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Thursday, March 3, 2011

Photoshop CS5 for free!!

Big thanks to IZA!!! :D

Here's an e-mail from Iza with all the instructions:

Hi guys!
I found a way of getting Photoshop CS5 for free so i tought i'll share that info with you and you can do the same (if you dont have Photoshop yet)

First you have to download a trial version from adobe page, or if you did so before and it expired then just use that. It will ask you for a serial number in order to use it. There is a loads of serial numbers available on the net but they will only work for a few minutes (untill the number gets sent back to adobe for verification)
The way to get around that is to block the connection between your computer and adobe, you can do it in few different ways, but this one worked for me best:

1.Go to start menu, then in the run box type:

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

(if you dont have run box in the start menu, then type run in the search box to find it)

2.When it asks what to open it with choose Notepad

3.Then at the bottom of the hosts file you can copy these:

127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sea.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sjc0.adobe.com

4.Then go to file save, and you should be adobe connection free.

Now, some computer may reject that and when you want to save it they will give you message like "Make sure that the path and file name is correct" or something like that, then you'll have to do all thouse steps again, but a bit differently:

1. Go to start menu
2. Type NotePad in the search box
3. When it comes up, right click it and choose ‘Run as Administrator’
4. When NotePad opens, click ‘open’ at the top then type C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts in the run box then click ‘open’
5. Paste this under the other text :

6. Then click save
7. You can now exit NotePad and Adobe programs can no longer connect to the internet to verify serial numbers!

After doing that you can enter to your photoshop one of the serial numbers you find on net, or one of those:

1325-1558-5864-4422-1094-1126

1325-1263-0034-6192-0472-9778
1325-1157-8207-7707-9798-6532
1325-1319-1010-6434-1955-4619
1325-1870-2938-9873-5356-2624
1325-1174-1834-0596-8505-0323
1325-1271-7898-3364-1803-3655
1325-1823-6020-0958-5549-2729
1325-1177-2533-5307-9327-8593
1325-1960-8746-4023-7312-2320
1325-1095-0854-7085-2679-7165

1188-1702-9219-4234-2059-4581
1330-1281-8916-6015-7348-5124
1325-1558-5864-4422-1094-1126

Hope it worked for you and you can now enjoy your free Photoshop:-)
PS. I am not sure if that works for Mac, i have windows xp

via Iza ( thanks a lot again!! )

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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Autodesk DWG TrueView

DWG TrueView: This official Autodesk free application allows the user to publish, plot and view Autodesk AutoCAD drawings such as DWG, that are the standard formats for Autodesk programs.
If you don't have AutoCad installed on your computer or your evaluation version has already expired - this is the right program for you. You can not only view any DWG file, but also check the measurements, plot the file to PDF, print it to scale and then trace it over. Very useful.

Autodesk® DWG TrueView™ software is a free stand-alone DWG™ viewer with DWG TrueConvert™ software included. Built on the same viewing engine as AutoCAD® software, DWG TrueView enables you to view the latest DWG and DXF™ files, just as you would in AutoCAD.

Facilitate collaboration—Share AutoCAD drawings easily and accurately.

Convert drawings to other AutoCAD versions—Use the included DWG TrueConvert™ DWG version converter to convert drawings in newer versions of AutoCAD to older versions, and vice versa.

Measure accurately—Take accurate distance and area measurements.

Integrate with Autodesk Design Review—View and plot DWG and DXF^™ files, then publish as DWF files for quick, easy review and markup in Autodesk Design Review.

Work with AutoCAD 2011 files—Get support for files created from the most current AutoCAD DWG file format.

Source: Autodesk official website.

You can download Autodesk DWG TrueView for free from Autodesk Website - DWG TrueView Download Link

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Thursday, February 10, 2011

CAD Software: ArchiCAD

My personal favorite. It may be fairly easy to throw together a simple building model, but it takes many weeks, months, even years to fully master the program....

But when you finally get there:

Official Website.

Good news!!! You can register on the website as a student and download student educational free version here !!!

Rendering: V-Ray for Sketchup

SketchUp users in all fields depend on V-Ray as a quick, easy and cost-efficient way to render their most cutting-edge images. Developed by Chaos Group, V-Ray for SketchUp works seamlessly with Googles’ SketchUp, one of the most popular 3D modeling tools available today. V-Ray for Google SketchUp runs on Windows XP and Vista.

Below are the features for V-Ray for SketchUp Pro 7:
* True Raytraced Reflections & Refractions
* Glossy Reflections & Refractions
* Global Illumination & Global Lighting
* Area Shadows
* True HDRI Support
* Fully Multi-threaded Raytracing Engine
* Ant-aliasing
* Native SketchUp Materials Integrated Into V-Ray
* Displacement
* V-Ray Material Editor With Material Preview
* V-Ray Sun and Sky
* V-Ray Physical Camera
* Depth-Of-Field Camera Effect
* Distributed Rendering Over Up To 10 Machines
* V-Ray Two-Sided Material For Thin Translucency
* Animation Suppor

SketchUp is one of the most widely used and easy to learn 3D Modeling software on the market today. With V-Ray for SketchUp users now have one of the most powerful rendering tools available to visualize their models with the upmost quality and realism. V-Ray works within the SketchUp environment allowing users to be able to efficiently incorporate the task of rendering within their current workflows. Source: asgvis.com

For more information, visit the official ASGvis website. Download the Vray for SketchUp step by step tutorial document from Scribd.

I came across this link: crack via this blog. :o)

Design software: PRO100

We all know AutoCAD and Sketch-up by now.
It's time to introduce some other great and easier programs that help us visualise our ideas.

PRO100

Pro100 website

As per website:

PRO100 is useful in all those stages of furniture manufacturing, where the user wants to introduce modernizations making use of computer technology. You can use PRO100 to create furniture "from scratch", create your own catalogs, plan the supplies, arrange interiors and support your direct sales - in all of these stages the program gives you an instant visualization, different views, calculations and reports. That's why our software turns out to be useful for small companies and showrooms as well as for huge manufacturers that own shop chains and big factories. Easiness of use (most of the operations can be done with a mouse), high speed and constant possibility of introducing changes into the project make life much easier for furniture manufacturers and retailers.

Personally, I find it very easy to work with and recommend it to anyone!
You can download demo version from the website.
I have polish cracked version if anyone would like it.
I will try to crack an english version too soon :)

It's clearly not the best software for smooth visualisation, but it's easy to use and effects are not bad either. Some examples:

It's a perfect solution if you don't have much time to spend on visulisation but still want to show your idea in a neat way! And it has an option for plan, axonometric and perspective view. You can always print the .jpg and trace it over if you need! Time saver!