CutePDF Writer – Freeware for PDF generation

CutePDF Writer is the freeware for PDF creation. CutePDF Writer installs itself as a virtual printer.

This enables virtually any Windows applications which has the print option to create PDF documents.

In order to use it, just select the CutePDF printer and click the print button!

It is free for personal, commercial, government or educational use! The best thing with CutePDF Writer is there is no watermarks in PDF generated! No popup Web ads! Now even supports 64-bit Windows.

You may download CutePDF Writer from here.

How to generate PS file in Windows environment

In order to create a Postscript (PS) file from Windows applications: simply print from the application, selecting a postscript printer and using the printing option “print to file”.

A dialog box will open, allowing you to choose the folder in which you wish to create the PostScript file. Choose a name for the file (a .prn extension will be appended to the filename). When you select Save, the printer driver will save the Postscript file in the location you select instead of actually sending the postscript file to the printer. You may need to change the file extension to .ps after file is generated.

However, very likely, using the printer driver for your own printer will result in files that are targeted at that printer, and hence not completely portable. To

achieve portability, you will need to install and use another printer driver. Also you may not have any postscript printer with you at the moment. The solution to this is to install a virtual postscript printer, i.e. install printer drivers without actually having the corresponding printer.
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How to convert mp4 to AVI in Windows

I usually use Windows Movie Maker which is bundled with Microsoft Windows to edit video taken using my digital camera. It supports quite a number of video formats like AVI, WMV and so on. However, MP4 is not support in it so far.

Following is a free software I found recently for converting MP4 file into AVI file:

Quick Media Converter

According to Quick Media Converter introduction, it enables users to convert between most audio and video formats, including AVI, DVD, Quicktime, Flash, Xvid, DivX, MPEG, MP3, WMA, MP4, 3GP and many others. Users can convert multiple files (of different formats) in a single process and optionally customize the output settings in Expert Mode.
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Learning GIMP

GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freeware for creating and manipulating graphic images that runs on different types of OS like Windows, Linux and Mac. GIMP offers photo retouching, image composition, and image authoring. It is considered to be Photoshop alternative and has been extensively use in professional graphics and film production for graphic design.

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