Saturday, June 2, 2012

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.1-Lightroom graduates to version 4

*Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4* is the official public release of the next
generation of Adobe's famous Lightroom photo processing suite. *What is
Lightroom?* If you're not familiar with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, it's a
photo processing app that's designed to be used by professional photographers
for the post-production of batches of photos, and it's often used in
conjunction with Adobe's seminal app, Photoshop. *The new interface* This
latest version of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom looks great. It's divided into
seven sections - *Library, Develop, Map, Book, Slideshow, Print* and *Web*-
which let you easily flit between different stages of management, processing
and presentation. There's also some awesomely configurable options, running
from how the app looks to how it acts, before and after processing. There's
only one thing - the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom interface is vast, and to get
the most from it, you'll need a large screen. *Photo management* The upside
to using a dedicated photo processing app is the ease with which Adobe
Photoshop Lightroom allows you to see, categorize and manage your photos.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is no exception, with a great import features and
options, and, new to this version, location-based organization. You'll find
the tools to manage this function under *Map*. *Photo processing* In version
4 of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Adobe's self-stated aim has been to /"extract
more detail from highlights and shadows, make a wider range of targeted
adjustments, and easily share your images and video clips on social media and
photo sharing sites"/. It certainly provides some interesting options to do
this, including highlight and shadow recovery, white balance features and
local noise/moire tools. This is in addition to all the usual editing tools,
which are present and easy to apply. *Presentation options* Adobe Photoshop
Lightroom really excels when it comes to presenting your photos and passing
them on. You can email directly from this new version, as well as sharing
with a variety of social networks and photo sharing sites. The *Book* feature
is also new, allowing you to create a variety of beautiful photo books from
templates. This complements Adobe Photoshop Lightroom's *Slideshow* option,
giving you even more scope for creating en eye-catching and imaginative end
product. *Video management* In this version, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom really
ramps up *video support*, further increasing its versatility. This means that
you can make even more complex edits to video clips, as well as easier video
publishing. *Conclusion* Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 is an exceedingly
promising piece of software. It can look complicated - and even overcrowded -
on first glance, but once you become more familiar with app, you'll see
everything adds up to offering you one of the most comprehensive photo
processing apps around.Download *Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.1* in Softonic

OpenTTD Portable 1.2.0-Free remake of Transport Tycoon Deluxe for your USB drive

Download *OpenTTD Portable 1.2.0* in Softonic

Prices Drop Monitor for Amazon 1.1.0.0-Monitor price changes on Amazon.com

*Prices Drop Monitor for Amazon* is a simple application that lets users add
products they want to track prices for. If you use Amazon.com to do all of
your shopping, Prices Drop Monitor for Amazon will be a very useful tool.
Using the app is as simple as *dragging and dropping URLs into the
interface*. Once you have a list of things you would like to buy, the app
sits quietly in the system tray and will alert you to any price changes. It
tracks price drops and increases as well. There are not many options to
adjust. You can only toggle if you want the app to launch at start up and how
often to check for new prices. Oddly, Prices Drop Monitor for Amazon *can
only check as often as every 4 hours*, which seems like a long time. Prices
Drop Monitor for Amazon should add the ability to check every hour. Once a
price change has been detected, Prices Drop Monitor for Amazon will alert
users and link to the Amazon page. Prices Drop Monitor for Amazon *looks at
prices from all Amazon merchants* so it is a bit overzealous when it finds a
price drop. Many times, there were offers that were just a few cents lower
but shipping is higher. We wish Prices Drop Monitor for Amazon would have a
Prime only alert option and we wish it would take shipping costs into
consideration as well. *Overall, Prices Drop Monitor for Amazon works well
but could use with more options to adjust alerts.*Download *Prices Drop
Monitor for Amazon 1.1.0.0* in Softonic

PowerISO 5.2-CD and DVD image processing tool

PowerISO is a powerful CD/DVD image file processing tool, which allows you to
open, extract, create, edit, compress, encrypt, split and convert ISO files,
and mount these files with the internal virtual drive.Download *PowerISO 5.2*
in Softonic

Dictionary.NET 4.9.4535-Handy desktop dictionary powered by Google Translator

We all need to check the meaning of a word or a sentence in a foreign
language from time-to-time. And for those quick translations, Dictionary.NET
is a great tool. Dictionary.NET makes use of the technology behind Google
Translator to offer you instant translations between more than 50 different
languages, in all possible combinations. The program is meant to detect the
languages automatically, though I have to say this feature didn't work that
well for me. Dictionary.NET doesn't require installation, and runs unnoticed
in the background. You can open it with a keyboard shortcut, a mouse
combination or from the program's icon on the System Tray, and then enter
whatever word or sentence you want to translate. Another option – probably
easier – is selecting a given word or sentence and then using the
predefined keyboard shortcut or mouse combination to bring Dictionary.NET up
with the translation already loaded. That said, you should bear in mind that
Dictionary.NET is still an automatic translator that doesn't produce perfect
results. As long as you don't need professional translations, Dictionary.NET
works perfectly fine for quick dictionary look-ups. *Need to quickly
translate a specific word or sentence? Dictionary.NET can do the work for
you.*Download *Dictionary.NET 4.9.4535* in Softonic

Catcha mouse!-Can you catch a mouse?!

*Catcha mouse!* is a cute game for Pokki that sees you trying to outwit a
cute little mouse. If you've enjoyed playing on the iPhone, you're sure to
like it here on the Windows desktop too! Catcha mouse! aims to get you
thinking about where to place a series of mousetraps in order to prevent the
mouse from reaching his holes and escaping. It's a very simple idea, but as
you progress through the levels, you'll realize that outsmarting a mouse is
not as easy as it looks! Catcha mouse! has *three difficulty levels*, with 26
levels on easy, seven on medium and an unknown number on hard. To tell the
truth, we never got that far, and you have to progress through Catcha mouse!
to unlock the most difficult levels. You can also toggle the music - maybe
the best bit of the game - and view statistics. The main problem with Catcha
mouse! is that it doesn't offer much in the way of playability. It's fun, it
challenges you, but we really can't see you coming back to play more than
once or twice. Of course, we could be wrong, so if mouse hunting is your
thing, go ahead and download - it is free, after all! *Catcha mouse! is fun,
but we don't think it's a game you'll keep coming back to.*Download *Catcha
mouse!* in Softonic

OpenTTD 1.2.1-A clone of Transport Tycoon Deluxe

Launched in 1995 Transport Tycoon Deluxe is a classic economic simulation,
where you aim to make it big by building and developing your own transport
company. Grow your own transportation network and sell off goods to beat your
main rivals and become the leader on the market. Nostalgic fans of the game
will be glad to discover OpenTTD, effectively a completely free version of
the game. What's more it has been completely revamped. Graphics have been
slightly improved, adding more color, and many new features are now included.
The Euro is now part of currencies, you can bribe town authorities and set up
international and metropolitan airports among others. Usability is also
better, with new features like the autorail build tool or being able to get a
cost estimation. You can even play online with up to 8 other players. The
only real drawback to the game is that you' ll the original version of
Transport Tycoon Deluxe data files in order to make it work. In all, anybody
who's even the least bit interested in games should get their hands on this
free version of an excellent classic simulation title.Download *OpenTTD
1.2.1* in Softonic

DisplayFusion 4.0.1-Easily manage wallpapers in two monitors

*DisplayFusion* helps you choose and manage desktop wallpapers for your *dual
screen* computer. Using DisplayFusion is piece of cake. The program provides
you with a single interface where you can select new background images for
your *two screens*, adjust the way they appear on the monitor and even look
for more wallpapers on the web thanks to its Flickr integration. With
DisplayFusion you get a real-time preview of the wallpapers just as they'll
appear on the actual monitors. Also, there's a wide array of options to
adjust the photo size, position and aspect ratio. DisplayFusion features a
wallpaper timer as well, with which you can schedule an automatic wallpaper
rotation – but unfortunately this only works in the Pro version. One last
tip: if you'd like to have more wallpapers to use in your two-monitor
installation, have a look at Dual Screen Wallpapers, a wallpaper website
specializing in widescreen images for two – or even more - monitors. *With
DisplayFusion you can easily manage and customize wallpapers in two or more
monitors, but if you want more extended functionality you'll have to switch
to the Pro version.*Download *DisplayFusion 4.0.1* in Softonic

StarForge 0.100 Very Early Alpha-Minecraft meets Halo in this epic game

*StarForge* is an action/adventure game that gives players complete control
over the game's environment in order to prepare for an alien invasion.
StarForge blends elements from both Minecraft and the Halo franchises. Just
like Minecraft, StarForge has *fully manipulable environments*. Players can
carve tunnels, build platforms and set up weapons to protect their base.
StarForge borrows elements from the Halo franchise with its first person
shooter aesthetic, as well as having vehicles in the game that resemble those
in Halo. Players can even *fly into space*, opening up a whole new mechanic
to the game. Players will spend a majority of their time preparing for the
alien onslaught. Prepare your base by building up walls, putting up
spotlights, and placing weapons for the best defense. From the very
beginning, all weapons and structures are available to you to build up your
base. While Minecraft has Creepers, *StarForge has face-eating flying
aliens*. Performance and graphics largely depend on your machine. This early
alpha of the game *requires a decently powerful computer* to render its lush
environments and to support its rag doll physics. The graphics in StarForge
are stunningly beautiful, but players will find that they can also look
crunchy at times. *Overall, StarForge is a very promising game with an
already-huge fan base. The developers have the right idea and should be able
to improve performance and game play in future versions.*Download *StarForge
0.100 Very Early Alpha* in Softonic

OpenTTD Portable 1.2.0-Free remake of Transport Tycoon Deluxe for your USB drive

Download *OpenTTD Portable 1.2.0* in Softonic

RetroShare 0.5.3c-No more P2P, peer-to-peer, but F2F or friend-to-friend filesharing

Retroshare is a private sharing platform without servers between users. It
allows people to share files anonymously with their community of friends and
open encrypted chat, based on the web-OpenSSL protocol. When you launch the
program for the first time, you need to select a username and password, and
create a 'certificate' by clicking the relative button. The certificate
is what you send to your friends so that they can accept you in their
network. In order to know what your unique code is, go to the Friend menu,
select your name and choose the Export Friend option. You can also add a
user, by clicking the Invite Friend tool. Before joining a group or accepting
someone, your certificate needs to be approved, or 'trusted'. These are
all procedures you can do from the 'Friend' menu. *Retroshare opens up a
new way to exchange files with friends. Its tagline is, is "no more P2P,
peer-to-peer, but F2F or friend-to-friend".Download *RetroShare 0.5.3c* in
Softonic*

StarForge 0.100 Very Early Alpha-Minecraft meets Halo in this epic game

*StarForge* is an action/adventure game that gives players complete control
over the game's environment in order to prepare for an alien invasion.
StarForge blends elements from both Minecraft and the Halo franchises. Just
like Minecraft, StarForge has *fully manipulable environments*. Players can
carve tunnels, build platforms and set up weapons to protect their base.
StarForge borrows elements from the Halo franchise with its first person
shooter aesthetic, as well as having vehicles in the game that resemble those
in Halo. Players can even *fly into space*, opening up a whole new mechanic
to the game. Players will spend a majority of their time preparing for the
alien onslaught. Prepare your base by building up walls, putting up
spotlights, and placing weapons for the best defense. From the very
beginning, all weapons and structures are available to you to build up your
base. While Minecraft has Creepers, *StarForge has face-eating flying
aliens*. Performance and graphics largely depend on your machine. This early
alpha of the game *requires a decently powerful computer* to render its lush
environments and to support its rag doll physics. The graphics in StarForge
are stunningly beautiful, but players will find that they can also look
crunchy at times. *Overall, StarForge is a very promising game with an
already-huge fan base. The developers have the right idea and should be able
to improve performance and game play in future versions.*Download *StarForge
0.100 Very Early Alpha* in Softonic

AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) 7.5.14.8-IM, text, voice and video application in one

AOL have been on the scene just about as long as I can remember on the
internet so you'd expect AIM to pbe a pretty decent messenger. However, the
proof is in the pudding. Nowadays, MSN Messenger and Skype users far
outnumber AIM users which shows that at the end of the day, it's not one of
the big hitters. AIM was however one of the first to incorporate voice, video
and desktop-to-mobile messaging and so should at least be given credit for
pioneering this technology. The instant messaging list on AIM has space for
500 friends and enables you to organize your chats and status messages
easily. It also allows you to send bigger files than most IM services. AIM's
video conferencing function is however much more hassle and it's not
immediately obviously how to start a conference until you scroll through the
menus. AIM also features it's own e-mail service although obviously, you need
to sign up for an AOL account to use it which can turn into a long drawn out
affair in itself. There's no real advantage of using AOL's IM mail compared
to others apart from the fact that it does feature a handy "unsend" function
if you've sent an e-mail in error. Of course, there's the obligatory SMS
function although this is limited to US users and if your phone supports it,
you can also use AOL messenger on the move. *AIM is a bit of a disappointing
effort from one of the originators of Instant Messaging but still has a few
redeeming features that make it worth a try.*Download *AIM (AOL Instant
Messenger) 7.5.14.8* in Softonic

OpenTTD 1.2.1-A clone of Transport Tycoon Deluxe

Launched in 1995 Transport Tycoon Deluxe is a classic economic simulation,
where you aim to make it big by building and developing your own transport
company. Grow your own transportation network and sell off goods to beat your
main rivals and become the leader on the market. Nostalgic fans of the game
will be glad to discover OpenTTD, effectively a completely free version of
the game. What's more it has been completely revamped. Graphics have been
slightly improved, adding more color, and many new features are now included.
The Euro is now part of currencies, you can bribe town authorities and set up
international and metropolitan airports among others. Usability is also
better, with new features like the autorail build tool or being able to get a
cost estimation. You can even play online with up to 8 other players. The
only real drawback to the game is that you' ll the original version of
Transport Tycoon Deluxe data files in order to make it work. In all, anybody
who's even the least bit interested in games should get their hands on this
free version of an excellent classic simulation title.Download *OpenTTD
1.2.1* in Softonic

OpenTTD 1.2.1-A clone of Transport Tycoon Deluxe

Launched in 1995 Transport Tycoon Deluxe is a classic economic simulation,
where you aim to make it big by building and developing your own transport
company. Grow your own transportation network and sell off goods to beat your
main rivals and become the leader on the market. Nostalgic fans of the game
will be glad to discover OpenTTD, effectively a completely free version of
the game. What's more it has been completely revamped. Graphics have been
slightly improved, adding more color, and many new features are now included.
The Euro is now part of currencies, you can bribe town authorities and set up
international and metropolitan airports among others. Usability is also
better, with new features like the autorail build tool or being able to get a
cost estimation. You can even play online with up to 8 other players. The
only real drawback to the game is that you' ll the original version of
Transport Tycoon Deluxe data files in order to make it work. In all, anybody
who's even the least bit interested in games should get their hands on this
free version of an excellent classic simulation title.Download *OpenTTD
1.2.1* in Softonic