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How to Set Up a 3d Design Studio Using Only Free Software

admin — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:31:04 +0000

3D Graphics creations are often perceived as requiring costly software. Well, this is not always the case because the internet is really a place loaded with free goodies waiting to be utilized. With the relevant skill, a designer or artist can produce works (using these free tools) that are comparable to what professional tools can do.

I will show you how to start a professional 3D graphic design studio using only free software. To produce credible 3D graphics, the tools must be able to perform the various functions namely:

1. Modelling

2. Rendering

3. Animation

4. Image editing

5. Texture creation

Well, we need to substitute commercial tools with their free and or open source equivalents.

The following is a reference to the various free 3D and graphics related resources that can be downloaded from the net.

For 3D modelling, rendering and animation there are at least 2 excellent free alternatives. They are Blender 3D and Truespace 3.2. You can get Blender 3D from www.blender3d.com. Truespace 3.2 can be downloaded from www.caligari.com which is the homepage of Truespace’s maker.

For purely dedicated 3D modeling, Wing3D is an easy to use yet very powerful tool. You can get this 3D modeling software from www.wings3d.com. What you need to do, is to model your stuffs on this software and then export then to either Blender3D or Truespace. File formats such as 3D Studio (3DS) , Wavefront (OBJ) and VRML (WRL) are all supported by Wings3D and can be used for exporting 3D models (created in Wings3D) to other 3D programs such as Blender3D and Truespace.

For image editing and texture creation, Gimp is a most excellent tool. This is a very powerful image editing tool. It supports layers like most professional image editors. Its many filters are excellent for creating textures and image maps for 3D models. Gimp can be downloaded from www.gimp.org.

Less well-known than Gimp but very delightful to use is Pixia. This is a Japanese software. Fortunately there is an English version. This tool is excellent for painting and is thus useful for creating image maps for 3D models. Pixia can be downloaded from http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/.

Well, these are the free equivalents that can perform the work of commercial tools. Commercial software may be more convenient and easier to use, nevertheless these free tools can get the job done too. So, if you are on a tight budget, this may be the route to go.

List Building Techniques, 7 Free Hints

admin — Sat, 29 May 2010 00:31:00 +0000

If you ever have wanted to know if it was possible to build a powerful email list using free methods then you should read this article on free list building tips.
Seven Free List Building Tips

(1) Create a blog

Go to Blogger.com and create a free blog account. Now post about 5-10 short (250-300 word) “news they can use” how-to articles or check lists or helpful tips. At the bottom of each post include a link to the email list “squeeze page” on your main website.

(2) Post Comments

Go to Technorati.com and search for your keyword or by using the”Blogs” resource button. This should bring up a list blogs that you can start watching. Pick 2-3 to watch and track. Now over the next 30 days, write comments (with a weblink to your website) to posts that you like or dislike.

Don’t do lame stuff like, “This sucks!” or “Great job!” and expect anyone to click on your weblink. Take a minute or two to add some well thought out opinions before you write. People will click on links to learn more about people who understand and think like themselves.

(3) Forum Posts

Find a forum or discussion board of people who are within your niche market. Now lurk for a few days and learn more how the forum is run and how the admins/moderators operate. Now when you if a post that is related to your keyword or email list purpose then you can make a comment. If you have more free information on your website, you may or may not be able to make a weblink to it, depending on policy

(4) Signature Lines

If the forum forbids direct weblinks, then you should modify your forum account to include a weblink to your list squeeze page or your home page at the least. Also add a weblink your email accounts, all pointing back to your squeeze page.
(5) Write Articles
Most article directories will take how-to pieces as low as 400 words. So trot out your thinking cap and write down a 5-7 helpful tips, warning signs, “best ways to”, etc. Complete with a paragraph or two per each tip, warning sign. Post in directories like EzineArticles, ISnare or Idea Marketers, etc. In your resource box include a weblink to your email squeeze page.

(6) Create Videos

It’s fairly simple to create some decent looking videos using free presentation, audio recording and screen capture software. By using Open Office (Impress is PowerPoint knockoff), Cam Studio (a Free Screen Recording Software app) and Audacity (a Free Audio Editor and Recorder program) along with just a little bit of skill, you can produce a video that you can upload to You Tube. Always include your weblink in the starting and ending credits!

(7) Create Pod casts

Use Audacity (a Free Audio Editor and Recorder program) and cheap microphone (from the electronics store) to record 5-10 minute mini “talk radio shows”. You can include background music or flashy sounds effects, but you must always include good information and mention at least 2 times the URL or web address of your squeeze page.
Some of these free list building techniques, granted may take some time to learn or implement but you can easily over time increase your subscriber base using these free list building tips.

5 Fun Free Software Sites

admin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:11:26 +0000

I started writing this column way back in 1998 and one thing rates as true today as it did ten years ago: people love free stuff online. Free software tops the list of free things they love. People particularly love free software that solves annoying little problems, offers some fun, or saves them time and effort.

If you own a PC, the following free software will help you save time, enjoy a little fun, and protect yourself and your computer too.

** EULAlyzer **

Log on to www.javacoolsoftware.com and download the “EULAlyzer” software that helps you spot troublesome language in those “End User License Agreements.” You know, the software installation agreements we should all read, but normally we just click “Agree” and keep right on installing the software.

However, blindly agreeing to those EULAs means you could potentially consent to all sorts of unpleasant things, including your desktop getting assaulted by advertising “spyware” and worse. EULAlyzer helps you by analyzing virtually any EULA for trouble.

As they say on their site, “If you aren’t reading the license agreements, you have no idea what you could be agreeing to.”

** Want To Make A Movie? **

Ok, this software resides online instead of running on your PC. But that actually works out better because you only need a web browser to access it.

Log on to www.jumpcut.com and you can create your own cool videos to share on YouTube and other sites. No, it won’t make you into a Spielberg, but it can help you get a basic video done with text overlays and more without complicated software.

A must-look website for the online video newbie.

** Fast Photo Changes **

Did you ever need to resize a digital photo or just crop it?

Did you ever need to take a huge 8 mega-pixel photo and resample it to make it work as an email attachment?

Well log on to www.irfanview.com and install the “IrfanView” software that makes these two tasks easy as 1-2-3!

Though the software takes a bare-bones approach to look and feel, it does exactly what you need to resize and resample photos and images on the fly.

** Online Flash Games **

Everybody loves video games! Ok, well, maybe not everybody, but did you know that online gaming by adults represents the fastest growing segment of the game industry?

If you love to play games online (but hate to pay for them), then log on to www.Kongregate.com. This website boasts thousands of flash games you can play right in your web browser.

Sure, some of them are a complete waste of time, but, isn’t that what playing online games is all about? I guarantee you’ll find at least one game to enjoy on this ever-expanding site. (I admit I got hooked on “Desktop Tower Defense.”)

** Free Anti-Virus **

Log on to http://free.grisoft.com and download the free anti-virus protection. It doesn’t come with any tech support, but it sure beats running your computer without any protection.

I like AVG anti-virus products because they don’t seem to bog down your system the way Norton does and, in this case, you can’t beat the price.

Free Targeted Traffic Guaranteed – Software Program Delivers

admin — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:11:31 +0000

Would you be interested in finding a software program system that provides lists of thousands of double opt-in prospects, state of the art software, operated from your desk top, which allows you to present your ads daily at the click of a button.

Traffic

The No.1 thing you must have to be successful online.
It doesn’t matter what you sell you simply must have traffic. Getting Targeted Traffic, not just any old traffic, is the key to success. You may have the best gizmo in the world, the best website money can buy, but if you don’t have traffic you don’t make sales.

There are many ways to get traffic to your website.

There is Pay per Click through Google and other similar sites.

You can buy traffic
You can pursue free traffic methods.
There is social networking, Blogs, traffic exchanges and an endless list of similar systems available.

All of these can be successful to some extent if you are an expert in these fields. However, you will find problems along the way with most systems requiring lots of time and money.

If you have been trying to find a successful method of attracting traffic to your site you will know the frustrations involved.
Like most people you will have wasted time and money on useless products.
You know all about the money being in the List. But how do you get a list if you can’t even get visitors to your site.

Problem solved. You no longer need to use these costly time consuming and uncertain marketing methods. .

Thankfully with modern technology you can now benefit from software that can take away the guess work and the time consuming effort required to pursue any of these methods.

You are now able to have your own Click of a Button software program that will provide you with selected double opt-in leads and allow you to email your ads to them daily.
The software used to deliver this program is state of the art that allows you to perform the total operation from your desk.

Yes, a software program such as this does exist and can be a magical boost to all of your online marketing programs.

I have studied internet marketing for several years and seen the endless problems faced by the online marketer, the constant and costly search for a way to get traffic to their site.

As a way to get connected with a large number of prospective buyers I consider this to be the best method of reaching selected Targeted traffic I have seen.

If you are serious about internet marketing it will certainly be in your interests to thoroughly check out the contents and benefits included in this program.

Is Open Source a Synonym for Free Software ?

admin — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:11:09 +0000

The market for open source and free software is surging high with its appreciation in mainstream segment also. The free software products like Linux or others are moving from the walled boundaries of servers to desktops and laptops. Recently, launched Ultra low cost laptops were supported on Linux and that came as a major breakthrough for it to garner some spotlight from tech analysts.

But still the concept of free software and open source software is not clear with many of us. We are confused at the basic level and interchanging the terms for each other. We use the terms Free Source and Open Source interchangeably and get them confused with the concept that they are available for free.

To some extent the concept gels with what we consider “available for free” but not in complete sense. The word “free” is basically the misnomer. We confuse it with “free burgers” but it should be considered for “free speech”. No doubt that some softwares from both the communities are available for free of cost and are offered as free downloads but not all utilities.

The two communities working with the aim of offering freedom to developers are working in the same direction but are literally and fundamentally different in their approaches. Till 1998, they were more or less same but after that the two movements separated with a different prospective, a different philosophy, and different motives.

The commonality in both the approaches is the open availability of source code to developers but the aim backing this approach is different with both the communities.

Where Free Software Community lays stress on providing source code to developers with the aim that user is free to do what he wish with the software’s source code. It is more philosophical in nature.

However, Open Source believes in offering source code to users with the aim that collaborative efforts can bring more subtle results. It has motivation that users can freely provide their suggestions for the source code and can append it to the existing one if results provided are efficient enough.

Both the communities lay stress on redistribution of code with no restrictions but the principles and motivations are different.

Where one seeks the liberty provided to users; the other targets the development of more efficient software programs with collaborative approach. Against the philosophical methodology of Free Software Community, the Open Source Community is driven by more practical reasons.

To some years the movements were working as a common alliance and Open Source was used as a marketing term for free software to reduce the ambiguity; but to worst it added more problems. So finally the two movements parted and started their own way.

Where the software developed by open source are more or less fits to zero-cost category, nothing like that can be defined for free software. To define it better, nothing which is free of cost can be a tailored fit for both the communities but cannot be turned off even.

Open Source is opposite to original context of Free Software. Free Software aims the freedom of users but Open Source aims the collaborative approach. The former stresses that users can freely see, modify and redistribute the code but latter has the approach that users can see the code but cannot modify it to suit its needs. In OSS, the liberty availed is in accordance of specific licensing agreements allowing one to fiddle with the code.

Free Software values freedom offered to users but Open Source believes in team development of software. Where one can be attached to social movement, the other is a development methodology. Both are against the patents and proprietary software, but cannot go hand in hand due to disagreement on certain principles.

To ask you, is GNU/ Linux is a free software or open source software? Cannot answer surely; Linux is not an open source software but a product of free software community (as you are free to make modifications).

At crux, it can be said that both are different movements with differing principles but are fighting against the common objective “Proprietary Software”.

Debt Free Life Might not be Complete Without Debt Free Software

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:11:19 +0000

Debt free software, just another fast and effective substitute for debt solution comes our way to our exposure. This is the way information technology is. Just almost every life issue can be solved by software that does exactly what human can do as wrong as there are some instructions. But what is this debt free software and what does it do?

Most debt free software are made to fit in to any kind of debt no matter how serious it may be. When you purchase a debt free software you must be decided to put all your financial statements together while putting down your income and expenditure. Then you start feeding the program with the information according to what is required so that it can give you a possible figure you should work with to settle your debt.

With a debt free software you get to know of ways you can save money and avoid unnecessary spending. Also most of them will help you get free of debt with around four to five years if well followed, honored and utilized. Another important thing is the fact that you get to do it at the comfort of your home without anyone knowing what you are doing. The debt free software calculates and displays a step by step accelerated debt elimination plan. It also establishes a debt freedom date and continually monitors your progress. It will also show you how unplanned spending may affect your debt payoff. Debt free software is the best debt free tool that you cannot afford to miss in your home.

Examples of these debt free software are; rapid debt reducer, debt calculator, debt analyzer, debt eraser and many other countless software offers some even free downloads and trials. To get hold of these software visit the internet as always and you will even have a problem with choosing the best software. I mean they are countless. Using debt free software can be very cheap and since it promotes privacy it is the best for those who want to eliminate debt without the knowledge of the debt free companies and other people. Using a debt analyzer is not all demanding all you need to do is have readily available information and then enter the information and figures correctly as you are asked by the software. You will also avoid going for debt consolidation loans that only add to more debts on top of what you already have even if they relief your monthly figure.

Having debt free software at hard and utilizing it successfully can safe another person who is in debt. By following your footsteps he/she may walk a debt free life just like you are doing right now. Make use of that debt free software especially in the comfort of your home and honor it and you will not be sorry I promise. It is worth using debt free software by yourself and as a solution because it will not only solve that debt for now but it will help you stay out of debt for the rest of your life.

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Get Whatever You Want and Save Money with Free Software

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:10:58 +0000

In the present internet world, almost every home has a computer. You may use your computer for personal or business reasons, but you certainly have to look for software and applications that you need. Apart from the operating system, several applications including antivirus are essential for computers. Without protecting your computer, you cannot be safe. To find utility software, you have to search on the internet. You may find many commercial products that provide best service. However, if you want to save money, you have to look for free software.

Many people think that free software is something junk or garbage. They think that they cannot find a software with good features at zero cost. This is absolutely false. On the internet, there are several experts who wish to help their peers. These people design excellent applications and give them for free to make them popular. Also, you won’t have to worry about copyrights issue while using the software as the software is available for free. Just like commercial products, you will find updates for free software as well. The user interface and features will be definitely competent if you find a right software.

Antivirus program is an essential software that must be present in your computer. Without antivirus program, you cannot work or browse safely using your computer. Several websites on the internet provide free antivirus download. Avg free 8.0 is a very popular antivirus software that can be downloaded and used for free. This is a well known antivirus tool used in several thousands of computers in the world. Installation and use of Avg free 8.0 is easy even for a novice computer user. This software gives protection against viruses and spyware.

When you choose antivirus programs, you have to make sure that you download only legitimate ones. If you don’t choose a proper program, you are at the risk of increasing computer vulnerability. Just because a program is advertised as free, you should not choose it. Free antivirus download such as Avg free 8.0 constantly updates its database to protect your computer against latest threats. This is an important feature that you have to look in any antivirus program. Moreover, you have to be provided good customer support by the developers. When you start using any software, you are likely to get many questions and it is important that all your questions be resolved to make the software usable.

Free software has to be downloaded from internet with more caution. Several spammers and malicious programmers send out spyware and malware along with some software and make them available for free. You can escape from scams, when you download free antivirus download from legitimate websites. These websites don’t give you torrents for download. So, you can be sure that the file you download does not contain virus or any other malicious program. Legitimate websites provide you access to many free applications more than just antivirus programs. All those downloads are freeware applications that can be downloaded and used as many times you want to as many computers you need.

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