Now I want to introduce you some worthy open source Muiltimedia Applications for you to try. Open source application is a software where its source-code is open and available for everybody to customize it in the way they like. Recently, open source development seems growing very fast. Use this software to save you lot of bucks.
The License:
Most Open Source Softwares is under GNU General Public License. However, big company such as IBM and Oracle sell some of their open source products.
More info about GNU General Public License is available here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Public_License
The Applications
Name: The Gimp
Operating Systems: Win 2000, XP
Info: www.gimp.org
The first software that I think very interesting is The GIMP. The GIMP is an image manipulation program. An image maniuplation program is a software that let you edit or create your own graphics using the tools provided. The GIMP works just like Adobe Photoshop. Moreover, experts said that it has on par performance with Adobe Photoshop.
The interface is made up by severel smaller window (not like the usual main windows ound in Windows). Thanks to the highly active open source community, the interface is whole lot better and intuitive.
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2) Inscape
Name: Inscape
Operating-systems: Win 98, Me, 2000, XP
Info: http://inkscape.sf.net/
The advantage of vector graphics compare to pixel graphic is the quality of pictures are maintained even when nelarged. If you want to create vector graphic, Incape can be used to create things such as company logo. You can also use it to edit and enlarge exiting graphic.
You can save few bucks if you use Inkscape. This an aternative software which has capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X.
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3) VLC Player
Name: VLC PLayer
Operating Systems: Win 98, Win Me, 2000, XP
Info:
VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, …) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
You can use VLC PLayer to play various type of codecs. (Its essential when you don’t want to install K-lite codec Pack)
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Good Sources of Open Source
www.sourceforge.net: The most up-to-date open source site.
www.freshmeat.net: Open source news and program collection
www.opensource.org: The home of open source Initiative
www.newsforge.com: An online guide to Liux and open source