When
you are making your pages for the
World Builders units you will find
these software programs helpful.
All of them can be downloaded from
the web, are easy to use, and are
very low cost or free. You can
search for these programs at http://www.download.com/
or
download them directly from the company's
web site.
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Graphics
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Image
Forge
Publisher's
Description:
ImageForge
Basic is free: Freeware image editing
and paint. Features include acquire
image from scanner or other Twain-compliant
devices, color replacement, soft
brushes, paint with clipart, special
effect filters, create/distribute
stand-alone EXE albums & portfolio
apps, crop/enlarge, resample/ resize,
rotate by degree, optimize palette,
gradient, smudge, scatter, etc.
The ultimate freeware paint.
If you need more features, Image
Forge Pro is available for $28.95.
Volume pricing for your school is
also available.
Dr
Viau's Comments:
Solid
program, confusing website.
Irfanview
Publisher's
Description:
IrfanView is a very fast FREEWARE
(for non-commercial use)
32-Bit graphic viewer for Windoze
9x/ME, WinNT, Win2000 and Windows
XP.
Features:
Thumbnails, Preview, Drag &
Drop Support, fast Directory View
(fast moving through directory),
Print Support, Scan (TWAIN) Support,
Slideshow, Batch conversion, change
the color depth, audio CD player,
Capturing, Cut/Crop, Effects (Blur,
Sharpen etc.) and many many more
...
Available In:
English and 30 other languages including
Spanish, Traditional and Simplified
Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
Dr
Viau's Comments:
Get this one, you need
it. This
user friendly program will open
just about any graphic file that
you have. Once the file is
open you can resize the picture,
pick out and save a section of the
picture, rotate the image, and save
it in gif or jpeg format.
You can also save the gifs as transparent
gifs. You can play animated
gifs and make slide shows -- and
all for free! You can make
screen captures as well. An
excellent tool for World Builders!
Get
this one.
WizardBrush
Publisher's
Description:
"This
is a natural painting software.
Geometric drawing function has just
been added in. Wizardbrush comes
with many painting tools, including
pencil, Magic Wand, paint brush,
Chinese brush, and many other tools.
The undo/redo function gives you
the power to undo and redo up to
20 steps, so do not be afraid of
making mistakes. Wizardbrush contains
a great number of tutorial record
clips."
Dr
Viau's Comments:
This
interesting program allows you to
blend colors and paint on different
kinds of backgrounds. It is
easy to use. Try it and see
if you like it.
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Information
Organization ---------------------------------
AlfaPad
Notes Organizer
Publisher's
Description:
AlfaPad
Notes Organizer uses
an intuitive, double-paned Explorer-like
interface to allow hierarchical
storage of information. A graphical
hierarchical display of your documents
(branches and items) appears on
the left, while a text viewing/editing
window is displayed on the right.
Branches and items can be re-arranged
via drag and drop.
Dr Viau's Comments:
I love this program!
I put it in my startup file and
use it every day to put in all the
URLs, little bits of notes, quotes,
pieces of code, phone number lists
-- you name it! It is very
easy to use and organize.
Pay for it quickly and you can add
a free text search program that
will help you find key words in
your notes. Try it!
This program will make this quarter
much easier for you.
The
owner/programmer answered my emails
quickly and helpfully. There is
a user's help manual that explains
everything, including how to export
your notes or import text from other
programs.
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UpLoading and Downloading -------------------------------
WS-FTP
LE
Publisher's
Description:
WS_FTP LE is
the limited edition version of WS_FTP
Pro, allowing only multiple file
transfers and the auto re-get or
resuming feature. A
free Users Guide may be downloaded
in Acrobat Format and is available
in English, Spanish, Korean, Japanese,
German, and French.
Dr
Viau's Comment:
This program is easy to use.
You have two windows, one showing
the files on your computer and the
other showing the files on the remote
site, so you can see what you are
doing. The publisher provides
tutorials, and tells you how to
install and use the program. There
is also a discussion group based
at the download site where users
share information and ask and answer
questions. I use this program
to upload the worlds and other materials
to the World Builders site.
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Decompression Tools
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Winzip
Publisher's
Description:
WinZip
is a straightforward, fast, and
easy-to-use zipping and unzipping
utility that includes built-in support
for popular Internet file formats
such as TAR, ZIP, UUencode,
XXencode, BinHex, MIME, and Unix-compressed
files.
Dr
Viau's Comments:
You
will need this program to unzip
material that I send to you and
to zip files before you send them
to me.. It is easy to use
and has free updates.
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Instant Messaging ------------------------------------------
 Trillian
From
Download.com Review
Trillian
simplifies your chat as well as
your desktop and system resources
by letting you simultaneously connect
with the five most popular chat
clients on the Web: Yahoo Messenger,
MSN Messenger, ICQ, mIRC, and AIM.
Trillian acts as a single
hub for all your chat traffic. .
. Installation and setup are simple.
Dr
Viau's Comments:
This
program is user-friendly and easy
to use. You can conference
with the others in your group using
it. The program records your conversation
in NotePad and you can save what
was said and agreed. You can
also email files to each other while
you are the program.
Help and Tutorials are available
at http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/help/index.php
You
need to sign up for AOL
Instant Messenger or Yahoo
Instant Messenger to
use Trillian.
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