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Download The Gimp 2.6.8

Posted in Software on December 27th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment Tags: ,

Download The Gimp 2.6.8 – 17.39MB (Open Source)

The Gimp 2.6.8 Information
The GIMP is a multiplatform photo manipulation tool. GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. The GIMP is suitable for a variety of image manipulation tasks, including photo retouching, image composition, and image construction.

It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.

* Full suite of painting tools including brushes, a pencil, an airbrush, cloning, etc.
* Tile-based memory management so image size is limited only by available disk space
* Sub-pixel sampling for all paint tools for high-quality anti-aliasing
* Full Alpha channel support
* Layers and channels
* A procedural database for calling internal GIMP functions from external programs, such as Script-Fu
* Advanced scripting capabilities
* Multiple undo/redo (limited only by disk space)
* Transformation tools including rotate, scale, shear and flip
* File formats supported include GIF, JPEG, PNG, XPM, TIFF, TGA, MPEG, PS, PDF, PCX, BMP and many others
* Selection tools including rectangle, ellipse, free, fuzzy, bezier and intelligent
* Plug-ins that allow for the easy addition of new file formats and new effect filters

The Gimp 2.6.8 Change Log

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Download Paint.NET 3.5.1

Posted in Software on November 22nd, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment Tags: ,

Download Paint.NET 3.5.1

Paint.NET 3.5.1 Information

Paint.NET is image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run XP, Server 2003 or Vista.

Every feature and user interface element was designed to be immediately intuitive and quickly learnable without assistance. In order to handle multiple images easily, Paint.NET uses a tabbed document interface. The tabs display a live thumbnail of the image instead of a text description. This makes navigation very simple and fast.

Usually only found on expensive or complicated professional software, layers form the basis for a rich image composition experience. You may think of them as a stack of transparency slides that, when viewed together at the same time, form one image.

Many special effects are included for enhancing and perfecting your images. Everything from blurring, sharpening, red-eye removal, distortion, noise, and embossing are included. Also included is our unique 3D Rotate/Zoom effect that makes it very easy to add perspective and tilting.

Adjustments are also included which help you tweak an image’s brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, curves, and levels. You can also convert an image to black and white, or sepia-toned.


Paint.NET 3.5.1 Change Log

# New: For Windows 7, added taskbar progress reporting for long running operations (effects, adjustments, Image->Resize, save, install)
# Made some corrections to the French translation
# Running setup with /auto will no longer launch Paint.NET when it’s done
# Fixed an issue where Paste into New Image would refuse an image on the clipboard, even if regular Paste would take it
# Fixed a race condition with Edit->Paste and Image->Resize whereby it would take up 100% CPU and take between 1 minute to 1 hour to finish
# Fixed an issues with Copy/Paste where it would leave an extra line of transparent pixels on the left, top, right, and/or bottom edges
# Fixed lag with the paintbrush tool that was being seen on some systems
# Fixed some issues with the paintbrush and eraser tool being misaligned when zoomed in
# Fixed a crash that would happen at (seemingly) random times, such as after drawing with the paintbrush tool, on some systems
# Fixed a minor and obscure rendering glitch with the Move Selected Pixels tool
# Fixed an issue with glass over Remote Desktop or Windows 7 Virtual PC
# Fixed a minor glitch whereby the “Unsaved Changes” confirmation dialog could never finish rendering the image thumbnail if one of the Move tools was active

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Download Paint.NET 3.5

Posted in Software on November 8th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment Tags: ,

DOwnload Paint.NET 3.5 – 4.80MB (Freeware)

Paint.NET 3.5 Information

Paint.NET is image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run XP, Server 2003 or Vista.

Every feature and user interface element was designed to be immediately intuitive and quickly learnable without assistance. In order to handle multiple images easily, Paint.NET uses a tabbed document interface. The tabs display a live thumbnail of the image instead of a text description. This makes navigation very simple and fast.

Usually only found on expensive or complicated professional software, layers form the basis for a rich image composition experience. You may think of them as a stack of transparency slides that, when viewed together at the same time, form one image.

Many special effects are included for enhancing and perfecting your images. Everything from blurring, sharpening, red-eye removal, distortion, noise, and embossing are included. Also included is our unique 3D Rotate/Zoom effect that makes it very easy to add perspective and tilting.

Adjustments are also included which help you tweak an image’s brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, curves, and levels. You can also convert an image to black and white, or sepia-toned.

Paint.NET 3.5 Change Log
* New: Refreshed user interface with new icons and visual styling. On Windows 7 and Vista, it is enhanced for Aero and “glass”.
* New effect: Blurs -> Surface Blur, by Ed Harvey
* New effect: Distort -> Dents, by Ed Harvey
* New effect: Distort -> Crystalize, by Ed Harvey
* New: Russian translation.
* Performance and memory usage have been extensively optimized throughout the entire program.
* .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is now required, which has many built-in performance improvements.
* Disk space usage has been reduced by about 12MB by using NTFS compression on installation files related to staging (.MSI) and diagnostics (.PDB).
* Compression for .PDN images has been improved.
* Effect dialog responsiveness has been improved.
* Images open much faster, especially on single CPU systems.
* Startup performance on most systems will be better by about 20%.
* Memory usage has been reduced when more than one image is open.
* Rendering quality has been greatly improved when zoomed in.
* The selection outline is no longer animated. Instead of “dancing ants”, a context-sensitive “XOR” stipple pattern is drawn. This has allowed for improved performance and lowered CPU consumption (and longer battery life).
* The font manager for the Text tool has been completely rewritten, which fixes many problems seen with crashes and missing fonts.
* On Windows XP, the Text tool has improved reliability and font selection (it uses GDI instead of GDI+).
* On Windows 7, the Text tool will use DirectWrite (instead of GDI) which gives better performance and greatly improved quality. On Windows Vista, you may install DirectX 11 to enable this feature; otherwise GDI will be used.
* The toolbar font list has improved usability, rendering quality, and significantly improved performance.
* The toolbar font list no longer requires an application restart to recognize newly installed fonts.
* When many fonts are installed, both memory usage and startup performance have been greatly improved.
* It is now drastically easier to move a very small selection.
* All installation prerequisites are now installed automatically, such as .NET and Windows Installer.
* Updates are now downloaded in the background, and installed after you exit the application. In previous versions, this was a foreground task and you could not use Paint.NET while the update was downloaded.
* Added a “Utilities” menu. Updates, Languages, and Plugin Errors have been moved there.
* Added a “Manage Fonts” command to the Utilities menu. This will launch the built-in Windows font control panel.
* Clicking the middle mouse button on an image thumbnail will now close the image.
* Improved the Unfocus effect.
* The DirectDraw Surface (.DDS) file type now allows you to select the resampling algorithm for auto-generated mip-maps.
* A processor that supports SSE is now required (almost all CPUs purchased this decade satisfy this).
* Fixed an issue with Gaussian Blur and its treatment of alpha values.
* Fixed a crash with the “Units” selector in the toolbar.
* Fixed a crash due to an overflow that prevented very large images from working (64-bit only).
* Fixed many other miscellaneous glitches and crashes.
* The Korean translation has been removed. Sadly, we were unable to find the resources to complete this.

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Download Picasa 3.5 Build 79.81

Posted in Software on November 5th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment Tags: ,

DOwnload Picasa 3.5 Build 79.81

Picasa 3.5 Build 79.81 Information

Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names you will recognize. You can drag and drop to arrange your albums and make labels to create new groups. Picasa makes sure your pictures are always organized.

Picasa also makes advanced editing simple by putting one-click fixes and powerful effects at your fingertips. And Picasa makes it a snap to share your pictures, you can email, print photos home, make gift CDs, instantly share your images and albums, and even post pictures on your own blog.

The latest version includes Web Albums (along with other improvements), but requires that you request an account from Google.

Picasa 3.5 Build 79.81 Change Log
* Improved stability during import.
* Fixed a crash related to Quicktime.
* Improved the migration process for users upgrading from XP to Windows 7.
* Added RAW support for the following cameras:
Canon EOS 7D
Olympus E-620
Canon EOS 500D
Olympus E-P1
Canon PowerShot A530
Pentax K-7
Canon PowerShot G11
Panasonic DMC-FZ35
Canon PowerShot A470
Sony DSLR-A230
Kodak EasyShare Z980
Sony DSLR-A330
Kodak EasyShare Z1015
Sony DSLR-A380
Nikon D3000
Sony DSLR-A8
Nikon D5000

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Download XnView v1.97 Beta 1

Posted in Software on November 3rd, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment Tags: ,

Download XnView v1.97 Beta 1 – 15.80MB (Non-Commercial Freeware)

XnView v1.97 Beta 1 Information

XnView is freeware software that allows you to view and convert graphic files. It’s very fast and easy to use. But more importantly it supports more than 400 graphics formats!

* Import about 400 graphic file formats
* Export about 50 graphic file formats
* Multipage TIFF, Animated GIF, Animated ICO support
* Image IPTC, EXIF metadata support
* EXIF auto rotation support
* IPTC editing
* Resize, rotate, crop support
* Lossless rotate & crop (jpeg) support
* Adjust brightness, contrast…
* Auto levels, contrast
* Modify number of colors
* Apply filters (blur, average, emboss, …)
* Apply effects (lens, wave, …)
* Fullscreen mode
* Slide show with effects
* Batch convert, batch rename
* Create WEB page easily
* Screen capture
* Create contact Sheet
* Create or edit Multi-page file (TIFF, DCX, LDF)
* TWAIN & WIA support (Windows only)
* Print support (Windows only)
* Drag & Drop support (Windows only)
* Compare image side by side
* Filmstrip layout
* 44 languages support (Windows only)

XnView v1.97 Beta 1 Change Log
# XnView v1.97 Beta 1 Added:

* read XMP from PNG
* support of colour PNG with alpha
* [Scan]/newMethod added
* Slide show now support folder name
* ‘Edit GPS’, exiftool must be copied in AddOn folder
* M2T
* RM
* Capture output filename
* Email dialog custom size
* TARGA bottom-up option
* Sort by folder & ratio
* Print Dialog, Checkbox for label
* Timestamp dialog, filename added
* EXIF colour space in info & thumbnail label
* Message when rotate 16bits picture
* [View]/OpenWithAsPNG
* Open container folder
* Relative zoom step
* Place holder for view title bar
* Recreate exif thumbnail after lossless cropping
* Decrement page number
* date template
* #ID_OUTPUT_FOLDER# for html create
* [Compare]/Text placeholder for displayed text
* Batch convert/’Add alpha’
* netbook ratio
* [Start]/RecentFilesMax & RecentDirsMax
* ‘Open output folder’ in batch convert
* Thumbnail for cbr/cbz
* Shadow/Highlight in batch convert
* Backup option for lossless operation
* ‘E’ key to save pictures from an EXE slideshow
* 8 colors conversion is back
* ‘Rating number’ & ‘colour label number’
* Adobe Brush abr read support
* Quick convert menu in contextual menu
* CreateWithGarfield, Cheese format read support
* FunGraphicMachine Hires, Mono magic & Gigacad hires format read support
* Size auto placeholder
* Lossless rotation in batch convert
* Nikon RAW support
* INI filename in about dialog
* 12 new icons for default toolbar
* NConvert: XNVIEW_GS_DLL (path of gsdll32.dll) & XNVIEW_GS_LIB (path of gs lib folder) environment var added for ghostscript
* NConvert: -add_alpha
* NConvert: $$ for folder name
* XnShell: Rotation
* XnShell: Convert menu can be removed
* XnShell: Custom app to open picture file
* XnShell: Save clipboard
* MediaDector: rw2 & mts

# XnView v1.97 Beta 1 Changed:

* GPS opened in GeoHack
* Mouse position & alignment
* INI Color entry with # or $ are reversed
* Enhance ‘Get Page’ dialog
* Ctrl+A
* Timestamp dialog, Scrollbar instead of buttons
* Overwrite dialog
* Wiki used instead of chm help file

# XnView v1.97 Beta 1 Fixed:

* TIFF 16bits
* Rating & colour label lost after renaming
* Category lost after renaming
* Writing GIF + comment
* NEF exif
* WDP thumbnail
* TIFF
* ANI 32bits
* APNG
* Frame number
* XBS script problem
* XBS saving
* Listing & EXIF date
* Listing & clipboard
* Resize dialog
* Enlarge ‘copy to’ dialog
* Resize Dialog
* Capture & delay
* Save dialog & mnemonic
* Wrong separator CSV listing
* NEF GPS
* “Add text” with ‘&’
* Export dialog, 100% used by default
* Batch convert history, check if exist
* colors to 32bits conversion
* Plugins dialog
* Slide & multipage
* Sort by type
* High zoom quality in compare dialog
* Resize dialog & 2560×1600
* PCD dimensions without pcd plugin
* DPX & folder thumbnail
* Toolbar icon not update after “stop animation”
* Extract alpha
* Comment dialog, setting not restored
* embedded thumbnail
* Shortcut not aligned
* File size & listing
* Animated GIF
* Animated GIF & slideshow
* Align histogram in batch convert
* Rating&ColourLabel in batch rename
* GPS&ICC icon
* View auto image size menu
* Slide & video move
* Slide & video not centered
* Zoom indicator
* Crash in Adobe plugin with grey picture
* Deleting selected/tagged dialog
* Category pane & selection
* ‘Save change’ dialog size
* Export & Next/Prev file
* Dithering grey in batch processing
* APNG
* TIFF
* filesize > 2Gb
* Capture with multiple screen
* Position not restored on multiple screen
* IPTC->XMP
* Animated file + Paint plugin
* Canvas resize “as delta”
* SGI grey+alpha
* Utah RLE alpha
* XPM with number of colors > 1000
* XWD
* PSD & alpha when no layer
* “Browser>Fullscreen>Viewer” & system icon5
* ‘Batch convert’, reload script with ‘convert to truecolors’
* EXIF problem on RAW
* EXIF exposure value
* Batch convert & 3DBorder
* PDF write full path in title field
* NConvert: Floyd dithering missing
* XnShell: NT4 menu problem
* XnShell: Convert & resize
* MediaDetector: JPEG not imported
* MediaDetector: lower extension
* MediaDetector: folder created before import
* MediaDetector: thumbnail creation stopped on import

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Download Paint.NET 3.5 Beta 4

Posted in Software on November 2nd, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment Tags: ,

Download Paint.NET 3.5 Beta 4

Paint.NET 3.5 Beta 4 Information

Paint.NET is image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run XP, Server 2003 or Vista.

Every feature and user interface element was designed to be immediately intuitive and quickly learnable without assistance. In order to handle multiple images easily, Paint.NET uses a tabbed document interface. The tabs display a live thumbnail of the image instead of a text description. This makes navigation very simple and fast.

Usually only found on expensive or complicated professional software, layers form the basis for a rich image composition experience. You may think of them as a stack of transparency slides that, when viewed together at the same time, form one image.

Many special effects are included for enhancing and perfecting your images. Everything from blurring, sharpening, red-eye removal, distortion, noise, and embossing are included. Also included is our unique 3D Rotate/Zoom effect that makes it very easy to add perspective and tilting.

Adjustments are also included which help you tweak an image’s brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, curves, and levels. You can also convert an image to black and white, or sepia-toned.

Paint.NET 3.5 Beta 4 Change Log
* Fixed some miscellaneous small issues and crashes
* Optimized performance in a few places, especially undo/redo and copy/paste
* Korean translation has been removed. Sadly, we were unable to find the resources to complete this.
* Other translations are now complete: Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish.

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Download Paint.NET 3.5 Beta 3

Posted in Software on October 14th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment Tags: ,

Download Paint.NET 3.5 Beta 3 – 4.83MB (Freeware)

Paint.NET 3.5 Beta 3 Information

Paint.NET is image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run XP, Server 2003 or Vista.

Every feature and user interface element was designed to be immediately intuitive and quickly learnable without assistance. In order to handle multiple images easily, Paint.NET uses a tabbed document interface. The tabs display a live thumbnail of the image instead of a text description. This makes navigation very simple and fast.

Usually only found on expensive or complicated professional software, layers form the basis for a rich image composition experience. You may think of them as a stack of transparency slides that, when viewed together at the same time, form one image.

Many special effects are included for enhancing and perfecting your images. Everything from blurring, sharpening, red-eye removal, distortion, noise, and embossing are included. Also included is our unique 3D Rotate/Zoom effect that makes it very easy to add perspective and tilting.

Adjustments are also included which help you tweak an image’s brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, curves, and levels. You can also convert an image to black and white, or sepia-toned.

Paint.NET 3.5 Beta 3 Change Log
* Fixed a performance glitch with some tools, where the action and subsequent undo/redo would be slow.
* Reduced temporary memory usage of commands in the Image menu.
* Reduced disk space use by about 12MB by using NTFS compression on installation files * related to staging (.MSI) and diagnostics (.PDB).
* Fixed many clipping issues with tools and effects with respect to an active selection.
* Improved compression for .PDN images.
* Fixed many small miscellaneous glitches and crashes.

Download Paint.NET 3.5 Beta 3

Download Google SketchUp 7.1.4871

Posted in Software on September 23rd, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment Tags: ,

Download Google SketchUp 7.1.4871 – 37.04MB (Freeware)

Google SketchUp 7.1.4871 Information
Google SketchUp is software that you can use to create 3D models of anything you like.

Get started right away.

Most people get rolling with SketchUp in just a few minutes. Dozens of video tutorials, an extensive Help Center and a worldwide user community mean that anyone who wants to make 3D models with SketchUp, can.

Model anything you can imagine.

Redecorate your living room. Design a new piece of furniture. Model your city for Google Earth. Create a skatepark for your hometown, then export an animation and share it on YouTube. There’s no limit to what you can create with SketchUp.

Get models online for free.

You can build models from scratch, or you can download what you need. People all over the world share what they’ve made on the Google 3D Warehouse. It’s a huge, searchable repository of models, and it’s free.

Google SketchUp 7.1.4871 Change Log
* Improved support for large models: We overhauled SketchUp’s rendering engine to make it easier to work with big models. With the right setup, operations like orbiting, zooming and drawing can be quicker and smoother in 7.1.
* Photo Textures: Use Google Street View imagery to add real-world photo textures to your geo-located SketchUp models
* Nearby models: Use the Component Browser to search the 3D Warehouse for buildings located near the one you’re working on, then download the ones you want directly into your model. No more hunting around to find the context you need
* Direct Component upload: Upload individual components to the 3D Warehouse without first having to save them out to separate files. Split up large city models into buildings, preserve Dynamic Component functionality and more.
* Import and Export COLLADA files: COLLADA is a 3D file format based on open standards. The data you create is yours; it shouldn’t be locked inside a proprietary file type. COLLADA makes it easier to move your models between different pieces of software.
* Import and Export KMZ files: Google Earth KMZ is the standard file format for packaging 3D models together with information about their geographic locations. The newest version of SketchUp gives you access to a world of geo-located 3D models.
* Dimensions: Apply dimensions to scaled SketchUp models and vector graphics to create design documents and simple construction drawings with LayOut 2.
* Snap to SketchUp model: Elements like lines, labels and dimensions automatically snap to points in the SketchUp models you insert in LayOut 2. It’s a little bit like magic.
* Improved Freehand tool: Draw curves with LayOut 2’s Freehand tool and watch them turn into smooth, perfect vector lines that you can edit. It’s a more natural way to draw.
* Lists: LayOut 2 makes it easy to include lists – bulleted or numbered – in your text.
* Improved Grids: Being able to see your grid as dots instead of lines, behind or in front of your drawing, makes it easier to see what you’re doing. Hooray for clarity!
* Improved Copy/Paste: We’ve made it easier to move elements like graphics and text between LayOut 2 and the other programs in your design toolbox.

Download Google SketchUp 7.1.4871

Download Picasa 3.5 Build 79.67

Posted in Software on September 23rd, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment Tags: ,

Download Picasa 3.5 Build 79.67 – 9.24MB (Freeware)

Picasa 3.5 Build 79.67 Information
Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names you will recognize. You can drag and drop to arrange your albums and make labels to create new groups. Picasa makes sure your pictures are always organized.

Picasa also makes advanced editing simple by putting one-click fixes and powerful effects at your fingertips. And Picasa makes it a snap to share your pictures, you can email, print photos home, make gift CDs, instantly share your images and albums, and even post pictures on your own blog.

The latest version includes Web Albums (along with other improvements), but requires that you request an account from Google.

Picasa 3.5 Build 79.67 Change Log
* this version is an English release only.
* Added name tags in the Picasa software.
* Improved geotagging: You can now geotag in Picasa using Google Maps in the ‘Places’ tab.
* Improved keyword tagging:
o New ‘Tags’ tab for easier tag management.
o New Quick Tag buttons for easy access to commonly used tags.
* Import changes
o Added the ability to upload and share while importing.
o Added the ability to add stars and upload only starred images during the import process.
* Added the ability to modify the date and time on pictures. ‘Tools > Adjust date and time.’
* The Sharpen slider is now more responsive.
* Improved reliability for CD burning

Download Picasa 3.5 Build 79.67

Download Blender 2.49b

Posted in Software on September 5th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment Tags: ,

Download Blender 2.49b – 10.77MB (Open Source)

Blender 2.49b Information
Blender is an integrated application that enables the creation of a broad range of 2D and 3D content. Blender provides a broad spectrum of modeling, texturing, lighting, animation and video post-processing functionality in one package. Through it’s open architecture, Blender provides cross-platform interoperability, extensibility, an incredibly small footprint, and a tightly integrated workflow. Blender is one of the most popular Open Source 3D graphics application in the world.

Blender Key Features:

* Fully integrated creation suite, offering a broad range of essential tools for the creation of 3D content, including modeling, uv-mapping, texturing, rigging, skinning, animation, particle and other simulation, scripting, rendering, compositing, post-production, and game creation;
* Cross platform, with OpenGL uniform GUI on all platforms, ready to use for all versions of Windows (98, NT, 2000, XP), Linux, OS X, FreeBSD, Irix, Sun and numerous other operating systems;
* High quality 3D architecture enabling fast and efficient creation work-flow;
* More than 200,000 downloads of each release (users) worldwide;
* User community support by forums for questions, answers, and critique at http://BlenderArtists.org and news services at http://BlenderNation.com;
* Small executable size, easy distribution.

Blender 2.49b Change Log

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