Multimedia.
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ACDSee 5.0.1
W98/2000/NT4SP6/XP
Trial version – new
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/acdsee/

Installation: to install this new trial of ACDSee, you must first uninstall your current trial version; also, version 2.0 of the Windows Installer Service may be required to install ACDSee. If the install link above does not work, use the links here to download the appropriate installer file for your system: for W95/98/ME; for NT/2000. MS Internet Explorer 4.02 or later is also required.

ACDSee digital camera software makes it easy to acquire, view, organise, print, enhance and share your digital photos. Browse through and view digital photos and graphics quickly, thousands at a time. You can view and search thumbnails of your images from your whole CD collection without having to load discs. Create photo albums and carry out basic image manipulation and enhancement.

This update includes various general enhancements as well as extended database importing/exporting functions and expanded image resizing and exposure adjustment options.

URL: www.acdsystems.com

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Advanced GIF Animator 2.14
W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP
Shareware
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/adv_gif_animator/

A useful tool for creating animated GIF images. With Advanced GIF Animator you can create pictures, banners, buttons and even movies. You can use the built-in image editor or any stand-alone graphics editor to create image files that will be assembled into the GIF animation. The program features palette optimisation and image size reduction.

With this trial, you have to put up with a nag screen and 'unregistered copy' stamped on saved files.

URL: www.creabit.com

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Amabilis 3D Canvas 6
W9x/Me/2000/XP
Freeware
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/3d_canvas/

Installation: to install 3D Canvas, version 2.0 of the Windows Installer Service may be required. If the install link above does not work, use the links here to download the appropriate installer file for your system: for W95/98/ME; for 2000. MS Internet Explorer is required to view Help.

3D Canvas is a real-time 3D modeling and animation tool that incorporates drag-and-drop. Complex models can be constructed from simple 3D primitives, or by using 3D Canvas' Object Building Tools.

URL: www.amabilis.com

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CD Ripper X 1.2
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/cd_ripper/

CD Ripper X converts your audio CDs to MP3, OGG Vorbis and WAV.

URL: www.cdripper.com-http.com

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EvilLyrics 
W98/Me/2000/NT/XP
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/evil_lyrics/

EvilLyrics works with Winamp, displaying in a small window the words to currently-playing songs – it gets them by searching Internet lyrics databases. It stores the lyrics for offline viewing, karaoke sessions, singing in the mirror, and things like that.

URL: www.evillabs.sk/evillyrics

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Falafel King 
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/falafel/

You're a falafel vendor filling pita breads for your impatient customers. Make sure you don't overfill them! Download or play online.

URL: www.falafelgame.com/eng/falafelhome.html

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FlashCapture 1.5
W98/Me/NT4/2000/XP
14-day trial
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/flash_capture/

FlashCapture lets you grab a Flash file to send to your friends or use in a presentation. You could also pick up some tips by pulling it apart to see how it's been constructed.

Requires MS Internet Explorer 5 or later.

URL: www.flashcapture.com

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IrfanView 3.8
W9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/irfan_view/

This image viewer, browser and converter supports all popular file formats. Free for personal and non-commercial use.

URL: www.irfanview.com

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Macromedia Flash Player for IE 6.0.79
Free - latest version
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/flash_player/

This is the latest version of the player you will need to enjoy an ever-growing proportion of Web sites. Flash Player will let you view Web site interfaces created with Macromedia's Flash (now Flash MX) program or compatible applications.

The IE version is for use on MS Internet Explorer browsers while the Netscape version will work with Netscape and compatible browsers.

URL: www.macromedia.com

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Macromedia Flash Player for Netscape 6.0.79
Free - latest version
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/flash_player/

This is the latest version of the player you will need to enjoy an ever-growing proportion of Web sites. Flash Player will let you view Web site interfaces created with Macromedia's Flash (now Flash MX) program or compatible applications.

The IE version is for use on MS Internet Explorer browsers while the Netscape version will work with Netscape and compatible browsers.

URL: www.macromedia.com

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MorphMan 4
W98/ME/2000/XP
15-day trial
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/morphman/

The latest version of this powerful photo and video morphing software offers layers for precise morphing control, an onion skin interface to help make your transitions smooth, live preview window, vector shape tools, edge detection and motion estimation features to name just a few.

It comes with the VideoMan video editing suite, imports from AVI, MPEG, QuickTime and DV movies, and renders to AVI, MPEG, QuickTime, DV, animated GIF and Flash file formats.


URL: www.stoik.com/morphman

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MusicMatch Jukebox 8
W98/ME/2000/NT/XP
Free û recently updated
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/musicmatch/

The popular MusicMatch Jukebox is a great multiformat media player, an MP3 encoder, and a CD ripper and burner. Play MP3s, CDs and Windows Media files, and transfer music to your MP3 player for sounds on the move.

This is the free 'Basic' version û if you want a whole lot more, you can upgrade to MusicMatch Jukebox Plus. In this update the new Music Center makes your tasks easier.


URL: www.musicmatch.com

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RealOne Player Gold 2
W98/ME/2000/NT4SP4/XP
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/realone/

If you want a great-looking multimedia app that lets you watch video, rip digital audio and manage your multimedia library, give RealOne a spin. Requires MS Internet Explorer 5 or later.

URL: www.realnetworks.com

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SWiSH 2.01
W9x/Me/NT/2000/XP
15-day trial û recently updated
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/swish/

SWiSH is a quick and easy way to create Flash animations for your Web site. SWiSH is particularly useful for creating great text effects, and you can also create shapes, buttons, sprites, and motion paths. There are more than 150 ready-to-use animated effects such as Explode, Vortex, 3D Spin and Wave. SWiSH exports the same SWF format used by Macromedia Flash, so most Web users will be able to see your animation without downloading a plug-in.

You can preview your animation inside SWiSH without launching a browser or external player, and live editing lets you make changes while the animation is playing. SWiSH creates all the files you need to upload to your Web server, or you can generate the HTML code to paste into an existing Web page.

There have been many fixes and some enhancements since the last version included with Internet Magazine.

URL: www.swishzone.com

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The Gimp 1.2.4
Free Open Source
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/the_gimp/

Installation: you first need to install a set of runtime library files (GTK+), then install the program itself (The GIMP).

The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a freely distributed piece of software (the source code is included on this CD) suitable for such tasks as photo retouching and image creation and manipulation. Though not touted as a 'Photoshop killer', The GIMP nevertheless has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, a photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.

The GIMP is extremely expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plugins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted. The GIMP is written and developed under X11 on UNIX platforms. Its memory managent system means image size is limited only by available disk space.

Some other features include: sub-pixel sampling for all paint tools for high quality anti-aliasing; full alpha channel support; layers; a Procedural Database for calling internal GIMP functions from external programs; multiple Undo/Redo (limited only by diskspace); load and save animations in a convenient frame-as-layer format. File formats supported include gif, jpg, png, xpm, tiff, tga, mpeg, ps, pdf, pcx, bmp, and many others. There are loads of popular filter types and much, much more.

URL: www.gimp.org

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Ultimate Paint 1.91f
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/ultimatepaint/

Full-featured graphics program for image retouching, viewing and manipulation. Includes more than 100 image filters and special effects. This is an earlier free version of Ultimate Paint – the latest version is shareware.

URL: www.ultimatepaint.com

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Ultimate Paint 2.83
Shareware û 30-use trial
Location on CD: software/windows/multimed/ultimatepaint/

Full-featured graphics program for image retouching, viewing and manipulation. Includes more than 100 image filters and special effects. There is an earlier free version of Ultimate Paint û click here to install that instead.

URL: www.ultimatepaint.com

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ACDSee 1.6.5
OS 8.6+ and CarbonLib 1.3.1/OS X
Trial version
Location on CD: software/mac/multimed/acdsee/

ACDSee digital camera software makes it easy to acquire, view, organise, print, enhance and share your digital photos. Browse through and view digital photos and graphics quickly, thousands at a time. You can view and search thumbnails of your images from your whole CD collection without having to load discs. Create photo albums and carry out basic image manipulation and enhancement. Requires Apple QuickTime 4 or later.

URL: www.acdsystems.com

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Clutter 1.0d14
OS X 10.2+
Free – updated version
Location on CD: software/mac/multimed/clutter/

Clutter is an alternative interface for your MP3 music collection. It puts the cover images of your CDs into small windows on your desktop, by looking them up on Amazon or dragging them in from iTunes 4. You can stack them, file them, arrange them as you please. When you want to play a 'CD' of MP3s, you browse through the cover images and double-click on the one you want to hear. Clutter will also assign images to your favourite Internet radio stations. This version fixes various bugs.

URL: http://sprote.com/clutter

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EvoCam 3.1
OS 8.6+/OS X
15-day trial
Location on CD: software/mac/multimed/evocam/

EvoCam is a sophisticated Web cam application offering true WYSIWYG editing of text captions, picture badges, clocks and blur items, all floating on top of live video from your camera. The intuitive interface means you should be running your own Web cam in minutes!


URL: www.evological.com

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Falafel King 
Free
Location on CD: software/mac/multimed/falafel/

You're a falafel vendor filling pita breads for your impatient customers. Make sure you don't overfill them! Download or play online.

URL: www.falafelgame.com/eng/falafelhome.html

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Macromedia Flash Player 6.0.79 OS X
OS X
Free - latest version
Location on CD: software/mac/multimed/flash_player/

This is the latest version of the player you will need to enjoy an ever-growing proportion of Web sites. Flash Player will let you view Web site interfaces created with Macromedia's Flash (now Flash MX) program or compatible applications.

URL: www.macromedia.com

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Macromedia Flash Player 6.0.79 PPC
PPC
Free - latest version
Location on CD: software/mac/multimed/flash_player/

This is the latest version of the player you will need to enjoy an ever-growing proportion of Web sites. Flash Player will let you view Web site interfaces created with Macromedia's Flash (now Flash MX) program or compatible applications.

URL: www.macromedia.com

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RealOne Player Gold 2
OS X
Free
Location on CD: software/mac/multimed/realone/

Listen to and watch streaming and downloaded multimedia content with the popular and much improved RealOne Player. Clips now start faster and play more smoothly.

URL: www.realnetworks.com