Software - FastStone Capture 10.0.4 screen/video capture and other similar softwares.

I would like to mention an excellent shareware software (that till 5.3 release version was free for personal use)

FastStone Capture has several features to acquire desktop screens and video as well (with high compression ratio)

Allows you to easily capture and annotate anything on the screen including windows, objects, menus, full screen, rectangular/freehand regions and even scrolling windows/web pages. It also allows you to record screen activities, sound and webcam into MP4 video files.

Here they are relative download links:

- Old versions: http://www.oldversion.com/windows/faststone-capture/

- Freeware 5.3 version: https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=775
- Lastest versions: https://www.faststone.org/download.htm (20$ license price)

About similar softwares I would like to mention:
- PickPic https://picpick.app/

- ShareX which has powerfull settings and it is completely open-source

- LightBox that permit to easily copy and paste images https://lightboxsoftware.com/

- Greenshot that permit to modify and acquire screenshots, saving to folder, in jpg format. Be aware that all steps are automatically done https://getgreenshot.org/

Tips - Classic Windows Photo Viewer on Windows 2016 Server

Here it is relative article that explain how to reinstall Classic Windows Photo Viewer on Windows 2016 Server

https://www.leeejeffries.com/reinstating-classic-windows-photo-viewer-in-server-2016/

Freeware - Micrsoft Visio Alternative for free

Microsoft Visio is an excellent tool but is quite expensive.

Indeed is free and can work both online and as local installed software.

I hope that this information could be useful for someone:

https://www.draw.io

Freeware - HEIC Freeware tool converter

Apple with new iOS releases store images with a new format HEIC that use less space than .JPG but converting free tool for Windows is not so easy to be found.

I share and take note about correct tool that I succesfully identified.

 iMazing HEIC Converter, free tool to convert HEIC to JPG

If you would like to disable your iphone/ipad device storing in HEIC and mantaining it when transferring foto to your pc below pictures are enough clear about necessary settings.

Freeware - Autocad and DWG viewers

Here they are some free autocad viewers:

1. On line viewer:
   https://viewer.autodesk.com/
2. DrawSighth 2018
   https://www.3ds.com/it/prodotti-e-servizi/draftsight-cad-software/free-download/
   
   
3. Autodesk DWG TrueView 2018
   https://www.autodesk.it/products/dwg/viewers
   
   

[Update 2019.10.23]

This is new Drawsight version link, be aware that old free software is no longer working on 31/12/2019. New versions are no longer for free.

https://www.3ds.com/it/prodotti-e-servizi/draftsight-cad-software/scarica-draftsightr/


[update 2020.04.29]

I am adding another free autocad viewer.

It is not user frienly but, in some cases, it could be useful:

https://librecad.org/

Graphical - Images engine search website and photo collection websites

Today I going to update an old article and adding fresher information:

https://www.alessandromazzanti.com/2010/12/motore-di-ricerca-per-immagini.html

1. http://www.veezzle.com/
   It is a portal website that seek images shared on other websites like Flirk, Picasa like freely usable photos found surfing on web.
   
2. A good alternative could be Dreamstime as well.
   
3. About vectoria images you could find interesting this blog post too (Vectorizados.)
   
4.  https://www.canva.com/photos/. Canva has millions of high-quality stock photos to use for all our design needs. Their collection includes both premium and free stock photos, and we can find the latter here:
   https://www.canva.com/photos/tag/free+photos/.They have recently put together this resources because their users have found it useful.

Freeware - ControlMyMonitor v1.05 Monitor change setting tool

I would like to mention this Nirsoft Software that permit to change, at lower level, several monitor settings. 

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/control_my_monitor.html

Multimedia - How to visit most important museum in the world through internet

There are several museum that are on line and visitable.

I am proceeding to mention some of them

1. Rome Vatican Museums: you can take a virtual tour related to museum garden (click here) and Sistina Chapel (click here).
   
2. Louvre virtual tour offer a 360° museum visit (clicca here).
3. British museum (click here).
4. National Gallery of art (click here).
5. Dalì Theatre museum (click here).
6. Nasa (click here).
7. Smithsonian National museum of natural history (click qui).
8. Metropolitan museum of art (click here).
9. Google art project (click here). in my opinion one oof the best web tools to visit museum and learnd detailed art production details/explanations
10. Uffizi on line http://www.uffizi.com/virtual-tour-uffizi-gallery.asp
11. Il museo di Van Gogh at Amsterdam.
12. You can visit in High definition several art productions:
    http://www.haltadefinizione.com/en/
13. As letter website I would lik
    
    I would like to mention this website:
    https://www.artsy.net/
    
    Artsy’s mission is to make all the world’s art accessible to anyone with an Internet connection. 
    Artsy features the world’s leading galleries, museum collections, foundations, artist estates, art fairs, and benefit auctions, all in one place. Our growing database of 500,000 images of art, architecture, and design by 50,000 artists spans historical, modern, and contemporary works, and includes the largest online database of contemporary art. Artsy is used by art lovers, museum-goers, patrons, collectors, students, and educators to discover, learn about, and collect art.
    
    The National Gallery is currently exhibiting "Michelangelo & Sebastiano", which features Michelangelo Buonarroti.
    
    Michelangelo Buonarroti page provides visitors with Buonarroti's bio, over 20 of his works, exclusive articles, and up-to-date Buonarroti exhibition listings.
    
    The page also includes related artists and categories, allowing viewers to discover art beyond our Buonarroti page. 

Graphics - Change DPI of Image

Change the DPI of your image with this free online tool. Enter your desired DPI, upload your image file and your image will be adjusted instantly.

http://convert.town/image-dpi

Software - FotoJet

I found this graphic tool, FotoJet on this website:

https://www.fotojet.com/

It is an all-in-one graphic tool for photo editing, graphic design and photo collages. 

Its 4.0 version is online now. 70+ overlays and 40+ frames are newly added. 

At the same time, users can also use color splash and selective filter.

FotoJet offers numerous photo editing tools such as crop, resize, rotate, straighten, exposure, sharpen, dehaze, vignette, tilt shift, and has dozens of templates for collages, posters, photo cards, Instagram posts, Facebook cover photos, YouTube banners, etc. 

You can try it on precedent link: https://www.fotojet.com.

Hope you find it helpful and kindly review it at your convenience. It would be a great fit for your readers to create awesome photo artworks.

Consider that editing can be done on line and, upgrading to pro version, there are other interesting feature improvements.

Extra IT - Web Site with interesting Artistic Wall papers

Here it is an interesting website with Artistic Wallpapers

http://qindex.info/i.php?x=1407