Useful win apps

[remus]

Houdini

A fully featured animation package with pretty much every feature under the sun. The best part is theirs a free PLE edition that has no limitations.

[mateo soletic]

winrar, its got to be one of the best archiver type programs out there. Will compress/decompress nearly any format (every format i've ever come across at least.) Loads of features, easy to use and free. Not a lot more you could ask for really.

Remus,
Its not free I payed 30 something $ for it, but its worth it.

[remus]

Perhaps it is the education version im thinking of, as i certainly got it for free (and legally.)

Edit: sorry, i didnt read your post properly, i thought you were talking about houdini mateo.

Just to clarify, ive had this same version for quite a while, and as juan said it just give you this little popup thing every time you open a file. A little bit annoying but i can live with it.

[JuanV.Soler]

I have it for free too.
The only thing that happens is that it reminds me it would be good to buy it. But it has not stop working since I started to use it.
(I am talking for years)
That is a friend indeed

[solo]

I downloaded the free learning edition and on install my 'Onecare' virus detector went haywire and I chose the abort and clean option.

[boofredlay]

Hey Pete, use this before you download.

[mateo soletic]

[solo]

[utiler]

That should be uploaded to the "funny picture thread" Eric!!!!

[remus]

Autopano, a very good photo stitching program.

Also lets you manipulate levels etc. of the finished image.

Yours for $150.

[tomasz]

FreeMind-SCF Thread (open source project) helps me a lot with storing some useful information.

[remus]

Cheers tomasz, i was going to post that in here as well.

[archkiranjith]

Webroot Window Washer

very useful application..cleans your temp files with bleach settings!..and compacts your registry..manage startup programs etc..
trial version http://www.webroot.com/En_US/consumer-downloads.html

[archkiranjith]

Ashampoo® PowerUp XP Platinum 2
Tune up your computer like a pro in seconds..useful application..optmise,tweak,cleanup and customize your computer...

trial http://www2.ashampoo.com/webcache/html/ ... 0405__.htm

[archkiranjith]

USB Disk Security

security for your USB drive!!..creates a firewall between your USB drive and the comp..stops any sort of virus spread..
link- http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DLM8A3VV

[chango70]

http://www.otakusoftware.com/deskspace/learn/

Multiple Desktop! Sounds (Haven't tried it yet) useful if you like to keep everything on your desktop.

[chango70]

http://www.boilsoft.com/avi-mpeg-rm-joiner.html

Joins video files together, doesn't re-compress so works really fast.

[chango70]

Oh yeah and the very useful Bulk Rename Utility
http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php

[chango70]

Here is another one.

Bit like Poser

http://www.n-sided.com/3D/quidam.php?rub=1

[xrok1]

gotta check this out too.

list of cool free progs: http://www.indigorenderer.com/joomla/forum/viewtopic.php?t=631

[remus]

http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sum ... nload.html

A very lightweight PDF viewer. Minimal fuss if ever such a thing existed.

[Mike Lucey]

Vitrite

Vitrite is a small Windows utility that allows you to manually adjust the level of transparency for almost any visible window. It does this by utilizing a capability present in Windows for variable window transparency.

http://www.vanmiddlesworth.org/vitrite/

[utiler]

Beat me too it, Mike...

[pilou]

Xara Xtreme 5 free untill 29 april !
Vectorial prog + MAGIX Xtreme Photo Designer 7

Import and Export for Moi 3D

[pilou]

Same style and free!

Expression 4 Designer by Krosoft

[pilou]

Near last days!
And on the Vectorial part don't miss Xara Xtream 5 free toward 29 april 2013 !!!
Link is 2 post above

[veerlexyz]

My favorites:
Fences - http://www.stardock.com/products/fences/
Evernote - http://evernote.com/?noredirect

[rodman100]

http://www.wxtide32.com/
Wxtide32 shows graphically tide times at various locations around the world from 1970-2037. However it no longer includes Ireland or the UK as the harmonics used to calculate these tides are under copyright to the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO), under control of the UK Admiralty, who will not release them for non-profit making uses. I have kept an old version (V2.6)which has all the data. PM to get links to these.(Windows)
The Photographer's Ephemeris (Windows and Mac) is free at http://photoephemeris.com/. Its a great program to to help landscape and nature photographers plan their shoots (as in, where and when will I find my next glorious sunrise?). Visualize sunrise/sunset/moonrise/moonset with overlay to Google Maps. Gives time of sunrise, sunset,Azimuth of sunrise, sunset. Great for planning time lapse for sunrise as you can predict exactly where the sun will rise with respect to ground features from the map. Also available for iPhone although I haven't tried this.

[pilou]

Moi3D 3.0 Infinite Trial without save!

But with this little Script "one line" you can have a "Copy screen" at any size!
By Michael Gibson creator of Moi3D
You can of course modify any thing you want following you graphic card size!

Code: Select all

script: /* Print Screen on the Clipboard */ var prev_background = moi.view.viewportBackgroundColor; moi.view.viewportBackgroundColor = 0x000000; moi.view.lineWidth = 4; moi.grid.display = false; moi.grid.showXYAxes = false; moi.ui.getActiveViewport().renderToClipboard( 2560, 2560 ); moi.view.lineWidth = 1; moi.grid.display = true; moi.grid.showXYAxes = true; moi.view.viewportBackgroundColor = prev_background;

A very old test of that!

[HornOxx]

CaplsLock Goodbye

many of you know, how annoying it can be if you give any numerical input, but only nonsense appears in the VCB, because the CaplsLock key is pressed by mistake.
With CaplsLock Goodbye (Freeware), you can disable this key with ease without getting lost in the deep Windows menu space. You can also change the settings for some other Win-standard keys, which I have not done, nor recommend.
All changes can be made undone with one click also.
CaplsLock Goodbye is just an EXE-file, which does not have to be installed.

http://www.melk.de/melk_software.htm