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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Swine Virus Website

Amid the current fears of the Swine Flu, here are some websites informing us on the situation.
We can observe how effective the design of the websites are in communicating us the
information clearly and effectively.

  • CDC - The main information site.

  • Reuters - Coverage of the swine flu.

  • CNN - US premier news

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

The Ultimate Open Source Guide to Audio and Video Editing




With these few software which I am about to tell you, you will be able to edit and convert audio, video and music, all for free. That's right zilch zero dollars. Well this is the stuff:


Open Source Video Editor

Jahshaka - If you are familiar with names like Adobe, Alias, Apple, Avid, Discreet, Eyeon, Media100, Newtek, Pinnacle, Sony, Quantel you will be excited to find out that there is an open source, video editing and post-production software that is free to download and start producing great quality video.


Open Source DVD/VCD/Audio CD Burner

InfraRecorder - InfraRecorder is a free CD/DVD burning solution for Microsoft Windows. It offers a wide range of powerful features; all through an easy to use application interface and Windows Explorer integration.


Free Audio/Video Converter

SUPER - Convert from the following files mpg, mpg2, mp4, mp3, wmv, wav, ipod, zune, psp, psp3, 3gp nokia, 3gp sony ericsson, swf, flv, wma, gif, mov. What more can you ask for.

Can you seel the power of these few software. Now go enjoy it.

Free CD Burner Burn CD
CDBurnerXP


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FOR MAC

Avidemux
Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and scripting capabilities. Avidemux is available for Linux, BSD, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows under the GNU GPL license.

ZS4 Video Editor
http://www.zs4.net/download
The new incarnation of Zwei-Stein Video Editor, it is advanced video editing and compositing software with over 150 built-in video effects. ZS4 runs on Windows, Linux and OS X, and is free to download and use. Best of all, it’s under continual development and hasn’t been abandoned like some of the programs listed here.

HyperEngine-AV
Arboretum Systems’ award winning video editing software became free in 2006 and is can be downloaded complete with full source code. Users can capture, arrange, edit and process video, audio and text in a free-form, trackless document, to create movies and slide shows.

Simple Video Splicer
SVS is a basic video editing tool for basic cropping and/or piecing together of video files. It supports all formats that Quicktime can import, with the exception of MPEG, which must be demuxed first. It features a picture panning tool (aka, the Ken Burns Effect), and an audio track layout editor. Source code is included in the download. The programmer no longer supports the software, and his site, while making the program available, notes, “Please do not contact me regarding this software, I have not worked on any of it in years.”

Good Web 2.0 Design: mywaves.com

21 April 2009:

Really cool design from mywaves.com site.

Good Web 2.0 Design: BuzzShout.com

21 April 2009:

This is a nice example of a very effective Web 2.0 site. Its clean and cool to use. Good stuff BuzzShout.com

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