With multimedia portable devices growing in popularity and features, it's not surprising that DVD ripping tools like Xilisoft DVD Ripper Ultimate have started to offer support for them so that you can take your favorite movies anywhere with you.

Xilisoft DVD Ripper Ultimate is one of those applications: a full featured DVD ripper than can extract all data inside your DVD movies and convert it right away to another video format, including the most popular ones and – of course – video formats for mobile devices such as the iPod, the iPhone and the PSP.

Xilisoft DVD Ripper Ultimate lets you choose the video size, image quality and audio quality, and also create and use different profiles according to the target format or device. Also, Xilisoft DVD Ripper Ultimate lets you trim specific video fragments, edit video effects, adjust subtitles and even add a watermark so that you obtain fully customized DVD video and audio files.

Additionally, Xilisoft DVD Ripper Ultimate can help you clip video segment, crop video size, edit video effects, adjust subtitle, and add video watermark, to get the customized DVD audio and video files.

In addition to ripping the whole DVD, you can also select specific chapters and convert only those. The whole process is done via drop-down menus and Xilisoft DVD Ripper Ultimate is generally very easy to use.

With Xilisoft DVD Ripper Ultimate you can rip the contents of your favorite DVD movies and convert them to different formats – including mobile video - in just a few easy steps.

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XnView Portable is, put simply, a file explorer that has been especially adapted for image files and is developed to be run from a USB key.

XnView Portable features the same design and the same tools as its older brother XnView, which makes it a really convenient photo editor that you can carry anywhere with you. It has support for a few hundred different graphic formats as well as other media files such as AVI and MP3.

The interface in XnView Portable is divided into two sections: the left pane shows the folder structure, while the right one is where the contents of the selected folder are displayer. A double click on any image is enough to open it in full screen and work on it with the program's set of tools. XnView Portable is obviously no Photoshop, but you'll be able to do some cropping and resizing, adjust brightness, correct red eyes and other basic editing and retouching tasks.

If XnView is your favorite resident image viewer, now you can take it anywhere with you thanks to XnView Portable.

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GIF Animation has changed the face of the Web, and all you need to build these GIF "movies" is GIF Movie Gear, a professional quality, award-winning, powerful and easy-to-use tool for building, perfecting and optimizing GIF animations.

By relying on substance instead of hype, GIF Movie Gear makes GIF animation building quick and easy. It is not a bloated, slow, complicated app that is a chore to use. What it is is small, fast, and efficient. It gives you the tools you need to get the job done cleanly and effectively. The superior interface shows all the frames of the animation at once, making it easy to see what you are working on. Top quality optimization and color reduction functions keep your file sizes down. Fine-tuning of timing, transparency, cropping, sizing and color palettes is trivial. A variety of import/export options, including GIF, AVI, BMP, JPEG, ICO, PNG and layered Photoshop PSD files, support most common image formats. And the built-in tutorial helps you get started in no time.

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Cropping videos can be useful for all kinds of reasons - for removing an awkward frame in a video to reducing the amount of space they take up on your hard drive.

With VidCrop, you can remove useless frames, zoom-in on a particular area and select those aspects that you want to change remarkably easily. You can remove useless frames, zoom in as far as your resolution will allow and add information in text format about yourself and your video. The program uses a framebar and a frame preview for cropping. The framebar allows you to choose the video from the first frame to the last and at the same time, allows you to preview what you've created so you can have an idea of what it will look like when you save it. The program supports a wide range of formats although be aware that you have to ensure that the correct codecs are installed for them all to work properly. Generally speaking, this means codecs and compatibility with avi, asf, mp4, mpg, mpeg, mov, wmv and other formats.
The editing process is very simple although for some reason, the program doesn't give you control over the compression ratio it uses or the bitrate that the audio is played at.

Nevertheless, VidCrop has a very simple and user friendly interface that will allow you to do crop and chop to your heart's content.

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There's so much Flash video out there, especially on sites such as YouTube, that a converter which can change the format of the videos you are watching is always useful.

Maybe you need to change it for storage purposes or maybe you need to change it so that you can edit the footage. Whatever your needs, Sothink Video Encoder for Adobe Flash is a professional piece of software that converts videos to Flash supporting all the most popular formats including AVI, MPEG, and WMV. The program focuses on converting AVI/MPEG video to Flash video (FLV) in high quality, in the least time. But even better than that, it also provides advanced video editing functions such as video cropping and trimming which is unusual for a program of this kind. Usually you only get a converter but here you are getting the complete package which is useful because Flash is not usually a very suitable format to edit in. However, the editor is very basic allowing you only to perform very basic cropping. It does however automatically generate thumbnail images for each file you convert and in addition, creates a self-opening Flash player which means you can send it on to friends or colleagues without them having to have a Flash player installed. If you're going to embed it in a webpage, it also generates HTML pages to embed them in which you can then upload much more easily and quickly than normal.

Fast and with very high quality output, Softhink Video Converter for Adobe Flash is one of the best Flash converters out there.

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Movavi Video Converter (formerly known as ConvertMovie) is a powerful and easy to use, video converter and DVD ripper.

The aim of the developers has been to make it as easy as possible to convert from one popular video format to another and save videos and DVDs to as many external devices as possible including iPod, Zune, PSP, PDA and mobile phone. It can also merge multiple video files into a single movie, rip DVDs, and extract soundtracks from your video files. The first thing that strikes you, whichever of these functions you need to carry out, is the ease of use. It's very simple and straightforward to use but in the past, had frequently been subject to bugs especially when dealing with larger files. This latest version however seems to have ironed out most of those problems and you'll be able to convert, merge and rip DVD's without any major problems. The program is also beautifully presented and feels like a really professional and solid product. They've also added lots of other cool new features such as the long overdue subtitle selection options for DVD ripping, an editing tools panel for quick access to all editing features, video cropping and rotation, professional filters and effects and also the possibility to add watermarks and logos. The conversions have also been speeded-up, especially for 3GP formats.

A simple, solid and brilliantly performing video converter, merger and DVD ripper that any video fan should have in their collection.

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Video Edit Magic makes it easy to capture video footage onto the editing timeline and assemble a movie in mere minutes. You can add professional scene transitions, some background music, a couple of title effects, and get ready to show the world your finished masterpiece. You can even edit and combine popular file formats including AVI, WMV, ASF, MPEG, JPEG and many more, all on the same timeline.

Video Edit Magic supports making movies in MPEG Formats. This is the required format for creating VCD, SVCD, and DVDs. You can also create QuickTime and Digital Video AVI output formats. Movies can be made in both, NTSC as well as PAL standard.

A unique benefit of Video Edit Magic is the volume track which is displayed as a volume graph allowing you to change the volume of audio clips at any point from 0% to 400%. You can create fade-ins, fade-outs, Doppler effects, and almost any volume effect that may have required predefined effects.

Video Edit Magic makes it easy to join, split, crop, trim, modify color, and merge your video files. It includes more than 150 built-in transitions, making it ideal for hobbyists and professionals to turn ordinary videos into works of art.

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Lots of videos these days (e.g. those you'll find on Google Video or YouTube) are encoded in Flash Video format. The problem is that not all media players support the format, so you'll need to get yourself a third-party app to convert it for you.

Pazera Free FLV to AVI Converter is one such utility and as the name suggest it allows you to transform a Flash Video file into an AVI. The program also lets you convert your FLV video to an MPEG if you so desire.

The program's user interface isn't exactly a visual delight and despite the fact that there isn't an icon in sight, it's pretty functional and you should be able to find your way around pretty easily. All you really need to do is load the FLV file or files that you need to convert using the 'Add Files' button, then click convert. The conversion process seems to be reliable and quick (though obviously this depends on the size of the file).

There are plenty of advanced options to tinker around with if you know what you're doing. For instance, you can adjust the audio and video codecs used, set the resolution or change the bitrate (only for AVI). You can even crop the video on all sides if you want.

If you want a no-frills solution for converting FLV files, the Pazera software is an able piece of software.

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Forget paying for a program to rip your DVDs to your computer because thanks to the wonders of open source, HandBrake is here to convert disks to MPEG for free. Considering it doesn't cost a dime, the application delivers exceptional results. Converting any type of DVD through a simple-to-understand UI, the program whizzes through the process of producing an MPEG-4 file to save on your machine.

You'll need to have the right codec installed for the type of file you wish to convert (DivX, Xvid, OGM, 3ivx, etc.) but HandBrake lets you perform two-pass conversions and to codify a double soundtrack. Another great feature is the bitrate calculator, which alters the quality of the video according to the final file size you wish to achieve. You can even trim the black bands around a movie to maximise the size of the file. Although I experienced a couple of crashes with this version of HandBrake, it's nevertheless a great open source solution for ripping your DVDs.

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BB FlashBack has the advantage over similar screen recorders in that it can record video activity in different formats and allows you to add all sorts of text, images and sound.

The program is very customisable in that it can be customised to take snapshots of only certain parts of a screen at all times - so you can make it dedicated to just the left or right hand side of the screen. Another key benefit is that it's very easy to create shortcuts for screen recordings with the keyboard. In this way, you hardly need to use the mouse. It's the screen recorder with all the features you need to make high quality movies and deliver them in the right format for you and your audience. Probably the best feature though is that you can easily add text, images and sound. You can record a commentary while recording the screen or add it later. The commentary can be in MP3 or WAV format and you can add text boxes, tips bubbles and images to your movie. When exporting, BB FlashBack screen recorder exports to Flash, AVI, WMV, EXE and PowerPoint so it's pretty flexible in that respect too.

An excellent video screen cast solution that's simple enough for beginners but has enough advanced features to keep experts happy.

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Remember that amazing morphing effect that made our jaws drop in Michael Jackson's Black or White videoclip? That was back in 1991 and graphic technologies have evolved a lot since then, but morphing animations still remain as an eye-catching effect you can now easily apply to your pictures with Abrosoft Fantamorph.

The program offers three trial versions (Standard, Professional and Deluxe), differing from each other in the amount of available tools and functions. We recommend trying the Deluxe one, although you can always select another in the Help – Choose Trial Edition menu if you change your mind.

Fantamorph stands out for its ease of use. Once you launch the program and pass the morphing capacity diagnosis test, a wizard leads you through the process of creating a morphing or warping effect. The first one creates a transition animation between two pictures, whilst the second one generates an animation based on a single picture. Both effects are worked out in a very similar way, so you'll be mastering them in almost no time.

Morphing is based on dots that you place on the picture to point out the exact areas the program will use to create the animation effect. So for example, to create a morphing effect between two close-ups, you add dots around the face, eyes, nose and so on, creating a dotted outline of the source image and arranging these same dots to coincide with the face, eyes, nose and everything else in the target image. So, the more dots you have, the more realistic your effect will look. Fantamorph does a good job at managing these dots: you can add dots simultaneously to both photos, move them around easily, lay a grid over the image for improved accuracy or even zoom in the picture. However, the zoom tool makes it a pain to move around the image as the working area is pretty small and cannot be resized. The same objection can be pointed out about the interface's buttons, which are too small to be comfortable. Luckily enough, you can count on tooltips to reveal their function.

For those of you who feel too lazy to start adding dots, Fantamorph includes an amazing tool called Face Locator which, as its name clearly states, is able to find the face area in any picture you want to use. This comes in very handy when you want to create a face morphing effect as it gets most of the work done for you.

In case the morphing and warping effects are not enough, the program features a wide range of effects you apply to your pictures, such as background images, masks, music or transition effects. You can select them through the wizard or from the program's interface, and see how they look like in the preview window. When your project is finished, you can export it as an AVI video, an image sequence, a webpage or even a screensaver, amongst others.

In short, if you want to create an appealing morphing effect in a surprisingly easy way, Fantamorph is definitely the application you're looking for.

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Creating a slideshow is probably one of the best ways to show off and share your pictures. Plus, with PhotoStage they're really easy and fun to create.

The program's interface looks simple, but it's a bit confusing to use. For example, if you want to insert a title slide, you have to first insert a blank slide, then click on the "More" button beside the "Caption" field and then insert your title. The same happens with the basic graphic edition included in the program: they're not as intuitive as expected. Also, the program only includes two transition effects, too few in my opinion.

On the upside, PhotoStage is very easy to use. I like the fact that you can add both photos and videos, and above all, the wide range of formats in which you can save your slide show, including mobile devices such as a phone or an iPod and ISO image files.

PhotoStage is a basic tool with which to create quick photo and video slideshows and take them with you anywhere.

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CinemaForge is a video and audio conversion and hosting utility. The application supports Flash (SWF), Flash (FLV), Motion Pictures Group (MPEG), Audio Video Interleaved (AVI), Window Media Video (WMV), Real Video (RM), QuickTime (MOV), Advanced Streaming Format (ASF), and JPEG (thumbnails).

You quickly can save and load presets and the program has a nice ffmpeg GUI written in MediaForge. The application has support for deinterlace, duration, cropping, automatic thumbnails, and MediaForge Plaza publishing. You can build movies from still images, and it includes advanced alpha-channel transitions between slides.

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With WSoft Lab Active GIF Creator you can create fabulous animated GIF images for the Web. It makes animated GIF-files from set of BMP, JPEG, ICO, PCX, Adobe Photoshop PSD files, and Windows Metafiles. You can define offset, transparency, interlacement, delay, title and value "how to remove" for each separate image you use.

More features:

• edits images using internal image editor
• imports frames from other GIF-files
• duplicates, merges, crops, resizes, rotates and flips frames
• adds and removes text commentaries
• edits color palettes;
• optimizes size of GIF-files
• shows GIF size and download time for different speeds of modems
• saves images of GIF-file as a set of BMP, JPEG, PNG, TIFF or TGA files
• exports and imports AVI files
• exports and imports ANI files (animated cursors)
• exports and imports bitmap strips
• creates 3D button images
• creates maps for tag <MAP> in HTML
• creates GIF-files from command line in batch mode
• supports localization tools for different languages

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Using MorphBuster, you can do everything a professional animator does to create amazing morph animations. MorphBuster has a highly optimized rendering engine. This allows you to play the morphing animation in real time, even while you are placing and editing your guiding key dots on the source images.

MorphBuster supports most image formats including BMP, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF and TGA, and you can export to Image Sequences, AVI, Animated GIF, Shockwave Flash, and other formats. MorphBuster comes with all the tools you need to resize, crop, rotate, flip, adjust and edit source images. Create amusing morphs and have a laugh together with your family and friends using MorphBusters' built- in deformer.

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Advanced Batch Converter does exactly what its title suggests, allowing you to easily convert multiple graphics files at the click of a button. More than that, you can also edit images directly in Advanced Batch Converter, to produce a variety of effects (resize, rotate, flip, mirror, crop, filters, morphing effects, color enhancements etc).

The program supports 23 file formats to which you can convert: bmp, rle, dib, eps, ps, pdf, jpg, jpeg, jpe, gif, jp2, png, pcx, pbm, tga, pcc, tif, tiff, ico, jng, wbmp, wmf and emf. The user interface couldn't be any easier, making use of icons wherever possible and keeping buttons to a minimum. This results in an uncluttered layout that allows the user to concentrate on the job at hand, rather than working out what everything does.

All images can be viewed directly inside the program, with various details about the image being displayed, such as file size, image size and image name. Images can also be printed directly from within Advanced Batch Converter. The actual conversion process is extremely fast, with the whole process being over in the blink of an eye.

Along with the ability to batch convert you can, of course, carry out single conversions. It also includes full support for carrying out conversions (batch or otherwise) through the use of Command Line input. This enables you to carry out conversions without the use of the GUI, and to execute these from within other programs.

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PQ DVD to iPod Video Converter Suite is a One-Click, All-In-One solution to convert DVD to iPod, Tivo to iPod, DivX movie to iPod, Xvid movie to iPod, MPEG video to iPod, WMV to iPod, AVI to iPod, RealMedia to iPod, etc.

Super fast (up to 4x faster than other solutions) DVD movie conversion in high video quality plus many advanced features give you everything you need to turn iPod into a portable movie player. Watch iPod DVD movies, TVs, home videos on the go - a new lifestyle to experience.

This suite combines two software: "iPod Movie Video Converter" and "DVD to iPod Converter" into one.

Features:

• Convert DVD to iPod Video in One Click
• Fully compatible with new iPod 30G/80G (support 640x480 H.264/mpeg4 for TV out)
• Up to 4x faster than other software
• Fully optimized for Dual Core, Hyper-Thread processor
• Optimized for Processor(SSE2/SSE/MMX/3DNow!) and Graphics Card Acceleration
• Dolby, DTS Surround audio support
• High quality video in H.264 and MPEG-4 format. Support iPod to TV
• Easy video crop and aspect ratio adjustment
• Subtitle and audio language change through DVD menu
• Easy video splitting, customizing video quality and size before conversion
• Convert DVD, Tivo, DivX/XviD, AVI, WMV, MPG/MPEG, dat(VCD), rm, rmvb, VOB, dvr-ms, MOV, etc to iPod videos

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With support of DVDs, MPEG2 (such as DVB captures and transport streams), MPEG1 sources along with AVI/DV sources encoding into your favourite MPEG4 format was never as easy as now!

Program features support of:

• DVD/VOBs(unencrypted from hdd), MPEG2, MPEG1, transport streams (including multi-program ones) and AVI/DV input sources
• XviD or DivX(5/6) output formats
• AC3, DTS, PCM, MPA input audio tracks
• AC3, DTS, MPA, CBR/VBR MP3 output audio tracks
• Two audio tracks in AVI
• External (vobsub) or internal (burnt-in) subtitles (with support of forced subs)
• HDTV input/output resolutions(upto 1920x***) and frame rates (50/60fps)
• Automatic crop and resize based on compressibility of the source to achieve best results
• Automatic detection of input source: PAL, NTSC, FILM, HYBRID
• Automatic deinterlacer and IVTC
• Automatic split into CD-sized chunks for main video and external subs

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Utility to help you create customized slide shows and save them as a screensaver, DVD movie, an executable or an AVI movie.

Features:

• Over 160 transition effects, including Pan and Float
• Image and sound encryption--distribute your show on CD without your work leaving your control. Photographers take note!
• Multiple captions per slide, with justification and position control, and automatic fields (file name, slide number, time, date, day)
• Photo cropping
• Slide cropping--leave part of the previous slide untouched
• Sound Start/Stop--start your music at any point
• Selectable thumbnail size
• MP3, MP2, OGG, WAV, MIDI, andWMA sound
• Style sheet control
• Slide scheduling: show slides on specified days and between desired times
• Easy sound-to-slide synchronization

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Video UserPic is a wizard tool for creating video userpics from any digital video files with video crop function. After you choose the right folder of the video and input it, you will be shown some video and audio parameters of the particular video file.

The output file, which is Animated GIF userpic will be automatically saved in the same folder with remark and GIF extension, so you will not loose your userpic. Then you click "Next" and wizard redirects you to the second step. You will see the preview of the video file with a range bar, that you can manage for creating a GIF file and a smaller frame for cropping.

Video UserPic is a Wizard so everything is simple and stuctured. You won't have to read a long complicated 'help' before you can start. Video UserPic supports all the video formats for inputing, such as avi, asf, mp4, mpg, mpeg, mov, wmv. Output file will be controlled with width, height, FPS and reverse mode. So you choose a video file, such as your favourite movie, music video, cartoon or any video you have, choose a part for cropping in the video preview (your face for example) and manage range bar for time limits and click Start. After converting you will got an animated GIF with pixelsize that is set.

Video UserPic is a great tool to turn your favourite videos into smaller animated GIF usepics.

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