Remove Backgrounds from Images with InstantMask
by Haris on December 22, 2009
in Freewares, Tips and Tricks
I’ve always been in search of small and useful applications that could replace the use of big and heavy applications. For instance, simple photo editing can also be done with lighter tools rather than having Adobe Photoshop.
InstantMask is a free tool to remove background from images. It provides an easy way to crop out the foreground elements and use them with another background.
Find Direct URLs to Streaming Audio Files
Many links to streaming audio and video that you come across on the web are hidden behind Javascript or ActiveX scripts. Because of this, it is sometimes very difficult to figure out the actual URLs that correspond to the streams being played.
URL Snooper was written to help users locate the URLs of audio and video files so that they can be recorded.
Explore iPhone like a USB Flash Drive
by Haris on December 21, 2009
in Freewares, Tips and Tricks, iPhone
iPhone can be easily put into disk mode and used as a USB drive without the need of SSH with this freeware I have come across today.
iPhone Explorer is an iPhone browser for Windows and Mac that lets you browse the files and folders on your iPhone as if it were a normal USB flash drive or pen drive.
Most Popular Freewares Available
I used many applications in the last few years that are available for free on the Internet. Whether it’s a CMS or a desktop application, I believe these days free and open-source applications arthan paid ones.
And out of those most popular free softwares available, I would like to share my favourite ones.
VMware Player 3.0.0
A virtual machine is a computer defined in software. It’s like running a PC on your PC. And this what VMware Player does!
VMware Player is a free desktop virtualization software application that makes it easy to operate any virtual machine created by VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion, VMware Server or VMware ESX.
Capture Screenshots from Movies
by Haris on December 6, 2009
in Freewares, Tips and Tricks
Video scene shots are used to shot attach them with a video file which provides a preview of what’s inside the full video file or movie.
Scenegrabber.NET is freeware which provides a very easy-to-use way to create sceneshots from movies.
Thunderbird 3.0 RC2 Released
Almost a week ago, Mozilla released the first release candidate version of Thunderbird 3.0. Today they released Thunderbird 3.0 RC2 for public download.
Thunderbird 3.0 RC2 has been released after four beta and one RC releases. In case you don’t know, Thunderbird is a great email client from the same people who brought you the Firefox browser.
How to Fix Widescreen FOV in Games
by Haris on December 3, 2009
in Freewares, Tips and Tricks
This is a very common issue with gamers having widescreen monitors to play games. Of course it’s more fun to play on widescreen monitors than the usual ones, but the game developers should also understand this.
For example, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the game that broke records of the entire entertainment history in terms of sales, doesn’t support high widescreen resolutions.
Inkscape, Vector Graphics Editor
Inkscape is an open-source vector graphics editor similar to Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Freehand, or Xara X.
Why Inkscape? Well, the thing that sets Inkscape apart from other vector graphics editor is it’s native support for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format.
