The Gimp is the open source reference in image manipulation. This free application will allow you to retouch, author and edit your photos thanks to a wide set of tools.

Let’s quickly go through what you can do with the Gimp. The painting function has the essential clone, airbrush or pencil tools and a powerful gradient and blend tool. You can also create and save your own brushes and patterns for later use. The program lets you manipulate your photos, adding layers, doing Bezier and polygonal selections or setting text. Load and save animations in a frame-as-layer format and batch process all your photos for quick editing. The multi-windowed interface can be moved around to fit your needs and resized according to your desktop space.

What’s more, the Gimp can be expanded with over 100 different plug-ins and extensions available on the Gimp’s website. These apply in majority for layer effects such as render, distort or blur and make a great addition to the ones already present in the program.

While the Gimp is user friendly, the installation process can be a bit hairy. Because the application works under the GTK Runtime Environment, you will have to install this kit to successfully launch the program. The process is fairly lengthy and some error messages tend to pop up, however if you persist, you will be able to install the Gimp properly on your PC

Despite this fairly hazardous installation process, the Gimp is a program we recommend. Whether you’re out of dough or are looking for a free alternative to Photoshop, the Gimp is excellent image manipulation software with all the tools you’d expect.

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9mm features excellent graphics, gameplay and online multiplayer action. You play the role of "madman" John Kannon and have to lead a team specialized in fighting crime. The murder of one of the underworld's biggest drug lords has set off a gang war and it's your job to bring justice back to the streets.

The plot unfolds gradually through different scenarios such as the favelas of South American neighborhoods, to industrial areas, police stations etc. During the game, you have to capture informants or gang leaders to interrogate and obtain inside information.

9mm is primarily an action game with excellent 3D graphics great thickness and some cinematic gameplay. You have a vast arsenal of weapons at your disposal including pistols, machine guns, rifles and several other guns. In story mode, there are only 12 levels however which is a bit limited.

In addition to single player, there are multiplayer modes in 9mm of up to 12 players and a winner takes all last man standing Team Deathmatch.

9mm is an excellent first person with plenty of depth to keep you going for a while.

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Mind mapping is a great way of graphically organizing your ideas, and works well on big projects or to present connections between ideas. It is mostly used in brainstorming sessions for one.

MindNode is a simple and free mind mapping tool, for people not looking for anything to elaborate yet wanting to get initiated to the graphical idea organizing tool. You can create large mind maps and use different colors for each different idea and connection and choose between different types of brush strokes with MindNode, a good way of differentiating the connection types in your graph. Although it will never feel as natural as actually drawing on board, it is easy enough that anyone can create advanced mind maps in seconds.

MindNode is not highly advanced though, so don't expect lots of shapes, tones or layer possibilities. On the other hand, MindNode does offer keyboard support, which, if you take the time to learn it, will allow you to sketch up your mind map even faster.

To share your brainstorm session, MindNode lets you print the document or export it in any way of a number of formats.

Although not highly advanced, MindNode is a good program to get to grips with mind mapping and connect your ideas easily.

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It's nice when once in a while, a platform fighting game like Toribash comes along which challenges conventions and adds something a little more interesting to the equation.

Toribash does this and a whole lot more by putting you in control of the type of moves you want to make. This addictive game features everything from Sumo to Kick Boxing and Sword Fighting to Judo. Just about anything is possible in a Toribash game where the characters look more like Lego men than real action figures but the amount of moves they can perform is literally infinite. The graphics in Toribash in fact are a downside in that they're not exactly very attractive but the gameplay more than makes up for it.

Note that Toribash may not be a game suitable for kids as heads and limbs break off with alarming regularity. The basic aim of the game is to fight an opponent and score points for the amount of damage you inflict. This basically means breaking them into smithereens! The more limbs you break in Toribash, the more points you get. To gain more points, each joint can be relaxed, contracted, extended or held which is what makes the gameplay so incredibly flexible since there are no set moves. In this demo version, you can only use limited servers plus you can't earn belts but for $20, you can upgrade to the full version.

If you're a martial arts fan, or just enjoy breaking limbs, you will love Toribash but parents should proceed with caution before letting their kids run wild on it.

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It's by far easier than the latter to get started with and features enough for basic budgeting such as scheduled transactions, smart folders, slick graphical reports and importing from Quicken for Mac. There's also an iPhone app for budgeting on the move and the developer has offered free updates up until version 2.0 which isn't bad considering it's not even version 1 yet.

Because it's still lacking many major features, Squirrel is more suitable as a budgeting app than an all-round investment and personal finance app. Despite the slick presentation, it's also a little rough around the edges and the developer has been very slow at issuing updates so far. It would be nice to see Squirrel updated a little more often and have the online banking and bill payment features that it's sorely lacking. It does however include a feature called "Netbanking" which allows you to enter the URL of your bank's website and browse it within Squirrel.

Overall though, Squirrel is a very slick and well presented budgeting application but could be made a lot better with a few basic additions.

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It's good for maintaining stability on your Mac, preventing crashes and conserving battery power. App Tamer "tames" applications with a unique "AutoStop" feature which blocks an applications from consuming CPU when you switch away from it and then automatically restarts it when you click back to it. However, this transition isn't always as smooth as it should be - you may experience a lag when switching back and forth.

App Tamer does however have a very clear interface for managing applications. The display shows the average percentage of your processor being used by each app and graphically displays a history of CPU usage. You can manually activate AutoStop or change its processing priority in OS X. There is a certain amount of code which you need to enter into Terminal to tweak it however and this won't appeal to those that aren't familiar with Terminal and coding.

Overall, App Tamer is definitely worth a try if you find applications hogging your CPU.

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I'm not a big fan of Java based apps but the fact the it works across platforms (in theory anyway but not always in practice) makes it a popular choice with many developers.

And there aren't many Java apps like ImageJ which specialize in analyzing images. ImageJ runs either as an online applet or as a downloadable application which you'll find here. ImageJ can display, edit, analyze, process, save and print 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit images and supports most major formats including TIFF, GIF, JPEG, BMP, DICOM, FITS and "raw".

The main use of ImageJ is that it can calculate area and pixel values which may be useful for graphic designers. It does however go a little beyond that too allowing you to measure distances and angles, create density histograms and also line profile plots. It supports other standard image processing functions too such as contrast manipulation, sharpening, smoothing, edge detection and median filtering.

Although ImageJ can be a bit slow in Java, its a decent image analysis tool considering its completely free.

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In Limbo, you control a boy on a journey through a strange and frightening world full of monsters and mechanisms that are out to get him. It's presented in stark monochrome, but the graphics are far from basic. Animation in Limbo is fantastic, and the dust and liquid effects really add a lot of atmosphere and depth. There is a flicker in the lighting that gives the game a dusty, old feeling. The sound is also excellent, helping to create one of the eeriest games around.

Each level of Limbo features a series of puzzles and obstacles that require a mixture of thought and sometimes precision timing. It can be punishing, but the chilly atmosphere justifies the difficulty. This is a horror platformer, and it's not supposed to be nice! Limbo has moments that are pretty scary, and while it's not gory, it can be gruesome.

The journey in Limbo with your silent protagonist is full of memorable moments, and played in the dark it's a fantastic experience. Limbo isn't a very long game, but it is excellent from start to finish and there are few gaming experiences that are as involving.

Limbo is a must play game. Scary, tense and dreamlike, there is nothing else quite like it.

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If you're an experienced 3D modeler and don't want to pay the earth for your software, then open source application Blender is definitely worth a look.

The Blender project is based in the Netherlands and encompasses modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback. With it, you can create high quality 3D graphics, movies and replay real-time interactive 3D content. Such is it's renown that it's become a popular tool with professional animation studios across Europe involved in the production of high quality 3D content.

Before you even attempt to use it therefore, you're going to need a grounding in 3D modeling or at least know where to start with one. The documentation accompanying Blender is highly extensive however and if you've used other 3D modeling packages, it won't take you long to pick up the basics. There's also a dedicated support office on hand and thriving community forum in case of problems. Unfortunately, the latest version still does not support sound on Intel Macs although this will surely be resolved shortly.

It's amazing that Blender is entirely free considering it's depth and power. If you're a 3D animator working on a budget then you should definitely give it a go.

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Safeguard supplementary information within your project using Merlin 2’s Elements. Assign these Elements to your projects, phases, procedures and resources. Elements contain, for example, deadlines, risks, checklists, problems and documents for the project records.

Agile project management now has drag and drop functionality. Simply take new iterations and phases from the library and drop them into the project. With many documents included, the Merlin 2 library ultimately brings the search for the right presentation of your project documentation to an end. Merlin 2 also easily accepts your own design/presentation.

Gone are the days when your resources were nothing more than "attachments" in project management programs. In Merlin 2 you manage your team simply and completely. Take addresses from the Mac OS X Addressbook or MS Entourage in the Merlin program window or input new coworkers directly. If you do not yet know exactly who shall complete a task, that's no problem for Merlin 2.

Merlin integrates perfectly with other programs
No matter what the source of your data is - MS Project, Excel, OmniOutliner, NovaMind or others, Merlin imports them completely. However this is not just a one-way street. Merlin exports projects with equal ease. For a continuously updated calendar view of your project, you can use Apple's iCal.

Every view has its own search field. Enter a key word and instantly the views are reduced to the essentials. Recurring searches are also no problem with Merlin 2. Define a complex search with a few mouse clicks and use this search for all your projects. Furthermore, Merlin Projects can be found in the Finder with the help of Spotlight.

The graphic project plan is an important result - whether printed on paper or in a PDF. With Merlin's interactive print preview you can easily design the output. Convince and satisfy your project team using meaningful reports, developed and adjusted with only a few mouse clicks using the Merlin 2 Reports’ function.

Besides project planning no other topic is as all-encompassing as project documentation. For this task Merlin 2 ensures that you are perfectly equipped. Merlin knows when you edit a document in another application and gives you the option to create a new version. Thus you always retain an overview of all changes.

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With its cartoon style graphics, Team Fortress 2 looks good for a three year old game. These visuals have another great advantage over more realistic styles - you can see very clearly what's going on, and other players don't blend into scenery at a distance. Graphics are so clear that you can even easily distinguish character classes from a distance, helping you to decide how to act.

There are nine classes in Team Fortress 2. In Offense you have Scout, Soldier and Pyro. Defense has the Demoman, Heavy and Engineer classes, while the Support group features Medic, Sniper and the Spy. There is great variety between them all, and they are all great fun to learn. There are four types of Team Fortress 2 game - capture the flag, control point, payload and arenas. Each type gives you different objectives and feels, which adds to the huge amount of content this free to play title has on offer.

Gameplay is fast, the controls are tight and accurate, and there are a ton of customizations to play around with. The cartoon violence in Team Fortress 2 makes it a much lighter experience than more macho titles like Call of Duty, while it's still really competitive and skill based.

Team Fortress 2 is extremely popular, and deservedly so. Now it's free and cross platform, there's no excuse not to get involved!

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If you're looking for a simple but powerful image editor that doesn't scrimp on features, then Acorn is an interesting option.

Acorn excels in keeping things simple and gives you the essential tools to edit images like shapes, text, drawings or gradients. Layers are really easy to add or remove thanks to the plus and the minus buttons at the bottom of the interface. You'll also find that brush strokes in Acorn are surprisingly sensitive according to the amount of pressure you apply them with.

If you're used to the power of Photoshop, however, then Acorn will undoubtedly disappoint. Acorn is aimed somewhere in the middle of those that want powerful features such as filtering and vectoring but without the advanced features you find in high-end image editing apps. However, for those that have found Photoshop's extensive menus frustrating, they may well prefer it.

Acorn 3 looks very much like version 2 but offers considerably more power. These include new layer styles, a new Quick Mask tool and Instant Alpha which works like a magic eraser. The interface remains slick and simple to use though making it a great starting point for anyone too intimidated to use Photoshop.

Acorn is an impressive image editing application that punches above its weight and will certainly give those who have struggled with Photoshop something to think about.

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If you've ever played hangman, there's no need to waste time learning the rules for Doodle Hangman. It's pretty much just a new take on an old concept. The thing that makes Doodle Hangman completely fun and new is simply the great graphics that go along with the game.

First, pick whether you want to to use one or two player mode. Then choose a puzzle category. There is one for animals, another for holidays and a few other options from which to choose. Then comes the fun part - Doodle Hangman will show you the puzzle you have to solve and give you a set of letters to pick to solve it. Every time you pick a letter that's in the puzzle, it'll disappear from the alphabet list and show up in its puzzle location. Pick a letter that isn't in the puzzle, however, and the fun really starts.

Every time you pick an incorrect letter on Doodle Hangman, a piece of the hangman drawing starts to take shape. The first element is the noose. Next is the cartoon head of a person. Then, the torso, arms and legs. Doodle Hangman ends when the hangman himself is drawn and drops your poor little character through the shoot and the noose tightens. In a way, it's completely macabre. What keeps Doodle Hangman fun though are the varied gestures of exasperation your hangman drawing makes every time you miss a letter.

It would've been nice for the puzzle category you chose to be listed somewhere on the actual puzzle screen in case you forget what you're trying to solve. That's one small nitpick in an otherwise captivating and amusing game.

Doodle Hangman is hangman for a new generation and will keep you enthralled for quite some time.

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Ski Challenge is always popular as the winter sports season gets underway. However, don't be in a hurry to play this game as there's quite a lot of configuration and updating to do before you start. Ski Challenge will only work from the Applications folder for a start so you'll have to drag the 100MB+ file into your folder in order to play it. After that, there's an installer and a series of automatic updates that take place before you can actually access the game itself.

Ski Challenge automatically opens in full screen mode although you can switch it to windowed mode by clicking Manual in the main menu and turning-off full-screen mode. From the start, it's plain to see that Ski Challenge is a high quality skiing simulation with excellent graphics. To begin with you are offered the chance to practice or choose from pistes from around the world. However, you're only allowed to choose Val d'Isere to start with as the others are shaded out. You can also choose the weather conditions and various other configurations, which make it a little tedious and frustrating before you actually get to do any skiing.

The controls in Ski Challenge are very simple - use the arrow keys to direct your skier and the up arrow key to make him go faster. A ghost shadow figure shows you where you should be on the track and you should try and stick as closely to him as possible. Training in Ski Challenge is conducted in offline mode so you don't need an internet connection to do so but competitions are online as scores are uploaded to a central database. This means that in race mode, you can't just race when you want because the game follows a schedule of online races so you have to wait until a qualifying slot opens up for you.

This ability to race against other competitors and win real prizes is probably one of the most attractive elements for Ski Challenge devotees. It adds and added level of realism to the already excellent graphics and game play. Note that you have to sign-up for a Ski Challenge account to enjoy online challenges. Unfortunately, much of the information on the developer website regarding the game is in German although in-game, English is used throughout.

The controls are tricky to master at first and as in real life, you'll spend more time flying down the hill on your back than on your skis but if you persevere, Ski Challenge is an absorbing and addictive simulator, especially if you compete online.

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1. Hundreds of templates, horizontal and vertical layouts are supplied with the product. 2. There are many varieties of business card paper. 3. Powerful printing features 4. Home Business Card integrates with mac Address Book to import personal data into the address field objects. 5. Integrate Google Maps objects to your card to show your personal or business location in Google Maps and place the map image on your business card. 6. Add Code 128, Datamatrix and QR Code objects to your card.

Creative people, students, managers,designers, businessmen who wish to create impressive professional business cards, create and maintain relationships, personally and professionally, socialize with other people.

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1. Easy and intuitive dvd label maker interface.? 2. Hundreds of disc, cover, inserts, double cover templates are supplied with the Mac CD/DVD Label Maker. 3. Powerful printing features, print any number of labels starting at any position on the sheet, exclude certain labels from printing. 4. Multiline Power Text function. 5. Bezier tool for creating and editing graphics. 6. Support print two different disc labels at once, on a single sheet. 7. Implemented some Barcode types.

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ArcSoft PhotoStudio 6 for Mac is a powerful imaging editing application with powerful features:1.Powerful photo editing functions for all levels of users. 2.Fully supports Raw photo, 48-bit image and large photos.3. Offers various magical & useful tools for your exclusive needs. 4.Smart and convenient photo management and browser.

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