Microsoft takes .NET open source and cross-platform, adds new development capabilities with Visual Studio 2015, .NET 2015 and Visual Studio Online

Microsoft has plans to work with developers in the community to bring the .NET platform to both Linux and Mac OS. The importance of embracing community contributions was one of the key discussion points in Microsoft's preparations in going open source with the server side of .NET.

Giveaway - Ashampoo Burning Studio 2014

Ashampoo Burning Studio 2014 is a fully streamlined DVD and Blu Ray burning suite. Its user friendly interface allows the creation of data and music discs, quick backup copies, and virtual disc images. You can even erase and format old unwanted DVDs with only a few commands.

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Free alternatives:

• ImgBurn 
• Ashampoo-Burning-Studio-Free 
• BurnAware-Free 

Giveaway - Aiseesoft MP4 Video Converter

Aiseesoft MP4 Video Converter is designed to solve the compatibility problem between videos and your devices. It helps to convert video to MP4 format (H.264 included) for prevailing devices without losing quality and convert MP4 video to other video formats at fast speed, like MOV, WMV, AVI, TS, FLV, etc.
After converting, you can enjoy the converted video files on your media player, including the latest iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air/Air 2, iPad mini 2/3 and other popular Android devices.

Key Features:

• Convert any video to MP4 format;
• Extract audio track from video files;
• Edit the video effect to suit your preferences;
• Supports the latest devices.

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Free alternatives:

• Any-Video-Converter 
• HandBrake

Blackmagic Design releases Fusion 7 for free

Blackmagic Design has released Fusion 7 limited edition for free.
It lacks some of advanced features like optical flow and the stereoscopic 3D toolset, along with support for OpenFX plugins, but you do get all of the keying, retiming and colour-management tools.
Network rendering is disabled, and output is limited to Ultra HD resolution, but it’s still a powerful piece of kit.
Price of the commercial edition slashed
Like DaVinci Resolve, the full version of the software – now renamed Fusion Studio – has itself been repriced at $995: a significant drop from its original $2,495, and a fraction of the cost of Nuke, its principal competitor.
In the past couple of years, Resolve has played a disruptive role in the grading market, with many smaller studios electing to build pipelines around the software instead of more expensive turnkey systems.
The parallels aren’t exact: although price is a common complaint for freelancers, Nuke is a fraction of the cost of a Quantel or SGO system, and The Foundry is taking steps to make it more accessible to students.
But still, making a powerful, movie-capable 3D compositing package available for under $1,000 is bound to shake up the market – as is making a version of that package available for free to students and freelancers.
It will be fascinating to see where Blackmagic takes Fusion next – and how The Foundry responds.
See a comparison chart for the free and $995 editions of Fusion 7
Download the free edition of Fusion 7 (Windows only)

Giveaway - Process Lasso Pro

Process Lasso is a process priority optimization and system automation utility. Although Lasso offers a plethora of advanced rules and features, you need not be a tech whiz to use it. As soon as you install Lasso, without any further action, it’s ProBalance technology will immediately start restraining CPU hogs to help your PC retain responsiveness during high CPU loads.
Process Lasso’s most popular feature is the unique process optimization technology called ProBalance (Process Balance) that will improve your PC’s responsiveness and stability through process priority optimization and/or CPU affinity adjustments. In addition to ProBalance, there are countless features allowing the user to take full automated control of the processes on their PC. You can have a wide range operations performed, or settings applied, each time a process is run. Core optimization technologies allow you to choose on what CPUs/cores a process should run, as well as what their CPU priority class and I/O priority class should be.
New In Version 7: This most recent major version has seen the addition of ‘ProBalance Insights’, a GUI that allows the user to see cumulative ProBalance activity on a per-process basis. There has also been a considerable amount of product refinement, resulting in a more efficient and reliable offering.

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Pixlr photo editing

Pixlr (Autodesk) is a cloud-based set of image tools and utilities, including a number of photo editors, a screen grabber browser extension, and a photo sharing service. The suite was intended for non-professionals, however the apps range from simple to advanced photo editing. It can be used on PCs (Windows, Mac), and on smartphones or tablets using a mobile app (Android, iOs).

Download link: https://pixlr.com/

Alternatives: http://open-source-spot.blogspot.ro/p/photo-editing.html

Giveaway - Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 5

The Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 5 is the intelligent tool for that certain something in your photos! All functions are clearly arranged and easily accessible. A long search for your desired function or favorite effect is a thing of the past! Those functions and effects can now be accessed instantly, as the program allows you to integrate up to 6 of your favorite functions directly within the user interface to keep them handy anytime.
This allows you to achieve amazing results right from the start. Add brilliance and refinement to your pictures in just a few clicks!

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Free alternatives: http://open-source-spot.blogspot.ro/p/photo-editing.html