Adguard

Adguard Software Limited

Browsing the Internet can end up being a chore when you're bombarded with tons of pop-ups and other annoying ads. With Adguard, you can filter this kind of content from your browser with customizable levels of intensity, allowing you to continue to access your favorite websites without having to navigate ads to do so. Adguard also protects your system from phishing attempts and other malicious sites. It's an effective tool to get those ads out of your sight, and protect your computer along the way.

Twitch

Twitch Interactive, Inc.

Twitch is one of the world's leading streaming services. This tool, owned by Amazon, allows you to watch hundreds of thematic channels focused mainly on the world of video games. Although it came about as a way to broadcast live gameplays, it has now become a multipurpose tool that anyone can use to interact with their favorite streamers during their videos in real time. Twitch is divided into different themed categories organized according to the game that's being played at the time. Once you're inside the channel in question, in addition to viewing the live stream or stored clips, you can participate in related live chats, and most importantly, you can subscribe and make donations to the owners of the channels through the platform's own currency: 'bits.' But Twitch is much more than all that. One of the main exclusive features of the desktop client is that it allows you to manage your video game library. Twitch Prime (the platform's subscription service) offers, among other things, free video games every month. In order to be able to install and play them, you need to have this version installed. Twitch has undoubtedly changed the way of understanding video game streaming and interaction with content creators. The dynamism of its platform offers a real alternative to the consumption of television and pre-recorded videos, as well as open a window to the world so that both gamers and users with other interests can share their passions and concerns.

Skype

Microsoft Corporation

Skype is the world's leading VoIP calling service. A free tool that lets you talk to other users using text chats, voice and/or video conversations. The tool uses a peer-to-peer technology based on the well known file exchange service, Kazaa, to offer a robust and trustworthy call system, allowing you to talk to your friends with the same reliability and sound quality you would expect on a landline phone. It uses VoIP technology to make calls between users and calls from its users to regular phones, both mobile and landline, all in a very simple and quick way that doesn’t require you to set-up or configure anything. Its creators affirm that it even offers an audio quality that’s better than that on a regular phone call. It’s completely free and comes with no extra ads; you'll hear the typical dialing phone sounds, it'll tell you if the contact you are calling is talking on Skype at that moment, and you can pick up and hang up all the calls you want. Plus, it includes Facebook integration and the option of making group video-calls with up to ten users at a time using their webcams; not to mention that it includes the Windows Live Messenger messaging after having been purchased by Microsoft. As it’s a multiplatform application, you can make calls between devices, whether they're your desktop or smartphone. Skye is, quite definitely, one of the leading digital VoIP telephone services in the world.

Aida64 Extreme

FinalWire

AIDA64 Extreme is a PC diagnostic tool that monitors your PC and provides lots of useful information when errors are found in the system. The different tabs allow you to take a thorough look at all the different areas of your PC. It also easily retrieve data for the CPU, BIOS, operating system, running services, monitor, hard drives etc, easily. All this is just a single click away. The program is one of the most powerful hardware detection tools and has a database of over 120,000 entries. You will have no problem identifying each and every one of the elements connected to your system. AIDA64 Extreme is one of the best apps around, and as the heir to such programs as Aida 32 and Everest, it offers a huge number of features.

Gpg4win

Gpg4win project

Gpg4win constitutes an interesting freeware application with which you can encrypt files and emails using public and private key cryptography. The key algorithms that the program uses are also open source and are called “GNU Privacy Guard,” the open-source alternative to patented key cryptography. Gpg4win will create both keys according to the parameters you specify. It is necessary to know the addressee’s public key in order for the program to work. It works like this: the information is encrypted with the public key of the receiver, and when he/she receives the document, it is unencrypted using the private key. The program installs a plugin for the email client MS Outlook with which you are able to encrypt messages from the program interface.

VidCrop

Geovid

VidCrop is an easy-to-use video edition application that allows you to crop videos and cut useles scenes. Do and undo is extremely easy. Use the mouse and the timeline to choose the parts of the video you want to eliminate. The rest of options are as easy to use as this. The interface is very intuitive and the results are excellent. Use any video, it supports AVI, WMV, MOV, MP4, MPG, MKV, RMVB and ASF. In addition, when you'll have finished editing the video, you'll be able to export it as WMV or AVI. VidCrop is really useful, because you won't need a complex video edition program to do simple tasks.

Muvee Pixie

muvee

muvee Pixie is an application that gives you the possibility to create home videos using your own photos and even add the music you like. Add the material you want t o include: photos, videos and music, select the style for the video and muvee Pixie will synchronize photos and music automatically. Once the process will be finishedyou can decide what to do with the video: share it via Facebook or Yotube, export as video file supported by iPod, iPhone or Android or just save it in the HD. muvee Pixie is an interesting application for any user who want to create funny videos and presentations for holiday photos.

MAGIX Video Sound Cleaning Lab

MAGIX

Nandub

nnn

Nandub is a video-editing and conversion tool that's specifically designed to convert AVI files with DivX or MPEG4v2 compressions. The application lets you test different video parameters as you edit, such as the bitrate or the interval of key applications. Besides that, it also includes dozens of specific options for video and audio that you can use to modify your videos. To start using Nandub, you'll need a good tutorial. Although all its options are easily accessible, the wide range of choices and possible results can be overwhelming and may require some experience on your part. Despite being a little complicated to use, Nandub has one truly amazing feature: it doesn't require installation. Thanks to this, you can try it without much trouble.

TMPGEnc MPEG Editor

Pegasys Inc.

Machete Video Editor

MacheteSoft

Machete Video Editor is a tool to do small touch-ups and simple editing on your videos. The editing options are pretty limited, as you can only cut, copy, paste, and delete fragments of a video to make it shorter or longer, or to make simple loops. Of course, besides editing, the program can be used as an improvised media player since it can play almost any type of audio or video codec without any problems. Machete Video Editor may be too basic for users who need more options for their video editing, but if you only need to do simple edits by cutting up the video, this application will be perfect.

LSMaker

LSMaker

LSMaker is a video editing application used exclusively to add the classic Star Wars lightsabers effect to our videos. The program allows us to insert any color lightsaber, being able to achieve the effects that are seen in many of the popular Youtube videos. However, we will need lots of patience; although it is not especially complicated, it does require a bit of dedication. We can then save the files as AVI format using different types of effects that will help us increase the quality of our videos, such as anti-aliasing. LSMaker is a very funny program that we can use to create our very own jedi fights. Who wouldn't like to take part in a lightsaber battle?

FMV

Equuleus Solutions

FMV is a video and audio editor for all users, and supports MP3, DivX, DivX HD, Xvid, Windows Media, H2634 and MKV (Matroska) among many others. The main difference between FMV and other programs like Adobe Premiere and Final Cut is that FMV is not controlled in time lines but with video fragments. This basically gives you a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor that lets you work in comfort. Once you have finished arranging and mounting your video or videos, the program lets you export the results in high def to your hard drive, or to Twitter and Facebook, and even to your Xbox360. FMV is a good choice for those users who finds other editors too complicated to start making their own compositions.

Aimersoft Video Studio Express

Aimersoft Studio

Aimersoft Video Studio Express is a simple video editing tool designed with beginners to video editing in mind, it offers all of the features needed to create a quality movie. The program uses a timeline which separates video and audio and on which you can work by applying trims, editing features, and all kinds of transitions. In fact, you have over forty different transitions available. Once you've finished editing your video, you can export it to several different media types: iPad, iPhone, AVI, WMV, or directly onto YouTube. Aimersoft Video Studio Express is a very useful application for users who want to edit videos, but who find Adobe Premier or Final Cut to be a little too complicated for them.

Bombono

Ilya Murav'jov

Bombono is a DVD-creation tool that lets you convert videos of your vacations or an important celebration to DVD with near-professional quality. First off, you can work with the program's timeline, which is very similar to the one found in Adobe Premiere or Final Cut. Obviously you won't have the same options, but you can enjoy its familiar design. Once you've done this you can create the different DVD menus, which you can easily link to one another, also adding images, text, etc. Lastly, the program asks you to choose a name for the DVD and the writing speed you want. When all of this is ready, just click 'Create Video DVD' and that's it.

Videomizer

Engelmann Media GmbH

We sometimes happen to record some videos and realize that they are not as good as we thought they were. Tones, brightness, zooms,... They can result in a terrible headache if you don't solve the problem. Videomizer is the application you need if you want to edit your videos and make them more attractive for the rest of people. The reason why we like Videomizer is because it does it perfectly and automatically. Yes, it corrects brightness, saturation, contrast and tone so the final result is perfect. Of course, if you feel a bit more creative and your knowledge is more than the average, you can edit it manually and set modification parameters suit your needs. Once you'll have finished edition tasks, you decide the output format, which can be: AVI, MPG or MP4. It even includes a list of preset formats for iPhone, iPad, Android or Playstation 3. Videomizer is a pretty good video edition application which can be really useful both for novice users who want a fast way to enhance their videos and other more experienced users who will be able to rifle through its options panel.

Ashampoo Movie Menu

Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG

Creating DVDs with tons of videos or movies is something that we do all the time, and saving them with no menu, or one that is pretty budget, is boring and doesn't leave a great impression with our friends and family. Ashampoo Movie Menu, in addition to burning your videos to DVD and Blu-ray, creates menus to present your audiovisual files in a much more professional and appropriate manner. Thanks to Ashampoo Movie Menu, you can create a disc of videos and, with a unique menu, turn it into an attractive and special gift. To build a menu you just need to choose the best theme for your vacation, wedding, or birthday videos from within a wide variety of high quality (HD) options. You can personalize the theme with images, buttons, or text, to give it more of your own style and make it look even more professional. You can even add sub-pages and soundtracks that will play in the background. One of the best features from Ashampoo Movie Menu is the ability to adjust the dimensions of your video files so that they will all fit on one disc and you won't have to leave anything out. Now you have no excuse to leave your home videos without a great introduction.

VideoBooth

Video Booth

Video Booth is a fun application that you can use to take funny photos and videoclips with your webcam. It includes special effects for both the photos as well as the videos, to help you find the perfect finishing touch. Once you've achieved your desired results, you can publish them to your favorite social network. The program is very similar to Apple's official Photo Booth application, so anyone who has played with that before will know what their options are. However, this tool is very easy to use, so you'll be fine even if you don't have experience with a similar program.

VideoCompressor

AbbelsSoft

VideoCompressor is a program that aims to reduce the size of your video files regardless of their format and size. This tool is able to compress and save your video tracks in FLV, WMV, SWF, MPEG, MP4, 3GP, M4V, AVI, MKV, MOV, and RM F4V. You just have to add or drag your files to the program’s interface and VideoCompressor will resize them in seconds, even if the video is over 1GB. Users can choose the size of the output file in the main window, which displays a status bar for you to specify the size of the video, so you can be sure you have enough free space in the flash memory or CD to keep adding files. Additionally, VideoCompressor has a very intuitive appearance that helps users to compress videos without having to read instructions or scramble to figure it out for themselves. In short, this is a simple, efficient and fast tool.

Nero MediaHome

Nero AG

Nero MediaHome is a very useful tool to sync all your devices wirelessly – computer, TV, and smartphone – so you can access all your multimedia content easily and without having to link up everything with cables. This program can connect your PC to your TV via the network thanks to UPnP technology, which lets users stream videos or view images stored on your computer's hard drive or your smartphone's memory card. Nero MediaHome turns your computer, tablet, or console (among other devices) into a multimedia content server that, additionally, will automatically convert the format of your digital files if they aren't compatible with the player you want to view them on. The application will detect the format that's needed and convert it as it's being streamed. This tool also helps you organize your multimedia library: the names of the folders and sub-folders will be automatically become keyword tags to help you find the song or picture you're looking for. And of course, Nero MediaHome also lets you to burn content. That way, with just a couple clicks, this program will create DVD and Blu-ray discs with your pictures, music, and movies.

Wondershare PPT2Video

Wondershare

Wondershare PPT2Video is a useful tool with which you can convert your presentations into video, conserving all the elements on the pages, and without losing any of the information. This way, you'll see on the video all the effects that you add on the original slide, such as the animations on each page, and the transitions between them. You can convert PowerPoint presentations into almost every popular video formats, such as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVI, MP4, WMV, MOV, 3GP, and high definition video. Wondershare PPT2Video lets you adjust the video settings, including the resolution, the frame rate, and the audio fidelity, in order to get the best possible result. You can also add your logo or watermark once you finish editing the video, so you stop third parties from stealing the content in your creation.

STOIK Video Enhancer

N/A

There are probably times when you record a video with your digital camera but don’t get the result you were hoping for due to little errors that mess up the quality of your recording. STOIK Video Enhancer is a video optimization tool that corrects some of the most common flaws to improve the quality of your final result. STOIK Video Enhancer can reduce image noise, vibration, and blur that degrade the image quality. The program also improves the sharpness by fixing the recording's exposure, color, shadows, and contrast. Using this application is very easy and you won't need any prior knowledge of video editing. Just drag the videos you want to fix into STOIK Video Enhancer and hit 'Edit and enhance' to see the configuration menu. In this window, you'll find options for correcting your video, which you apply by simply checking the boxes. Once you've made all the changes, go to the 'Export' option to specify the output file parameters (like format and frame size) and you'll find the final result in your folder within seconds.

Vidiot

Eric Raijmakers

Vidot is a design tool which allows any user to create montages with images and videos from your PC. Its interface and functionality is very similar to adobe premier pro, except with only the basic options: copy and paste. This video program is divided into two main parts. In the upper part of the tool, you will find every detail of your clip, including a mini video player. The lower part of the tool is where you edit and place the videos and images you pick for the montage. There is also an option to view all the details and information of the elements included in your project. As in other programs, you can determine the duration and position of each video in the timeline. You can also cut or superimpose the videos, depending on the complexity you want in your finished product. One of the most attractive things is that Vidot is easy to use and has only the basic options. It doesn't have complex options that the average user doesn't need. You just have to add your videos, choose the order, cut out what you don't want, and save the result in the format that you choose.

Soft4Boost Video Studio

soft4boost

Soft4Boost Video Studio is a complete tool to professionally edit your videos. Unlike lots of other editing programs, the learning curve in Soft4Boost Video Studio is genuinely efficient, and in a short time you can start using practically all the features available to quickly and simply create professional-quality videos. With Soft4Boost Video Studio you can import any image, audio, or video – or even take one with the webcam on your computer or monitor – and get straight to work. Apply various filters, trim the clips, and export everything in any video format once you've finished editing with just one click. Soft4Boost Video Studio is the perfect option for people who enjoy producing videos but can't afford expensive professional software. It offers practically the same features as well as a genuinely intuitive and easy-to-use interface.

VideoPad Masters Edition for Win

NCH Software

VideoPad Masters Edition For Win is a video-editing tool that, despite being free, offers just as many features as a lot of paid programs. With VideoPad Masters Edition For Win you can professionally edit any video, adding transitions and choosing from more than 10 different image filters. You can also use a large number of plugins that let you perfect your video by stabilizing excessive movement of the camera, tracking a specific area of the image, or taking lots of other actions that many other programs would charge you for individually. VideoPad Masters Edition For Win's precise clipping system lets you adjust the audio track to meticulously fit the video, and once the editing process is finalized you can export it in a large number of video formats that can be burned straight from the interface to any CD, DVD, or Blu-Ray or saved to your computer for future use. Thanks to its integration with services like YouTube, Vimeo, Dropbox, and Google Drive, among others, you can share the videos you create with any of your contacts.

Video Rotator and Flipper

4Dots Software

Have you ever captured video with your cell phone or camcorder only to discover when you play it back on your computer that the video is rotated 90 degrees? Or maybe you shot it that way on purpose because you preferred portrait style to a landscape view? Then this application is for you. It will fix your videos easily with just a few clicks. With Video Rotator and Flipper you can rotate 90 degrees left, rotate 90 degrees right, rotate 180 degrees, flip horizontally or flip vertically videos. Supports more than 10 video formats and you can preview the result with an inbuilt-player. To sum up, Video Rotator and Flipper is the best choice if you want a simple, multilingual application that will fix and batch rotate or flip your cell phone's, camcorder's or other videos so that they can be displayed correctly..

Ashampoo Video Optimizer Pro

Ashampoo Gmbh

If you've ever recorded a video and need to upgrade the quality, Ashampoo Video Optimizer Pro is an interesting program that offers multiple tools to improve the quality of your clips and correct certain common problems. Ashampoo Video Optimizer Pro provides quite precise image stabilization, meaning you can substantially improve any video recorded with your smartphone or camera. Though the program is a bit complicated to handle starting out, you'll very quickly get familiar with the interface and should soon be able to use all its features. One of the key things about Ashampoo Video Optimizer Pro is that it also lets you improve more specific parameters such as the color, contrast, or exposition. The latter can be quite useful for videos recorded in bad lighting conditions. If you need to optimize your videos and don't want to deal with more complicated editing programs, Ashampoo Video Optimizer Pro is a good option that should make postproduction a piece of cake.

GOM Mix Pro

GOMlab

Edit practically any feature of your videos with the comprehensive multimedia editor GOM Mix Pro. Using GOM Mix Pro is very similar to using other video editors: just drag and drop video files into its main screen to import them. All your videos are organized into one stream that shows them in playback order. A low-resolution preview of your video with all edits applied is shown in the upper left corner of the screen, while a list of all the editing options is on the right. Once you're done editing the video, GOM Mix Pro can export it in almost any format, as well as save the in-progress project in case you need to make further edits or export it in another format. Although most of GOM Mix Pro's features are available for free, some of them only become available if you purchase a full license.

Ashampoo Video Tilt-Shift

Ashampoo Gmbh

Video Rotator

MP3 Toolkit