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Author Topic: Share your great software here... John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-19-2010 11:07 PM                     Hiya Every now and then, there pops up a piece of software that just 'does' exactly what you want it to do and SO very easily. If you are using something that does just that, please share your info. I'll start. I needed a program to make a PDF file from a word document. Primo PDF does just that. It's free and so darn simple to use. After install, it leaves a shortcut on the desktop. You make your word doc and drag that file into the shortcut and drop. It will convert your file to a PDF and leave it alongside the original file with the word doc. How good is that? Another great one is MP3 Gain. with this you can set your entire MP3 library to play at the same volume level. No more rushing for the volume control when a loud track comes on. Love it...and again, it's free.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 09-19-2010 11:33 PM                     Need to read D-cinema hard drives on your Windows computer? Look no further than FS driver! (This comes in extra handy when idiots use non-powered laptop drives for content.) Techs will find NetSetMan particularly useful as a quick way to change their laptop's networking scheme.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 09-19-2010 11:39 PM                     With the pdf converter thingy, there are plenty of programs out there to create a virtual printer that saves as pdf's. That way, you aren't set to certain file formats to be able to convert. Anything that's got a "print" mechanism would work. But I guess this is a little off-topic since I didn't name a specific...  |  IP: Logged Richard Hamilton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1341 From: Evansville, Indiana Registered: Jan 2000 posted 09-20-2010 12:40 AM                     when my pre-loaded version of MS Office expired, I downloaded this Open Office . It seems to be identical to MS Office, Only it's FREE! Rick  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-20-2010 12:01 PM                        I didn't know MS Office could "expire." I'm still using Office 2007 at work. On topic: I really like CD Architect 5.2 for making CD compilations. If you only want to stack songs, it's way overkill but if you like to do fancy edits, crossfades, fine volume adjustments, CD text and so on, it's the best I've seen. It's originally a Sonic Foundry product but Sony bought that company out, so it's under the Sony banner now. Its the only Sony product I actually like. CD Architect website  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-20-2010 12:35 PM                        Interesting thread. I'd add jdiskreport to the list. It is a Java application that can help to show what files and directories are taking up the most space within a filesystem. It is simple, free, and runs on any platform with a relatively recent Java VM.  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 09-20-2010 02:53 PM                     Freeware Genius This is a site that reviews freeware titles. I've gotten some good things there.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-20-2010 05:22 PM                     Quick Media Converter can convert video and audio files and a whole lot more. It's French, so some of their English is off but the software is beaut.  |  IP: Logged Michael Barry Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 584 From: Sydney, NSW, Australia Registered: Nov 1999 posted 09-20-2010 08:32 PM                     I think Final Cut Express is just about perfect video editing software. If one needs more features, Final Cut Studio is also available, but Express has all the core functionality of the larger program. Virtually free at a cost of around $200, I think it's probably the best bargain in video post production, ever.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-20-2010 09:21 PM                        Fotosizer is a great and fast program if you have a whole lot of pictures that need resizing. It can go by percentage or by the desired result size. And it's a freebie. www.fotosizer.com Fotosizer  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-20-2010 09:26 PM                     MPEG Streamclip: http://www.squared5.com/ Multi-format movie player and format converter. Can read and play DVDs, MPEG files, MP4/H.264 and all kinds of others: MPEG, VOB, PS, M2P, MOD, VRO, DAT, MOV, DV, AVI, MP4, TS, M2T, MMV, REC, VID, AVR, M2V, M1V, MPV, AIFF, M1A, MP2, MPA, AC3 You can resize or trim video clips. You can extract audio and make frame grabs. It's stabe, cross-platform, multilingual and it's FREE  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 09-21-2010 03:08 AM                     Interesting freeware to convert your downloaded FLV files to AVI for DVD authoring. FLV to AVI .. works pretty slick! -Monte  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-21-2010 07:02 AM                        Speaking of DVD authoring, I can recommend DVD Flick. It will take pretty much any type of video file and burn it to a DVD that will play in any DVD player. No converting necessary. It is very easy to use. It only runs on Windows. Free and open source.  |  IP: Logged Rick Raskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1100 From: Manassas Virginia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 09-21-2010 08:43 AM                     quote: Mike Blakesley Fotosizer is a great and fast program Agreed -- Especially if you need to resize multiple different sized photos. You can do a whole directory at once and have them all come out the same size. Perfect for websites.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-21-2010 10:17 AM                     quote: Monte L Fullmer Interesting freeware to convert your downloaded FLV files to AVI for DVD authoring Since FLV is just a container format, Streamclip can usually play Flash Video files. Anything that Streamclip can play, it can convert to another format. It does require that you know a little bit about digital video formatting but it is like a multimedia Swiss Army knife. It can do almost anything you know how to do. Personally, I don't care for most "automatic" programs that claim they can do everything for you at the click of a button. I've always believed in the old saying, "If you make something so simple that even an idiot can use it, only an idiot would want to use it."  |  IP: Logged

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