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Gertrudis Pro 2.5

Is a stand alone software that transforms digital photos into artistic paintings. It includes a variety of styles such as watercolor, crayon or oil painting. Also it gives the option of rendering the output at any resolution without loss of quality or pixelation.

High resolution output
One of the key features of Gertrudis Pro is that it is independent of the resolution, therefore, the user can render the picture at any size.
See: High Resolution Demonstration

How it works
It works with two images: The Original and the Resultant image, and provides a set of tools that enable the user to create an stylized version of the original image. See also:
Brief Description of the Gertrudis Tools

Key Features
? Realistic imitations of the traditional media: Aquarela, Oil, Crayon, and others.
? Advanced Style Management: It lets creating variations of the existing styles or create new styles from scratch.
? Easy of use: The designer can choose the option of giving the direction of the strokes in an automatic way this is done by our exclusive flow analysis algorithm.
? High resolution pictures output: Since the size, position and direction of each stroke is recorded, this lets Gertrudis Pro to render the picture at any resolution.

What"s new in Gertrudis Pro:
? Bitmap Bruhes: Now supports bitmap brushes. This new feature opens the door to many new artistic styles. See Examples
? New Style Management: There is more emphasis in the use of the styles. The user has the freedom to choose a variety of different styles, and to define his own styles. The interface of the style manager was redesigned for making it more intuitive and comfortable. See Screenshots
? High resolution pictures output: Once finished the picture, you can render it at a higher resolution. The high resolution version of the picture is not a simple rescaled version of the original: As the resolution grows, more new details will be visible. See Examples

Other new features:
? You can specify slightly color variations in the brushstrokes, obtaining a more natural aspect. See Examples
? The Variant and Fixed color modes, now works in a different way that it has proven be more useful to the user. See Examples
? User"s interface was reorganized to make it easier and intuitive. See Screenshots
? Some useful characteristics were added:
? Load and Save of Workplace.
? Now you can add an snapshot to the undo history. So the user can go directly to the last snapshot.
? You can apply strokes to the whole image in only one step, using the current style and settings.


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Magic Tweak 3.10

MagicTweak is a special program designed to optimize and personalize Microsoft Windows. It provides one-stop, instant access to a variety of Windows settings that can be altered for a friendlier Windows environment.This unique software makes it easy to tweak hundreds of hidden settings in Windows XP/2000/Me/98, so there is no longer any need to dig through the registry looking for that specific setting (from the Start Menu, Desktop, IE skin, System Icon to System Security) that just doesn"t seem to be there.With the ability to customize almost any aspect of Windows, you can become a Windows expert almost instantly!

New:
? New option to clear Realplayer recent files list.
? New option to clear Microsoft Excel XP recent files list.
? New option to clear Microsoft Powerpoint XP recent files list.
? New option to clear Microsoft Access XP recent files list.
? New option to clear Google toolbar recent search files list.
? New option to clear MSN toolbar recent search files list.
? Some small bug fixed.

08 Dec 2005


1.6 MB

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EditPlus v2.21 Build 330

EditPlus is an Internet-ready 32-bit Text editor, HTML editor and Programmer"s editor for Windows. While it can serve as a good replacement for Notepad, it also offers many powerful features for Web page authors and programmers.

Syntax highlighting for HTML, CSS, PHP, ASP, Perl, C/C++, Java, JavaScript and VBScript. Also, it can be extended for other programming languages based on custom syntax files.
Seamless Web browser for previewing HTML pages, and FTP commands for uploading local files to FTP server.
Other features include HTML toolbar, user tools, line number, ruler, URL highlighting, auto-completion, cliptext, column selection, powerful search and replace, multiple undo/redo, spell checker, customizable keyboard shortcuts, and more.

12.12.2005


950 KB

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Xara Xtreme 2.0e

Producing vector illustrations is quick and easy using the comprehensive drawing tools, but many of the advanced features which Xara pioneered - such as transparency and real-time anti-aliasing - can be applied to both vector and bitmap images. Rather than falling into the bloatware trap that is common with graphics products, Xara has concentrated on creating the world"s best implementation of the essential toolset that designers really need, in order to ensure that working with Xara X can be both highly creative and very productive. As well as all the drawing tools you would expect, Xara X offers options such as automated shadows, bevels and contours, pressure sensitive brush stroking, multi-stage graduated fills and feathering.
Xara Xtreme can produce compact, highly optimized graphics, making it an ideal choice for creating web graphics, and with this in mind we have added a tools to aid in creating graphics for the web, such as a NavBar tool, image slicing capability and Dreamweaver integration.



GENERAL:
? Speed
? Compatibility
? Direct Action Tools
? Drag & drop
? Solid object dragging
? Undo / redo
? Zoom
? Anti-aliasing
? Color support
? Printing
? PDF Export
? The Clipart Gallery
? Bitmap Tracer
? Profiles
? Name gallery
? Templates

PHOTO:
? The XPE Photo Editor
? Single click auto-enhance
? Crop & Rotate
? Red Eye Removal
? Maintain photo quality
? Magic undo
? Third party plug-ins
? Photo Compression
? Advanced photo work

ILLUSTRATION:
? Drawing tools
? Transparency
? Blending
? Feathering
? Contours
? Bevels
? Fills
? Shadows
? Brushes
? Molds / envelopes
? Text handling
? ClipView
? Pressure sensitivity
? Live Effects

WEB:
? Navigation buttons
? Flash export (.swf)
? Animation
? Dreamweaver integration
? Hexadecimal RGB web color
? Image slicing
? Image maps
? Exporting and optimizing
? Linked stretching


: 21.5 MB

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BSplayer Pro v1.37.826 (Retail)

BSPlayer is a Windows ? player that plays back all kinds of media files ( avi / mpg / asf / wmv / wav / mp3...) and specialises in video and divx playback.

Main Features:
- Support for all popular media formats
- Support for new file formats such as Matroska and OGM with embedded chapters, subtitles and multiple audio streams
- Pan-scan and custom pan-scan option
- Support for multiple audio streams and switching between them
- Support a lot of subtitles formats (MicroDVD, SubRip, Subviewer...), custom subtitles position, color, font, transparency...
- Support switching between multiple (different language) subtitles
- Fast forward and fast rewind option
- Frame stepping
- Frame capture
- Bookmarks support
- Chapters support
- Equalizer
- Multilingual
- Fully skinnable
- Custom aspect ratios
- WinLIRC support
- Almost every action can be assigned to user selected key (even two keys) and different keys can be assigned for full screen and windowed mode
- Every action can also be assigned to WinLIRC button
- Support Winamp DSP plugins
- Multiple audio stream switching
- Command line support
- Playback of incomplete AVI files and locked files (files in use, files still downloading or recording)
- BSI/INI files support and dynamic DirectShow filters loading (so everything can be burned on CD and played without installing anything)
- Plugin support

Pro version has all the great functions of 1.3 plus new great features such as:
- Customizable Equalizer
- Support for Capture/Tuner devices
- Capture Video to file
- Integrated subtitle editor
- Network file buffering
- Improved subtitles
- Improved VMR9 support
- Technical email support

Changes in BSplayer and BSplayer Pro version 1.37 (b826) (11 Dec 2005):
- support for utf8 encoding in external ssa subtitles
- VobSub subtitles can now be moved, like normal ones some VobSub subtitles were not displayed, fixed
- mp3 shoutcast fixes, some streams didn"t work
- some fixes with tuner/capture, wrong name displayed after capture etc...
- Added "always on top" option for control window
- fixed problem with desktop mode when icons were hidden
- pan scan was not remembered properly, fixed
- some other bug fixes


12 Dec 2005


BSplayer Pro v1.37.826 Retail - FOSI


2.76 MB

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Paragon Disk Wiper Professional 7.0

Paragon Disk Wiper Professional is designed for organizations and professionals that require reliable, fast and effective way for sanitizing hard disks. Data Sanitization Methods differ by wiping patterns and number of passes. The data should be sanitized in order to protect valuable business information and also because there is, in the most countries, a legal obligation to do so. Disk Wiper Professional guarantees secure and easy erasure of confidential data with the most comprehensive academic algorithms and customization options, wizard-based interface and extensive reporting. It completely erases all live data so as it cannot be recovered with any existing technology.




Paragon Disk Wiper features:

Wipe operations:
- Wipe a partition
- Wipe an entire hard disk
- Wipe only free space (destroy any remnants of deleted files/directories left on disk without affecting the used data)
- Major government and military security standards support (US DoD 5220.22-M, US Navy standards NAVSO P-5239-26, British HMG Infosec Standard No.5, German VSItR Standard, Peter Gutmann"s algorithm, Bruce Schneier"s algorithm, etc.). Available only in the Professional version.
- Paragon developed algorithm along with creating your own customized wiping method (extreme customization option - 4 wiping patterns with up to 99 passes each)
- Integrate report on the accomplished wipe operation with possibility to print it out or save locally
- View sectors on existing partitions for getting information on the current state of sectors to check whether the wipe operation has been successfully accomplished or not
- Logging of bad blocks (corrupted sectors) discovered during the operation to keep the user informed, since these sectors may contain classified information

Hard disk partitioning operations:
- Create, format and delete partitions
- Set or change drive letter (Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 only)
- Update MBR (Master Boot Record) with standard code

Safety and Recovery:
- Bootable Wiping Media providing the same interface and functionality under DOS
- Power Shield? technology - resuming critical operations after power failure
- Disk surface test function

Easy to use:
- New Wipe Wizard enables to successfully destroy all on-disk information including standard bootstrap code and other system service structures, thus providing high level of security, and that even beginners may understand
- Build up bootable wiping media with the DOS-based version of the program to boot from and destroy all on-disk information even when the current operating system cannot boot anymore
- Operations usually not possible under Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 will be automatically performed in a special mode during OS reboot with a New easy-to-use GRAPHICAL user interface.

Auxiliary utilities:
- Burn any ISO image with the help of the Wiping Media Builder

Technologies Support:
- Supports large hard disks (up to 500GB tested, theoretically not limited)
- Supports P-ATA (IDE), S-ATA (SATA), SCSI hard disks
- Supports FireWire, IEEE1394, USB 1.0, USB 2.0 hard disks
- Supports USB Flash Card Memory
- Supports NTFS file system of Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003 (compressed and encrypted files/folders, etc.)
- Supports FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, Ext2 FS, Ext3 FS, Reiser FS, HPFS file systems
- Supports 64K FAT16 extension:

Changes in Disk Wiper Professional 7.0, 23.12.2005:
- New XP style wizard driven interface
- - New Wipe Wizard
- - New Wizard: Wiping Media Builder
- Major government and military security standards support (US DoD 5220.22-M, US Navy NAVSO P-5239-26 for RLL, US Navy NAVSO P-5239-26 for MFM, British HMG Infosec Standard No.5 (Enhanced), German VSItR Standard, Australian ASCI 33, Russian GOST R 50739-95, Peter Gutmann"s algorithm, Bruce Schneier"s algorithm )
- New enhanced customized wiping method (extreme customization option - 4 wiping patterns with up to 99 passes each)
- Bad blocks reporting
- Saving full report about operation in file or printing it out
- USB Flash Cards Support


: 16,8

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Paper Airplane Factory 1.50 -

Create beautifully colored and patterned paper airplanes on your PC . Add decals and insignia. Print out, fold, and fly your creations. Includes patterns for fast planes, gliders, stunt planes. Custom options allow for dozens of possible combinations

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SmartSoft Video Converter v2.5 -

SmartSoft Video Converter is powerful yet simple. Just select the video file you want to convert, the format you want to convert to and click convert. That"s all! Its interface is easy to use and navigate, letting you adjust the quality and variables of output files, or use the preconfigured settings for high-quality conversions. The software works on all Windows systems. More infomation: Code:

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Typing Master Pro 7.0 Eng 2006 -

Your Personal Typing Trainer Meet TypingMaster Pro, the personal typing trainer that adapts to your unique needs. The program provides customized exercises and helpful feedback to guide you step by step to professional keyboarding. As a result your typing speed will increase significantly saving you a lot of valuable work time. Adjusts to Your Progress At every stage training is adjusted to your personal progress. Weak spots are pinpointed and rapidly eliminated with additional exercises. Thanks to this personal approach you can put your new skills into action after only 3 to 5 hours of training.

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Goldshell Flax 3.10 -

FlaX creates real-time text effects for Macromedia Flash! With its intuitive approach, it has raised the standard for Flash text effects. FlaX comes equipped with 122 predefined effects, subdivided into 51 very adjustable effect groups which can be tweaked using sliders and buttons, creating tens of thousands of unique effects. Adjustments take effect immediately, which makes FlaX a productivity tool that you can"t afford to miss! Creating high quality ShockWave material has never been so simple. Effects which were virtually impossible to create manually in Flash have now become reality! FlaX exports in Flash format and can be imported into Flash for inclusion in other work, or inserted directly into a web page. FlaX is designed with user-friendly floating tool windows - creating special effects is simple and enjoyable. FlaX version 3 also allows the insertion of a picture file and a sound byte into the effect SWF.

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