![]() ![]() The Gnu Image Manipulation Program is just as powerful as Adobe Photoshop but it’s free. Here’s the link: Windows Movie Maker (If you have downloaded the old MSN Live Essentials, you should have WMM already. If you’re not into video, use WMM to create slideshows from your holiday pics. Download WMM, get to know the easy interface, then create your masterpieces with it. Forget about using the Youtube tools, they’re not worth trying. When we’re going to upload a video to Youtube, WMM is what we use to create it. ![]() Here’s the link to the homepage: VLC Media Player We prefer to use it as a player as opposed to a video tool. VLC will do more than play videos but the other things it does can get quite complicated. VLC will play any video file there is, hands down. Install Irfanview first, then the plugins. Make sure you get the main program as well as the plugins. You’ll wonder what you ever did without it. We use Irfanview EVERY day for viewing pics, doing screen caps as well as bulk renaming and resizing PLUS making PDFS. Here’s one, complete with links: Post on Irfanview . ![]() We’ve written many posts about Irfanview. Today, let’s move on to free software for Windows. If you go that route, Linux has hundreds of very cool, very free apps but that’s another story. Heck, you can even get a free OS by downloading Ubuntu. If you’re a regular reader, you’ll know that we love free! There’s no need to pay for any software these days, believe it or not, other than a basic version of Windows or iOS. We just set up a new computer and realized that we haven’t done a ’10 Best’ free software post in a while. ![]()
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