The premise of Cut the Rope is simple. Om Nom's a hungry monster. His food of choice is candy, but it's suspended above him on ropes. It's your job to cut the rope and feed the monster - but of course, it's not going to be so simple!

Everything about Cut the Rope is cute, from the graphics and animation to the little sound Om Nom makes when he chomps down a candy. The settings are limited to the sounds, although you can choose whether you want to click or drag to make a cut. This is nice for touchscreen devices, where a swipe - rather than a click - will be the obvious way to Cut the Rope!

There's really nothing to criticize in Cut the Rope. It's a great game as it is, and is equally suited to Windows 8, whether you're playing on a tablet or PC. It's cute enough to lull you into a false sense of security, though, so don't say we didn't warn you when you look at your watch to find you've been playing for hours!

Cut the Rope is a classic game that's thankfully made the jump to Windows 8 really well.

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The program operates on the principle of Weighted Decision Matrix that allows a differentiated assessment of all decision criteria. Decision Making Helper does not only support the decision-making process itself, but also provides an informative analysis in order to identify the conscious and transparent decision making. The questioner becomes aware which criteria are of importance for the decision and why the decision taken makes sense. A decision will not only be taken based on a pure gut feeling but made in a structured, informed and objective way.

- Simple use of the decision aids in one program. - Precise evaluation of the options by weighted criteria. - Rational decision-making, comprehensive, understandable and clear. - The programm provides high degree of trust and confidence in the decision found. - Different graphics illustrate the process of the decision-making. - The software tool offers a playful approach to the decision-making process.

The programm can be used in the decision making process of personal, professional and business decisions alike. Due to the user-friendly interface the software is meant for expert and novice users equally.

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ProfoundSound utilizes the patent pending TruDynamics Processing algorithms designed to maximize the listening experience no matter what the environment or source material.  Bass, Treble, and Surround sound effects are quite often dependent upon what is present in the source material in order to achieve their effectiveness. With the TruDynamics algorithms, the effects are automatically optimized no matter how it was recorded or what the listening environment.

This software is meant for anyone who enjoys listening to music or watching movies on the PC, whether listening through the PC speakers themselves, or through external speakers connected to the PC or through headphones. Works wired or wirelessly.

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ProfoundSound utilizes the patent pending TruDynamics Processing algorithms designed to maximize the listening experience no matter what the environment or source material.  Bass, Treble, and Surround sound effects are quite often dependent upon what is present in the source material in order to achieve their effectiveness. With the TruDynamics algorithms, the effects are automatically optimized no matter how it was recorded or what the listening environment.

This software is meant for anyone who enjoys listening to music or watching movies on the PC, whether listening through the PC speakers themselves, or through external speakers connected to the PC or through headphones. Works wired or wirelessly.

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ProfoundSound utilizes the patent pending TruDynamics Processing algorithms designed to maximize the listening experience no matter what the environment or source material.  Bass, Treble, and Surround sound effects are quite often dependent upon what is present in the source material in order to achieve their effectiveness. With the TruDynamics algorithms, the effects are automatically optimized no matter how it was recorded or what the listening environment.

This software is meant for anyone who enjoys listening to music or watching movies on the PC, whether listening through the PC speakers themselves, or through external speakers connected to the PC or through headphones. Works wired or wirelessly.

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ProfoundSound utilizes the patent pending TruDynamics Processing algorithms designed to maximize the listening experience no matter what the environment or source material.  Bass, Treble, and Surround sound effects are quite often dependent upon what is present in the source material in order to achieve their effectiveness. With the TruDynamics algorithms, the effects are automatically optimized no matter how it was recorded or what the listening environment.

This software is meant for anyone who enjoys listening to music or watching movies on the PC, whether listening through the PC speakers themselves, or through external speakers connected to the PC or through headphones. Works wired or wirelessly.

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Interface

Let's first take a look at the FL Studio interface. Users familiar with FL Studio will instantly recognize the dark green tone and rounded windows of past versions. However, the structure of the program can be difficult for a first-time user to grasp.

The browser window on the left is your resource for any file you will need, from presets to projects and scores. Clicking on an item will open up a drop down selection of specific elements.

This library can be filled with more of your own loops and samples and carries an impressive amount of plug-ins like DirectWave, EQUO or Fruity Squeeze. FLStudio has a smart search function to quickly find any track, tool or effect.

Usability

To edit your tracks with FL Studio you can use the original pattern window, which contains all the instruments you have selected. You will have to create the pattern desired for each instrument.

You can also use the playlist window, divided into patterns at the top and audio tracks at the bottom. The playlist view features a handy paintbrush tool to color in your pattern. You can also decide to edit your tracks with the piano roll view, quite handy if you have a midi keyboard plugged in.

Anyone interested in connecting real instruments will appreciate that FL Studio also handles multiple midi-ins and features foot pedal sustain support. The FL Studio mixer features a good number of presets and you can fine tune your track with a high degree of precision.

Quality

FL Studio can be tricky at first; however those familiar with sequencers should have no trouble with it. All instruments and samplers are stereo, so to have multiple outputs you will have to create the desired number of instances.

Conclusion

FL Studio is a very good sequencer for anyone looking to create beats. The handy browser view and multiple editing windows like playlist, piano roll or pattern let you work how you feel best. A finely-tuned mixer and a large library of plug-ins also make this a very exciting audio editing application.

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The Chord Scale Generator provides settings for left handed players. It is also possible to define if you play the instrument as a lefty or righty. The graphical representations of chords and scales can be exported to other applications via the clipboard or as image files. Therefore, the Chord Scale Generator supports the creation of individual scale, song and chord books.

Rather than building on a statical limited database the Chord Scale Generator uses generic algorithms to enable calculations for any tuning or stringed instrument. The software supports all instruments with 2 to 12 strings (or doubled strings) such as guitar, bass, ukulele, banjo or mandolin as well as more exotic instruments like charango, bouzouki or balalaika. The usage of generic algorithms also allows for the individual extension of the program with additional chord and scale definitions.

The Chord Scale Generator is intended for all string instrumentalists (such as guitarists or bassists) who want to learn more about chords and scales. The Chord Scale Generator supports equally beginners and pros.

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The Gemini Groove interface isn't very slick, and reminded us of some of Gemini DJ's older mixing software, like CD DJ. There are 2 decks and a simple mixing console between them. Each deck has its own pitch, loops and effects console, three cues and the song's progress bar. In the center, you'll find a three-range equalizer, the master volume, individual volume controls and an excellent cross-fader.

Gemini Groove also includes an excellent automix function, which allows you to apply just the right amount of fade. You can also control the duration and style of fades via the options menu.

In the upper part of the Gemini Groove interface you'll see a small screen with a graphic representation of the songs that are playing, making it extra easy to make small BPM adjustments to your mixes. Below, you'll see your track library.

Despite just falling short of professional programs like Traktor and Torq, as well as showing a few notable failings (not great on effects, no auto BPM, no skinning), Gemini Groove is still a solid app for those starting out in the world of mixing.

If you're thinking about taking your DJing to the next level, Gemini Groove is a good place to start.

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Gameplay

As its so easy to get into, Blacklight: Retribution is really addictive. You can totally enjoy the game for free, and earning points to customize your weapons and soldier makes it compelling.
What Blacklight: Retribution doesn't do is make many concessions to FPS beginners. Despite the training, new players will be cannon fodder until they learn to compete with the experiences players online!

Graphics and Sound

Lastability

Blacklight Retribution doesn't look particularly original, but the HRV and Hardsuits are significant and make the game stand out amongst FPS games. There are clearly influences from lots of other FPS games, but taking good ideas is a great way to make a good game!

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The perfect choice for professional design work, ideal for both print and the web. It's equally flexible with vector or bitmap graphics, making it perfect for any design that combines drawing, photos and text - from simple button or logo designs to incredibly detailed illustrations, posters, multi-page brochures and photo compositions. And it's great for the web as well, from Flash animations to complete web pages, websites and presentations.

It's designed for beginners as well as professionals. It's designed for beginners as well as professionals. It's a WYSIWYG program and requires no previous knowledge of html.

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In a market that's saturated with media players, Zoom Player attempts to be two players in one - a no fuss simple one and an advanced one with just about every imaginable tweaking and customization option.

It's a unique offering and chances are that if you've found your current player lacking in some department, you'll find what you're looking for in Zoom Player. If you just want a bare bones media player, then you may be better opting for something like VLC Media Player but Zoom Player lets you have your cake and eat it if you need something with a little more to offer.

The basic version of Zoom Player comes installed with a graphic equalizer, playlist editor and everything else that you'd expect in a basic player. Zoom Player's professional version however comes with a whole lot more power, including a more powerful Playlist Manager, added safety features (such as password protection), Media Definitions plus Web Remote (so you can control Zoom Player from your web browser) and an Extended command line interface, exposing many Zoom Player functions directly from the command line. Finally, the professional version also supports playback of DRM protected movies and music (Windows Media DRM).

Zoom Player's interface is slimline but expandable very easily. By clicking on the circle of dots in the bottom right hand corner however, you reveal a top bar within the main screen which is packed with features. The symbols used in the menu aren't particularly helpful as they look like hieroglyphs so your only option is to work out what each one does by trial and error. These advanced features include a station manager (for streaming radio and TV channels), skin changer and media library editor.

Indeed, the amount of options in Zoom Player available will intimidate anyone that just wants a playback application. It takes quite a while to understand what all the audio options offer, for example, although there is an extensive list of help files that comes bundled with the installation to help you. This is probably the biggest annoyance of Zoom Player: the advanced options seem extremely "spread-out" and it's rather overwhelming to get to grips with where they all, let alone what they do.

On the plus side, one particularly useful feature of Zoom Player is that if you don't have the correct codec installed, it will tell you the exact one you need without the need for a third party inspection device. Playback is smooth, files are loaded quickly and the playlist supports ID3 tags. You can also easily change skins through the skins editor plus you can download more from the developer site.

Zoom Player is two players in one - a basic player that serves you well and an advanced player that offers a lot of options that you'll probably never need but will no doubt appeal to power users.

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In fact, the only major problem with Skyrim is the amount of time you have to invest! This is an absolutely massive game, even by developer Bethesda's standards: the world of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is genuinely one you can get lost in.

Getting started

As is tradition, you begin by creating your character, choosing sex race and more, and then it's off to adventure! The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim begins in dramatic style, with the first appearance of a dragon. You play a 'Dragonborn', meaning you can speak the language of Dragons, and you'll certainly be meeting them again during your journey.

Skyrim

The impressive and beautiful world of Skyrim is set in the north of the Elder Scrolls world, and is mountainous and icy cold. The land is suffering civil war as well as the prophesised return of the race of dragons, and it's this complex situation that you find yourself in.

Role Playing

The gameplay revolves around exploration, talking to NPCs (non player characters), completing quests and developing the skills of your character. There is a main quest, but it is the many equally involving side quests that make The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim such a huge experience.

Graphics and Sound

A common criticism of Bethesda games has been the unconvincing faces of NPCs and shaky voice acting. Luckily, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim mostly fixes this, making it much easier to get stuck into the atmosphere. In general, the graphics are really impressive, especially the land of Skyrim itself, with its mountains and views. The soundtrack works really well to add tension or emotion where necessary.

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If you want to display your drawings online, you have two options: either scan hard copies of your drawings or draw them directly on your computer. TwistedBrush Pro Studio lets you do the latter in impressive fashion once you learn how to use it.

If you're envisioning designing sharp looking graphics for a new website, turn back now. TwistedBrush Pro Studio and its free version TwistedBrush Open Studio has not been developed to create clean crisp graphics. It will frustrate you unless you use it for what it was designed for, which is drawing and art. As a result, one of the best and most effective ways to use TwistedBrush Pro Studio is with a pen and a drawing tablet.

When TwistedBrush Pro Studio starts, a quick-start guide designed to gently introduce you to the features will pop up. While this has the potential to be useful, some users might be frustrated that the guide is largely made up of screenshots with information bubbles. If you have difficulty understanding a concept, there're no links to click on to obtain further information.

Thankfully, TwistedBrush Pro Studio is relatively easy to navigate through. A lot of effort was put into making it a realistic substitute for actual painting, and when you start working with the various brushes you'll immediately see that they interact well with the colors to create a convincing portrait. Undoubtedly TwistedBrush Pro Studio's greatest strength is the vast selection of brush types and styles that are available to use. From simple fine pens, to wet oil brushes and progressive 3D designs, users have a lot to choose from in TwistedBrush Pro Studio. The beauty of each brush is that it can be used quickly and easily, with stunning results.

Users will also find support for all the major image file formats in TwistedBrush Pro Studio, including TIFF, PSD, JPG, GIF, and PNG. Unfortunately, it seems TwistedBrush Pro Studio doesn't have a select tool. After using Adobe Photoshop for so long, many users will view this as key tool in any imaging software. Alternatively it could be the very omission of the select tool that sets TwistedBrush Pro Studio apart, with the production process being more of an evolution than a construction.

TwistedBrush Pro Studio is a quality painting and drawing tool that works best for users who have a drawing tablet handy.

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Available on Mac and PC through Steam, now there is little excuse not to play one of the most original and enigmatic games of the last decade. In Portal you play a test subject, who is awoken by GLaDOS, a robot who runs the Aperture Laboratories and sends you on a series of tests 'for science'. Some of them may not be safe, but as she says, 'there will be cake' once it's over.

Original

Portal's big idea is the the 'handheld portal device', that allows subjects to open portals between two places. This means that instead of climbing a ladder for example, you can shoot a portal at the bottom, and another at the top, and simply walk through. It's makes more sense when you play! Check out the explanatory video here.

Graphics and gameplay

Portal looks good even though it was originally released in 2007, thanks to its clean, minimalist laboratory style. In game physics are absolutely perfect, and using the portals is great fun once you get the hang of it. It's such a great idea, you might find yourself wishing you could use them in real life too! The puzzles get pretty tough, but the learning curve makes sure you're ready for the challenges when they come.

The incredible thing about Portal is that is manages to be a compelling first person 3D adventure where your character never shoots a gun. There is a mystery behind who you are, what Aperture Science is and more, and it's fascinating to discover what's going on while you solve the puzzles. GLaDOS is one of the most iconic and effective 'baddies' you will meet in a video game too.

Conclusion

Portal is a must play. Download the demo right away and get going! Portal is an unforgettable experience, and thankfully the adventure continues in the equally brilliant sequel!

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This application can be used a professional photographer or an amateur with equal amounts of success. There are more than twenty tools that can be utilized to work with any type of image.

Some of those tools of the AVD Graphic Studio software program include cropping, bump mapping, rotating, mirroring (horizontal and vertical) special effects filters and many others.

There are three modules that facilitate the process: batch processing, frame capturing and animation. Batch processing is used for processing many images in batches.

The program supports all common image formats and can convert, resize and resample them. Frame capturing in the AVD Graphic Studio software program allows the user to capture individual frames from videos and create animated GIF files.

And lastly, animated GIF files can be created from a set of static images from many formats such as tif, jpg, jpeg, bmp, dib, png, tga, pix, to name just a few.

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Every level reached makes your quest still tougher. Are you prepared to tame the fleas?. ITCH! offers fun for the whole family. Features. 3 different Playing Modes for all kind of players (Time Game, Round Game, Puzzle Game).

Original game design. Cartoon-like graphics. appeal to a broad range of gamers. Low system requirements. System Requirements. Intel Pentium‚ II MMX or compatible 200 MHz.

5 MB free fixed disk storage, 27 MB with installation.

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In addition to several single-player campaigns, Echelon: Wind Warriors will support several multiplayer options including deathmatch and co-op modes in a variety of game types.

Key Features:Spectacular 3D graphics allow for highly realistic environments and photo realistic landscapes, detailed building and vehicle models, and special effects such as dust, particle, and lighting effects.

Continent sized game environments feature more than 250 different types of vehicles and structures deployed on a massive scale. Powerful command-and-control function that allows you to call in other craft, ground units (NEW!

) and anti-aircraft (NEW! ) for support in completing mission objectives. Craft are equally easily joystick and mouse controllable - thanks to the innovative 'Echelon-style' mouse control mode.

NEW single player campaign featuring more than 40 well-balanced missions. NEW playable and non-playable units. NEW types of weaponry including the deadliest plasma rockets.

NEW and elaborated system of multiplayer mode will include dedicated server support, new multiplayer arenas, chat and many more. System requirements:PII450 (PII700 - recommended).

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All under one roof. Its grand opening was supposed to have been two year ago. That event never happened. A chain of mysterious events has now left the Utopia abandoned and silent.

People have gone missing. Electromagnetic disturbances are increasing. Armed with only a camera and a torch, you must journey there alone to explore its winding corridors, its secret passageways, and its gloomy halls.

Local townspeople say Wittard kept a terrible secret. They speak fearfully of someone or something malevolent living at his city. They say it is waiting and growing in power.

They say time is running out. players will have to face the lurking horrors of this desolate place and find out what dark secret the Baron kept from the world.

Explore the ruins of a decaying building and uncover its terrible secret. Non-linear gameplay: explore at your own pace. Experience urban decay in high resolution graphics.

Eerie and mysterious soundtrack with full musical score. Discover a massive world in First Person Perspective. Use skill and cunning to search for clues and solve puzzles.

System requirements:OS: Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7. CPU: 1. 0 GHz Intel Pentium or equal AMD processor (Higher Recommended) RAM: 512 MB (1 GB Recommended for Windows Vista/7).

Video: 128 MB DirectX 9. 0c compatible video card with Shader Model 2. Hard Disk Space: 1,5 Gb free disk space. Sound: DirectX 9. 0 compatible sound card.

0 compatible sound card.

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BPM Studio is a popular choice among Softonic users which might be down to the wealth of possibilities available in this music mixer. This application will allow you to read, edit, mix, encode and write your tracks with precision.

DJs and music fans alike will appreciate the hardware look of the interface and the inclusion of all the essential buttons and functions expected in a professional mixer. It’s very easy to switch between the 3 different views: lists, mixer and ripper, streamlining your music creation process without disruptions.

Thankfully BPM Studio Pro integrates an explorer view of your music library, for quick dragging and dropping of the tracks you need. Although the application only comes with 30 original sounds and tracks you can effortlessly add all the sound you need. The program keeps a record of the tracks you searched for and the play lists you created for quick access. You can use the search function to quickly find tracks in library.

Over to the editing functions, BPM Studio lets you set up to 6 different cue points in an individual track. The sample player is nestled between the two track modules and features a sample editor to modify saved sounds. Use the wave editing view to edit more precisely.

BPM Studio also diversifies your cross fading possibilities. You can manually switch from one track to the other, let the program do it automatically or set the track lines yourself. While this last option is the most enjoyable, it’s also the least precise of the three.

On the downside, while BPM Studio is studded with options for editing, mixing and writing, the interface often feels stuffy and overloaded and it can become difficult to read functions or drag counter switches. The equalizer for example is very complete and even offers a graphic view, yet there is no numerical indication of the changes you are making.

The audio presets are limited to 5 (lounge, DJ, party, office, radio) vague choices. We also believe that with only 30 sounds and tracks pre-included in the program, BPM Studio doesn’t have a rich enough library of sounds. However this is very subjective and it’s quite possible that you will be happy with this collection of tracks and sounds.

While there are some drawbacks to this application, we consider BPM Studio a solid application for anyone serious about mixing tracks. The interface is well structured and all your tracks, edits and functions are accessible. The extensive editing possibilities will open you up to hours of track tweaking and polishing.

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