14 free tools: Obscure yet helpful software from Adobe, Microsoft, and more

Many of the biggest software makers are known for their expensive, but nevertheless popular purchase programs. Yet many of these companies also offer free software with some surprisingly useful features. Yes, even giants like Adobe and Microsoft! This article will introduce you to these mostly unknown free gems. It’s important to note that the free programs from Adobe and Ashampoo are best downloaded via their own software platforms — Adobe Creative Cloud and Ashampoo Connect, respectively — which require you to create an account before you’re given access to the freebies. For even more no-cost stunners, be sure to check out our roundup of the best free software for your PC. This article was translated from German to English, and originally appeared on pcwelt.de. As such, some of the screenshots below still appear in German. Adobe Fresco Painting and drawing Adobe If you like to paint and draw, Adobe Fresco is an easy-to-use program to let your imagination run wild. You have a choice of three brush types — pixel brush, interactive brush and vector brush — which you can customize in terms of color, size, ink flow, and smoothing. For each type of brush, you have different options: For example, you can choose the pixel brush, which shows the individual pixels when you zoom in, as charcoal, marker or ink pen, and each of these types also offers other choices (for example, charcoal pen and charcoal, marker brush and marker crescent or wet... Continue reading at 'PC World'

[ PC World | 2023-07-19 12:30:00 UTC ]

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The Sky Is Blue with a Single Cloud

In English for the first time, a comic by Kuniko Tsurita, the first woman to contribute to the legendary alternative manga monthly ‘Garo.’ Continue reading at The Paris Review

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Take a Walk on the Wild Side With These Animal Centric Manga Series

Do you want more animal manga series in your life? Check out this list of titles, which ranges from the cute to the downright weird. Continue reading at Book Riot

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Literature on Lockdown 7: #CultureConnectsUs

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Manga Publishers Are Holding Steady—For Now

After years of sales growth, manga publishers are doing their best to respond to the pandemic. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Panel Mania: ‘Weathering with You’

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Escape to the Past With These 5 Historical Manga

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Guppy Books to publish tale of Japan's 2011 tsunami

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New manga subscription service launches with a quarantine-friendly 2-month free trial

Read "Attack on Titan," "Somali & the Forest Spirit," "Fire Force," "Arte" and more with Mangamo, a new mobile manga subscription service. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Panel Mania: ‘The Drops of God’

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