Semi Transparent Software

textArt

Create and customise over 350 special Text effects for quick and easy title, banners and highlights. From Simple outlines, contours, dots and lines through PopArt Scribble, patch up and Comic Book to highly Polished chrome, gold Steel and even semi transparent effects such as glass and mist. Easy to use... Just type your line of text, select the effect and choose the colours and apply!

PopupNotify

This software is an ActiveX control provides MSN style popup alerts. Popup alerts fade in and slide up above the taskbar and disappear after a few seconds. Supports transparency, balloon tips, pictures, gradients, sounds, multiple alignments, and more! PopupNotify is fully Unicode capable. PopupNotify is very easy to use. You can get started with a basic MSN style popup with just one line of code! Download the demo and see for your self!

Iconeer

This graphics tool is powerful mac icon creator for Mac OS X icons. Easily creates mac icons of all kinds with real-time preview on virtual desktop, so icons can be seen on different backgrounds instantly. Iconeer supports all icon suites from System 7 till new modern thumbnail icons of OS X. Features batch icon builder to create number of icons from pictures. Also allows to rip pictures from existing icons. Iconeer is an ideal tool for mac icon artists.

TweakWindow

This tool is a handy window enhancement utility with a wealth of options. You can set your own transparency options, hide, minimize, roll up, place window on top of all others, make it "ghost" or even change window icon/title. All of this can be done via hotkeys, though window's system menu or by adding appropriate buttons to the window itself. Now no one will be able to see what windows you have open. Try it FREE to see how cool it is!

Icon Constructor - advanced icon maker

Icon Constructor converts BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, PSD, TGA and TIFF formats into Windows icons. You can find many images on the Internet and convert them to icons for use on your Windows desktop, in applications and much more. It supports Windows XP icons in 32-bit color depth with an alpha channel; now you can create semi-transparent XP icons easily. This robust program works like the Swiss Army knife of icon creation!

PC Icon Editor

This graphics tool is a powerful tool designed to Create, Edit and Manage Windows icons and Icon Library files as well include XP icons . It has a fully integrated workspace that permits you to work efficiently and create professional icons in minutes. Also able to EXTRACT Windows icons from inside of EXE, DLL, DRV, SCR and ICO files on your computer and save them into ICO and Icon Library file as well.It can completely support XP Alpha Channel ico

10Tec iGrid.NET

iGrid.NET is the most flexible, fast and easiest grid for the .NET Framework. You can use iGrid.NET either as a list view substitution or as a full-featured grid control. With iGrid.NET you can format each cell independently as well as the whole column at once, create a message preview like in MS Outlook, build tree-like interfaces, freeze rows and columns, design multi-row headers, make scroll bars semi-transparent, and do a lot of other things.

Qedoc Quiz Maker

The Qedoc Quiz Maker is a programme for creating interactive learning content. Its outstanding features are the unusually wide range of question and game types, together with its ease of use. Any quiz or learning game you create is also automatically linked into an online high-score system, allowing players a degree of interaction over the internet. The content-sharing concept enables educational authors to share and build on each other's work.

Paint Express

The image editor fully supports ICO, CUR, BMP, reads PNG, JPG, JPEG files. Features:Create multi-format icons/cursors from existing images in one-click; Convert images with transparency from Photoshop, or Paint Shop into Windows XP icon/cursor or 32-bit bitmap with alpha channel; View, edit images using editing tools, filters, effects; Capture any image from the desktop screen; Search on the computer and extract resources from EXE, DLL, OCX file.

CoolTabs

Want a quick, easy way of having hundreds of shortcuts, documents, folders only a click away? Want to clear off those annoying shortcuts covering your desktop? CoolTabs is a powerful application designed to tidy up your desktop and provide a fast way for organizing and opening your applications, folders, shortcuts and documents which you frequently access.

GrafxPage

Create a comprehensive selection of business publications like brochures, letterheads, newsletters, business cards, logos, CD and DVD labels and other publications. Offers a complete multi-page document publication. Geometric (vector), Image, Scalable Raster, Text and Text Memo objects can be added to any page.

Aurigma Graphics Processor

Graphics Processor 1.9 is a must have image processing component. Based on the GDI+ graphics library used by the new Microsoft operating systems, it provides a wide range of functionality. Graphics Processor 1.9 integrates important features?raster object, drawing objects, image collection and encoding?providing a solid foundation on which you can build powerful image processing applications that will support all your needs, even layers.

TinCam

Create a webpage with live pictures or video from your webcam. Upload pictures with FTP or serve them directly from your own computer. TinCam can create and upload a webpage automatically. You can write text on the page, change colors and add a background picture. Monitor your home, your car, your office etc. with TinCam. When TinCam detects motion it can grab a picture and send it to you in an email. TinCam supports multiple cameras.

Actual Windows Manager

Try this technologically advanced tool that interacts with operating system core to bring extended functionality to every window on the system. It allows you to roll-up and unroll windows, hide them to TaskTray, keep them on top and make them transparent via new buttons added to each window title bar. The application operates semi-automatically, which means you won't have to spent hours trying to figure out how it works. Download FREE trial now! Actual Windows Manager is licensed as shareware and filed in windows managers, desktop utlilities, shell enhancement, desktop enhancement section.

WindowBlinds4.6

WindowBlinds allows users to totally change the look and feel of Windows to meet their needs. It's more than just eye candy though, user created "skins" can add extra functionality to Windows along with restrict what users can do with their windows if necessary. WindowBlinds 4.5 includes the new ability to change the color of visual styles through hue shifting along with modifying the brightness and saturation of the visual style.

IntegryDESK

IntegryDesk is an OS enhancer to help you organize your desktop for efficient working. You will be able to save/restore the icon layout, hide/show all desktop items or move them to cascading popup menus. Also, you will be able to access any files, folders, programs, URLs and even send emails in one click. Enhanced window navigation will let you minimize applications to the tray, roll them up/down, put on top, make them semi-transparent and more.

ImageForge Standard

Freeware art studio for creating or editing images, simple .avi animations, photos, picture albums and screensavers. FEATURES: Clipart brushes; Soft brushes; Scatter and Spatter; Special Effect Filters; TWAIN scanner & device support; Color-replacement; Gradients and Patterns; Crop, Enlarge, Resize, Resample, Skew, Rotate by Degree; AVI and BMP filmstrip animations; Tools to produce slide shows; much more.

Icon Converter Plus

This graphics tool allows you to convert Windows BMP, DIB, RLE, GIF, JPG, JPE, JPEG, TIF, TIFF, CPT, WMF, EMF, PNG, PCX, JP2, JPC, J2K, TGA, RAS, ICO, CUR, ANI image formats into Windows icons. Make capture from your screen or applications with Capture Screen and convert it into icon or image. Ability to BATCH conversion of Icon to Image and Image to Icon with many filtering effects and different patterns. It supports XP Alpha Channel icons. Graphics shareware listed in icon tools.

CursorXP

CursorXP is a program that gives your Windows XP and Windows 2000 cursors a wide range of effects. Your cursors will be able to be semi-transparent and have more advanced shadows and alpha blending. Version 1.3 works under non-admin accounts on Windows 2000 and XP, has high dpi support and better, faster shadows, and supports hyperthreaded machines. CursorXP software is a freeware filed under cursors, desktop, toys utilities.

Actual Window Decorations

Make windows easy to use and beautiful! Add handy new buttons to any window title bar: "Minimize to Tray," "Stay on Top" and "Make Transparent." Minimize windows to the Tray or roll them up into a title bar instead of an icon. Keep important windows on top! Add a transparency effect from 0% (solid) to 100% (fully transparent)! Actual Windows Decorations works on taskbars, windows, menus, other components. Configure any window to suit your tastes!

DeskPhotoFrame

Puts picture with frame on your desktop. Frame can be semi-transparent or mouse insensitive. You can put virtually unlimited number of frames. Frame you put will determine the shape of the window where the picture is put.The program can be adjusted to start itself every time you log in. Easy for back up. Script files for advanced users. Frames setting can be easily exchanged with other user. All settings and frames are written in text files.

Easy Watermark Creator

Easy-to-use tool for addition of visible watermarks to your pictures and photos. The watermarks can contain text, image, color, which can be solid or semi-transparent. Areas where can you apply this program: protection from unauthorized use your pictures published on the Web, using this program as image constructor by addition GIF-files with transparent backgrounds, drawing of textures on your pictures, rendering your pictures. Graphics shareware listed in graphics editors, graphics utilities tools.

AiS Watermark Pictures Protector

This graphics tool lets you protect from thieves your images published on the Web by adding to them visible watermarks. The watermarks can be solid or transparent, they can include you logo, company name, your site URL, date and time or any custom text. The program can handle over 40 popular image formats (including TIFF, BMP and JPG), it lets you process multiple images at once and automatically create thumbnails and Web galleries.

windowblinds 5.0 2006

Customize the look and feel of Windows 2000 or Windows XP with WindowBlinds. It can change virtually every aspect of the Windows GUI such as title bars, push buttons, the Start bar, radio buttons, and scroll bars. WindowBlinds is what Microsoft, nVidia, ATI, Nintendo, and many other companies use to provide additional visual styles for Windows users. Try it for yourself. WindowBlinds also supports the ability to change toolbar icons and progress.

IconUtils

This graphics utility is a complete icon and cursor solution. Make smooth semi-transparent icons for Windows XP. Edit icons and cursors in color depths up to 32-bit True Color. Create static and animated cursors. Arrange icons and cursors into libraries. Convert icons and cursors to ICO, BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, CUR, ANI, PSD, WMF and WBMP formats and vice versa. Customize the icons used to display various folders to be able to distinguish them at a glance.

PC Icon Extractor

This graphics utility allows you to extract all Windows icons include XP icons from inside of EXE, DLL, DRV, OCX, SCR, VBX, ICL, NI, and IL files and save them into BMP, GIF, JPG, TIF, WMF, EMF, PNG, PCX, J2K, TGA, RAS and ICO files. Plus, support different colors including Monochrome, 16 Colors, Grayscale, 256 Colors, True Color and XP Alpha Channel and sizes 16x16, 24x24, 32x32, 48x48, 64x64, 72x27, 96x96, 128x128 and custom size. This shareware is listed under graphic apps icon tools category.

Trout''s Internet Clock

TIC is a Desktop Clock, Scheduler and Time Synchronizer all-in-one. Personalize and liven up your desktop, manage your time and synchronize your system clock. Design your own clock or import graphics. Schedule hourly chimes, multimedia or text reminders and run programs. NTP client. Features dynamic system tray icon, semi-transparent clocks, and an editable list of about 50 Internet Time Servers.

Actual Transparent Windows

This software lets you apply transparency effect to any window in Windows 2000/XP. The transparency effect looks very impressive and may be useful with such windows as Windows Taskbar, WinAmp, Start menu and drop-down menus and lists, Instant Messengers and others. Actual Transparent Windows lets you set individual transparency rate from 0% (solid) to 100% (fully transparent) for each window to achieve the desired effect.

Audio Sliders

This software is a versatile and complete audio control utility that includes a Volume Control replacement five times smaller than the Windows version. Remote Control provides hot-key control for the most popular CD and Mp3 players, including Winamp, Sonique, and Quintessential CD, etc. Large On Screen Display (OSD) pops up when a hot-key is pressed, and indicates the volume level or song name and playback position. Built-in CD player.

Anidragon

A 3D animated screensaver with day and night cycles, varying weather patterns, exotic wildlife, panoramic fantasy landscapes, and virtual pet dragons living as evolving digital creatures. They explore, hunt, eat, play, sleep, and grow to adulthood. Anidragons come in a variety of species. Collect one or all, and watch a different dragon everyday. Also features accelerated or normal time, camera tracking, window mode, and more.

AniSprite

This development tool is an advanced high-performance sprite animation library for Microsoft Windows. Selected features are semi-transparent masks, alpha-channel mixing, automatic hit testing (collision detection), integration with frame animation libraries and curved (spline) paths. Full source code is available.

Sheer Notes

Sheer yellow notes on your desktop. Great for to-do lists, reminders, and for processing text. Notes windows are fully resizable, and can be made semi-transparent, so they can be visible all the time, while still being relatively innocuous. Text style features. Save selected text to disk in RTF format. Sticks to your desktop, or can be forced to go above all other windows.

Agenda Mx 2005

Agenda MX was designed to let you manage your timetable in a simple and pleasant way. This diary also integrates a monthly calendar, an annual calendar as well as an address book. Moreover various windows of the application are semi-transparent and can be moved on your screen as required!

Actual Title Buttons

Windows concept is quite usable when it comes to minimizing, maximizing and restoring a window. This unique tool offers extended window manipulating capabilities by means of adding new buttons to a window caption. Besides on-the-fly window transparency control and window roll-up \ unroll features, it allows you to minimize any window to TaskTray area instead of Taskbar and keep any window on top of others. Download FREE trial version now! Actual Title Buttons software is a shareware filed under windows managers, shell enhancement, desktop enhancement utilities.

enable Virtual Desktop

This utility includes: customizable desktop size, hotkey desktop switching, mouse and window selectors, fully customizable appearance (including different wallpaper/patterns/colors for each desktop). Customise the mini-window via semi-transparent display, titlebar control, both Taskbar and SysTray icons, Always on top and Autohide facilities, contents mode (exact miniature replica of your desktop), desktop themes and global hotkeys.