Printing text to paper is done every day; on some occasions however the reverse is needed – getting the original text back from a scanned image or photograph, for further editing and use. This conversion is named Optical Character Recognition or OCR for short, and it can convert scanned books and documents into editable text, →
Fix blurry photos with SmartDeblur
Your smartphone has more technology per square inch than anything humans have ever created, so why do 3 out of 10 pictures you take still come out blurry and unusable? If you have blurry pictures that you would like to fix and be able to use, then check out free software SmartDeblur, a one-click fix →
Get that ‘retro’ image look on your desktop, iOS, or Android, with XnRetro
If you want that ‘Instagram’ retro photograph look for some of the many images on your destkop, then check out XnRetro, a free program available for Windows, Linux, and Mac, as well as mobile desktop apps for Android and iOS. XnRetro is as as simple as can be: load up your picture, then choose from →
Make and share your very own ‘text + images’ screensaver, with MPQ Builder
Does the idea of building your very own screensaver using your very own text and visuals sound appealing to you? If so, then check out MPQ Builder, a program that will let you combine images and text and package them in a setup file as an installable screensaver for Windows. ‘MPQ Builder’ is free for →
Free Giveaway: ‘YoWindow Unlimited’ weather app and screensaver
We’ve featured a number of giveaways on Freewaregenius in the past, but this one is by far the most exciting to date. You may remember YoWindow, a desktop-based weather app for Windows and Mac featuring a very nice visual twist: the weather conditions and time of day are represented through atmospheric on-screen visuals. And while →
Convert your 2D photos to stereographic 3D for free!
Remember those old 3D movies like Jaws 3D? Want to make some of your pictures into 3D in the same manner? 3D Pic Converter is the answer and it’s supremely easy to use. Best of all, as always, it costs nothing! There’s been a rather large influx of 3D tech in the news and in →
VarieDrop makes resizing and converting images as easy as dragging and dropping
VarieDrop is a FREE image resizing tool that lets you batch resize and convert images in batch via drag and drop. It features a simple interface with four different areas, where dragging and dropping your files on each of the different areas results in different resizing or converting operations, such that you could give each →
Add Tilt-Shift effects to your photographs for free, with ‘Tilt-Shift Maker’
Do you enjoy experimenting with photo filters and editing? Tilt-Shift Maker is a great, free online service that produces some absolutely wonderful looking photographs based on your input. It’s loaded with options but it is also easy to use and the end results can really be kind of mind-blowing. Tilt-Shift style photos are, essentially, photographs →
Plane9 is a music-visualization screensaver
Do you love music? Do you love screensavers? Do you love visualizations? We do, which is why we are excited about Plane9, a free software which installs as a screensaver or plugin for Winamp and Windows Media Player. It detects and reacts to any playing music on Windows Vista and Windows 7 and acts as →
Convert your photos and images to pop art with Pop Art Studio Online
Do you enjoy creating your own works of art? Do you like the Pop Art movement? If you said yes to these questions then Pop Art Studio Online could be for you. It allows you to take any ordinary photograph or other image file and instantly and easily convert it to a ‘pop art’ version →
PhotoNova+: an All-in-One Photo Editing Tool for iOS Devices
Ever wished you could edit or tweak photos right off of your iPhone or iOS device? Think about it: you could make a dark photo brighter, for example, or play around with various filters without having to download your images to a computer and without using desktop software. PhotoNova+ is an amazing FREE application available →
Design floor plans for free with Planner 5D
Have you ever wanted to design your own home from the floor plan up, or do you just enjoy fiddling with 3D applications? If so then Planner 5D, which allows you to do these things and costs nothing to use, is a great addition to your free software library. Planner 5D is one of the best →
