Thumboo is a free thumbnail generator that lets you create screenshots of any website instantly. You can then download the thumbnail in multiple sizes (150×100, 200×150, 300×250, and fullxfull). They also have an API you can utilize for your own web apps.
Toogle will search Google images and return the most popular result in all text. FunFunFun.
As this is our only post today, we’d like to wish our US based readers a happy, healthy Thanksgiving !
That’s right, everybody’s favorite freeware image editing application has been completely redesigned with support for Aero transparency on Windows 7 and Vista, and the slick new UI is just awesome. Plus, there’s a lot of other changes!
And in Yahoo and Bing too ! Even a thumbnail can help you decide to click through. A great extension with a few options including the ability to show from 5-100 images and page rank.
Looking for a quick way to convert between different image formats? JPG to PNG? GIF to ICO? BMP to JPG? MooO ImageTypeConvert is a free program that makes converting between image file formats almost fun! Just drag an image onto the interface and you can convert it to several formats at once.
If you enjoy the wallpapers from Windows 7, then you should know that Will Austin is one of the photographers that made them. If you want to know more about his work with Microsoft on Windows 7 and download an exclusive high-resolution wallpaper made by him, check out this interview.
Want some unfreakingbelievable wallpaper images for your desktop? Head over to Desktopography and look through the amazing images, then download the version for your screen resolution. Awesome.
IconFinder.net not only has a great collection of icons you can sort through, but it lets you drag the sliders to pick exactly the right size for the images you are looking for. You can download them in PNG and sometimes ICO format for use on your PC.
One of the tools which has been unexpectedly upgraded in Windows 7 is the infamous Paint. It turns out that now it’s quite an interesting tool. It has a new interface based on the concept from Microsoft Office 2007, it supports “.png” and other formats, has brushes, shapes and other useful tools. Don’t believe me? See for yourself:
Ever wanted to convert a PNG file into an icon so you can use it somewhere in Windows? There’s a tiny, simple command-line application (for Windows or Linux) that can be used to convert them easily. Easy, that is, if you don’t mind a little typing. But you’re a geek, right?
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