Tom’s Hardware’s practical rundown of free Windows applications lands where many of us live every day: the toolkit that keeps content, code, and media moving without a subscription bill. The list — which highlights ScreenToGIF, GIMP, Inkscape, Notepad++, Rufus, VLC, and HandBrake — is both a...
Racing to meet a design deadline with zero budget is a familiar panic for creators, and the NewsBreak piece that went viral — claiming easy, legal ways to “get Windows & Photoshop for free” — captured that desperation with click-ready simplicity. The reality is messier: there are legitimate...
GIMP 3.1.2 arrives as more than a routine development build. It’s the first waypoint on the march to GIMP 3.2, stacking substantive new features on top of the landmark 3.0 release earlier this year and signaling where the project is headed next. For Windows creatives who split time between...
WebP images are becoming increasingly common across websites and platforms, celebrated for their efficient compression and balance between image quality and file size. Despite these advantages, many Windows users still encounter confusion or roadblocks when attempting to open or edit WebP files...
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In an era increasingly defined by digital subscriptions, the price of staying productive and entertained online is adding up rapidly. From essential office suites to creative software and password managers to streaming platforms, the monthly outlays can quietly spiral out of control...
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Open source applications for Windows continue to gain remarkable traction, offering users powerful, free, and privacy-respecting alternatives to commercial software. These apps often deliver robust functionalities, are continually improved by passionate communities, and provide a level of...
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Linux Tools vs. Windows Alternatives: 6 Free Apps That Outshine the Competition
The age-old rivalry between Linux and Windows isn’t just about operating systems—it’s about design philosophy, innovation, and community-driven development. While Windows software is known for its polished user...
Watermarking your images is not only a practical way to protect your creative work—it’s also an opportunity to brand your photos with a unique style. Whether you’re a casual photographer, a social media influencer, or just someone who values intellectual property, Windows 11 provides a rich...
DPI scaling is a vital feature in Windows 11, particularly for those using high-resolution displays. If you're encountering issues where text or applications appear either too small or too large, adjusting the DPI (Dots Per Inch) scaling can significantly enhance your viewing experience. This...
Privacy matters. Whether it's a license plate, personal details on a document, or sensitive data in a screenshot, there are plenty of moments where you'd want to share a photo but safeguard parts of it. Thankfully, Windows 11 gives you practical applications to do just that—without being a...
Welcome to the future of computing with Neural Processing Units (NPUs) as they take center stage in the Windows laptop arena of 2024. With most of the latest models featuring dedicated NPUs, including those equipped with Intel Core Ultra, Qualcomm Snapdragon, or advanced AMD processors, the...
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I have Linux Ubuntu instal, latest long term version, anyway, I can access some potographcs from my shard partition which I share as an NTFS betwen Liunux and Windows installation, however, although one program in Linux Geeqie can open a file, when I go to open it with Gimp it does not and...
I am still trying to get to know all the features it has and how to us them.
It comes with four themes. This dark one matches the dark theme I'm running in Win10 build 1809.
I've been following a lot of tutorials and such recently, but they always supply .PSD files with text on them.. Is there any free program that allows me to edit or even just convert .PSDs while preserving the text layers? I've tried the GIMP plugin since I've used GIMP for a good bit of time...
I noticed this a few weeks ago. When I start Photoshop, the computer loads for a few moments but the program itself would not load. I decided to uninstall then reinstall Photoshop. When I tried to install it again, everything seemed to work fine until the computer asks me if I would like to let...
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I have a 2 monitor system and I'd like to put a panorama from a game across the two monitors.
I looked it up on the web found that I could build a double size image - 3840x1200 in my case - and the Tile it across the two monitors. So I made a test image and it worked. But since my primary...
I've not used it much, but I think that will change, if I can get a handle on it. For some reason, the lower portion of the tool box window disappeared on me on the first use. It was probably something that I did wrong, but I've been looking for a way to restore it without any luck. The...
Windows 7 Gimp and Filezilla, they work great together, I have been building my website and it is so much easier in windows 7. Gimp is a really good image editor and its free, you can make transperancys as well. Filezilla is an ftp client, so you can upload your website ;)
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I have some problems with installing ghostscript for GIMP. After standard installation for Windows I follow the instruction (which worked for Vista) to make GIMP recognize installed ghostscript. They were to set an environment variable GS_PROG with full path to the location of the...