Filed under: Design, Windows, Freeware, Windows x64
Tiny, free Photoshop alternative Fotographix hits Beta 3
by Lee Mathews Jun 19th 2009 at 12:00PM
Only a few changes have taken place, but they're important additions. First and foremost, documentation has been beefed up and now covers nearly every Fotografix feature. As far as editing function go, layers can now be merged down and you can flatten an image in one fell swoop. An external paste command has been added as well: control-v works with the internal Fotografix clipboard, while shift+control+v will paste the contents of your Windows clipboard.
The last time this little gem hit DownloadSquad, the developer's server got hammered and the download became inaccessible. Fortunately, it's now mirrored on Freeware Files.
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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CyNut said 12:45PM on 6-19-2009
futurama ftw
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216 said 12:57PM on 6-19-2009
Now I'm Zoidberg: Home Owner
paul said 1:12PM on 6-19-2009
The sandwich heavy portfolio pays off for the hungry investor!
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Molly said 2:10PM on 6-19-2009
i use Fotografix for its support of RAW images, but in terms of features it is certainly no match for Photofiltre in the realm of 'tiny, free Photoshop alternatives'. both porgrams are very handy for Q&D jobs on the go.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/photofiltre.html
or portable:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-SOFTWARE/Multimedia/Graphics/Windows-Portable-Applications-Portable-PhotoFiltre.shtml
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William said 12:46PM on 6-22-2009
Thanks for the tip; I'll definitely be checking this program out. By the way, the article title has the program name spelled incorrectly.
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Jash Sayani said 2:21PM on 6-22-2009
Have this app on my netbook for some time. Its a nice tool, but lacks several basic features. I would prefer GIMP + GIMP-Shop.
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