Fantastic Freeware Finds
Generally speaking, I like saving the cool stuff for Lockergnome's channels, but I found a couple of nifty tools today that I just couldn't wait to share with the world. First, a Command Prompt Explorer Bar (via Julien Cheyssial). Second, PhotoFiltre – one of the best free image editors I've ever found (courtesy of alt.comp.freeware). If it weren't for RSS, I wouldn't have discovered either one of 'em. Jason suggested that we start running a top ten “new feeds” list in our newsletters, so expect to see the first one next week. Oh yeah, I also learned about Peter Hirschberg's classics through my news aggregator. Still think I'm crazy? Good.
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11 Comments
Anonymous
January 17th, 2004
at 9:15pm
What happened to your Peet's link?
Anonymous
January 17th, 2004
at 11:09pm
I'm checking out the photofiltre website right now. I wish I knew more french. I'll take your word for it and download it. :) I'm always on the lookout for good free photo editors. Thanks for sharing!
Anonymous
January 18th, 2004
at 3:12am
I seem to remember that the Command Prompt bar was given a rave review in Tech Specialist some time ago.
Anonymous
January 18th, 2004
at 5:27am
Thanks for the heads up on that graphics program. It seems great for doing quick edits especially for web work. While I still like Irfanview better for everyday use and Fireworks of Photoshop has more features for serious work this program excels in the area of filtering. Another big plus – the lasso tool seems to have a much better interaction with the mouse than other programs. It feels more natural for some reason. I've definitely added this program to my graphics “toolbox”.
Anonymous
January 18th, 2004
at 1:19pm
For image editors I say that there is nothing as good as photoshop, even though its like $600 (which is why 90% of people that own it have pirated it, stupid adobe could make alot more money selling it for $100). For viewers I think irfanview is the best, and it has a batch coverter to convert formats.
Anonymous
January 18th, 2004
at 3:07pm
PhotoFiltre RULES! Perfect for doing Photoshop-type mods without Photoshop…but then again, what else would I expect from the man who has helped me tweak my machine for 5 years? Thanks for everything, Chris…lots of love!
Anonymous
January 18th, 2004
at 5:05pm
It's too bad you need the .net framework to use the 'Command Prompt Explorer Bar'. Looks looked like a neat little utility.
Anonymous
January 18th, 2004
at 5:42pm
I was wondering about the Peets link like RiverGirl. At one point it linked to, out of all places, Starbucks! I liked the Commant Brompt Extortion Bar. I had no idea how much power RSS can be.
Anonymous
January 19th, 2004
at 3:49am
great tool!
Anonymous
January 19th, 2004
at 9:51am
Yeah, the CP bar was reviewed at least a year ago by Furo when he did the TS (btw, what does he do now since he's part of staff?). I asked about his Peet's link in his previous entry but maybe Starbucks owns Peet's now.
Anonymous
January 19th, 2004
at 3:03pm
The “Pirillo Special” packs probably didn't sell and Peets wouldn't stock them anymore, so our gnomish friend cracked the sads and took down the link.