Big and Powerful but Free
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XnConvert is provided as FREEWARE (NO Adware, NO Spyware) for private or educational use (including non-profit organizations).
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Also a good alternative to IrfanView is PicView (FOSS, Windows)
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PDF-XChange Editor
Build 10.2.1.385 (Released 22nd January 2024)
This powerful PDF editor is free to use, but with a reduced feature set. The features are more than enough for the average user. I have used it instead of Acrobat Reader for years now. It is highly customisable, and has features like Read Aloud Selected Text. This is far more useful than the built-in accessibility tools for Windows.
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@Pesala Thank you! I will have a try.
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I use Gimp and Photopea for photo editing, PDF-XChange Editor for PDF annotating, Krita for digital painting. OneNote for note taking, etc. All are free and powerful. pctechtest site has many good recomendations.
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Xournal++ is an open-source and cross-platform note-taking software that is fast, flexible, and functional.
Xournal++ supports various features for annotating on top of PDF files.
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@Catweazle Thanks, IrfanView was getting on my nerves.
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The best free Windows photo viewing / tagging software is still Windows Live Essentials Photo Gallery 2012. I've tried pretty much everything else on both Windows and Linux and nothing else comes close. Has easy photo viewing and tagging, and face recognition, and adequate image editing. Can be downloaded from the Internet Archive for free at https://archive.org/details/wlsetup-all_201802
When asked by installation, install only Photo Gallery. Works on all versions of Windows including Win 10 and Win 11. Free. Not FOSS.
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Based on my experience the best software out there is free.
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IrfanView
Version 4.67 ( - CURRENT VERSION - )
(Release date: 2024-04-05)Smaller fixes (Insert Text, Paste warning, Hex viewer, Auto adjust colors)
Separate overwrite option for Save/Save-As menus (Properties->File Handling)
The Insert Text dialog will remember the last screen position
New OCR PlugIn: requires Tesseract OCR (Properties->PlugIns)
See "i_plugins.txt" for infos (https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki
Support for PNG comment (Image->Info dialog or $C placeholder; reading only)
SFF PlugIn loading bugs fixed (thanks to Mateusz "LeftarCode" Lewczak)
EXR PlugIn loading bugs fixed (thanks to Minji Kim and Jaehun of WHS WWW Team)
PSP/Formats PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to wangmy)
Loading issues in several PlugIns fixed (thanks to Trend Micro)
Fixed PlugIns: Formats, DPX/CIN, WSQ, MrSID, AWD
PSP/Formats PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to wangmy)
PSP/Formats PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to wangmy)
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@barbudo2005, agree, I have never used paid soft in over 20 years. Most OpenSource and almost all equally good or even superior to commercial alternatives.
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The big difference is achieved with:
1.- Love and Passion for a job well done.
2.- Specialization in a specific subject.
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@Catweazle
The best thing with free programs is that there is a deferred payment option I use software, happily, for example, for 10 years and find - 1 € per year is almost like free.
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I'm thinking of 2 programs that have not yet been mentioned here:
- PhotoFiltre, a small but powerful image editing program for anyone who finds Photoshop too complex. An older version is still available as freeware.
- MediaMonkey, for me the best music player for Windows and Android (synchronizable). Here, too, there is a free version that already contains almost everything you need.
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@Dancer18, as mediaplayer I use SMplayer, using it also as extern player in FreeTube.
For graphics I use ShareX with the FileCoffee setup and the ShareX extension (it's a Killer Combo), Gimp and Krita. All 100% free -
@Catweazle Everyone has their own favorite player, right? It depends a lot on how you want to use it. Do I need lots of colorful album images? Do I want to be able to edit tags? Or synchronize with Android?
In any case, MediaMonkey is probably the program with the most editing options, with a very appealing interface and - my favorite program. It's definitely worth checking out
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@Dancer18, not because Album images (SMplayer shows it only if you load an YT video audio files are in a miniplayer.