Freeware, Shareware and Online Tools

The following products/services are offered as resources for free or online tools that you can use. We do not offer any support for these programs, however most of them come with help documents or forums to help you solve most problems. All of these services have tested and are considered safe to use.

Should you come across any more freeware tools that would be helpful, please send us an email and let us know!

Anti-virus Software

Ad-Aware - Real-time protection against spyware, trojans, rootkits, hijackers, keyloggers, and more!
Malwarebytes - a variety of tools that can identify and remove malicious software from your computer.

Image Editing

Adobe Photoshop Express - Photoshop Express is Adobe's offering in the online editing arena. It is free but requires an account for you to use your own photos.
GIMP - Freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
Picasa - Free photo editing software from Google that makes your pictures look great.
SumoPaint - Sumo Paint does more than just crop and rotate images. In addition to having layers, it has support for blending modes and other advanced layering like drop shadow and outer glow. Sumo Paint doesn't require a login for use, but if you sign up for a free account you can store images online

3D Software

Blender - Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.
Google Sketch-Up - Free Google software that allows you to make 3d models

Movies, slideshows, motion graphics

CamStudio - Freeware that records screen and audio activity on your computer to create industry-standard AVI video files. It also has a built-in SWF Producer that can turn AVI's into bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs)
Photostory - Includes features that enable you to create a slideshow with your digital pictures, edit your pictures, create your story with original music, add narration, and share them with your family and friends.

Webpage Development

NVU - Free, open source software program that allows you to build websites and web pages using a simple WYSIWYG editor (what-you-see-is-what-you-get).

Web Browsers

Word Processing and Office Suites

Google Docs - Create documents, spreadsheets and presentations online. Share and collaborate in real time. Safely store and organize your work online or on your computer.
Open Office - Open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.