relevant freeware apps

[stefkeB]

There are so many freeware applications (and Open Source ones), but I like to point you to some I use frequently:

 

- irfanview for quick screenshots and image cropping/resizing/conversion (instead of waiting for Photoshop to load).

- firefox for browsing

- crimson editor for php/html/script editing

- nvu for wysiwyg web editing (instead of Dreamweaver or Frontpage)

 

Others I like to mention for CAD/2D/3D are:

- Energyplus

- Alibre Design Express

- Cadvance 6.5 (http://www.cadvance.com/65form.htm)

- Radiance

- SolidEdge 2D

- GimpShop (http://www.plasticbugs.com) Gimp with a Photoshop-like interface

 

I have a personal blog, where I list many more interesting applications and resources: http://cad-3d.sbuild.com

[cad-user]

Talking of free 3D CAD Software.

 

I'd like to recommend

 

CoCreate OneSpace Modeling Personal Edition (PE).

 

Please check out here:

 

www.cocreate.com/free

 

Best Regards

[Brian Cassil]

decided to dig up this old thread, and make an edition. i just found an excellent DVD player. lightweight, and not gaudy.

 

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_players/media_player_classic.cfm

 

edit: actually, the scrubbing, and play controls can be a bit buggy at times. ...but still, it is the only free DVD software i have found, besides one that incorporates adware into the mix.

 

Excellent! I've been looking for a good free DVD player for a while.

 

OT, I saw you at siggraph but everytime I thought to go meet you in person I got sidetracked. We should have a dinner for all the mods to meet in person next year or something.

[Dave Buchhofer]

Housecleaning? Heres another useful one that came up the other day

 

http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml

 

Treesize Freeware, it just easily and quickly lists how many GB are in each folder on a drive.. so you too can find those evil podcast directories that have grown to 12gb.. along with that weird 10gb file that appeared in my google earth folder Things i never would have looked for

 

anyway, useful

 

Limitation? Free version only runs on local drives.. need to buy their shareware one to scan network drives.

 

Sooo.. the other way i'd done that in the past, ghetto slow. Drag a drive into a Nero dvd project it takes a while, but it'll tell you how much is in each folder also!

[BrianKitts]

thought I'd spark up this old thread.....came across a site today listing....

 

The 32 Totally Essential (and Free) Apps for Every New PC

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/maximum_pcs_32_totally_essential_apps?page=0%2C3

 

Covers some of the apps that we listed here.... but there's a few new one's I had never heard about.

 

-enjoy!

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

Nifty program for checking frames, identifying missing frames, and quick playback of frames.

 

http://www.ranchcomputing.com/M_framanip.php

[Chad Warner]

Nifty program for checking frames, identifying missing frames, and quick playback of frames.

 

http://www.ranchcomputing.com/M_framanip.php

 

That's a handy little utility. Sort of like Ram player in Max, but definitely faster.

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

HDR/Tonemapping Freeware

http://www.hdrlabs.com/picturenaut/index.html

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

Freeware list at CGSociety. At first I was going to say the link to the thread was old, but then I looked at the date when this was started.

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=23&t=311604

[alias_marks]

a great site to download a lot of stuff at once and install. May come in handy as we all shift to windows 7 - http://www.ninite.com

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

a great site to download a lot of stuff at once and install. May come in handy as we all shift to windows 7 - www.ninite.com

 

Nice.