Software

While your computer is capable of providing a multitude of features, they are not always required for every task. Sometimes they can slow down the computer in certain circumstances. This next product offers to help alleviate this type of situation.

Not everybody can afford the premium price being asked by the market-leading video editing titles. Serif has a solution that might appeal.

While some software is now purely a licence to use for a period of time, most is still sold as yours for life. However more and more families have more than one computer so multi installation packs now have a bigger place.

While I rarely play my collection of LPs, I would be loathed to loose their content. Fortunately MAGIX has a solution.

While hard disk sizes have increased and Broadband allows for faster download speeds, the need to compress files is reduced. However I still feel there is a place for produces such as WinZip.

As one of the survivors of the software developers, Serif continues to produce applications that provide functionality at a price point that should not break the bank.

During a visit to the BETT educational show held each year in London, I was introduced to the latest animation software from Reallusion.

The numbers of people producing speech software are reducing and Dragon is the main player in the PC part of the market, they are now part of Nuance. So what advantages does version 11 have to make you rush out to purchase?

As more and more people take their tentative first steps into using video editing, developers, such as MAGIX, are producing software to help them in this task.

This is described as the ‘Ultimate HD Video Editing Solution’ some will purchase it just for the codec that allows you to play Blu-ray movies on your Blu-ray drive in your PC or Notebook as without something like this you cannot.

Give your fingers a rest and instead use your voice to communicate with your computer by using the latest software from Nuance.

Keeping your computer running at its optimum capacity can be time consuming and often frustrating unless, of course, you hand the task over to experts.

Many years ago there were two names in the CD copying field, although Nero was one of them – and in fact on my Windows ME machine I still use an early version – this product does so much more in so many various ways.

The arrival of a product with the number 6 attached had me thinking that I had missed out on the first five titles in the series but that was not so.

Where once Disk Jockeys mixed chat with music, now they are more inclined to be creative with the way music is played. A new MAGIX title shows the way/

Following its normal policy, BitDefender 2011 product line-up consists of the three titles of Antivirus Pro, Internet Security and Total Security.

It was hardly the most auspicious of meeting. I had to battle through a heavy downpour and then sit through a presentation that was in constant competition with those watching a televised European football match featuring the local team in the next room. This was my introduction to CyberLink’s latest media playing software.

Over the years I have has the opportunity to try out various versions of Acronis software developed to provide backup and restore facilities. Now it is the turn of the latest version which goes by the title of Acronis True Image Home 2011.

Not everybody can afford the prices being asked for the market-leading graphics products available from Adobe and Corel. Serif offers an alternative with its DrawPlus product.

Keeping your computer running at its optimum capacity is a never-ending task. Why not take the approach of letting software do the job for you.

For those unable to justify the cost of the full Photoshop package then the ‘Elements’ offering has a good percentage of the same content at a small percentage of the price of the full products. If you need both still and movie editing then save again by buying the joint package.

Over the years, and numerous versions, as it has developed from a single application into a full-blown suite of graphics titles, CorelDRAW has arrived in different types of packaging. The latest version, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5, comes in the form of a hardback book with its own rigid slip case. The actual software is on a DVD attached to the inside of the book’s front cover while the book acts as the User Guide.

Last time I met up with Nero, the company promised support for Blu-ray. With this latest version of its software, Nero has made good its promise.

While Adobe Photoshop rules the roost as far as high-end, professional graphics is concerned, the company also has a more budget-orientated package with Photoshop Elements. The latest version of this graphics product is Photoshop Elements 9.

The presence of a pair of cardboard glasses gives you the clue that the latest version of Roxio Creator is venturing into another dimension.

Having built up a store of digital music you might like to consider a software title that offers to help manage and make the most of your collection.

While faster Broadband speeds have reduced the need to compress files prior to transfer, archiving software does have more to offer.

Think protection and one of the first names that springs to mind is Norton with a range of offerings being available.

As a long time user of the various versions of Paint Shop Pro, I always look forward to seeing what the latest software can deliver. This time I encountered some good points and one element that failed to work.

Designed more for the painter rather than the graphics developer, ArtRage is a New Zealand product that has built up an impressive fan base.