Monday, October 22, 2012

Autodesk Maya 2013

Autodesk Maya 2013


                                
                         Autodesk Maya 2013 software delivers practical toolsets to help facilities create and maintain the modern, open pipelines they need to address today’s challenging productions. Powerful new toolsets for dynamic simulation, animation, and rendering help artists realize new levels of creativity while offering the enhanced productivity that will help keep them on schedule and within budget. In addition, the Open Data initiative introduced in Maya 2013 helps facilitate data-centric, nonlinear workflows. With it, content creators can work in parallel to finish faster and more easily handle the massive complexity requirements they face. Includes a 1 year Autodesk Subscription.






The Core of a Modern CG Pipeline

Autodesk Maya 2013 software offers a deep and flexible feature set that forms a robust CG pipeline core. With powerful integrated modeling, simulation, animation, rendering, matchmoving, and compositing capabilities; single-step data exchange with other 3D applications in the Autodesk® Entertainment Creation Suites 2013; and extensive opportunities for customization, studios large and small can build a modern pipeline with Maya at its core. Maya is used by leading artists to help create innovative entertainment, and both Maya and its developers have garnered numerous awards for technological innovation including three Academy Awards.

Stunning Simulations

Maya offers extensive simulation tools for creating high-quality, realistic fluid, particle, cloth, fur, hair, rigid-body, and soft-body dynamics. Engineered by leading research scientists, Maya Fluid Effects and the Maya Nucleus Unified Simulation Framework—with its Maya nCloth, Maya nParticles, and now Maya nHair modules—are designed to help make simulations more realistic. In addition, you can use the multithreaded NVIDIA PhysX engine*, the high-performance open source AMD Bullet Physics engine, and the Digital Molecular Matter plug-in from Pixelux Entertainment to create a range of advanced rigid-body, soft-body, and shattering simulations.

* Available on Windows 32-bit and Windows 64-bit operating systems only.

Believable Characters

Maya delivers industry leading tools for creating compelling CG characters. Used to help create villains and heroes like Tintin from The Adventures of Tintin, the dementors from the Harry Potter film series, and the Na’vi from AVATAR, Maya features highly customizable rigging tools, advanced muscle deformation, new heat map skinning, and Autodesk HumanIK full-body inverse kinematics (FBIK).

3D Editorial

Maya offers 3D editorial capabilities with the Camera Sequencer, which features a Sequencer Playlist, support for multi-track audio, and interoperability with certain non-linear editing (NLE) applications. Useful for editing 3D animation for previsualization or virtual moviemaking, the Camera Sequencer enables you to more precisely manage framing and timing of CG shots and play them back for review.

Performance

Maya is engineered to help handle today’s increasingly complex data sets without slowing down the creative process. It does this through multithreading, algorithmic tuning, sophisticated memory management, GPU optimizations, tools for segmenting scenes, and 64-bit support for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Apple Mac OS X operating systems. In addition, the high-performance Viewport 2.0 enables you to interact with your scene in a higher fidelity environment, helping you make better creative decisions in context.

The Open Data Initiative

The Open Data initiative is a targeted set of features and workflows designed to help facilitate data-centric, nonlinear workflows. As an example, the ability to read and write the Alembic cache format enables you to distill animated and simulated data into application-independent baked geometry, so that it can be more easily moved between disciplines. Meanwhile, with native support for keyframes, constraints, animation layers, and Set Driven Keys, the ATOM (Animation Transfer Object Model) offline file format enables you to transfer animation between characters. And Maya Assets and enhanced file referencing help you better manage large and complex scenes and collaborate more effectively with others.

Highly Customizable

Maya offers multiple avenues for customization for companies wishing to integrate 3D tools more tightly into their pipeline, or to more easily add specialized production tools. It was built from the ground up with the Maya Embedded Language (MEL), and also offers Python scripting as well as an extensive, well-documented C++ API. Also, developers can create interface components more easily with Qt Designer.

Easy to Learn

From the Autodesk training and documentation that comes with Maya, to the breadth of partner and third-party books, DVDs, tutorials and training facilities, there are numerous resources to address a user’s learning style. Tap into a large online community of 3D professionals and enthusiasts to share information and knowledge.

Product Description

Autodesk Maya 2013 software delivers practical toolsets to help facilities working in 3D animation, visual effects, game design, and post production create and maintain the modern, open pipelines they need to address today’s challenging projects. Powerful new toolsets for dynamic simulation, animation, and rendering offer new levels of creativity, while everyday productivity enhancements help artists finish faster. In addition, the Open Data initiative introduced in Maya 2013 offers tools to help facilitate parallel workflows and better complexity handling.

Autodesk Maya : Download (torrent)


Friday, October 19, 2012

Microsoft Surface

Microsoft Surface


Surface with Windows RT
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DeveloperMicrosoft
TypeTablet computer
Release dateOctober 26, 2012
Operating systemWindows RT
Power31.5 W-h
System-on-chip usedNvidia Tegra 3 (T30)
CPUQuad-core ARM Cortex-A9
Storage capacity32 or 64 GB and microSDXC slot
Memory2 GB RAM
Display1366 x 768 px 10.6 inches (27 cm) ClearType HD screen with 16:9 aspect ratio
GraphicsGeforce ULP
Input5-point multi-touch screen,ambient light sensor,accelerometer, gyroscope,compass, dual microphones
Camera720p front and rear-facing
Connectivity2×2 MIMO Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n),USB 2.0, HD video out port
Dimensions
10.81 inches (27.5 cm) (w)
6.77 inches (17.2 cm) (h)
0.37 inches (9.4 mm) (d)
Weight1.5 pounds (680 g)
Websitewww.surface.com
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                                     Microsoft Surface will be available in two versions, one with Windows RT and another with Windows 8 Pro. The Windows RT model will use an ARM CPU, while the Windows 8 model will use an Intel CPU. Both models will be able to install new applications via the Windows               Microsoft Surface is an upcoming series of tablets designed and marketed by Microsoft. It was announced by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at a Los Angeles event on June 18, 2012, at Milk Studios.
Store, however only the Windows 8 model allows the installation of traditional desktop programs.



Windows 8 Releasing on October 26.

Windows 8 


                    Windows 8 is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablets, and home theater PCs.
Development of this operating system started before the release of its predecessor in 2009. Its existence was first announced in January 2011 at Consumer Electronics Show. During its development and test phases, Microsoft released three pre-release versions: Developer Preview (September 13, 2011), Consumer Preview (February 29, 2012), and Release Preview (May 31, 2012). On August 1, 2012, Windows 8 graduated from the development stage and was released to manufacturing. Windows 8 is scheduled for general availability on October 26, 2012.
Windows 8 introduces significant changes to the operating system's graphical user interface and platform, such as a new interface design incorporating a new design language used by other Microsoft products, a new Start screen to replace the Start menu used by previous versions of Windows, a new online store that can be used to obtain new applications, along with a new platform for apps with an emphasis on touchscreen input. Additional security features were added to the operating system, such as a built-in antivirus program and a secure boot feature on systems with UEFI firmware. Secure boot requires the operating system to be digitally signed to protect malware from infecting the boot process. The implementation of this feature has sparked controversy among supporters of free software. Windows 8 introduces an edition of the operating system designed to run on devices that utilize the ARM architecture, known as Windows RT.


        
                                                                               Final Version                                           


                                                     On August 1 , 2012, Windows 8 (build 9200) was released to manufacturing. Microsoft plans to hold a launch event on October 26, 2012 and release Windows 8 for general availability on the next day. However, only a day after its release to manufacturing, a copy of the final version of Windows 8 Enterprise N (produced for European markets) leaked to the web and several days later there were Pro and Enterprise leaks both x86 and x64. On August 15, 2012, Windows 8 was made available to download for MSDN and TechNet subscribers. Windows 8 was made available to Software Assurance customers on August 16, 2012. Windows 8 was made available for student downloads (with a DreamSpark Premium subscription) on August 22, 2012, earlier than advertised.

Relatively few changes were made from the Release Preview to the final version; these included updated versions of its pre-loaded apps, the re-naming of Windows Explorer to File Explorer, the replacement of the Aero Glass theme from Windows Vista and 7 with a new flat and solid-colored theme, and the addition of new background options for the Start screen, lock screen, and desktop.





Saturday, October 13, 2012

Format Factory

Format Factory



                         FormatFactory is an ad-supported freeware multimedia converter that can convert video, audio, and picture files. It is also capable of ripping DVDs and CDs to other file formats, as well as creating .iso images. It can also join multiple video files together into one. FormatFactory supports the following formats:





Video formats                             Audio formats                        Picture formats


3GP (.3gp)                                     Mp3                                           .JPG  
MPEG-1 (.mpg)                             Wave Sound (.wav)                      .PNG
Matroska (.mkv)                             Adaptive Multi-Rate (.amr)           .BMP
Flash Video (.flv)                            Windows Media Audio (.wma)      .GIF             
SWF (.swf)                                     Advanced Audio Coding (.aac)      .TIF
MPEG-4 Part 14 (.mp4)                  Ogg                                             .TGA
Audio Video Interleave (.avi)                                                
Windows Media Video (.wmv)                                                          
RealMedia Variable Bitrate (.rmvb)
VOB (Video Object) (DVD file) (.vob)
QuickTime File Format (QTFF) (.mov)



Format Factory : Download

Friday, October 12, 2012

Deep Freeze

Deep Freeze



                                Deep Freeze has changed the way IT Professionals approach end-point security; its non-restrictive concept offers the most robust workstation protection available. The need for IT professionals to perform rebuilds, re-image, or troubleshoot computers is eliminated with Deep Freeze's reboot-to-restore technology. The result is a dramatic reduction in support and IT expenditures and a substantial increase in computer uptime. While Deep Freeze provides bulletproof protection, its non-restrictive approach also improves user productivity and satisfaction. Placing no restrictions on a user's ability to access all system resources, users avoid the frustration of downtime due to software conflicts, operating system corruption, virus attacks, and many other problems. Users are always assured of computers that are consistently operable and available.

Deep Freeze Main Feature:
* Enables infinite changes to your PC configuration without worries
* Easy to install and activate

Deep Freeze Absolute Protection
* Guarantees 100% workstation recovery on restart
* Provides password protection and complete security
* Protects multiple hard drives and partitions

Deep Freeze Integration and Compatibility
* Supports multiple hard drives and partitions
* Supports multi-boot environments
* Compatible with Fast User Switching
* Supports SCSI, ATA, SATA, and IDE hard drives
* Single install for Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP and Vista
* Supports FAT, FAT32, NTFS, basic and dynamic disks
* Localized in five languages: English, French, German, Spanish and Japanese

Deep Freeze Deployment Options
* Offers silent install option for rapid network deployment
* Provides option to deploy on multiple workstations as part of a master image
* DFC included in Workstation/Seed installations

Deep Freeze Current Version : Deep Freeze 6.3 : Download



Saturday, October 6, 2012

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox

             Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser developed for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux, coordinated by Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation. Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine to render web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards.

             As of October 2012, Firefox has approximately from 20% to 24% of worldwide usage share of web browsers, making it the second or third most widely used web browser, according to different sources. According to Mozilla, Firefox counts with over 450 milllion users around the world. The browser has had particular success in Indonesia, Germany, and Poland, where it is the most popular browser with 65%, 47% and 47% of the market share, respectively.



Mozilla Firefox : Download

Safari

Safari 5.1.7


Safari 5.1.7 for Windows contains improvements to performance, stability, compatibility, and security, including changes that:


  • Improve the browser's responsiveness when the system is low on memory
  • Fix an issue that could affect websites using forms to authenticate users.






Safari 5.1.7 (Windows) : Download

Google Chrome

Google Chrome

   Google Chrome is a freeware web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and as a stable public release on December 11, 2008. Google Chrome had 32.76% worldwide usage share of web browsers as of June 2012, making it the most widely used web browser, according to StatCounter. W3Counter indicated that Chrome became the leading browser globally in August 2012 with 28.3% marketshare. However, Net Applications indicates that Chrome is only third when it comes to the size of its user base, behind Internet Explorer and Firefox.



Google Chrome (not Standalone) : Download
Google Chrome (Standalone) : Download

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Virtual DJ

Virtual DJ 

In the past few years, the DJing industry has seen computer DJing becomes the de-facto standard.
With Technics having closed its turntable division, and Pioneer trying to replace its CDJ players by USB controllers, long gone are the days where computer DJs were frown upon. Now it’s the DJs still using CD and vinyls who are laughed about.

And while choosing a CD player or a turntable used to be only a matter of price vs quality, choosing a DJ software is much easier: The three main DJ software have three different philosophies, and cater to different DJs.
For example, one competitor’s main selling point is that their software will let you keep and use all the skills that you learnt on vinyls or CDs, and emulate those perfectly with nothing less but nothing more (which caters to big-names DJs who are famous and rich because of those skills, and are understandably reluctant to be told those skills are not needed anymore).
At VirtualDJ, we decided to embrace the technology fully, and make sure that switching to computer DJing will enhance the way you mix in every possible way that the current level of technology allows. Even if it means that some of the things that you learnt on vinyl with years of hard practice are now obsolete and done at the click of a single button.

If you are a beginner DJ, then the choice is a no-brainer. There is a reason why our beginner software, VirtualDJ Home, has close to one million new DJs converting to it every month (source www.download.com), making it the uncontested leader in entry-level DJing software. The price should also be a deciding factor, since VirtualDJ Home is now completely FREE.

But even if you’re a seasoned DJ, you will find that VirtualDJ, unlike its competitors, will really let you do much more, and mix much better, with a computer, than you used to with vinyls and CDs.
With beat-aware effects, remix sampler, timeline editing, netsearch libraries, and hundreds of other breakthrough innovations, VirtualDJ will change the way you mix, but only to make it better.
Hundreds of thousands of professional DJs, from big-names superstars to regular club DJs, are using VirtualDJ every day to deliver much better mixes than they would have with competitor software.



Virtual DJ Pro7 : Download

VLC Media Player

VLC Media Player



If you want to play video or music files in just about any format, VLC media player is probably your answer.


VLC media player is the most successful free open source multimedia player out there with over 500 million downloads according to the developers. In particular, VLC media player is a great alternative to Windows Media Player, iTunes, and RealPlayer. It's lightweight, fast, easy to use and most importantly, plays almost anything.

It's been two and a half years since version 1.0 was released and version 2 ("Twoflower") brings a new interface, faster decoding, support for more formats and the ability to play HD and BluRay. It still remains however the most stable, flexible and lightweight audio and video player around today. While other media players will play unusual formats after downloading a codec, or simply refuse to play things, VLC media player handles tons of formats, from MPEG to FLV and RMBV files. Version 2 has seen some important additions too such as support for 10 bit codes plus multi-threaded decoding for H.264, MPEG-4/Xvid and WebM.

Also useful is the fact that you can use VLC media player to preview files you are downloading since it plays incomplete parts of video files. VLC media player is not just for video playback however. It also offers superb integration with video channel streaming services such as Channels.com giving you access to channels such as ESPN, Reuters and National Geographic. Just right-click or CMD-click on the playlist, select Services Discovery and Channels.com. Channels.com will then appear in your VLC media player playlist. Click on it to reveal the the different categories of channels available. Click on the category you want and a drop down list of all available channels appears in VLC media player. Just click on the channel you want to watch and streaming should begin almost immediately.

VLC media player also has great hotkey support and if you take the time to learn the shortcuts so it can be controlled without touching your mouse. If you're watching DVDs or video files through it, this is not an issue. For music, it plays more or less any file and features an equalizer and playlist creation. VLC media player isn't as intuitive as iTunes as a media manager, but it's a much more flexible player in terms of file formats. You can even use VLC to convert your files, and on top of all the formats and physical media it will play, many streaming protocols and TV capture cards are supported.

VLC media player makes it easy to add subtitles to your video files too - just add the SRT file to the folder where your video is kept, and it will automatically play with subtitles.

Finally, the interface has been somewhat improved in version 2 although it remains strictly functional. However, you can download skins to completely change VLC media player's appearance. The preferences menu is comprehensive without being overwhelming, and there is extensive documentation online.

Don't forget to check out some of our blog posts such as VLC media player v KMPlayer, How to rotate a video with VLC media player, How to sync audio with video in VLC media player and How to use subtitles with VLC media player.

VLC Media Player is quite simply the best multimedia application for Windows and Mac. It plays just about anything, hassle free - what more could you need?

Recent changes
With faster decoding on multi-core, GPU, and mobile hardware and the ability to open more formats, notably professional, HD and 10bits codecs, 2.0 is a major upgrade for VLC
Twoflower has a new rendering pipeline for video, with higher quality subtitles, and new video filters to enhance your videos
It supports many new devices and BluRay Discs (experimental)
Completely reworked Mac and Web interfaces and improvements in the other interfaces make VLC easier than ever to use
Twoflower fixes several hundreds of bugs, in more than 7000 commits from 160 volunteers

Version 2.0.2:

2.0.2 is a major update that fixes a lot of regressions of the 2.0.x branch of VLC.
2.0.2 introduces an important number of features for the MacOS platform, notably improving the interface, to be on-par with the classic VLC interface, better performance, removal of font cache and Retina display support.
2.0.2 fixes playback on older platforms, like old drivers on Windows XP, PowerPC on OSX or GMA950 on Intel OSX.
With faster decoding on multi-core, GPU, and mobile hardware and the ability to open more formats, notably professional, HD and 10bits codecs, 2.0 was a major upgrade for VLC.
2.0.2 fixes a couple of hundreds of bugs, and adds more than 500 commits on top of 2.0.1.
VLC media player supports the following formats
MKV, WMV, MPEG, MP4, MOV, AVI, DIVX, XVID, FLV, FLAC, WAV, REAL, VOB plus many more




Features 

1. Simple, fast and powerful media player.
2. Plays everything: Files, Discs, Webcams, Devices and Streams.
3. Plays most codecs with no codec packs needed:
4. MPEG-2, DivX, H.264, MKV, WebM, WMV, MP3...
5. Runs on all platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Unix...
6. Completely Free, 0 spyware, 0 ads and no user tracking.
7. Can do media conversion and streaming.




VLC Media Player : Download

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Videopad Video Editor

Videopad Video Editor

If you've caught the video editing bug but don't find the right application for beginners, try VideoPad Video Editor.

This is probably the best video editing tool to take your first steps in the world of video editing. It's simple, easy to use, and though more advanced users will definitely find it too basic, it's just perfect for anyone starting to play around with video compositions.


VideoPad Video Editor features a complete interface very much in the style of professional editors, with important elements such as a double built-in screen – one to preview selected clips, the other one to preview the complete sequence - and a time line for both the video and the audio tracks. The program also includes a few video effects (mainly regarding light, color and text snippets) and also transitions, though sadly only three of them. You can also add still images to your composition, either a blank screen or an image.


When you finish your project, simply click the "Create Movie" button on the interface and you'll be able to export it to a variety of formats. The good thing about VideoPad Video Editor is that it includes a bunch of exporting presets, depending on the platform you're producing the video for: PC, Mac, portable device, mobile phone, etc.


Also, if you get lost at any moment, don't worry: VideoPad Video Editor includes a through Help section where you'll find an answer to all your video editing queries.


VideoPad Video Editor may be quite simple at first sight, but it's a great choice for video editing beginners.


VideoPad Video Editor supports the following formats

Video: AVI, WMV, ASF, MPG, MPEG, MPE, VOB, MOV, 3GP, MP4, M4V, FLV, MKV
Image: BMP, GIF, JPG, JIF, JPEG, EXIF, PNG, TIF, PSD, TGA
Audio: WAV, MP3, M4A, OGG, AVI, MID, FLAC, AAC, WMA, AU, OGG, RAW, VOX, CDA, DSS



Videopad Video Editor : Download