GIF is a popular image format used for animated images. Due to animation and dynamic effect, these tend to be of large file sizes. You can reduce file size of a GIF image by compressing and optimizing it. Trout's GIF Optimizer is a free portable tool for quick GIF image optimization for
See HardDrive details: partitions, bytes, sectors, tracks
Technical details can be overwhelming, specially when displayed in unformatted manner. There are number of utilities to view basic hardware / software details of a computer like portable Speccy and system information tool. Ever wanted to see finer details of hard drive (partitions) on your
Change Windows 7 Login screen with multiple images
Do you want to change visual appearing at Windows 7 login routine? You can easily change this without having to mess around with complex registry settings using free tool "Windows 7 Login Changer". To get started, click browse button and select multiple images to appear at Windows 7 Login
Delete orphaned & duplicate DLL files on Windows
As we install and remove program applications on Windows, lot of temporary DLL junk files are left on the computer. You can easily perform PC clean up using free utility "PC Cleaner". It helps remove temporary files and folder. It can also perform deep scan for orphaned and duplicate DLL
Create custom Ribbon User Interface for MS Office 2007
[For Developers, advanced] Ribbon interface in Microsoft products like Microsoft Office 2007 makes accessibility of different options very comfortable. While it has become easy for users, making such ribbon interface has become complex task for developers. Now they can ease out the process
PDF file attributes / properties viewer
PDF is a popular document format for sharing information on the internet. You need a special software to open and view PDF files. A PDF file can contain many pages with text, weblinks and images. You can easily see such basic attributes or properties of a PDF file using free utility "PDF
Make Monochrome line drawings [2 color photos]
There are number of ways to jazz up images like making colorful photo lose all but specific colors or even generating a monochromatic drawing of your favorite photo. For starters: a Monochrome drawing is a result of reduction of colors to just 2 with sharp borderlines. Panchromatic is a
Make photos black & white except specific colors
There are number of ways to convert a colorful photo into a black & white image (like free tintii filter). To add more jazz and style to final image you can experiment by converting image into black and white visual but retaining few specific colors in different areas of the image.
Convert DotX to DocX file format
For Starters: DocX is default format to save documents in Office 2007 and above. While DotX is default format for Office templates for word processing application. You can easily convert any DotX file into DocX format using free DotX to DocX converter software. After conversion you can
3 Gradient generator for multicolor images & wallpapers
Gradient is a visual or image as a result of multiple color combinations. We can mix match number of colors in different styles to produces amazing looking images (or wallpapers). You can generate gradient images in Photoshop application but following are even simpler and quicker ways to
Change Power schemes with shortcut hotkeys
Using proper Power Scheme at specific time help save laptop power and allows prolonged usage. SchemeHK is a free portable utility that allows you to switch between various power schemes with quick keyboard shortcut hotkey. You can quickly switch to a different power scheme anytime while
