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Axialis IconWorkshop

This graphics tool (formerly AX-Icons) is a powerful tool designed to Create, Extract, Convert, Manage and Redistribute Windows® Icons. You can create, load and save all Windows® Icons (ICO) and Libraries (ICL). It supports the new Windows XP Icons with Alpha Channel images (a.k.a. Smooth Transparency). With this new version, you'll be able to open Macintosh® Icons and convert them to Windows® format and much more...

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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.

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Axialis Pro Screen Saver Producer

Create and Compile Windows XP/2000/98/ME compatible screen savers. Create Sprite, Flash(r), Slideshow or Video based screen savers. Alpha Channel transparency. Sprite collisions. RSS reader embedded in screensavers. Customizable SCR icons and illustratons. Integrated Workspace with many tools. WYSIWYG editor, Media Explorer, Multi-document interface, Librarian, Compiles as SCR with preview, Professional install/uninstall generator. NO ROYALTIES.

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PC Icon Editor

This graphics utility 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. This graphics shareware PC Icon Editor is categorized under graphic apps icon tools.

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Real Blender

Add the power to create color gradients to your applications with full support for the alpha channel and system colors. Let your users decide what colors to use or use it for your own development. Real Blender is a shareware software filed under development components, libraries utilities.

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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.

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SkinCalc

This tool, which is completely free, features standard and advanced calculator functionality, a spreadsheet interface, and skins. Skins make it possible to change the layout and functionality of the software, with effects that include non-rectangular shapes, user-configurable transparency and alpha channel translucency. More than 100 skins are available from the sites listed at skincalc.com, which also has instructions to create your own skins.

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Super Icon Helper

Software that is a utility that allows you to extract all icons out of the files on your hard drive.The colors may be monochrome (one bit), 16-color (four bits), 256-color (eight bits), true-color (24 bits), or true-color and alpha-channel (32 bits). Super Icon Helper can extract icons from both 16-bit and 32-bit applications and libraries, including the following types: ICO, DLL, EXE, OCX. You can save them to a file.

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IT Image Resizer

This graphics tool is used to resize pictures in most popular graphic formats. It resizes them in batch mode, which means that the user can select hundreds of images, select desired size and just click the Resize button. The program does everything else. The images can keep the original aspect ratio or can be exactly resized to the specified size. Produced images can be saved in the same locations or in the specified folder.

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3D Photo Browser Light

This graphics tool is a must for viewing, browsing and organizing your images, 3D scenes and audio files. It supports more than 80 file formats and displays them in its fast thumbnails window. It includes an image editor (including rotation, flip?), a 3D viewer (including materials, textures and an access to Polygon Cruncher decimation tool), fast application access, favorites, TWAIN & WIA support and much more!

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SXSkinComponents

Open source skinnable visual components package for Delphi and C++Builder. Default skins: Win Classic, WinXP, Opera Standard, skins based on popular Opera skins and others. Components features: full alpha-channel support, translucent controls, MMX-optimized, changing effects on events (mouse over, mouse out, focus, unfocus etc), JPEG&PNG support, soft drawing of geometric figures (rectangles, circles, etc).

DigiRostrum

This graphics utility is a software rostrum camera that lets you create AVI or QuickTime files from JPG, BMP etc. Zoom, pan and rotate a virtual camera in 3D across your stills to produce broadcast quality video files. DigiRostrum has presets for PAL and NTSC and advanced rendering options including motion blur, field based rendering, safe areas and contrast compression. Its intuitive controls make producing your own rostrum work simpler than ever before.

IconForge

Create and modify icons, multi-resolution icons, cursors and animated icons for your Windows desktop, web site or other projects. Features: Complete painting tools; Transparent, Inverse paint; Extract from cursor, icon (including OS2, Linux, XP and other formats), animation, program and image files; Export to animation or image formats; Edit icons within programs (EXE, DLL, etc.); Effects filters; Animation tools; Icon or cursor albums; more...

VideoMan

This graphics tool 3.0 is a complete new version with capability to import-export video from DV cameras, and use modern video compression formats. VideoMan 3.0 comes with completely new Capturer module for import/output of video through capture boards and DV cameras. Video editing capabilities are significantly enhanced with features like unlimited number of overlay tracks, navigator window, super screen color keying, etc.

Amor SWF to Video Converter

This powerful utility supports the conversion of Macromedia Flash SWF files to MPEG files compatible with AVI, VCD, DVD, and SVCD, and to animated GIFs, including movie clips, action scripts, and audio in Flash movies. The program allows interaction with Flash content during a conversion; there are no skip frames. It also supports conversions to PNG, TGA, GIF, BMP, and JPEG images.

VISCOM 3GP, FLV MP4 Video Edit Converter Gold

3GP,MPEG2, FLV, SWF, iPod, PSP, MP4, RMVB, VCD, SVCD, DVD, MOV, AVI, DIVX, WMV, MP3, WMA, WAV formats video converter. you may need buy several video/audio converter application. Video Edit Converter Gold can convert to iPod, 3GP, PSP, MP4, RMVB, VCD, SVCD, DVD, MOV, AVI, DIVX, WMV, MP3, WMA, WAV formats in one application and it including a lot of video editing function - add video effects, transitions, overlay texts, images on video.

Icon Catcher

This graphics utility 4.0 is a high-speed batch icon extractor and processor that can scan over 3000 icons in one minute, supports 32-bit XP-style icons with alpha channel. Extended filtering options let the users set the color palette or size or combination of other parameters to make search for necessary icons easy and fast. The program extracts icons from any source files and allows you to later save them into collections or .ico files. Icon Catcher is licensed as shareware and filed in image viewers, icon managment tools, screen capture section.

Artistic Icons Collection

Looks sell. No one likes software that looks like its interface was made in 1993. And certainly not too many people will frequent a website that looks like it was created by a teenager. Have something to "de-uglify?" Check out these royalty-free icon collections with over 230 icons and small graphics elements that come in all sizes - from 16x16 to 128x128, 8 to 32 bits. Most are WinXP icons with alpha-channel.

EGI

This software 4.0 is an advanced frame animation engine for games and multi-media applications. EGI uses an enhanced FLIC file format. The engine can be used with any program/environment that can call a DLL. EGI provides transparent animations (move an animation over the desktop), embedded sound, segmented animations, overlays, high compression, real time scaling, HiColor animations and run-time scripting. Full source code is available. EGI is licensed as shareware and filed in development components, libraries section.

Tiger Icon Studio 3D

powerful 3D and 2D editor, create professional looking Vista or XP style icons for desktop or web in this complete package.

SWF To Video Scout PRO

Convert SWF flash movies into 32-bit RGBA AVI video with transparency (alpha channel). Also capable of converting flash into MPEG, VideoCD, DVD, NTSC, PAL, audio and Video compression codecs are supported (DivX, xDiv, mp3 and other) Includes full featured flash extractor (extract from Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, YouTube, Google Video etc) with streaming video extraction support. This graphics shareware SWF To Video Scout PRO is categorized under graphic apps animation tools.

WireFusion Professional

WireFusion is a professional authoring tool for interactive plugin-free Web3D presentations. Development is done by visually connecting preprogrammed objects or by coding in Java. Flash is supported and can be combined with 3D models. Add-ons for MPEG video, MP3 sound, Zoom and more are available.

Free Icons for WinXP software

Free icons for Windows XP applications. This package includes 16 unique icons in 9 different sizes (from 16x16 up to 128x128). All icons with alpha channel, created as *.ico and packed into one ZIP file. Screen shot is also available in the ZIP file. Free Icons for WinXP software is a freeware software filed under desktop icons utilities.

Solo Windows Forms Studio

Save money by purchasing our best components: EditMask, RealLabel, RealBlender and ThumbnailCreator, in this fantastic bundle deal. This bundle will fill a lot of your Windows Forms development needs with just one purchase. Solo Windows Forms Studio is a shareware software filed under development components, libraries utilities.

GIMP

This is a cross platform free image editing software. This photo editor can help you to edit and enhance your digital pictures. It is designed for a variety of image manipulation tasks, including photo retouching, image composition, and image construction. Supports layers, alpha channel, has an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer and an image format converter. Fully extensible with a large number of available plugins. Graphics freeware GIMP is listed in graphic apps editors tools.

AMC Graphic Workshop Pro

This image management and digital darkroom package features multiple browser windows, batch processing, drag and drop, thumbnails, dozens of image filters and more. It converts, prints, views, dithers, captions, transforms, flips, rotates, scales, scans, crops, color-adjusts, quantizes, catalogs, creates web pages, optimizes and wreaks special effects on most popular image files. Get up to speed quickly with extensive documentation and tutorials. This shareware is archived under graphic apps editors category.

Damage Control

Optimize images for bit-depth reduction (4444, 565, 555, CLUT8) with full support for alpha channels. Apply highly innovative 3D-spatial diffusion algorithm and advanced alpha-dithering. Supports exotic bit-depths (such as 4444 and 2222) and generates weighted 8bit RGBA palettes for use with PNG8. An essential tool when developing interfaces and graphics for embedded systems, mobile phones, handheld games, settop boxes, etc.

Image Broadway

This graphics tool is an image editing program that lets you create and edit graphic images like a pro in just minutes. From simple tasks like red eye correction to more advanced image editing capabilities, Image Broadway does it all and does it very well. It offers advanced image processing technologies while hiding beneath a user-friendly interface. It also offers Image Map for interactive graphics and optimization technology reduces file size. This graphics shareware Image Broadway is categorized under image editor.

ConceptDraw

This graphics tool 7 is a powerful business and technical diagramming package for both Windows and Macintosh. It is intended for drawing schemes and diagrams of different kinds: business diagrams and flowcharts, network diagrams and software charts, technical drafts, floor and landscape plans. ConceptDraw 7 allows import and export files to a large number of raster, vector, multimedia and text formats.

XP Artistic Icons Collection

Looks sell. No one likes software that looks like its interface was made in 1993. And certainly not too many people will frequent a website that looks like it was created by a teenager. Have something to "de-uglify?" Check out these royalty-free icon collections with over 440 icons and small graphics elements that come in all sizes - from 16x16 to 128x128, 8 to 32 bits. Most are WinXP icons with alpha-channel.

Real Label

This software is the most adaptable text display component on the market. You can use it instead of the Visual Studio Label control and it will display text at any angle! With Linear Gradients for text and background, supporting true transparency and system colors. Fully and easily editable within the Visual Studio IDE for quick setup that requires no code - get running in seconds!

Absolute Color Picker ActiveX Control

This development tool is a component that includes color selection for different color modes and gradient filling dialogs. It is designed with simplicity in mind and could be easily integrated into most of contemporary IDEs. Extensive methods and properties description, code examples and Alpha-channel support will help any level programmer to master it at zero-time, saving a great amount of efforts on project development.

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.

Images Generator

Powerful graphic editor with capabilities of 3D graphics creation. The small size and convenience of using are combined with ample performance. Includess some ways of creation 3D graphic. Gradient fill is carried out in view of shape of image area. Unlimited amount built-in and derived shape templates. Vector and raster brush, created by the user.The sizes and angles of turn of a brush can vary at its movement on trajectory. Unique method of transformation that can be used at processing photos.

Active Image Processing Component

Load and save multiple image format like jpg, jpeg, png, gif, bmp and tiff Support image resizing Support image processing method like brightness/contrast/hue/saturation/sharpness/smoothness adjustment Support drawing text, line and shape Support combing image together with alpha blending or transparent effect Support meta tags like Exif or IPTC. Active Image Processing Component is licensed as shareware and filed in development active x section.

ConceptDraw WebWave Mac

ConceptDraw WebWave is an essential tool on the stage of web site/application prototyping and design, page mocking-up and site-mapping. It includes more than 4590 ready-made graphics, shapes, templates and wizards for quickly creating professional diagrams and drawings. The application runs both on PC and Macintosh and allows seamless files exchange and provides obvious benefits to individual and corporate users.