Software

We have all seen enhanced photographic images of celebrities; maybe FaceFilter was involved in the process.

It shook up the early desktop publishing market and still has the capability to impress as we discovered when looking at the latest version of PagePlus from Serif.

With children learning to type at school I fear the market for typing tutors have reduced greatly and perhaps only those 30 plus today still have need of this tool.

While fish exist in a chip environment, they are for an entertainment and not sustenance role.

I reviewed another product in the same series from Focus five weeks ago ‘Secrets of the Mind’. That I seem to remember came of two CD’s this comes on one, does this mean we know more about the mind than the universe?

When working at its optimum capacity, a Windows computer is fine but it does need regular maintenance such as that provided from iolo technologies.

Fancy having your own web site? Then this is one of many products that say they will make it easy to do. Is it just as easy as they say?

Returning to the puzzle-solving genre, Enkord’s latest game has our reviewer improving his living conditions.

While this is a standalone product it works with Photoshop to help you manipulate RAW images. In fact during the beta stage I am told 500,000 photographers took part.

Normally a game has a shelf-life of months or maybe a year in exceptional cases but Another World tries to buck the trend with a 15th anniversary re-appearance.

This product has the kiss of death attached to it by being called Educational. A few years ago there was a movement to call such things Edutainment, that, also seems to be no more.

Strap yourself in as we take off in our spaceship to protect the planet from waves of alien attacks in a new game from Enkord.

Certainly the most talked about new operating system I can remember. I have been using it on a PC for a few weeks now and the learning curve seems to be decreasing.

Have you lots of LP’s and cassettes you no longer play but still love the music they contain? Then one solution could be Music Clean 4 that allows you to transfer it to CD or MP3 amongst other formats.

Enhancing your home videos requires specialist software such as that on offer from Adobe for the budget-conscious discerner user.

Like a blast from the past, aliens are on the menu for this mission-based shooter game.

Look back via the search button on the site front page and enter Family Tree or Build a Model Railway to find earlier versions of both these products, in both cases Focus has added even more value.

Corel expands its product portfolio as it takes on board the latest version of WinZip’s compression software.

This product has been a niche offering for quite a while, however the new version could well make it a mainstream product that gives people like me with no artistic talent a chance, of course should you have talent you will already know that.

While Adobe PhotoShop is the market leading product, not everybody can afford its premium price. There is an alternative.

Taking on the big boys is a task always relished by Serif. We check out the company’s photo editing offering.

This package from Focus come on no less than five CD’s and contains four different but connected products. The connection is knowledge, two from Britannica and one each from Oxford and Penguin Hutchinson.

This is not just something to find you a route or show you a map. It’s a very long way from the early Next Base product on a floppy disc, and it now comes on a DVD.

Photoshop has long been the image manipulation software of choice for professional and keen amateur photographers. However for those who are ‘hobbyists’ the cost is a problem.

It is puzzle solving time again as we check out an ancient tower that hides secrets of the Zodiac.

Imitating the style of a popular artist is the sole function of a software product from Serif.

Jewels, gold coins and ancient Egyptian symbols are just some of the elements found in a new offering from URSE Games.

It’s been a while since I have reviewed an educational product. This one is from Focus, it has some great maps with views from space and satellites but the info is the king.

I have used Paint Shop Pro since it’s very early days of being a shareware product. It has come a long way since then, it is now owned by Corel and also has a slight name change.

It is time for some play as we take a look at a new entry in the Breakout/Arkanoid genre.