Monday, July 30, 2007

doPDF

doPDF

This program act like a Printer Driver which allow you to create PDF, IMO it's better that CutePDF Writer. Ghostscript are not required. Another nice features will be it allow you to print PDF document which are protected by Adobe DRM. :-) So far only FinePrint PDF FactoryPro allow you to print protected PDF.

Lastly it's free for both personal and commercial use. Download it from http://www.dopdf.com


Saturday, July 28, 2007

Adobe DRM Text

Recently bought an Adobe DRM eBook and when I want copy the text and paste it to notepad the end result was a bunch of encrypted text. So I decided to try to decode the text, so this the end result. An application whcih are able to decode encrypted text in PDF file protected by Adobe DRM. So far try a few ebook from the same publisher have not try others. :-)





Download DRM Text Decoder
Use at your own risk!

FireFox Showcase - Good Add-On

Found a pretty good add-on for forefox, give this a try.... you going to love it.

http://showcase.uworks.net/


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Monday, July 16, 2007

FOXIT Reader

A while ago I had change my default PDF reader from Adobe Acrobat Reader to Foxit Reader, well it work well for few months. I like Foxit because it's fast to load and use less memory and space. It support PDF Form and Javascript (so no problem for those corporate forms) unfortunately found following functions which cause me to switch back to Acrobar Reader.

  • Text selection are not as good as Acrobat Reader, selecting a block of text are difficult.
  • When you print to a PDF File like CutePDF Write the PDF file created became image. You can't select the text and search for text no longor working. Why I want to print a PDF file to another PDF file are separate issue and will not discuss here. :evil:

Friday, July 13, 2007

Free Tools for your Video Production

Found this article which highligh all the Freeware / Shareware with small fees which allow you do perform the audio and video post production need. Check out the article here

15 Must-Have Freeware Programs for Filmmakers