Credit 鳴謝
| Credit and thanks are hereby granted to all those vendors, their colleagues and collaborating voluntary programmers who contribute their works to the general public for free. |
| Freeware & URL | Licence |
| inkscape: <http://inkscape.org/> Famous
drawing and layout program for creating artwork in SVG (scalable vector
graphic) format,
functions comparable to commercial software, supporting other format
common used in publishing industry.
|
GPL |
| gimp:
<http://www.gimp.org> A best known image editing
software
having
professional functionality, taking time to master it but rewarding.
|
GPL |
| blender
3-D: <http://www.blender3d.org/> A 3D and animation tools,
difficulties
encountered for people without knowledge in mathematics and computer
science
|
GPL |
| Primo
PDF Creator: <http://www.primopdf.com/> It's the best free
PDF creator we've ever met. It works like a printer on your PC but It
doesn't print
any hard copy directly. Instead, it prints a PDF file to the destinated
folder you like. With "Primo", keeping the visual features of a
printable file is no longer a problem.
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freeware |
| PDFCreator:
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator> It works like a printer
but prints a
pdf file
instead of a hardcopy. User interface is simple and straight forward.
It perform the same functions as Primo. If you support
Open Source Movement and feel easier with freeware
licensed under GPL.
Take this.
|
GPL |
| PDF
Redirect: <http://www.exp-systems.com/> It's
featured by a very beautiful and intuitive interface and powerful
feature like encryption password in creating pdf document. Just a few
minutes you may well master the software. However, we found that it
fail to handle chinese character and all the time return error message.
In some of the cases, the output pdf file was not able to
reproduce the original visual content
|
freeware |
| Freeware & URL | License |
| audacity:<http://audacity.sourceforge.net/windows.php> A user friendly sound
recording
program with more
and more add-on functions
|
GPL |
| realplayer:<http://www.real.com/player> A pioneer in the
application of
streaming technology on internet.
|
freeware |
| quicktime:<http://www.apple.com> A freeware for play
back media
file on your desktop.
|
freeware |
| ms
media
player:<http://www.microsoft.com> The media player
becomes more
and more powerful when new versions is released to replace the old one.
|
freeware |
| flash
player:<http://www.macromedia.com>
or <http://www.adobe.com> Without flash
player you may not
enjoy the fun of browsing internet. Most annimated web pages are flash
enhanced
|
freeware |
| t@b
Media Converter (linux/win32): |
GPL |
| Free Studio
Manager The
latest version is 4.x. We tried this software since it release v3.x
fand found that it was and excellent freeware. The interface was simple
but straightforward. Above all, unlike other software, It really worked
stably for all open standard multimedia formats.(Your shouldn't expect
it worked with patented compressing codec, right?) When converting
video files to "flv" or "swf" file, it also generated a sample html
code for simple "copy and paste" operation in creating your own web
page like commercial software, We've just downloaded the newest
version and found that all collaborating converters're working fine and
stable.
|
freeware |
| Any video converter
freeware If
you want to convert a number of video clips concurrently, AVC
freeware is a better choice. Moreover, you have more freedom in the
combination of input and output format in the process of convertion.
However, we found that it failed the operation for some input formats
even we were sure that there was no patented codec applied to the clip.
|
freeware |
| Pazera Free MOV to
AVI Converter 1.2 A
very user friendly free file format converter for quicktime movie file
for both private and commercial uses. Batch convertion job is possible
and the interface is simple and straight forward except the
illustration about the choices of audio and video codec. However, you
may find out the appropriate combination of file format(avi or mpeg)
and codec by trial and error. Use a short clip, run it and
try to play back the converted file accordingly. If it works well,
ignore the technical jargon of codec and just stick to the combination
that works.
|
freeware |
| K-lite Codec Pack K-Lite
Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools provided by
free-codecs.com. Now there are too many codecs (encoding and decoding
alogrithm) for making and playing back video clips. Though most of them
are conformed to open standard, technical novice is hard to know what
codecs and how they should be installed. This web site provide a
"seem-to-be" simple solution. However, there is little inoformation
about the legal status of the codecs included. Some informations told
that a few proprietory codec patent holders claimed that the pack
violate the EULA or infringe their copyright. The controversal codecs
were thus removed from the software afterwards. Users must judge
their legitimacy by your ownselves. Furthermore, some proprietory
compression algorithms are obstacles for people to play back video
files without the proper software. Don't expect to solve all the
problems once and forever. As what the site owner tells, you
should be able to play 99%
of all the movies that you download from the internet with the K-Lite
Codec Pack.
|
freeware |
| Freeware & URL | License |
| netscape:<http://www.netscape.com> The
fame of netscape should not be doubted. It provides an all-in-one
internet solution to its supporters and seems to have less risk to
expose to virus attack than main stream
|
Freeware |
| firefox:<http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox> Being one of the hottest
download on the web, firefox
belongs
to the family of mozilla and some outstanding features like tab
browsing mak it an icon of the new generation browser.
|
GPL |
| mozilla:<http://www.mozilla.org/> Mozilla suit is a long
standing open source internet
solution
software package. It contain different versions for almost all
plateforms and languages in computer world.
|
GPL |
| filezilla:<http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/> A
ftp client software without beautiful user interface. No frill but
simple and workable. Only very little resources is consumed.
|
GPL |
| Matt's
Free Perl CGI
Scripts:<http://www.scriptarchive.com> A
lot of cgi scripts written in Perl or Java are provide as freeware.
They add a lot of minor but useful functions to various internet
servers. They make the world of internet more beautiful but no body
even bother to know their names.
|
freeware/ shareware/ commercial software |
| Acrobat Reader:<http://www.adobe.com> The fame of acrobat
reader and its
vendor is a well established fact. No more information
|
Freeware |
| NVU:
<http://www.nvu.com> NVU is another member of
Mozilla family powered by
"Gecko".
The interface is very similar to that of "Netscape Composer" but a lot
more functions are added to make it a handy tool for creating web page.
When you find how much an "WYSWYG" commercial html editor cost you, you
will feel grateful to the team of "NVU" project who offer people with a
tight budget a freeware like this.
|
GPL |
