Have you ever wanted to convert a clip from a video file into a GIF image?, say for use as an animated Avatar image or for publishing on a website, etc. This post will present a relatively quick and easy method to convert any video file →
Create animated Avatar GIFs from webcam images with PsykoGif
If your computer has a webcam and you would like to make creepy 6-frame animated GIF images quickly and easily, then read on. PsykoGif is a small, free web app that will take successive snaps via your webcam and combine them together within an animated GIF →
Create 3D games without coding with Kodu Game Labs
Kodu Game Labs from Microsoft is a powerful, free game creation engine for children and adults alike. Originally designed for the easy creation of 3D games on the Xbox using only a game controller, games can be constructed by combining visual elements together to construct the →
How to embed a video into a PowerPoint presentation and package it within a SINGLE PowerPoint file
Have you ever inserted a video into a PowerPoint presentation, only to discover that you are unable to distribute your presentation as a single file? Typically, inserting a video (or videos) into a PowerPoint will require that you make sure the video(s) are always placed within →
Free Giveaway – ABBYY Screenshot reader performs on-screen Optical Character Recognition
Ever wanted to edit or use some on-screen text from a PDF or any other source, only to find that for whatever reason you couldn’t do it? (say, the text was in fact an image, or the clipboard was disabled, or whatever reason). If so, then →
WinMorph creates morphing animations with ease
If you’ve seen one of those animations where one image turns into another (a young boy into an old man, Brad Pitt’s face transforming to Angelina’s, shown above) and would like to try your hand at creating a few of your own, this software is for →
Ten Must-Have Free Screensavers for Windows, part 1
Although most modern displays do not need screensavers anymore, they remain a part of our everyday computing experience, at least for some.
These days screensavers are more about form rather than function; a diversion for when you walk away from your PC or when you’re on →
Pointless Eye Candy – Customize your desktop with Skinpacks.com
Skinpacks.com is one of those gems of a website that offers a centralized place for multiple sources of great content. It offers tons of customization options for the windows interface and lists tons of different ‘packs’, each of which contains multiple programs from different authors and →
Look up any character or symbol with Shapecatcher
Although you could easily look up any word or concept in a search engine, what would you do if and wanted to look up a character or symbol (say if you were a designer or artist or just interested). In ‘real life’ you would simply draw →
A browser plugin that can detect Photoshopped images? It could happen soon
Have you ever found yourself wondering whether a certain celebrity photo was enhanced or altered? These days it may in fact be the bigger challenge to do the opposite, and actually find that magazine photo that was NOT Photoshopped. Digital photo enhancement is endemic, but with →
Freeware for the holidays!
The winter holidays are just around the corner, and it’s time to get some freeware to jazz up your technology with the holiday spirit! With screensavers, games, and apps, there’s never been a better year for the possibilities of freeware for the holidays. This article will →
Manage your favorite wallpaper images with Wallmagician
If you care about and enjoy the wallpaper images that you use on your computer, you might find this program quite useful. Wallmagician is a simple program that keeps track of all of your favorite wallpaper images in a single place, irrespective of where they may →
