https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/image-converter-plus/ en Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:05:05 +0000 hourly 1 FeedWriter https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/image-converter-plus/#comment-118611 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:05:05 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/image-converter-plus/#comment-118611 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/image-converter-plus/#comment-118610 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:54:19 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/image-converter-plus/#comment-118610 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/image-converter-plus/#comment-118609 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:35:18 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/image-converter-plus/#comment-118609 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/image-converter-plus/#comment-118608 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:29:25 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/image-converter-plus/#comment-118608 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/image-converter-plus/#comment-118607 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:15:33 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/image-converter-plus/#comment-118607 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/image-converter-plus/#comment-118606 "... The install was clean, but no doubt mike will complain that it actually adds files and registry entries to your computer. The EULA was written by an over-zealous lawyer. ..." No offense even hinted at, I'm amused that you consider reading the EULA [usually an unenforceable, often not legally binding (you can't require illegal conditions), cut/paste affair] more important that what an app install does to Windows. :-) At any rate, I wasn't aware my bias was *that* apparent & I'll try to do better :-) ... personally when looking at any app I want to know what it does, & what's the cost -- not just in dollars, but total cost from disk space to learning curve to does it mess with my Windows install. With Image Converter Plus for example, compared to IrfanView & XnView the right click profile access isn't worth the cost in disk space, the (relatively light, but still there) addition to registry bloat, & the fact I can't install it anywhere, everywhere, any time. Add in that the best it has to offer for re-sizing is bi-linear, & I'm even less impressed. But that's me, & I do try to eliminate my own bias [unless I feel an app's really terrible], & just present what info I have so everyone can make up their own mind, & of course in hopes that at least some of it's useful to someone. Extracting setup file components & monitoring install is just what I do, & since it's sometimes time consuming, feel sharing the results might save someone else some time. I *try* to limit details of added files/folders/reg entries so they're not too terribly excessive, but still give an idea of impact plus a hint of where to look for leftovers if/when someone uninstalled the GOTD [and there often are leftovers]. Besides, between you & Ashraf & several others, Fubar, there's usually more than enough pros/cons posted. :-) * * * #29: "Is this prog better than IrfanView?" Depends on what you want/need since IMHO they don't *directly* compete. If you want to setup customized profiles, then right-click convert images using your profiles, maybe you'll like today's GOTD. If you want to do more than that, like editing, stick with IrfanView [or whatever you're using -- there are dozens of good apps avail]. * * * #31: "... driver installed just as a demo and watermark is obtained in Print. ..." As in the directions [at top of page & in readme.txt file], you need to start the app, go to Help -> About -> Click the activate button -> paste the key from the readme.txt file...]]> Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:28:27 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/image-converter-plus/#comment-118606 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/image-converter-plus/#comment-118605 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:14:14 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/image-converter-plus/#comment-118605 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/image-converter-plus/#comment-118603 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:38:58 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/image-converter-plus/#comment-118603 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/image-converter-plus/#comment-118602 [The lack of re-sizing algo's shouldn't be a problem if all you're doing is creating low-rez thumbnails.] Bearing in mind that Image Converter Plus focuses on profiles you create & then access via the Context Menu [so the program window where you create profiles is less important], you get a 2 tabbed, re-sizable window -- 1 tab is for creating/managing profiles, & 1 tab lets you add photos, primarily to judge how the profile you're creating will look & work. Both tabs have a Show Preview/Hide Preview button, & with the preview showing there's a Generate button to show a small preview of how the image will look after applying your profile. Most of the export formats have a good number of settings [using the profile tab, click "more" after selecting your export format], & by clicking "Add Operation" you access the re-sizing dialog + several minor filters -- noticeably missing is any sort of automatic optimization as seen in many of these free & payware image utilities. Image Converter Plus, itself takes up ~53MB, 210 files, 11 folders. Besides the Start Menu shortcuts, to store profiles 2 folders are added under Docs & Settings [My Docs & All Users Docs], while 4 logs are saved [along with converted images by default] to My Docs. One files is added to the system folder & registered with Windows: "cnvshell.dll". InstallWatch Pro recorded 318 new registry entries, but today's GOTD doesn't take over image file associations -- it isn't a file viewer/organizer sort of program, though it does include a separate app called My ViewPad where you can drag/drop images. The FAQ on the app's site says your hardware ID is used for activation, unlike many GOTD offers that can be (re)installed later. Far as image converters are concerned, when I 1st started out with PCs I thought "Wow, now I can open & convert all these image formats". Years later I have yet to even see an image file in 99% of them. If I do ever get *stuck*, there's the portable version of XnView [http://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/xnview_portable] -- XnView itself [xnview.com] supports over 400 formats, & their site also has a Shell Extension, versions for Smartphone, PocketPC, MAC & Linux, And they've got fixpicture.org where you can convert images on-line.]]> Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:34:36 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/image-converter-plus/#comment-118602 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/image-converter-plus/#comment-118601 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:24:58 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/image-converter-plus/#comment-118601