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Alternative user applications
Pałacha Aleksandra
Class I B
Computer Technology
School Year: 2012
MYP level V
Programs I am going to compare
Windows Media Player – Winamp, Foobar2000, RealPlayer
Windows Movie Maker –MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 12, Sony
Vegas
Paint – Gimp, Photofiltre, Adobe Photoshop
Word – Writer, Publisher, Notepad
PowerPoint – Prezi, Sliderocket, 280 Slides
Excel - Open Office Calc, Quattro Pro
ALTERNATIVES FOR WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER
WINAMP
FOOBAR 2000
REALPLAYER
Foobar 2000 REALPLAYER WINAMP
Very good during creating playlists
Operates CD recording Does not operate flv movies
Window with playlists is little and contains all songs which are on our
computer
Can transfer music videos and songs to
MP3 Player and iPod. Let listening songs from youtube without need of
downloading them
Open very long
We can create our own playlists
Connection with almost 30 radio stations
Sometimes videos to music don’t open too
We cannot watch movies
Easy using of music’s library
Easy instalation process
Good quality of sound Good quality of sound Sound doesn’t have good quality
I think that the best alternative for Windows Media Player is exactly
RealPlayer. We can watch not only movies from the Internet in this
program, but also we can listen songs we have on our computer. The
second alternative could be Foobar2000, because of the great possibility
of creating playlists. That could make finding our song easier.
ALTERNATIVES FOR WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER
MAGIX MOVIE EDIT PRO 12
According to
dobreprogramy.pl MAGIX
Movie Edit Pro 12 is
really good program, easy
in using. It also contains
advance function who
could help user.
SONY VEGAS
Producer of Sony Vegas
claims that this program
is very good for advance
users. However,
according to his words,
people who start their
adventure with making
movies could have
problems with using that.
MAGIX MOVIE EDIT PRO 12 SONY VEGAS
Advantages
1. We can add two or more music songs to our movie
2. Easy searching our movies
3. Easy recording
4. Good effects
5. Functions are easy in using
Disadvantages
1. Music does not have great sound
2. Number of cages is which we could see under our movie is too big
3. There are a lot of buttons which in real are not needed
4. There is not nice passage between two soundtracks
Advantages
1. Good passage between two soundtracks
2. Few ways of putting movies
3. Great sound of music
4. Filters which help in erasing hype
5. Filters which can change color during recreating
Disadvantages
1. Functions are really advances
2. A lot of frames and I didn’t know how to use them
3. Program opens several minutes
4. Does not read flv and mp4 movies
5. Songs levy on each other and it sounds bad
In my opinion the best alternative for Windows
Movie Maker is MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 12.
Downloading of this program isn’t
difficult the same as using. This program
has similar filters as Windows M.M but it
is more advanced. However even
beginner user can make good movie in
that program
ALTERNATIVES FOR PAINT
GIMP
Gimp is totally different
from Paint, because it
could be used by
professional graphics.
Gimp doesn’t have super
functions, but it is better
than Paint
PHOTOSHOP Photoshop is the best known
graphic program in the
whole graphic world. It is
purposed for important
operations and because of
this all filtres and actions
are difficult to use for
beginner user
PHOTOFILTRE
PhotoFiltre is the easiest
introduction into graphic
world. We can do simple
opearion in that program,
like doing frames or
chaning color of photo
GIMP PHOTOSHOP PHOTOFILTRE
Contains layers Contains layers Does not contain visible layers
Contains transparents layers who are helpfull
during using
Also contains transparent layers
Contains a lot of colour which can be used
Does not contain specific acions
Contains a lot of actions and filters
Really good for beginner users
Contain gradient Contain gradient Contain sgradient
Easy in using, but making frames is
difficult, because of number of laps
Dificult in using, making frames is
difficult, because of big number of laps
Is useful in simple operations like doing
frame or changing color of the whole
picture, easy in using
In my opinion the best alternative for Paint is PhotoFiltre, because it is
easy in using and doesn’t have huge number of actions, which also
don’t occur in Paint. However, Paint has transparent layer, Photofiltre
doesn’t. But using Gimp and Photoshop to easy operations which are
made in Paint have no sense, because those programs open longer
than PhotoFiltre.
ALTERNATIVES FOR MICROSOFT OFFICE
WORD
OPEN OFFICE WRITER
Open Office writer looks similar
to Word only because of
graphic side. In fact it is totally
different program and in my
opinion it is even better than
normal Word
PUBLISHER
NOTEPAD
Notepad is free program,
which is a part of
Windows Software. We
can call it „preWord”,
because it was the first
text editor in Windsows
World. Today functions of
first notepad look too
simple
Open Office
Writer
Publisher Notepad
Bigger fonts
choice
Downloaded fonts don’t have
polish symbols
Better graphic Basic graphic – white
background for writing
I can put photo
and the text won’t
go down but ring
my picture
There is no big choice in
functions – I cannot change
colour of some text’s fragment
Handling of head
and footer is
easier
Doesn’t have head and footer of
document
There is no
problem with
putting pictures
Putting photos in Notepad is
impossible
There is no
problem with
pointing most
important things
There is no special symbols like
points which can detailed
important things
ALTERNATIVES FOR POWERPOINT
280 SLIDES
280 Slides is the first
online presentation maker
I’ve ever meet. I was very
happy that I found
something which let me
put my presentation into
Internet, but unfortunately
this program is not so good
as I thought before.
PREZI
The same as 280 slides Prezi
is online presentation
maker. I thought it will be
remind other presentation
makers, but it is even
worse! All desktop look
like a mind map not
presentation area.
SLIDEROCKET
It is next online presentation
maker and it is terrible
because of lack of suitable
buttons which can explain
were functions are placed. It
is terrible
280 SLIDES Sliderocket Prezi
I can’t put my
background to
presentation
I can put my
background and control
frame size
I cannot chose
background from my
desktop
There are only basic
fonts
There are few extra
fonts
I can’t choose the best
font
There are only three
presentation systems
There are four
presentation system
There is no
presentation system –
only big desktop
Colour of presentation
are too light or too dark
and I cannot change it
I can’t choose color of
my presentation,
because I cant find
suitable button
The only colour is white
which is really light.
I can add movies
straight from the
Internet or my
computer (but before I
have to be logged)
I can’t put images into
presentation, because
of stupid: „credits” I
achieve
I don’t know how to
move in this program. It
reminds mind map and
is really chaotic
I can download this
presentation to my
computer or
automatically put it into
Internet
Program is charging a
lot of time.
Understanding this
program is really
difficult, because there
is no frames or buttons
like in PP
I think that 280 SLIDES is the best program which could be alternative for PowerPoint. That is true, that his options are very little comparing to PP, but this program is more better
than other I checked. I think that 280 SLIDES is the best for people who
don’t need advance options
ALTERNATIVES FOR MICROSOFT EXCEL
QUATTRO PRO
Quatro Pro is older than
Microsoft Excel, but in my
opinion he has better
options than ME, because
of functions
OPEN OFFICE CALC
Open Office Calc has the
same structure as
Microsoft Excel but nicer
graphic and buttons
which are easier to
understand, because of
better translation
Quattro Pro Open Office Calc
Advanced graphic Less bookmarks than in normal
Excel
Contain easy formulas Contains a lot of forumalas
needed in Excel
Possibility of creating huge
documents (wikipedia.org)
Easier in using than normal
Excel
Saved documents have less size
than in Excel
Calc is available in every
operatin system
Open Office Calc is better program, because it has more
function, which do not occure in Quattro Pro. Person who
uses Open Office Calc will be have basics to using Microsoft
Excel, because they are the same.