Software Essentials 2021

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• Incredibly lightweight
• Basic Editing features
• Super fast framerate presets/customisation
• Quickly draw selection with Ctrl +D (requires window focus, not global shortcut)
• Consider ShareX as an alternative if you need a more complete solution

Link: https://www.voidtools.com/downloads/

Link: https://todoist.com/downloads

• Basically a fancy to-do list
• Calendar View

• Works with Alexa/Siri

• Tagging/Reminders
• Kanban-style project boards (also offered by Notion)
• Set task priorities

• Timestamps recognised in your task title

• Two-way calendar sync

Link: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

Main features I use are "Colour Picker" and "Fancyzones

FancyZones

• Improved version of the Windows Snap feature for managing multiple windows.

• Create seperate layout preferences for different monitors

Colour Picker

• Ctrl + Win + C to turn your mouse into a global colour picker that copies the hex value directly to your clipboard

Link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/p/alexa/9n12z3cctcnz

• Full use of a virtual Alexa device
• Syncs with timers, notifications, doorbell alerts, etc
• Control Smart lighting
• Send announcements + call requests to any existing alexa devices

Link: https://filezilla-project.org/download.php

• Just an FTP client init

Link: https://www.sublimetext.com/3

• Super lightweight
• Suport for portable edition
• Code styling support for all major coding/markup languages
• Vast amounts of custom plugins

Link: https://www.rarlab.com/rar/winrar-x64-601.exe

Link: https://edge.elgato.com/egc/windows/sd/Stream_Deck_4.9.4.13228.msi

• Don't be fooled by the name, this lil USB device is the perfect macro hub
• Smart lighting control
• Music control
• Global time for different regions (good for those working remotely across countries)
• Open URLs
• Stock prices
• Shit loads of other integrations
• Decent API, I hardcoded a "producitivty" mode that toggles access to social media sites

Repository for the plugin I made: https://github.com/LiamSorta/Productivity-Toggle-Plugin

Very messy, not commented, no setup instructions, sorry!

Link: https://www.tc-helicon.com/product.html?modelCode=P0CQK

• Support for XLR microphones
• Preamp + Interface in one package (cheaper AND better)
• Control different audio streams with sliders, this box has changed my life

Link: https://unity3d.com/get-unity/download (Hub recommended)

• Sick game engine, you already know 😎

Link: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/

• Download the community version
• Rider is better tbh (https://www.jetbrains.com/rider/) but costs £££

Link: https://desktop.github.com/

• You'll still need the CLI for some things, but 99% of the time the desktop client is just a much better experience imo

Link: https://creativecloud.adobe.com/en/apps/download/creative-cloud

Link: https://creativecloud.adobe.com/en/apps/download/creative-cloud

Link: https://obsproject.com/download

• Not worth paying for Xplit
• Actually installs 64 bit by default 🎉

Link: https://www.audacityteam.org/

• Quickly record/edit audio
• The patent on the MP3 format expired in 2017, so no need to hook up the libraries yourself anymore 🎉

Link: https://www.canon.co.uk/support/consumer_products/software/eos-utility.html?os=windows 10 (64-bit)&language=

Link: https://edge.elgato.com/egc/windows/spotlight/1.7.4/4KCaptureUtility_1.7.4.4808_x64.msi

• If you have a Canon camera, there is a free utility that doesn't require a capture card, slightly lower fidelity but still really good: https://www.canon.co.uk/cameras/eos-webcam-utility/

Link: https://edge.elgato.com/egc/windows/eccw/1.1/ControlCenter_1.1.4.792_x64.msi

• Control for keylights

Link: http://discord.com/download

Link: https://discordapp.com/api/download/ptb?platform=win

Link:https://slack.com/intl/en-gb/downloads/windows

Link: http://battle.net/download

Link: https://signup.euw.leagueoflegends.com/en/signup/redownload

Link: https://store.steampowered.com/about/

Link: https://line.me/en/

Audible: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/p/audiobooks-from-audible/9wzdncrfj1cr

Kindle: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/p/amazon-kindle/9wzdncrfj2jf

Link:

Link: https://www2.razer.com/eu-en/synapse-3