#For_The_Lazziest_Of_Us

Software to easily convert bad into good photos, by helping one into selecting just their good portions.

For this to happen, first, the user selects the dimensions of the image to output and, after that, selects oversize-and-crop, so that the program can dimension the output window. After these steps, the user decides what part of the image is to be output and centers it accordingly; before centering it, however, the user has the chance of enlarging the image.

In addition to the possibility of centering the good portions of the image, the user can also enhance it by applying some filters to it, as, for instance, the one to change its contrast or the one to change its brightness.

Last but not least, the program has been created to be portable, thus, it does not require any installation at all and, as so, can be executed from a pen-drive.

Software to easily convert photos into either photo-realistic or oil-painting-like cartoons.

The cartoonization process is preceeded by steps where the part of the image to be cartoonized is choosen and where color enhancing filters (for instance, contrast and brightnance ones) can be applied to it.

Cartoons are created as the result of joining two images together, the background and the foreground ones, which creation is controlled by the user.

The process in which the background image is created gives it a more or less photo-realistic aspect.

The foreground image represents a black mask, which is created in accordance with the edges that are found on the original image, being this mask what gives the cartoon aspect to the final image.

Last but not least, the program has been created to be portable, thus, it does not require any installation at all and, as so, can be executed from a pen-drive.

Software to easily convert photos into either black or white board sketches.

The sketching phase is preceeded by steps where the user can select both the part of the image to be sketched and whether or not to apply color-enhancing filters to it.

At the sketching phase, besides being possible to choose between a black-board or a white-board sketch, it is possible to choose the accuracy of the found edges and whether the sketch is a gray-scale or a black-and-white one.

Last but not least, the program has been created to be portable, thus, it does not require any installation at all and, as so, can be executed from a pen-drive.

Software to easily batch convert images in a post-editing phase.

Allows one to convert the file format of images, their dimensions, their contrast, and their brightness; it also allows one to specify that the format that originates the smaller file-size is the one that is to be output.

Last but not least, the program has been created to be portable, thus, it does not require any installation at all and, as so, can be executed from a pen-drive.

Software to easily maintain collections of mp3 files with the best quality and the smallest size, taking into account both the maximum required quality and the compatibility with the target player.

Uses the latest version of LAME, version 3.100, customly compiled to adapt to the in-use cpu, so that it can be used with cpus as old as the Pentium and Windows versions as old as Windows XP.

The program is profile based, to make it easier to use. Specifically, there are two main profiles, the Audiophile (bitrate 320kbps) and the on-the-go (bitrate 192kbps) ones, which are further subdivided in stereo or mono.

The encoding method for mp3 files can be chosen (abr, cbr, or vbr), so that one can choose whether to use the better encoding method in terms of both quality and file size (variable-bit-rate = vbr) or the most compatible one (constant-bit-rate = cbr).

The program is batch-based, meaning that as soon as the settings are chosen they can be applied to as many files as you which - you just have to let it process all of them.

Last but not least, the program does not require any installation - it is a portable one. Thus, it can be run from a pen drive.

Software to easily concatenate collections of mp3 files with the best quality and the smallest size, taking into account both the maximum required quality and the compatibility with the target player.

Uses the latest version of LAME, version 3.100, customly compiled to adapt to the in-use cpu, so that it can be used with cpus as old as the Pentium and Windows versions as old as Windows XP.

The program is profile based, to make it easier to use. Specifically, there are two main profiles, the Audiophile (bitrate 320kbps) and the on-the-go (bitrate 192kbps) ones, which are further subdivided in stereo or mono.

The encoding method for mp3 files can be chosen (abr, cbr, or vbr), so that one can choose whether to use the better encoding method in terms of both quality and file size (variable-bit-rate = vbr) or the most compatible one (constant-bit-rate = cbr).

The program is batch-based, meaning that as soon as the settings are chosen they can be applied to as many files as you which - you just have to let it process all of them.

Last but not least, the program does not require any installation - it is a portable one. Thus, it can be run from a pen drive.