Snosh version 2.2 Released

It has been a while since we last updated Snosh. We are proud to announce that a brand new version of Snosh 2.2 is now available for download at http://www.snosh.net

What can you do with Snosh? Snosh supports creation of Flash 8 (SWF/FLV), Flash MX (SWF/FLV), Flash Vector (SWF), HTML, MP3, WAV and Windows Projector Executable from video, audio or images.

It allows you to customize the start/end Flash actions and creates your own Youtube style video streaming with the player control options.

The brand new version of Snosh 2.2 comes with the support of many new video formats such as Flash F4V, WebM, MKV, HD AVCHD (TS, MTS, M2T, M2TS), VideoCD, DVD VOB, OGV and OGM. This version also improved the support over FLV and M4V video format. In addition, the video / image preview feature has been improved in this version of Snosh.

Snosh 2.2 is now compatible with Windows 8 (32 / 64-bit). Known bugs that we found in previous version and Windows 8 have been fixed in this release.

Please visit http://www.snosh.net/upgrade.html to learn more about recent updates.

Version Summary:
1) Windows 8 (32 / 64-bit) is now supported - new
2) Flash video (F4V) format is now supported as input - new
3) DVD (VOB) video format is now supported as input - new
4) OGG video (OGV, OGM) format is now supported as input - new
5) WebM video format is now supported as input - new
6) HD AVCHD (TS, MTS, M2T, M2TS) video format is now supported as input - new
7) VideoCD (DAT) video format is now supported as input - new
8) MKV video format is now supported as input - new
9) Improvement over FLV, M4V video support - improved
10) Minor GUI updates
11) Stability - improved
12) Video / Image preview in Snosh - improved
13) Updated: Help manual


Website:

http://www.snosh.net

Download:

http://netdna.snosh.net/snosh.exe

Version History:
http://www.snosh.net/upgrade.html

Dexster Audio Editor 3.8 - New Released

We are proud to announce the released of Dexster Audio Editor 3.8. Dexster 3.8 features a complete make over of the audio extraction from video feature.

You may now use Dexster Audio Editor to extract popular video formats such as MPEG, MOV, MP4, VOB, MTS, MKV, AVI or WMV and save it as audio MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG, or AAC.  The saved audio file can then be used for audio editing purpose.

Dexster Audio Editor 3.8 is now compatible to run on Windows 8 (32/64-bit). Bugs that we found in previous version and Windows 8 have been fixed in this release.

Please visit http://www.dexster.net/upgrade.html to learn more about recent updates. 


New features and updates in version 3.8:
1) A complete makeover of the audio extraction from video feature. The following video formats are now supported for audio extraction: new

• AVI
• MPEG
• WMV, ASF
• MOV, QT
• MP4, M4V
• 3GP, 3G2
• FLV, F4V
• DAT
• MKV
• VOB
• OGM, OGV
• AVCHD (M2TS, M2T, MTS, TS)
• WEBM

2) Improved: Dexster now runs on Windows 8 (32/64-bit) 
3) Fixed: Minor bugs found in previous version
4) Updated: User manual


Website: 
 http://www.dexster.net

Download:
http://netdna.dexster.net/audioeditor.exe

Version History:
http://www.dexster.net/upgrade.html

Discover The New Videozilla Video Converter 3.5

Videozilla Video Converter 3.5

We're proud to announce the latest version of Videozilla Video Converter 3.5 is now available for download at http://www.videozilla.net . The Videozilla 3.5 adds support for many new video formats. You can now use Videozilla to convert from video format F4V, DVD (VOB), Matroska (MKV), WebM, OGG Media (OGV, OGM), and HD AVCHD (TS, MTS, M2T, M2TS).

Unlike previous versions, you no longer need to install QuickTime Player in order to convert video MOV, QT, MP4, 3GP, and M4V. Videozilla 3.5 is now compatible with Windows 8 (32/64-bit). Known bugs that we found in previous version and Windows 8 have been fixed in this release.

Please visit http://www.videozilla.net/upgrade.html to learn more about recent updates.


New features and changes in version 3.5:

• Support Flash (F4V) video format as input new
• Support DVD (VOB) video format as input new
• Support Matroska (MKV) video format as input new
• Support WebM (WEBM) video format as input new
• Support OGG Media (OGV, OGM) video format as input new
• Support HD AVCHD (TS, MTS, M2T, M2TS) video format as input new
• Improved: QuickTime Player no longer needed for MP4, M4V, 3GP, MOV, QT video conversion
• Improved: MPEG-2, FLV, MOV, MP4, 3GP, MOV, QT video support
• Improved: Videozilla now runs on Windows 8 (32/64-bit)
• Fixed: Other minor bugs found in previous version
• Updated: Command-line has been updated to reflect the latest changes
• Updated: Help manual

Website: 

http://www.videozilla.net

Free Download:

http://netdna.videozilla.net/videozillasetup.exe

Version History:
http://www.videozilla.net/upgrade.html

Recordzilla Screen Recorder 1.2 - New Released!

We are pleased to announce the latest version of Recordzilla Screen Recorder 1.2 is now available for download at http://www.softdivshareware.com . We've added new features that allow you to add watermark text or image on the screen recording. Watermarks can be used for video protection purpose, to create brand awareness, or adding comments to the video.

Recordzilla 1.2 is now compatible with Windows 8 (consumer preview edition). Bugs that we found in previous version and Windows 8 have been fixed in this release.

Please visit http://www.softdivshareware.com/recordzillaupdates.html to learn more about recent updates.

New features and changes in version 1.2:

(1) New option to add overlay image
(2) New option to add overlay text
(3) Fixed: HTML page not automatically created
(4) Fixed: Region selector window can't be expanded
(5) Improved: Recordzilla now runs on Windows 8 (32-bit / 64-bit)
(6) Improved: Minor GUI update
(7) Improved: All other minor bugs found in previous version
(8) Updated: Help manual

Website: http://www.softdivshareware.com/recordzilla-screen-recorder.html

Download: http://netdna.recordzilla.com/recordzilla.exe

Version History: http://www.softdivshareware.com/recordzillaupdates.html

Videozilla - Tom's Guide Editor Pick of the Week

We are proud to announce that Videozilla has been selected by Tom's Guide as editor's pick of the week.

You may read the original write up article at http://www.tomsguide.fr/actualite/logiciel-gratuit-Rdio-videozilla,3491.html (french) .

This article is also appear in the Yahoo Tech News http://fr.news.yahoo.com/logiciels-quil-ne-fallait-manquer-semaine-videozilla-rdio-060000314.html at the same time.

Windows 8 Support in Softdiv Products

As you probably know, Microsoft will be releasing the new Windows 8 by this year. Since the consumer preview version of Windows 8 is already available, we managed to download and performed a test run of our products on Windows 8 (32-bit and 64-bit).

We are glad to announce that our products (Dexster, Videozilla, Photopus Pro, Snosh, Audiozilla, Recordzilla) are compatible with Windows 8 (32-bit and 64-bit). No major issues were found during the test. Of course, it is still early to do the real testing of our products on Windows 8. We'll be conducting the test again once the final release of Windows 8 hits the shelves.

Audiozilla Audio Converter running on Windows 8

Dexster Audio Editor running on Windows 8

Photopus Pro running on Windows 8

Recordzilla Screen Recorder running on Windows 8

Snosh running on Windows 8

Videozilla Video Converter running on Windows 8 

Dexster Audio Editor 3.7 - Released

We’re happy to announce the latest version of Dexster Audio Editor 3.7 is available for
download at http://www.dexster.net . In this update, we completely redesigned Dexster Audio Editor’s user interface, making the audio editing environment easier and more enjoyable.

Dexster Audio Editor 3.7 is now optimized for high-resolutions screens (1024 x 768 and more). This will bring a polished, modern feel to the user interface. This new version also added a new set of icons which are bigger, cleaner and smoother. 

Please visit http://www.dexster.net/upgrade.html to learn more about recent updates. 

New features and changes in Dexster version 3.7:
1) A complete makeover of Dexster user interface new
2) Improved: Bigger, cleaner, and smoother icons
3) Improved: Resizable in normal windowstate
4) Improved: Optimized for bigger resolutions
5) Improved: Stability and performance
6) Fixed: Minor bugs found in previous version
7) Updated: Help manual  

Website: http://www.dexster.net


Free Download: http://netdna.dexster.net/audioeditor.exe

 

Videozilla Video Converter 3.4 - new released

We have a brand new version 3.4 of Videozilla Video Converter. This version fixes important bugs that will lead to conversion failure of source video MOV, MP4, 3GP, and M4V with the latest Quicktime player installed. It is recommended to update to this version. Learn more about recent updates at http://www.videozilla.net/upgrade.html

 Version Summary: 

• Fixed: Unable to convert source video MOV, MP4, M4V, 3GP with the latest QuickTime player installed. 
• Improved: All other minor bugs found in previous version

Website: http://www.videozilla.net

Download: http://netdna.videozilla.net/videozillasetup.exe

Softdiv PDF to Image Converter - New Released

We are proud to announce the release of Softdiv PDF to Image Converter. By using Softdiv PDF to Image Converter, you can convert PDF to image PNG, JPG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, and more in batch conversion. 

PDF file format is one of the widely used document file format however one will need to install additional software before can view the PDF. By converting PDF to Image, this will allow you to view the image almost anywhere you want eg. mobiles, computers, browsers, portable media devices and etc. Editing work can also be done easily.

Softdiv PDF to Image Converter runs on Windows 2000, 2003, 2008, XP, Vista, and 7. Both 32-bit and 64-bit are supported. Adobe Reader is not needed in order to convert PDF to Image. Please visit http://www.softdivshareware.com/pdf-to-image-converter.html to learn more...


Download: http://netdna.softdivshareware.com/pdftoimage.exe

Website: http://www.softdivshareware.com/pdf-to-image-converter.html

Audiozilla Audio Converter 1.1 Released

We are pleased to announce that Audiozilla Audio Converter 1.1 is now available. Version 1.1 features the improvement of interface design GUI, and fixes all reported bugs found in the previous version. To learn more about recent update, please visit http://www.softdivshareware.com/audiozillaupdates.html

Updates and changes in version 1.1:
1) Fix: Incorrect converted filename
2) Fix: Incorrect converted audio location
3) Fix: Problem to convert audio files that contain special characters in the audio tag
4) Improve: Interface design GUI
5) Improve: Fixes all reported bugs found in previous version
6) Updated: Help Manual


Download: http://netdna.audiozilla.net/audiozilla-audio-converter.exe

Learn more: http://www.softdivshareware.com/audiozillaconverter.html

Videozilla Video Converter 3.3 - Just Released!

We are pleased to announce the release of Videozilla 3.3. Videozilla 3.3 included a new feature which allows you to use source's video folder as   output location. You can now convert and save video files to the source's video folder. Facebook video profiles/presets are available in this release. This will help you to create video that Facebook support without worrying about video format or settings to be used.  Version 3.3 also incorporates fixes for reported bugs, improved the support of old mov video and minor interface design updates for better user experience. Please visit http://www.videozilla.net/upgrade.html to learn more about recent updates.

New features and changes in version 3.3: Option to use source's video folder as output location new Video bitrate settings for 3GP, MPEG-4, and MOV new Video profiles/presets for Facebook video new Fix: Incorrect converted video location Improve: Minor interface design Improve: Stability to support old MOV video Command-line: New Flag to use source's video folder as output Command-line: New Flag to set video bitrate for 3GP, MPEG-4, and MOV  Help manual and command-line manual updates Download: http://netdna.videozilla.net/videozillasetup.exe Learn more: http://www.videozilla.net

Protect Your Photo With Watermark

 A photo watermark is a mark that is put on a photo to identify the owner, maker or artist. It is a simple way of indicating that the rights of the photo solely belong to the holder. There are many things that you can use as a watermark. If you like, you can indicate your website, business name, year or even your name. It is very important to have a watermark on your photo as it helps in preventing the unauthorized use of your work or use without attribution.

These are some important things to consider in the successful use of a photo watermark:

• Use only one color in the watermark. This helps the viewer not to be distracted by the watermark.
• Make the watermark to be a simple one, especially if you would like to make it appear on the entire image.
• Let it be on one line at the corner of the photo.

Photopus Pro is a very good photo watermark software that can help to brand your photo. Photopus Pro is a new software that is gaining popularity, helping thousands of people to protect their works. With this software, you can:

• Automatically resize images
• Automatically rotate images to landscape or portrait.
• Automatically flip images horizontally or vertically
• Automatically crop images

In terms of image converting, Photopus Pro helps you to:

• Convert your images from one format to another. It supports more than 90 formats of images.
• Convert your images from RAW digital camera such as Sony, Kodak, Olympus, Nikon and Canon.
• Create multi-page TIFF or PDF from multi-page images

Photopus Pro can do all those things for you within seconds. It is the solution for all issues relating to photo watermark. Once you have added text to your photos you can set text font, align mode and back color. The textbox position can also be set relative to the corners of the image. The software combines efficiency and simplicity and makes you to enjoy the process of applying or creating a watermark many files in multiple directories. The software supports a mixture of drawings, graphic and text watermark of any complexity. The settings for multi-level transparency enable you to preview and choose how your photos are affected by the watermark. If you are busy, it also enables you to save your projects to be reused later. Therefore, it is a good software that can help in protecting your works.

Learn more about Photopus Pro at http://www.photopus.net

How to make audio book

If you want to know the best way on how to make audio book, then you have come to the right place. An audio book is a recorded version of a print book. There are many advantages of having an audio book, one of which is that it can make you to earn extra money from time to time. Through audio books, many people have built successful home businesses generating a promising incoming every month.

If you want to start making your own audio book like thousands of people are already doing, you need to learn how to make audio book. At the same time, it is necessary to use an important tool like Dexster Audio Editor. Let's quickly look at how you can use this wonderful software to make your audio book.

Step 1 - you need to be familiar with the vocabulary and the pacing of the software.

Step 2 - you need to read slowly. Doing that will make your reading to be normal to those listening to you.

Step 3 - do not speak in a monotone. You should keep your listener engaged by changing the pitch. This helps in making the listener to understand what you're saying.

Step 4 - you need to choose the format for your audio book. Most people now use MP3 and CDs because they are the most common.

Dexster Audio Editor is the best software that can help you to make your own audio book. A good thing about it is that it is user-friendly, and you do not need technical knowledge to work with it. Many people always recommend that one should always have an engineer or an expert to make an audio book. But with Dexster Audio Editor, you do not need any of those things. These are some of the important features that you will have with Dexster Audio Editor:

- Support for the editing of multiple files at the same time 

- Use a microphone or other input devices to record an audio file 

- Convert your audio file through different formats. Another good thing is the conversion of audio files in batches.

Dexter Audio Editor is a very good software that helps in making audio book. The software even has Recording Timer that helps in controlling the duration of the recording. This is an important thing that can help you to plan the reading, including some other important features that make any audio book to have more value.

Learn more about Dexster Audio Editor

How to Record Streaming Video

You can use Recordzilla to record online streaming video.

Here are the step by step guide: 

1. Click here to download and install Recordzilla Screen Recorder

2. Launch your browser and browse to the streaming video that you wish to record

3. Pause the streaming video and let it finish loading

4. Run Recordzilla from your desktop.

5. Click on 1. Region button 

6. Select Custom Region option and click on Select Window

7. Switch back to your browser with the streaming video loaded. Move your mouse over the video until you get a red rectangle border frame surrounding the Video as follow:  

 8. Press F4 to confirm the selection

9. On Recordzilla, click on 2. Video button and select the output video format that you wish to use 

10. Click on 3. Audio button. Under record audio from, Look for "Stereo Mix, Stereo, Loopback, Wave, Wave Out Mix, Record Master or All".

(Please note that the source name might be varies according to what sound cards you have)

Windows Vista and Windows 7 users please refer to this guide

11. Click on 4. Output button and set Save File Manually. 

12. Click on Record Now to start the video recording.

13. To stop a recording:

a) Using Hotkeys - Enter Shift + F5
b) Left-click on the System Tray red icon
c) Right-click on the System Tray red icon and select Stop Recording...
d) Right-click on the System Tray red icon, show Recordzilla and click on Stop recording button

Like what You see? 

Visit http://www.softdivshareware.com/recordzilla-screen-recorder.html to find out more.  

 

Recordzilla Screen Recorder 1.1 - New

We are pleased to announce the release of Recordzilla Screen Recorder 1.1. The latest release feature greatly improved performance over past version bringing a better region selection tool. This fixes the problem to click-through the selected region area and screen white-out issue when Windows Aero theme is enabled in Windows Vista or 7.

Another important fix in this release is the run time error '13'. This error happened on second execution onwards especially on non-english based Windows. We are glad to announce this has been fixed.

A new option to create html page is now available when you output the recording as SWF video. This will save your time from creating the html page manually. Please visit  http://www.softdivshareware.com/recordzillaupdates.html for more info about recent updates.

New features and changes in version 1.1:

• Option to create html page when output recording as swf video new 
• Fixed: Run time error '13'
• Fixed: Unable to click inside the selected region area when Windows Aero theme is enabled
• Fixed: Screen white-out issue when Windows Aero theme is enabled
• Fixed: Incorrect Auto-Save output location
• Fixed: All other minor bugs found in previous version
• Updated: Help manual

Learn more about Recordzilla at http://www.softdivshareware.com/recordzilla-screen-recorder.html

File compression and format conversion

Whether you are on your audio, video or photo projects, you'll find yourself dealing with different type of file formats. Now with the help of Audiozilla, Videozilla and Photopus Pro file format converter software, you can easily convert or compress nearly every file type you'll run into.


Audiozilla Audio Converter

For your audio projects, Audio CD backup, or convert audio for your iPad, iPod, PSP, mobile purpose, Audiozilla is the software you must have. Audio conversion can be done easily with only a click.


Videozilla Video Converter

With Videozilla, you can convert video from one format to another. Whether you are converting the video for uploading to youtube, iPad, PSP, iPhone, mobile or your video projects, Videozilla provides the easiest and fastest way to get the video conversion done.

Photopus Pro Photo Converter

Photopus Pro isn't just photo converter software. There are more you can do with Photopus Pro while converting the photo to another format like applying watermark, resize, rename, touch-up, and etc.

Audiozilla Audio Converter - New Released !

We are pleased to announce the release of AUDIOzilla Audio Converter.

Audiozilla is complete audio converter software that works via a right-click. Just right-click any audio files on Windows Explorer, Audiozilla can immediately convert audio MP3, WAV, AC3, OGG, WMA, FLAC, AAC, M4A, APE, VOX, VOC, AIFF and more to other formats.

Options can be set for start and end points of an audio; output audio format quality like bitrates, channels, sample size; keep / remove audio tag information.

Audiozilla also perform audio extraction from video files MP4, WMV, ASF, M4V. Direct conversion from Audio CD ( CDA ) with the option to save album information is also supported.

Audiozilla screenshot Key Features: 1) Audio Converter Convert audio between almost any formats: MP3, M4A, AAC, OGG, WMA, FLAC, AU,  WAV, AIFF, MP2, AC3, AU, APE, MPC, MOD, VOC, CAF, RAW, PCM, GSM, VOX, WV 2) Extract Audio from Video Select and convert audio from video files MP4, M4V, WMV, ASF 3) Extract Audio from Audio CD Select and convert audio from audio cd tracks. Automatically looks up track info and  names the converted tracks. 4) iPhone / iPad / iPod / Mobile / PSP Audio Converter Convert audio files for your iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mobile, PSP 5. Right-click Convert Easiest way to convert audio file(s). Just right-click and convert. Learn more about Audiozilla at http://www.softdivshareware.com/audiozillaconverter.html

How to Remove Vocals From a Song

Have you ever wanted to remove a song vocals from the music, either to replace them or create karaoke tracks?

The process of eliminating the human voice from music tracks is a very complicated process. However, by using Dexster Audio Editor, you can do it in just a few simple steps:



Step 1:  
Download Dexster Audio Editor at http://www.dexster.net and install it

Step 2:
Run Dexster. Click on Load button on the toolbar and select the music file that you want to remove the vocals

Step 3: 
Click on Tools menu and select Reduce Vocals

Step 4. 
Now click on Play button on toolbar and you will notice that the vocals were eliminated from the music

Step 5: 
Click on File menu, Save As a new audio file


Watch the video tutorial at: http://www.dexster.net/dexster_reducevocals.html

Learn more about Dexster at http://www.dexster.net

How to Resize Hundreds of Photos

Photopus is such a tool, capable of resizing hundreds of your photos in just one go. Whether you would like to resize the photos to fit in your monitor, reduce photo file size so that it will take less of your hard disk space, or share it with your friends when large photo size is a problem.

With Photopus, you will no longer need to resize the photo one by one. We designed Photopus to resize hundreds of your photos with ready preset for most common output sizes in just 3 simple steps.

Step 1: Add Photos

a. Click on Add button at the bottom and select Add Photo (s)

b. Select the photos that you would like to resize

c. To remove photo from resizing, select the photo and click on Remove button at bottom and select Remove.

Step 2: Add Filters

a. By default the output photos width and height will be the same as the source photo width and height. To specify a custom width x height, select Custom Size under the Resize combo box.

• Pixels - Customize the output width and height in pixel values
• Percents - Customize the output width and height in percentage values
• Width - Output photo new width in pixel or percentage
• Height - Output photo new height in pixel or percentage
• Maintain aspect ratio - Checked this option to have the output photo maintaining the aspect ratio
• DPI - Change the new Dot Per Inch value

b. You may also use the ready preset instead of specify a custom width and height value manually. From the Resize combo box, select one of the following:

•  Photo 4 x 6 inch (10 x 15 cm)
• Photo 5 x 7 inch (13 x 18 cm)
• Photo 6 x 8 inch (15 x 20 cm)
• Photo 8 x 10 inch (20 x 25 cm)
• 100 x 75 (avatar)
• 150 x 112 (thumbnail)
• 320 x 240 (for websites and email)
• 640 x 480 (for message boards)
• 800 x 600 (15-inch monitor)
• 1024 x 768 (17-inch monitor)
• 1280 x 1024 (19-inch monitor)
• 1600 x 1200 (21-inch monitor)

Step 3. Output 

a. By default the output photos will be saved at C:\Photopus . To change the output location, click on Browse button and select a new location. To use the source photo's path as output, check the Use source photo's folder for output.

b. By default the output photo format will be JPEG. To change the output photo format, select a new output format from the combo box.

c. You may customized to have the output location folder opened after the processing; Prompt asking for overwriting existing photo file; Set the output photo meta information same as the source photo; Play notify sound upon completion.

Click on Process to start the processing.

Learn more about Photopus: http://www.photopus.net

Dexster Audio Editor 3.6 - New

We are pleased to announce the release of Dexster 3.6. Dexster 3.6 can be downloaded at http://www.dexster.net . The brand new version is now support audio formats M4A, MP4, AAC, and FLAC for editing.

AAC audio format is one of the widely used audio format and also the standard audio format for iPhone, iPod, iPad and etc. You may now use Dexster to edit your favourite songs and save them as AAC for your iPhone, iPod, iPad and etc.

In addition, Dexster 3.6 also improves the audio cd reading performance. A new and better method has been used. You may read more about the recent updates at http://www.dexster.net/upgrade.html

New features and changes in Dexster version 3.6:

• Support audio m4a, mp4, aac, flac as read / write new
• Batch conversion support m4a, mp4, aac, flac audio as read / write new
•  Paste from file support audio cd, m4a, mp4, aac, flac audio new
• Mix Paste from File support audio cd, m4a, mp4, aac, flac audio new
• Fixed: VST plugins loading error issue
• Improved: New method for reading audio cd format
• Improved: Audio tag editor to read and write m4a audio data
• Updated: Internal links to new website http://www.dexster.net 
• Updated: Help manual  

  
Learn more about Dexster: http://www.dexster.net