Graphic Editing

• [Best]Paint Shop Pro A speedy 32-bit, image-capturing, image-editing, and format-conversion utility. Size: 1.9 MB
• ASL Painter A 256-color paint program for Windows that adds tools for incorporating special image effects into drawings. Size: 117KB
• DAUB Dynamic Brush-Calligraphy in Windows Use your computer to create custom calligraphy designs. Size: 359KB
• Home Planner Design the layout of your dream home with this useful utility. Size: 175KB
• MegaCad Computer Aided Design An easy-to-use yet effective program for creating two-dimensional CAD drawings. Size: 1.4 MB
• OsoSuite An excellent collection of six Windows graphics utilities. Size: 689KB
• PhotoStudio An easy-to-use alternative to expensive, complicated photo-editing programs. Size: 1.3 MB
• PolyView for Windows NT If you're looking for a solid graphics editor for Windows NT, check out PolyView. It supports GIF and JPEG image formats. (Version: 1.7; Requirements: Windows 3.1x/95; Software Type: Shareware $20) Size: 183KB

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3-D Tools

• [BEST] Fractal Landscape Generator Lets you quickly create interesting 3-D fractal landscapes. Size: 48KB
• [BEST] Virtus Walkthrough Pro A demo of desktop 3-D virtual-reality authoring tools. Size: 1.3 MB
• MicroLathe An easy-to-use, 3-D modeling tool for Windows 3.1. Size: 88KB
• TS Cad An inexpensive way to add computer-aided design to your PC. Size: 509KB
• Virtus Player Allows you to walk through worlds created with Virtus Walkthrough Pro. Size: 832KB

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Graphics Viewers/Converters

• [BEST] JASC Media Center Manages and manipulates your graphics files into albums of thumbnails. Size: 892KB
• Easy Image Viewers Use and manage desktop images with this useful pair of viewers from Blind Mellon Software. One program lets you look at multiple images simultaneously; the other is a simple picture viewer that lets you see many types of images. (Version: 3.10; Requirements:VBRUN300.DLL; Software Type: Shareware 30-day trial) Size: 403Kb
• GIF2BMP Converts GIF files to BMP format. Size: 24 KB
• Graphic Workshop For Windows View files, and convert them to or from any image format. Size: 993KB
• Lview Pro View and manipulate almost any image under Windows 95. Size: 329KB
• Nav Image A Windows freeware graphics-file browser for viewing Internet images. Size: 197KB
• Picture View Lets you scan a selected directory and quickly produce thumbnail images, and display up to 40 on a page. Size: 167KB
• QuickTime 2.0 for Windows Add Apple's QuickTime 2.0 for Windows player to your system and enjoy integrated video, sound, graphics, and animation from your desktop. (Link to Site) Size: 1599KB
• ThumbsPlus An excellent graphics browser and organizer for Windows 95, Windows NT, and Windows 3.1x (using Windows 32-bit apps. Size: 2.3 MB

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Screen Grabbers

• [Best]Screen Thief for Windows A screen-capture system which uses hotkeys to access a MDI window, disk, printer, or clipboard. Size: 287KB
• 32-Bit Screen-Grab Utility Snapshot/32 captures Windows 95 and Windows NT screens and saves them as BMP, JPEG, or GIF files. Size: 290 KB
• GrabIt Pro Makes it easy to load an image and grab it using hotkeys or menu options. Size: 169KB
• HyperSnapA screen-capture program for Windows 95 or Windows NT. Size: 298KB
• Mr. Snappy '95 A screen-capture program for Windows 95. Size: 64KB
• SnagIt/32 Lets you quickly capture an entire screen, a portion of it, or just a single window or icon. Size: 263KB
• Snapshot/32 Snapshot/32 captures Windows 95 and Windows NT screens and saves them as BMP, JPEG, or GIF files. Size: 290 KB
• Zoot Capturing e-mail address, Web URLs, graphics, text and other information to Zoot's notebook is as easy as pressing the Print Screen button. Zoot works with almost any Windows - based program or application. (Version: 2.0c; Requirement: Windows 3.1x/95 and VBRUN300.DLL; Software Type: Shareware 21-day trial, $79) Size: 2,414KB

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Business Graphics

• [Best] WordPower ASAP An excellent way to quickly create stunning presentations. Size: 1.5 MB
• Chartist A business-graphics flowcharting package for Windows. Size: 214KB
• Efofex Helps you draw high-quality, mathematically correct graphs. Size: 58KB
• Graph Crazy Input, import, and export data, plus choose from 11 styles of graphs. Size: 551KB
• Mind Path Presentation F/X Adds special effects to your presentation-graphics program. Size: 1,068KB
• Presentation Magic A professional presentation package for transparencies, slides, or handouts. Size: 2.2 MB
• QuikGraf Instantly creates any of 11 graph types, including 2-D, 3-D, bar, pie, bubble, and high-low. Size: 1.7 MB
• SmartDraw 95 Allows the graphically challenged to draw flowcharts, diagrams, and more. Size: 1.3 MB
• TreeChart An easy way to create organizational charts Size: 537KB

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Graphics Miscellaneous

• [BEST] Alien Skin Texture Shop Forty textures to use in graphic-design programs such as Adobe's Photoshop. Size: 155KB
• Autodesk Image Library A sample collection of the best AutoCAD images from different design groups. Size: 3 MB
• Eastman Kodak's Digital Science Picture PostcardAn easy to use tool for sending images over the net. Size: See Site

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Sound

• [BEST]Optical Jammer Gives you two CD players: one with the bare essentials, one with the works. Size: 237KB
• [BEST]Sound Gadget Pro A 32-bit sound utility designed to edit and manipulate audio files in Windows 95 or Windows NT. Size: 1,062KB
• Background Noise Get versatile control over your computer's multimedia sound abilities. Size: 373KB
• Cool Edit Wav Editor Edit and manipulate your WAV sound files. Size: 833KB
• General MIDI Keyboard A feature-rich, MIDI-compatible simulated keyboard for novice musicians. Size: 139KB
• GoldWave An excellent digital-audio editor that lets you easily record and edit sound files. Size: 453KB
• HyperCD A freeware Windows 3.1 utility to play audio CDs, mentioned in the May 1994 issue of PC/Computing Magazine, page 180. Size: 35 KB
• MultiMedia JukeBox Plays your MIDI, WAV, and AVI files while you work on your PC. Size: 90KB
• MyCDplayer Get ready to rock with this full-featured CD player for Windows. Size: 287KB
• Sound and MIDI files Dozens of sound files, midi files, utilities, and more! Mentioned in the April 1995 issue of PC/Computing Magazine, page 282. Size: 745 KB
• WaveMaker An amazing digital-sound design tool for Windows 95 and Windows NT. Size: 87KB
• WPlayAny A Windows sound file player, mentioned in the June 1995 issue of PC/Computing magazine, page 296. Size: 29 KB

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Video

• [BEST] VidVue Displays, prints, and converts nearly all graphical formats, plus plays video, sound, and animation files. Size: 881KB
• Enjoy Multimedia Player One of the most versatile animation players available. Size: 958KB
• Motion Pixels Compressor A software-only coder/decoder that provides state-of-the-art, full-motion video compression and decompression. Size: 1.4 MB
• Motion Pixels Player Offers 12 pixel-resizing options and color choices of 256K, 32K, 64K, and grayscale. Size: 1.1 MB
• VMPEG Movie Viewer MPEG movie viewer (demo) as mentioned in the July 1995 issue of PC/Computing Magazine, page 278. Size: 455 KB

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