100 Free Software for Windows - Part 2

April 20, 2006 at 11:21 am · Filed under Internet, Computer

100 Free Software for Windows
- Fernando Hal

There is no free lunch in this world. Fortunately, the same doesn’t apply to software. Finding free software is a boon. But finding free software that is not a crippleware (functionality is so limited to the point of almost useless), nagware (repeatedly reminds user to purchase the software), demoware (can be used for certain times or certain number of days only), and does not contain adware(display advertisements every now and then), spyware(collect your personal information) is tough.

Here is a list of what I consider as Top 100 Free Software for Windows. Most of these are software that I am using or have used before. Majority are freeware with some of them under open source software license agreement. There are a number of shareware in this list too. These are great shareware that provides good functionality even if you don’t buy.

Graphics / Photo Editing

The Font Thing
Easy font-management functions let you install, uninstall, print, copy, or delete any number of fonts at once. You can even store your own notes with them, filter them according to type (serif, sans serif, and so on), and group them into collections for convenience.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~scef/tft.html
GIMP
Gnu Image Manipulation Programme is a software as powerful as Adobe Photoshop. The main difference tough, lies on the price. While Photoshop cost few hundred bucks, GIMP is free.
http://www.gimp.org/
ColorPic
Ever tried using a color picker on a high resolution monitor? It’s impossible. That’s why this color picker has a magnifier attached. Control it from the keyboard and grab up to 16 colors at once.
http://www.iconico.com/colorpic/
Pixie
Pixie is an easy-to-use, fast and tiny utility designed especially to fit the needs of Webmasters and Designers. Its a colour picker that includes a mouse tracker. Run it, simply point to a colour and it will tell you the hex, RGB, HTML, CMYK and HSV values of that colour.
http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.html
Easy Thumbnails
Easy Thumbnails is a a free utility for creating thumbnail images for individual image files or for the whole folder.
http://www.fookes.com/ezthumbs/index.php
Picasa
Picasa is software from Google that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. It also includes easy-to-use advanced editing tools.

http://picasa.google.com/
Image Analyzer
Advanced image editing, enhancement and analysis software. The program contains both most image enhancement features found in conventional image editors plus a number of advanced features not even available in professional photo suites.
http://meesoft.logicnet.dk/Analyzer/
Popims Animator
Animation software for creating morphs, warps and other effect with one or more pictures. The program allows the user to align, resize, and crop the pictures to achieve the best morphing results. The resulting animation can be computed and displayed real-time, it can be saved to disk and it can be printed for use with a Popims screen.
http://meesoft.logicnet.dk/PopimsAnimator/