What if I told you that everything that you’ve been doing on your computer was being recorded through snapshots of your screen taken at regular intervals. Actually, answer this question instead: what if the person doing the recording was you, with the intention of obtaining a retrospective look later on, in the form of a →
Improve your photos with Croppola: a free web service that can suggest better picture compositions
Do you think it’s possible to teach good taste to a computer?, or that a program can suggest better picture compositions? That is what free online service Croppola aspires to; it “provides automatic suggestions to obtain the best composition from pictures you have already shot”, which, in English, means that it will suggest ways to →
Find duplicate image and data files with Anti-Twin
Anti-Twin is a great freeware program that, quite simply, searches for and helps manage duplicate files on your computer. It’s very easy to use, and can help free up tons of space on your hard drives. When you first get a new computer or first install Windows on a fresh drive, your computer is clean, →
Panda3D is a total animation solution for programmers and game designers
Panda3D is a free, open-sourced animation solution that can be used to create games, animated films or shorts and other things to bring your imagination to life. It has been used by famous game companies as well as even some tech savvy high school students, and is one of the best programs/engines of its type. →
Three must-have FREE image manipulation tools: Smilla Enlarger, Seam Carving GUI, and ShiftN
If you are an expert Photoshop user then this post may not be for you; for the rest of us, however, the 3 tools presented here will provide high level functionality that will delight and deliver. Smilla Enlarger uses an algorithmic approach to enlarge images without pixellization, Seam Carving GUI performs ‘content aware’ resizing or →
7 FREE dual monitor programs and resources that you should know about
We recently got access to a new extra screen at the office, so we did the natural thing, and started testing all sorts of free multiple monitor software that we’ve always wanted to try. If you use more than one monitor then this post is for you; it lists 7 programs and resources that add →
Ten ‘Chrome Experiments’ in WebGL that you MUST see
What are Chrome Experiments? Simply put, they are interesting bits of coding that use some of the latest open technologies (e.g. HTML5, Canvas, SVG, and especially WebGL) in a browser setting (not necessarily Chrome). The Google Chrome connection comes from the fact that Google have set up a website to showcase these coding ‘experiments’. This →
Create your own search page and a customized logo at Createfunnylogo
Createfunnylogo.com is a fun little web site that allows you to create your very own search page and customize it’s look and style, for free. The resulting page is a fully-functional search page that you can use to launch all your web searches. There’s no real way to arrive at any specific or accurate number, →
Convert 2D images into 3D objects with ‘AutoDesk 123D Catch’
If you’ve ever wanted to model an actual physical object in 3D then this software may be extremely useful to you. AutoDesk 123D Catch is free software that can process a group of photographs taken of an object, digitally model it in 3D, and then export the result as a 3D object (in DWX, FBX, →
Draw and paint on your Android with with Infinite Painter – an app designed to emulate ‘real’ mediums
Did you ever think that it would be a good idea to create little drawings or paintings on your cell phone? Neither did I; that is, until I started playing around with Infinite Painter, a free (ad supported) painting app for Android, who which does an excellent job in simulating a wide range of mediums →
Get a free alternative to Photoshop or Paintshop with GimPhoto
GimPhoto is a free program that allows you to manipulate and edit your image files in many of the same ways as the retail programs like Photoshop. GimPhoto is designed to approximate Photoshop in many ways; it’s interface design, menu layout, and it’s use of best plugins and resources. If you’re looking for a free →
Find free to use Creative Commons images with Photo Pin
Humans are visual animals; which is why so many people (bloggers, artists, designers, advertising-types, etc) are always looking for images to illustrate our articles and ideas. So it’s a good thing that there are numerous images available under the Creative Commons (CC) license, which anyone can use more or less freely based on some stipulations, →
