Adaptive Arcade Annex

Disabled Gamer, focusing on Magic; The Gathering, Video Games, and Adaptive Software/Hardware for ALL Gamers

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Ashampoo Soundstage Pro Software Showcase

Ashampoo Soundstage Pro Software Showcase

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In today’s media-centered world and immersive entertainment, one feels left out and isolated from the best experience, unless one has access and the subsequent equipment need for surround audio. The downsides to this reality is that to do so, requires extensive funding and equipment space, which come at a premium; something that many households and budgets cannot accommodate. In…

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Software Showcase: Ashampoo ZIP Pro 3

Software Showcase: Ashampoo ZIP Pro 3

Archive software is still prominent program class that is still in rapid adoption and usage; even as we move into the second decade of the 21st. Century. The fine folks at Ashampoo have kept up with the times, and recently updated their flagship archive program, Ashampoo ZIP Pro 3 to bring new feature sets to meet these new challenges. This program still has solid stability, that Ashampoois…

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Audials One 2020 Showcase

Audials One 2020 Showcase

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Earlier this year, I brought you news of the annualized release from Audials, of their flagship media program suite. I am pleased to notify you that the next iteration from this fine company is now available to purchase. The 2020 editionhas contained inside of itself some important additions and changes to make this product a greater value to their customers and…

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Here is a great giveaway from Digiarty where you can score a MKV Video to MP4 Converter Program, along with the chance to win some other great prizes: https://www.winxdvd.com/resource/convert-mkv-to-mp4.htm

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Ashampoo WinOptimizer 17 Shout-out

Ashampoo WinOptimizer 17 Shout-out

Back in February of this year, I brought to mind the recent lite version of Ashampoo’s WinOptimizer line, WinOptimizer 2019. Now, in that long line of great programs from this great company, comes this year’s full version of WinOptimizer, called WinOptimizer 17. While the same feature set you have come to love is still there, yet they have added some improvements and streamlined features.

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Ashampoo PDF Pro Showcase

Ashampoo PDF Pro Showcase

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In today’s world, documents and forms have to be accessible and usable through cyberspace. From the days of word processors and early office programs, the potential for digital documents held sway with the public. It was not until Adobe, the powerhouse graphic design company. created a new, cross-platform document format that was secure, easy to read, and would look similar…

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72-Hour Promotion for Audials Music Tube 2019

72-Hour Promotion for Audials Music Tube 2019

In my experience and usage of the fine products from Audials AG, I know that you will want to take advantage of a 72-hour promotion for the Audials Music Tube 2019. Here is a summary of this fine program, directly from the company:

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The Windows software makes it possible to browse all music on YouTube, sorted by genres, artists and albums, and to connect it with your own music…

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DRMare M4V Converter Blog Review:

DRMare M4V Converter Blog Review:

In the media-focused world, where content is on-demand, and streaming to multiple devices, multiple resolutions, and aspect ratios, simultaneously, being able to break the tethers to the whims and walled gardens that DRM creates becomes more paramount. Many tools and utilities have come onto the market, but finding one fully compatible and seamless with current-generation DRM encryption systems…

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Ashampoo CAD Software Suite Showcase

Ashampoo CAD Software Suite Showcase

I have discussed Ashampoo’s various software programs, including their suite of CAD programs a few years back. Flash forward to today, and a new crop of the updated group of programs. If you recall, they have three tiers for these programs (Architecture, Professional, and Home Designer). These updates bring about some cool, new features, and have a lot to offer.

In starting at the bottom tier,

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Ashampoo ActionCam Software Showcase

Ashampoo ActionCam Software Showcase

A few weeks ago, I brought to you a sequence of Ashampoo photo/video utilities that work in tandem to make your own created content go from amateur to professional. The next piece in their arsenal for your utilization is Ashampoo ActionCam. This tool is designed for video feeds captured by an active camera or drone.

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Being able to capture action as it happens is a great development…

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Ashampoo Video Deflicker Shout-out

Ashampoo Video Deflicker Shout-out

The last of the trifecta of our video editing tools, Ashampoo Video Deflickerhelps round out our video tool-set. This tool helps get rid of any flickering in your video files. These can be brought about by computer screens with their v-sync refresh rates, drones, with their propellers creating a flicker/prop wash artifacts, etc. While I do not yet have a drone or trying to film a computer screen…

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Ashampoo Video Stabilization Showcase

Ashampoo Video Stabilization Showcase

Similar to my last post, our videos are recorded on various devices and setups. In addition to other artifacts that can occur in video footage, unstable images seem to be highly common. These types of images can cause headaches, blurring, motion sickness, and basically unusable footage. In times past, the video files that suffered this fate have had to been discarded. Now, Ashampoohas come to the…

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Ashampoo Video Fisheye Removal Highlight

Ashampoo Video Fisheye Removal Highlight

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A person can see that more and more individuals are documenting their lives on film. In days gone by, people maybe would take slides of their vacation to a national park, film the family reunion on 8mm film stock, record their children’s first birthday on VHS or their grandkid’s school graduation on DVD. However, today, people take digital video files on smartphones, tablets,…

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Ashampoo WinOptimizer 2019 Showcase

Ashampoo WinOptimizer 2019 Showcase

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A few years back, I mentioned to you, my faithful readers that Ashampoo, makes an excellent system tuning suite, called WinOptimizer. Flash forward to today, and they have not only improved and iterated on the program, but they have also moved it to become freeware. The current version is called WinOptimizer 2019.

It has many features and security features, but I will…

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ASCOMP Software Backup Maker 7.4 Showcase

ASCOMP Software Backup Maker 7.4 Showcase

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Backups and archives are a key piece of retaining our digital lifestyle; both professional and personal data chains and items. We keep all of our documents, photos, and records in binary format, instead of pen and paper. One bad electrical overload, physical shock, read/write error, electromagnetic exposure, and you can lose everything. These are real-world risks and can strike…

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Bolide Movie Creator HD 4.0 Showcase

Bolide Movie Creator HD 4.0 Showcase

A while back, I wrote about how a program from the fine folks at Bolide Software had introduced a fine, quality video editor/creator for easy use. They have continued to iterate since that initial review, and they have brought great improvements, and have yet kept the cost quite reasonable. The name of this great piece of technology is Bolide Movie Creator 4.0.

There are many changes that have…

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