VSO Software Freebies Review

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Review: VSO Inspector and VSO Image Resizer Version: 1.2.7.76 and 1.0.9 Reviewers: Womble Provided By: VSO Software Review Date: Febuary 2007

 

Introduction:

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Most people these days will have heard of or used BlindWrite, CopyToDVD and ConvertXToDVD from VSO Software. What many may not be aware of though is that the company also has a couple of other programs that it has developed that are completely free.   These two programs are VSO Image Resizer and VSO Inspector. The first allows you to resize just about any picture to your desired size while the second is a hardware inspector that allows you to easily see what CD and DVD hardware is installed in your machine along with the capabilities. You can also scan your burnt media for read errors.    

Company Information:

VSO-Software produces CD and DVD burning software. Whether you are a beginner or an expert, a wide range of tools are available to complete your daily backup jobs. Solutions are built to meet your real needs, download their free trial products and you will understand why so many movie backup products use VSO technology.    

Program Features: VSO Inspector

Detect and list the features of your CD/DVD writers:

• Supported formats
• Region details
• Firmware versions
• Buffer size
• Region Code
• Read modes
• Write modes

 

  Detect and list information about the inserted media:

• Media type
• Capacity
• Media ID (manufacturer and/or model)
• Number of layers
• Supported speeds (with current writer)

 

  Media Analysis

• Sector reading
• Definition of the area to check
• Definition of the read direction (as medias are mostly weak at the end of the burning zone, starting from the end is a good idea for a quick quality indication)

 

Program Features: VSO Image Resizer

• Convert between different graphic formats
• Configurable compression/resolution ratio
• Support file formats: Jpeg, gif, bmp, tiff etc
• Support Digital Camera RAW formats: Canon .CR2, Nikon .NEF , .MRW Minolta
• Handle single picture or batch mode
• Customizable templates for renaming files
• You can add your own watermark file
• Reduce size photos perfect for web publishing/share photos by email
• Integrate in windows explorer or works as a stand-alone application
• Fast processing
• Import directly from your memory cards
• Save history of destination folder
• Variable options and settings for advanced users
• Multilingual support
• Optimized for Windows 2000 / XP / Vista

In VSO’s Own Words: VSO Inspector

VSO-Inspector is a free add-on to report various information about your hardware configuration. Using this freeware, you can check the listed CD and DVD readers and writers connected to your computer, check the firmware used. The details about the media used and the speed supported by a given writer with this media. Also you can scan a burnt media for read errors and be confident about the readability of your fresh backup.    

 

In VSO’s Own Words: VSO Image Resizer

How to resize images for the web - The VSO free image resize software organizes your photos by shrinking their resolution or moving them within your hard drive. VSO Image resizer is the perfect tool for those who store their digital pictures and images on their PC and who want to resize, compress, convert, create copies, create thumbnails, import or organize photos.  

With this free resize image software, you can create e-mail friendly versions of your images, load them faster, move them easily from folder to folder, change their format, edit large numbers of image files/batch image resize and thus save space on your hard drive. Using high resolution 1600x1200 for creating wallpaper or file-sharing you can save your memory. VSO Image Resizer can also change file names using a template and you can add your own watermark with transparency support.  

VSO Image resizer is integrated into the Windows explorer shell, right click on your pictures and start working on your pictures!

 

 

Next we will take alook at the Test Machine and Software Requirements.....