrasty, as they lost it slightly in reproduction. This style of printing gave a classic edge to ‘60s black and white photography and it can still be seen today in books of that period.. This is as close to how I would have printed from a negative of this picture, usually on Kodak grade 3 paper, grain and all! “Technical Details:” Camera: Nikon D3 / Lens: Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 / ISO: 200 / Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/16 / Flash: Bowens / Flash Mode: White Umbrella / Post Processing: Photoshop CS3 & Nik Software Silver Efex Pro © 2008 John Hooton Photography
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The scourge of the seven C:\ prompts!
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RedBubble Update - Greeting Cards !
by RedBubbleCards Cards Cards / The big news this week is the launch of Greeting Cards – Nearly any image can be sold as a greeting card on RedBubbl…
Cards Cards Cards / The big news this week is the launch of Greeting Cards – Nearly any image can be sold as a greeting card on RedBubble, any file of about 1Mpix or larger ! The product itself is beautiful, photographically printed, bonded with high grade paper and folded. Here’s what it looks like – Just click the card icon at the top. / / Please make your work avaliable as cards – RedBubble is all about artists choice, you need to tick the box to sell cards. / / / Updates to the Watermarks / So we pushed these out a few weeks ago and had a heap of feedback from confused buyers, not sure if the watermark would be on the final product. / / In response we’ve changed the way we are doing this. There isn’t a water mark on the smaller image so buyers can see it clean, on the larger image we are still displaying the watermark – we’ve tried to make it subtle and explain it a little better while still protecting your images.
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An alternative logo for acrobat reader.
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Let’s all “Mac The Planet”. We need more Mac users on this planet. Mac users are a growing breed. Become a “switcher” and wear or display your favorite Mac The Planet product.
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EASTER FRACTAL Photo best viewed large. Happy Easter to all my dear friends at Red Bubble!! I created this fractal image with Incendia software, from bubble parameters. I then sent it to Photoshop where only slight editing was done to enhance the color a little. / It appears somewhat abstract, so I am pleased with the final outcome. I / chose these colors for Easter, and I made this fractal especially for all of / you! Again, I want to wish everyone of my wonderful friends here at Red Bubble a very special, Happy Easter!!xx /
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Taken from Rosebud on the mornington peninsula at one of the local car shows. / Dynamic Pro Software was used on one image only, hand held camera taken with Nikon D80 18-135mm lens. ’’ no tripod ’’ used. / Image origionally taken on auto setting. The Software DYNAMIC Pro creates EV steps for an image as such to be created in HDR format. No other post editing was used. / This image Mustang was in my stock collection that i used for practicing purposes only. Too good now to chuck out !! / /
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