MediBang Paint Pro is a free cross-platform paint and drawing tool (a rewrite of FireAlpaca), aimed at manga artists but usable by anyone. There’s a strong core drawing engine with customisable brushes, pressure sensitivity, lots of layer controls and a pile of powerful tools. The free cloud storage and Windows/…
Anyone who’s ever experienced the shock of data loss, or had to spend hours recovering their system, will know the importance of backing up. Having a fall-back copy of both Windows – including all your favourite apps and painstakingly crafted settings – and your irreplaceable documents, media and other files…
Whether you’re an expert photographer with a top quality camera, or just happy to snap away with your mobile, it doesn’t take long to build up a big collection of digital photos. So why keep them to yourself? Install jAlbum and it’ll help you build stunning web albums in just…
The problem with many screen capture tools is that, while they can often be customised to switch between capturing in full screen, windowed or custom modes, it can be awkward to continually configure them as required. This is an issue that SnagIt addresses by offering eleven preset capture modes that…
FotoSketcher is an interesting graphics tool that can turn your digital photos into works of art, all in a few seconds. This isn’t exactly a new idea – just about every graphics editor has a “water colour” or “oil painting” filter – but FotoSketcher takes it further than most, with…
AOMEI Backupper Standard (formerly known as AOMEI Data Backuper) is a simple tool for backing up files, partitions, hard drives or your system. The program’s straightforward interface will be immediately familiar if you’ve ever used another backup tool. To get started you might click the “Backup” tab, for instance, then…
They’re all good qualities when trying to identify your next piece of security software, and it means that we’re eager to evaluate the company’s specific antivirus credentials in this review. If you need a free antivirus product, then Fortect does have one option available – but it’s very limited. You…
Scribus is an open-source desktop publishing tool that’s packed with all the layout features you need. Excellent import features get you started by helping you utilise the content you already have. So, for instance, the program can import PDF documents, OpenOffice Draw, EPS, SVG, PSD and other files. You can…
For example, every paid subscription comes with a full VPN and a helpful system cleanup tool. There’s also webcam monitoring in there for good measure, and all Avast One apps include anti-phishing, ransomware protection, password monitoring, and a simple yet effective firewall. Despite limitations, the free antivirus tier called Avast…
When online you will encounter video which have been encoded using a variety of codecs. If you frequently watch different types of video you will generally have to have numerous different programs installed, each catering for different types of video – this can be an annoyance when you encounter a…