The main value in this world is the information. The more quickly find out about last facts or events from area interesting you, the it is more than chances, that you will achieve success in the business and to bypass competitors. The quantity of the information which daily falls on the Internet user, is not simply great, but is huge. To come on 100 sites, to check up updatings and to allocate from headings and illustrations the most important - a work not from lungs.
For the help in hard work of gathering of the latest news from different sources standard RSS has been invented. Use the program for reading RSS feeds, and news from different resources will start to come directly on a desktop after a web-master will publish them on the sites. A Plenty of advantages: first, it is not necessary to waste time on loading of unnecessary images and advertising, secondly, it is possible to be assured that you will not miss anything important, thirdly, the received news it is possible to sort and use filters.
Standard RSS so is popular, that its support is practically in all popular browsers, and in Internet Explorer 7. However to use separate utilities it is much more convenient. First of all, because they have more than opportunities, than at the programs built in browsers for reading RSS feeds.
FeedDemon 2.1
Feature of this program that she is integrated about online-service for reading news NewsGator. Installing FeedDemon, it is possible to specify the account in NewsGator or to create new. Owing to it all actions which are carried out in FeedDemon, will be synchronized with NewsGator. Thus, having come on site NewsGator, you can receive the latest news from liked resources even in the event that are in the Internet-cafe on edge of the Earth.
At installation the program suggests to specify your interests and adds RSS feeds of the most popular sites which are undressed on categories.
Very conveniently that at a choice of a category it is possible to see all headings of news which are received from resources close to her. There are three browse modes of news: headings, headings plus the first paragraph and news completely. At a click on heading of news can open in the built in browser or in what is used in system by default.
Using elements of management in the right top part of a window of the program, it is possible to sort news by date of, to heading or on resources from which they are received to include display only those news which are marked by a tag or are not read through yet.
One more convenient way of sorting of news - on keywords. In the program there is special section Watches in which it is possible to create the filter and to specify words which "processor" or "camera" should meet in the text of news, say. Further in this category those news at which text there are these words will be located only.
Old news can be deleted, using tool Cleanup Wizard. In options it is underlined, news of what prescription can be deleted, whether it is necessary to pass not read through and marked by a tag, and also folders from which it is possible to remove data get out.
The program extends as shareware, a trial-version, working within 30 days, it is possible to download from an official site.
Newz Crawler 1.6
Appearance of this program reminds a standard mailing program: in one area groups of resources, in another - headings are displayed, and in the third at allocation of heading the text of news shows. Thus, as well as in the same mailing programs, it is possible to change an arrangement of each of these areas, say, to place the text of news below or on the right.
Developers Newz Crawler have taken care of, that the user did not think of what to esteem - by default in the program the huge number of resources is brought. However it is necessary to mean what to remove uninteresting to you RSS feeds it is possible only after the program is installed and opened. By default in the program check of updatings is switched on at start, therefore if the computer is connected to the Internet the first, that you need to make, having opened the program is to transfer offline mode and to remove unnecessary feeds. If this to not make, Newz Crawler there and then will start to download updatings for the last some days, and you receive pair thousand news for some minutes.
In Newz Crawler there are some ways of the organization of news: the alphabetic list of all channels, thematic categories, and also “smart” folders. Some such folders are already created, others can be added independently. For example, is “smart” folder in which the news received today are brought, there is a folder where not read through news are kept all. Creating own “smart” folder, it is possible to set one or several criteria for selection in it of news, for example, to specify, what words should or should not meet in heading, determine the author of news, a site from which she should be received, etc.
One of interesting features Newz Crawler - an opportunity of the publication of news in blogs. The program supports LiveJournal, Blogger and other popular services. For the publication of news it is necessary to add the blog and to specify a login and the password . Further it is possible to write messages in the built in text editor, there and then to publish and look, how they are looked on blog page. There is still an interesting opportunity of a fast premise in blog news which you look through in Newz Crawler. For this purpose it is necessary to choose BlogThis command! In menu Tools or in the context menu. The program will open a window of the text editor where the text will be inserted, heading and a source. You will need to press button Publish only.
The program extends as shareware, the trial-version can be downloaded from an official site.
Feedreader 3.08
Feedreader became very popular owing to as much as possible simple interface and free status. Here viewing news is conveniently organized: it is possible to look through only headings, and it is possible to read all feed almost in the same way as she looks in browser, only without illustrations and with the reduced text.
When you do not use Feedreader, the badge of the program is located in system tray. As soon as Feedreader receives the latest news, color of a badge changes, and also there is a pop-up window and headings of the received messages. Click on such window, and news opens in the program.
As well as in other programs for reading news, in Feedreader there is an opportunity of creation “smart” news lines in which those news which meet to the certain rules will be located. For example, it is possible to make a rule like such: it is necessary to move news which are received for last day to a folder, are not read through and contain word Canon in the text. Owing to an opportunity of creation of such filters it is convenient to watch news of the certain subjects. Besides in this case the program performs job on sorting news.
At work with Feedreader it is necessary to pay attention to very convenient search. The field for search settles down in the top part of a window of the program. As soon as you start to enter a keyword, the program there and then rejects news which mismatch criterion. It essentially saves time as, first, often to find the necessary news, the word can be entered not up to the end, and secondly, it is not necessary to press the button of type “search” and to carry out other superfluous actions.
Feedreader is free. Program can be downloaded from here.
Omea Reader 2.2
This program differs ample opportunities of the organization and search of news and consequently it is quite possible to name the professional tool for work with the latest news. Looking through news, it is possible to write there and then to everyone comments, having chosen Annotate Resource in context menu command.
All news for which there are comments, are located in separate folder Annotated. The important news it is possible not only to mark with tags (them here the whole seven - everyone of the color) and to sort on categories, but also to move on special area of shortcuts in the top part of a window of the program. As soon as you will need to address to this news, simply click on its shortcut, and the text will appear before you.
Omea Reader can collect the latest news not only from RSS feeds of separate sites, but also from search feeds, such as Google News. For this purpose it is necessary to add a search feed and to specify for it keywords on which search will be made. All the news meeting these words, will be downloaded.
In Omea Reader ample opportunities of search in archive of news are stipulated. For search it is possible to use different filters, for example, to search only in certain feeds, for specified time interval, etc. For reception of more exact results is possible to establish also exceptions. It is very convenient, that results of last search are kept in a special folder down to input of following search inquiry.
Omea Reader is free. Program can be downloaded from here.
Result
Programs for reading RSS feeds are necessary, first of all, for what job is connected with search and a writing of news. Such utility will enable always to be well informed about last events and to not miss the important news. However and that who reads news only for satisfaction of the curiosity, the RSS-client, undoubtedly, is useful.
On all programs about which it is told in the review, it is necessary to pay attention, in fact each of them has the strengths. FeedDemon enjoies the deserved popularity, owing to a wide set of functions, Newz Crawler has an interesting opportunity of the publication of messages in блогах, Feedreader involves with that is absolutely free. As to Omea Reader this program, most likely, is necessary to those who professionally is engaged in search and processing of the information. In this program the good module of the organization of news, and also is an opportunity to write to news comments.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Programs For Work With JPEG Format
Daily working on a computer, we deal with a lot of graphic files. It seems so habitual and natural, what even on a simple question « what first graphic representation appears after inclusion of a computer? » many peoples would respond, what is it – Windows logo, not paid attention to emblem BIOS.
For a conclusion graphic on the screen the huge quantity of formats has been thought up. We think, will not be a mistake if to say, that the greatest quantity of images is written down in JPEG format.
Each time at loading pages Internet Explorer or other browser on the screen there are photos and figures which represent files with expansion JPEG. Practically all modern digital cameras save pictures in this format. The reason of so high popularity of standard JPEG is obvious - the small size and high quality which can achieve at preservation schedules in this format. Thus a parameter the size/quality at JPEG practically is always better, than at any other graphic format.
The full name of this format means Joint Photographic Experts Group. It is the name of the commission made of representatives of the organizations on standardization International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and International Organization for Standartization (ISO) and organized specially for development of a way of compression of images.
For creation of images in format JPEG many bulky editors raster use schedules, such as Photoimpact, Photopaint, Photoshop and others. However, if your basic employment - preparation of images for the Internet, you can manage a set of the small utilities intended specially for preservation of pictures in format JPEG. On the one hand, it will save charges on purchase of a software, on the other hand, they are more simple in development, than serious graphic editors, and often have more than specialized tools.
Unjpeg 1.5
Miracles in world does not happen - if file JPEG has the small size, quality of the image to a greater or lesser extent suffers. Falling of quality depends on algorithm of compression of the image. This algorithm is based that for normal visual recognition of a picture it is possible to lower accuracy of the passed image partially.
At preservation of data in format JPEG the picture is translated from color model RGB in another - YCbCr. If in case of with RGB the image is set by three components of color in system YCbCr a key role play the channel with the information on brightness and two making colors. Such model of representation schedules most precisely meets to physiological feature of human sight as for color model YCbCr it is more important than a component of brightness color. Can check up this statement - try to recognize correctly in twilight color, and you will see, what is it much more difficultly, than in the afternoon.
The image on each of channels shares on square sites eight on eight pixels. To these sites it is applied discrete cos. transformation then the received factors are exposed to quantization and are packed by means of codes Haffmans. At this stage also there is most a big loss of quality of a picture. As high-frequency factors are exposed to stronger quantization, than low-frequency, on the image there are artefacts, and fine details vanish. Than degree of compression more, factors are exposed to especially strong quantization all.
At strong degrees of compression there are unpleasant blocks on the image which especially are evident on those sites of a picture where is gradient transition.
People whom in editing raster schedules professionally are engaged, know the certain receptions by means of which in Photoshop or other editor the image can be corrected, having removed not only “ block effect ”, but also some artefacts in the form of spots and indistinct sites.
Utility Unjpeg allows to execute quickly and qualitatively all this, and, for this purpose it is even not necessary to select options. It is enough to open the image in the program, and in a window of preliminary viewing already processed picture or figure, with options by default will be displayed.
In Unjpeg there are various structures for elimination of a different degree of artefacts. Options of the program can be divided conditionally on two basic groups: what are responsible for removal of sharp transitions between blocks, and options of the filter for prompting sharpness. Besides in the program two methods of search of artefacts on the image are incorporated: heuristic algorithm of detection of artefacts and a standard method of the analysis of the image with use of the information in heading of a JPEG-file. Search of artefacts will differ also depending on type of the image - whether this file represents badly saved figure, whether it is unsuccessfully compressed photo.
Also in Unjpeg there is an additional filter for elimination of casual noise. The unique minus of the program - function “Undo” works only for the filter against noise of the image.
The program extends as shareware. The demo can be downloaded from an official site.
JPEG Wizard 2.4
Certainly, elimination of artefacts on the image it is good but how to be, if the image needs to be processed filters, for example, to make effect of the photograph which have turned yellow from an old age or to execute color correction? It is not necessary to catch again for Adobe Photoshop, look narrowly better at small utility JPEG Wizard. He/she is the tiny graphic editor who is focused exclusively on job with files JPEG.
This program can carry out all functions on editing the image - to cut off edges, to change the sanction, to correct a colour rendition, to delete red eyes effect, to turn a picture and even to create collages on the basis of the chosen pictures. In JPEG Wizard it is very convenient to observe of the size of a final file which is automatically recalculated by the program each time after this or that operation with the image has been executed.
JPEG Wizard has more than forty filters with various effects, that, in general, are not much less, than in the same Photoshop. The program allows to import files from digital chambers and scanners. Besides by means of the given utility it is possible to make screenshots of any area of the screen. In case it is required to edit at once the big number of files, in JPEG Wizard there is a module of batch operation Batch Editor.
The program extends as shareware. The demo can be downloaded from an official site.
Advanced JPEG Compressor 5
Export of images to format JPEG is very important stage of editing of images, in fact from what options of compression will be specified, the graphic file can turn out too big or, on the contrary, small, but with unsatisfactory quality. Many programs for processing images do not allow to make thin option of a target file.
Basic applicability Advanced JPEG Compressor - compression of images in format JPEG. The program has the big number of parameters which influence an end result. For example, here is special four-line an equalizer of quality by means of which it is possible to set parameters of a compression separately for larger objects and fine details on the image. Besides it is possible to operate a compression of each of channels of color model.
Advanced JPEG Compressor supports also a compression lost-free, however at job in this mode the set of opportunities is limited. The size of a file in this case can be reduced only due to removal of the EXIF-information, change or removal of invisible text comments.
On a picture it is possible to add watermarks, and also to carry out base operations of editing: to operate color scale, to increase clearness, to turn, change contrast, etc.
As the program supports set of formats, it can be used as the converter of graphic files. Advanced JPEG Compressor it is integrated into environment Windows and can be started from the context menu.
The program extends as shareware. The demo can be downloaded from an official site.
Result
The programs similar described above, necessarily should be near at hand at a web-masters and simply at amateurs share photos through the Internet with friends. Often much easier quickly to open a graphic file in such small utility to improve its quality, to add watermark or to transform in JPEG, than to wait, while it will be loaded Photoshop with all filters and to think, what of them to apply. And if you are not strong in Photoshop, risk to spend a lot of time, searching for an option of batch operation of files and deliberating how to save a file in JPEG with the least losses.
For a conclusion graphic on the screen the huge quantity of formats has been thought up. We think, will not be a mistake if to say, that the greatest quantity of images is written down in JPEG format.
Each time at loading pages Internet Explorer or other browser on the screen there are photos and figures which represent files with expansion JPEG. Practically all modern digital cameras save pictures in this format. The reason of so high popularity of standard JPEG is obvious - the small size and high quality which can achieve at preservation schedules in this format. Thus a parameter the size/quality at JPEG practically is always better, than at any other graphic format.
The full name of this format means Joint Photographic Experts Group. It is the name of the commission made of representatives of the organizations on standardization International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and International Organization for Standartization (ISO) and organized specially for development of a way of compression of images.
For creation of images in format JPEG many bulky editors raster use schedules, such as Photoimpact, Photopaint, Photoshop and others. However, if your basic employment - preparation of images for the Internet, you can manage a set of the small utilities intended specially for preservation of pictures in format JPEG. On the one hand, it will save charges on purchase of a software, on the other hand, they are more simple in development, than serious graphic editors, and often have more than specialized tools.
Unjpeg 1.5
Miracles in world does not happen - if file JPEG has the small size, quality of the image to a greater or lesser extent suffers. Falling of quality depends on algorithm of compression of the image. This algorithm is based that for normal visual recognition of a picture it is possible to lower accuracy of the passed image partially.
At preservation of data in format JPEG the picture is translated from color model RGB in another - YCbCr. If in case of with RGB the image is set by three components of color in system YCbCr a key role play the channel with the information on brightness and two making colors. Such model of representation schedules most precisely meets to physiological feature of human sight as for color model YCbCr it is more important than a component of brightness color. Can check up this statement - try to recognize correctly in twilight color, and you will see, what is it much more difficultly, than in the afternoon.
The image on each of channels shares on square sites eight on eight pixels. To these sites it is applied discrete cos. transformation then the received factors are exposed to quantization and are packed by means of codes Haffmans. At this stage also there is most a big loss of quality of a picture. As high-frequency factors are exposed to stronger quantization, than low-frequency, on the image there are artefacts, and fine details vanish. Than degree of compression more, factors are exposed to especially strong quantization all.
At strong degrees of compression there are unpleasant blocks on the image which especially are evident on those sites of a picture where is gradient transition.
People whom in editing raster schedules professionally are engaged, know the certain receptions by means of which in Photoshop or other editor the image can be corrected, having removed not only “ block effect ”, but also some artefacts in the form of spots and indistinct sites.
Utility Unjpeg allows to execute quickly and qualitatively all this, and, for this purpose it is even not necessary to select options. It is enough to open the image in the program, and in a window of preliminary viewing already processed picture or figure, with options by default will be displayed.
In Unjpeg there are various structures for elimination of a different degree of artefacts. Options of the program can be divided conditionally on two basic groups: what are responsible for removal of sharp transitions between blocks, and options of the filter for prompting sharpness. Besides in the program two methods of search of artefacts on the image are incorporated: heuristic algorithm of detection of artefacts and a standard method of the analysis of the image with use of the information in heading of a JPEG-file. Search of artefacts will differ also depending on type of the image - whether this file represents badly saved figure, whether it is unsuccessfully compressed photo.
Also in Unjpeg there is an additional filter for elimination of casual noise. The unique minus of the program - function “Undo” works only for the filter against noise of the image.
The program extends as shareware. The demo can be downloaded from an official site.
JPEG Wizard 2.4
Certainly, elimination of artefacts on the image it is good but how to be, if the image needs to be processed filters, for example, to make effect of the photograph which have turned yellow from an old age or to execute color correction? It is not necessary to catch again for Adobe Photoshop, look narrowly better at small utility JPEG Wizard. He/she is the tiny graphic editor who is focused exclusively on job with files JPEG.
This program can carry out all functions on editing the image - to cut off edges, to change the sanction, to correct a colour rendition, to delete red eyes effect, to turn a picture and even to create collages on the basis of the chosen pictures. In JPEG Wizard it is very convenient to observe of the size of a final file which is automatically recalculated by the program each time after this or that operation with the image has been executed.
JPEG Wizard has more than forty filters with various effects, that, in general, are not much less, than in the same Photoshop. The program allows to import files from digital chambers and scanners. Besides by means of the given utility it is possible to make screenshots of any area of the screen. In case it is required to edit at once the big number of files, in JPEG Wizard there is a module of batch operation Batch Editor.
The program extends as shareware. The demo can be downloaded from an official site.
Advanced JPEG Compressor 5
Export of images to format JPEG is very important stage of editing of images, in fact from what options of compression will be specified, the graphic file can turn out too big or, on the contrary, small, but with unsatisfactory quality. Many programs for processing images do not allow to make thin option of a target file.
Basic applicability Advanced JPEG Compressor - compression of images in format JPEG. The program has the big number of parameters which influence an end result. For example, here is special four-line an equalizer of quality by means of which it is possible to set parameters of a compression separately for larger objects and fine details on the image. Besides it is possible to operate a compression of each of channels of color model.
Advanced JPEG Compressor supports also a compression lost-free, however at job in this mode the set of opportunities is limited. The size of a file in this case can be reduced only due to removal of the EXIF-information, change or removal of invisible text comments.
On a picture it is possible to add watermarks, and also to carry out base operations of editing: to operate color scale, to increase clearness, to turn, change contrast, etc.
As the program supports set of formats, it can be used as the converter of graphic files. Advanced JPEG Compressor it is integrated into environment Windows and can be started from the context menu.
The program extends as shareware. The demo can be downloaded from an official site.
Result
The programs similar described above, necessarily should be near at hand at a web-masters and simply at amateurs share photos through the Internet with friends. Often much easier quickly to open a graphic file in such small utility to improve its quality, to add watermark or to transform in JPEG, than to wait, while it will be loaded Photoshop with all filters and to think, what of them to apply. And if you are not strong in Photoshop, risk to spend a lot of time, searching for an option of batch operation of files and deliberating how to save a file in JPEG with the least losses.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Blender 2.43: New Version Free 3D Editor
There is new version free 3D editor with the open source. Blender is simple, but the convenient decision for those who never worked with three-dimensional graphics. In the program there is all the basic tools which are used in professional 3D-editors, so, working in Blender, it is possible to understand with bases 3D and to understand for itself a principle of job of similar programs. With each new version Blender acquires interesting opportunities and on the sly becomes the real competitor of commercial 3D-editors.
Among innovations of this version it is possible to note new tools for a three-dimensional moulding, support by module Fluid Dynamics of animated objects, modifiers for creation of a cycle of walking, a proxy-objects for management of data from external libraries, “cooking” structures, passes of visualization, an alpha-mask, multilayered images, improvements to the module for the miscalculation of dynamic interactions.
The program is accessible to platforms Windows, Linux, Irix, Sun Solaris, FreeBSD and Mac OS X.
Download Blender 2.43 here
Rating of SoftwareMasters: 5 stars
Sateira CD&DVD Burner 2.71: Data Recording
Sateira CD&DVD Burner represents a package from four utilities for record of CD and DVD. First of them enables to write down disks with data, including boot disks, and also ISO-images. Utility Audio Burner is intended only for record of audio of disks from files *.WAV. Program DropToCD Lite is intended for fast copying data on a disk, and Session Commander - for viewing sessions of record on the disk which has been written down in a multisession mode. The program works with formats CDR/W, DVD-R/W, DVD+R/W, DVDRAM.
In the new version errors in modules Audio Burner and Data Burner are corrected. Also the error connected with start of the manager of sessions has been removed.
Developer: Sateira Software
License: shareware, 30 dollars
Requirements: Windows All
Size:3,2 Mb
Download Sateira CD&DVD Burner 2.71 here
Rating of SoftwareMasters: 4 stars
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