Paint Express   
http://www.slavasoft.com

This image editor fully supports ICO, CUR, BMP files of all color formats including 32-bit, reads PNG, JPG, JPEG files. Use this image maker to create multi-format icons/cursors from existing images in one click. With Paint Express, converting professional images with transparency created using Photoshop or Paint Shop into high-quality Windows XP icons/cursors with alpha channel takes seconds. To modify images, use various editing and drawing tools (rotation, flip, gradient, semi-transparent brush), image processing filters (smooth, blur, sharpen, shadow), and effects (brightness, contrast, opacity, grayscale). Use the built-in extractor to extract image resources from EXE, DLL, OCX files. Use the searching tool to find images on the computer, filter the search results based on file type and colors. Use the powerful screen-capture tool to grab any image from the desktop: an Internet picture, window, toolbar. Edit, save, print, or convert the captured picture to an icon/cursor/bitmap. Use the clipboard operations (copy, cut, paste) to enhance existing or to make new images. Use the built-in resizing tool to resize any pictures; To achieve best scaling results, Paint Express offers several scale methods, including biliniar and bicubic resample. Use the provided palette functionality (edit, load, save) to change or customize the indexed palette for 2, 16, and 256-color images (1, 4, and 8-bpp images). Use this application as a convertor to easily transform digital images from one type to another: bitmaps to icons, icons to cursors, PNG files to icons, etc. This utility can also be used to increase/reduce the color depth of an image. Use this image creator for creating an 8-bit bitmap from a 32-bit bitmap, a 32-bit icon from a 4-bit icon, etc. Paint Express offers a free trial period (60 uses). During this time you can freely create new images from scratch or from images previously created with other imaging software, use saving, printing and draw functions, etc.

DemoCharge   
http://www.yessoftware.com

Create animated emails, documents and Help files by replacing static screenshots with GIF animations recorded by capturing your desktop. DemoCharge allows you to capture screen activity to create animated demos and content for the Web, emails, tutorials, presentations, training materials, product documentation, support forums, and knowledge base articles. After recording, generate the animated GIF demo (Flash MX and Java Applet in Pro version). Anybody can now create animated demos in minutes: - Casual users can capture problems live and email them to support, - Software testers can create visual bug reports during software testing, - Technical support can answer questions visually, - Software developers can create animated demos that show key features of a product, - Technical writers can create animated tutorials and documentation that helps users quickly get started with an application, - Webmasters can spice up their Websites with animated content, tips and tutorials

VideoLab VCL   
http://www.mitov.com

Delphi/C++ Builder VCL OpenWire components for fast video processing. Allows fast complex video manipulations with just few lines of program code. The library supports the old fashion Win32 API( Video For Windows ( VFW ), VCM, WaveAPI, ACM), the newer DirectShow, DMO, the free FreeFrame and even allows if needed any mixture of them. The developer can choose to go with any of them, to use all, or can switch from the one to the other at any moment. The components hide the complexity of all of the approaches, and make them look almost identical from the users prospective. Includes: Video Players and Loggers ( Win32 and DicerctX/DirectShow ) Video/Audio Capture and Video/Audio Output ( Win32 and DicerctX/DirectShow ) Filters, Geometric transformations Video Mixers Histogram Direct Media Objects (DMO) Video Compressors/De compressors FreeFrame Custom filters Scope and Waterfall components. Free for non-commercial use.

Activity Logger   
http://www.softactivity.com

Spy software that runs invisible and records how computer has been used. Activity Logger records to the log file visited Internet URLs with web page titles, key strokes in email, chats and all applications, programs that user runs and work duration in every application. It can take screenshots in specified time interval, working like video surveillance camera. Captured snapshots can be viewed later as a slide show. Log file from the monitored computer can be emailed to you silently when computer goes online. Log files can be exported to HTML or MS Excel to get different useful reports. Have Internet, email and every application usage statistics. Logging Engine runs invisibly and is not shown in task list (on Win9x/Me) and cannot be terminated in Task Manager in Win NT/2000/XP without administrator permissions. Logger can be configured to pop up a warning message on startup and show icon in system tray. Logger configuration utility is protected with password.