Icons brighten up Windows, but they also serve a more practical purpose in helping you to identify folders from files, and different types of file from each other. If you’re unhappy with the icons associated with various parts of your PC, though, you’ll be glad to know it’s possible to…
Take a look at PhotoFiltre and the number of buttons to be found in the various toolbars can be a little overwhelming to start with. The somewhat cluttered nature may be off-putting initially, but if you stick with the app you will find that it is pleasingly powerful and is…
You may be a designer, but creating fonts is an art. Not only do you have to find a particular style, it then has to be carried across every character, consistently. Try creating an entire symbol set in Illustrator. What you need is a dedicated font design tool and Birdfont…
But looks aren’t everything, as they say – which is why a deeper look is highly warranted. First up is Malwarebytes Free, the basic malware removal offering we recommend for infections already cozied up in your computer. That’s about all it does, though it certainly has enough merit to find…
TagScanner is a versatile tag editor that makes it easy to organise your music collection. The program can automatically tag your audio files by working with file and folder names, or online databases (Freedb, Tractype, Amazon, Discogs). Unusually, it’s also able to work in the other direction, renaming files based…
Pixia is a powerful paint and drawing program. There are a host of selection and paint tools, colour tweaks, layer support, masks, effects and more. Click on “Colour Adjustment”, for instance, and you don’t just get some RGB sliders. Instead there’s a full curve correction tool, with a choice of…
These days, it’s increasingly common for people to find themselves working on more than one computer, or collaborating with others through remote shared folders. One of the biggest challenges you’ll face is giving yourself easy access to the latest version of your files. Cloud storage like OneDrive is one option,…
Resizing images for any purpose can be a chore. If you are putting together a web site and need to ensure that all of your images have the same dimensions, it can take time to load each picture into an image editor and apply the relevant settings. Some image editors…
We’re less impressed by the platform support: Bitdefender Antivirus Free is strictly Windows only, a problem when Avast and Avira have free products for Windows, Mac, Android and iOS. But if the focus on Microsoft isn’t a problem, could Bitdefender Antivirus Free be the best malware removal and protection suite…
OpenShot Video Editor is an open-source editor with many powerful features. The program’s use of FFmpeg means it’s able to properly handle many different video, audio and image formats. There’s drag and drop support for importing clips, resizing and repositioning them on the program’s multi-track timeline. Right-clicking a selected clip gives…