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=== Free Tools === | === Free Tools === | ||
Here are a number of free tools that I have found to be very useful. | Here are a number of free tools that I have found to be very useful. | ||
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| + | ==== Graphics ==== | ||
| + | * [http://www.gimp.org/ GIMP] GIMP is a versatile graphics manipulation package. | ||
| + | * [http://hugin.sourceforge.net/ Hugin] Panorama photo stitcher. | ||
| + | * [http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/jhead/ jhead] Exif Jpeg header manipulation tool (can use in conjunction with jpegtran to automatically rotate images based on orientation data stored by cameras that support including many Canon Powershots). | ||
| + | * [http://sylvana.net/jpegcrop/jpegtran/ jpegtran] Lossless jpeg manipulation including rotation (direct link for .exe version is [http://sylvana.net/jpegcrop/jpegtran.exe here]). | ||
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| + | ==== Video ==== | ||
| + | * [http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-win.html MPEG Streamclip] Simple video editor that can read multiple formats and export them to QuickTime, DV, AVI/DivX and MPEG-4. | ||
| + | * [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC media player] The cross-platform open-source multimedia framework, player and server | ||
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| + | ==== Other ==== | ||
* [http://tp.lc.ehu.es/jma/win32/dirco.html Directory Compare] This handy utility will compare and/or synchronize folders including network shares and can be used for simple backups. Visit the author's home page for more handy tools: http://tp.lc.ehu.es/jma.html | * [http://tp.lc.ehu.es/jma/win32/dirco.html Directory Compare] This handy utility will compare and/or synchronize folders including network shares and can be used for simple backups. Visit the author's home page for more handy tools: http://tp.lc.ehu.es/jma.html | ||
* [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ PuTTY] Free telnet/ssh/serial client which supports tunneling and much more. | * [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ PuTTY] Free telnet/ssh/serial client which supports tunneling and much more. | ||
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* [http://keepass.info/ KeePass Password Safe] Secure, encrypted password storage with cross platform support including blackberry and other mobile devices. | * [http://keepass.info/ KeePass Password Safe] Secure, encrypted password storage with cross platform support including blackberry and other mobile devices. | ||
* [http://www.cdburnerxp.se/ CDBurnerXP] Burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs for free. | * [http://www.cdburnerxp.se/ CDBurnerXP] Burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs for free. | ||
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* [http://www.1-4a.com/rename/ 1-4a-rename] A file renamer which renames many files at once (handy for combining pictures from multiple sources and prepending numbers to keep them in order). | * [http://www.1-4a.com/rename/ 1-4a-rename] A file renamer which renames many files at once (handy for combining pictures from multiple sources and prepending numbers to keep them in order). | ||
* [http://www.truecrypt.org/ TrueCrypt] Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows 7/Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux (I use it mostly for a virtual encrypted disk within a file which is mounted as a real disk). | * [http://www.truecrypt.org/ TrueCrypt] Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows 7/Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux (I use it mostly for a virtual encrypted disk within a file which is mounted as a real disk). | ||
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=== Free Website Software === | === Free Website Software === | ||
Revision as of 12:04, 24 November 2009
Welcome! This site is a place to document technical information and other stuff that I was not able to find easily and/or don't want to lose.
Links
Free Tools
Here are a number of free tools that I have found to be very useful.
Graphics
- GIMP GIMP is a versatile graphics manipulation package.
- Hugin Panorama photo stitcher.
- jhead Exif Jpeg header manipulation tool (can use in conjunction with jpegtran to automatically rotate images based on orientation data stored by cameras that support including many Canon Powershots).
- jpegtran Lossless jpeg manipulation including rotation (direct link for .exe version is here).
Video
- MPEG Streamclip Simple video editor that can read multiple formats and export them to QuickTime, DV, AVI/DivX and MPEG-4.
- VLC media player The cross-platform open-source multimedia framework, player and server
Other
- Directory Compare This handy utility will compare and/or synchronize folders including network shares and can be used for simple backups. Visit the author's home page for more handy tools: http://tp.lc.ehu.es/jma.html
- PuTTY Free telnet/ssh/serial client which supports tunneling and much more.
- KeePass Password Safe Secure, encrypted password storage with cross platform support including blackberry and other mobile devices.
- CDBurnerXP Burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs for free.
- 1-4a-rename A file renamer which renames many files at once (handy for combining pictures from multiple sources and prepending numbers to keep them in order).
- TrueCrypt Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows 7/Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux (I use it mostly for a virtual encrypted disk within a file which is mounted as a real disk).
Free Website Software
Here are a few free web tools and software packages that I have used.
- MovableType Publishing Platform
- Gallery Your photos your website
- Secure PHP Form Mailer Script
- Secure Guestbook Script with Image Verification
- PHP RecipeBook PHPRecipeBook is a web based cookbook with the ability to create shopping lists.
- GNUMP3d Web based music indexing & streaming including recursive playlist generation.
- csv2png Very small precompiled utility for generating graphs from csv data.
- LimeSurvey Opensource survey application (run easy to use surveys on your own web server)
- AWStats Free tool that generates graphs web, streaming, ftp or mail server statistics.
