Forty-Three of The Best Free Windows Enhancements That You Should Know About
June 23, 2009 – 8:52 am | 83 Comments

There is an impressive range of excellent freeware Windows enhancements and tweaks. This posting will present forty three excellent additions to Windows that you will like.

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Photosynth: build interactive 3D environments from multiple 2D images
August 28, 2008 – 8:53 pm | 7 Comments

Photosynth ScreenshotMicrosoft Photosynth is a program that can combine multiple images taken at or around a single location from multiple perspectives into a single, unified whole. The resulting synth can be viewed as a single object from different perspectives and browsed in and out of, and it incorporates many of the details that might have been contained in the various source images.

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Png2swf: convert PNG images to flash SWF files
August 12, 2008 – 5:52 am | 15 Comments

png2swf screenshotPng2swf is a free program that can convert PNG files into an animated flash SWF file. It can process a number of PNG images serially into a SWF file or otherwise batch-create SWF files out of individual PNGs.

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DExpose: a stylish, Mac-like application switcher
August 8, 2008 – 4:29 am | 10 Comments

DExpose ScreenshotDExpose is a replacement for the Alt+Tab application switching funcitonality that emulates the Mac Expose window-stacking style.

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XnView Shell Extension: a powerful image utility inside the context menu
July 30, 2008 – 4:47 pm | 13 Comments

XNViewShell Screenshot submenuXnView Shell Extension is a free Windows explorer extension that installs a number of image-related tools in the right-click context menu, including a thumbnail preview, image conversion to a wide variety of formats, image resizing, editing image IPTC metadata, uploading to ImageShack, and other functions.

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Vjpeg: view image files on the desktop as objects
July 30, 2008 – 6:20 am | 16 Comments

Vjpeg screenshotVjpeg is a fast, lightweight free image viewing program designed to open "images as objects", such that they are draggable on the desktop and not placed within a program window.

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Pictomio: an image viewer with a high coolness factor
July 8, 2008 – 4:05 pm | 17 Comments

Pictomio ScreenshotPictomio is a free image viewer which features a slick, modern interface and 3D accelerated browsing of image libraries. It brings together a host of functions for working with images such automatic grouping of images, tagging, image rating, EXIF and metadata editing, as well as image rotation and zooming. Pictomio can also view and manage video and media files and requires a fairly powerful graphics card to run.

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Deleket icons on deviantART: download outstanding free icon packs
May 31, 2008 – 4:19 am | 6 Comments

deleket icons4Deleket’s icon gallery on deviantART features multiple, freely downloadable icon packs provided for free download under the Creative Commons license.

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Phantasmagoria: transform your images with an arsenal of cool effects
May 29, 2008 – 6:23 am | 14 Comments

Phantasmagoria ScreenshotPhantasmagoria is a free image manipulation program that offers a number of potential interventions, ranging from common editing operations (scaling, rotating, cropping, annotation, etc.) to sophisticated effects such as adding background textures, applying color adjustments, distortion and warping, blurring and sharpening, and a number of other effects. It also includes Flickr and Twitter uploading support, as well as the option to receive Twitter messages.

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Loomis Faceworx: model a 3D head from two 2D images
April 30, 2008 – 4:57 pm | 10 Comments

Looxis Faceworx ScreenshotLooxis Faceworx is a free 3D modeling program that can construct a textured 3D model of a person’s head out of two 2D photos (one from the front, "mugshot" style, and the other profile style from the side).

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Work with your images in 3D with Twins Visions
April 9, 2008 – 9:36 pm | 5 Comments

TwinsVisions Screenshot main interface TwinsVisions is a free image viewer that uses a so-called “3D image management system” to navigate and manage image collections. It combines this with image editing and online image sharing functions, as well as Windows context menu integration.

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Browse geo-tagged panoramic images at Panoye
April 2, 2008 – 5:08 am | 4 Comments

Panoye is a community-driven photo sharing site with a twist: all uploaded images are panoramic, 360° views, and all of them are geo-tagged to show you exactly where the photos were taken on a map of the earth.

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