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============================================================ ********** Sponsored by Dell Home Systems ********** Free 2-Day Shipping with select new Dell Home systems online. Offer ends 10/26. Click for details. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1217-13-22-58379-115262-1 ************************************************************ ============================================================ Windows doesn't come with a great set of graphics tools. But what if you want to edit photos, create animated graphics, and perform other graphics tasks? Get shareware or freeware. In this week's newsletter, you'll find a variety of helpful graphics tools for doing all we've mentioned and more. Better yet, most are free. IN THIS ISSUE: * Jpegcrop: Free JPEG Editor * Pixopedia: All-Around Multimedia Tool * Ace WINScreen: Free Screen CaptureTool * AniTuner: Free Animated Cursor Creator * File of the Week: ScreenSeize--Great Screen Captures ============================================================ Jpegcrop: Free JPEG Editor Here's what to get if you're looking for a free JPEG photo and picture editor. This freeware compresses JPEGs, dithers them, lets you create progressive JPEGs, allows you to convert files to JPEG, and more. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1217-13-22-58379-115265-1 ============================================================ Pixopedia: All-Around Multimedia Tool Looking to edit animation files? This shareware will do it. Do you need software that can handle picture and graphics editing? Those capabilities are in there, too. How about video editing? Yes, Pixopedia can do all that and more. For an all-in-one program, it includes surprisingly sophisticated features--retouching and special filters, among others. Registration is $35. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1217-13-22-58379-115268-1 ============================================================ Ace WINScreen: Free Screen CaptureTool Those who need to capture Windows screens but don't want to spend a penny should try this program. Even though it's free, you get powerful features, including the ability to capture regions of your screen, and an excellent magnification tool. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1217-13-22-58379-115271-1 ============================================================ AniTuner: Free Animated Cursor Creator Here's the software for fans of animated cursors. Not only can you convert animated GIF and AVI files into animated cursors, you can import many graphics-file formats and edit them to do the same. This freeware includes a variety of other tools that help anyone--even users without graphics experience--create animated cursors. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1217-13-22-58379-115274-1 ============================================================ File of the Week: ScreenSeize--Great Screen Captures Here's another excellent screen-capture program. ScreenSeize lets you capture the entire screen, an application window, a dialog box, a selected area or object, and more. It also includes a countdown timer. It's free for subscribers to the PC Magazine utility library. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1217-13-22-58379-115277-1 ============================================================ About the author: Well-known shareware guru Preston Gralla has been writing about shareware for well over a decade. 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