![]() ![]() It’s based on its Professional big brother, so you enjoy the top-notch performance gains and light system footprint that it brings. The net result is this: O&O Defrag Free Edition. That probably explains why O&O – one of the pioneers in disk defrag technology – has finally wised up to the fact it needs to provide a free version of its own defrag tool to appeal to the home market. Third-party defrag tools have long trumped Windows’ own meagre efforts, and in recent years a number of powerful, versatile and feature-rich freebies have come on to the market, such as Puran Defrag Free and Auslogics Disk Defrag. Your hard drive is the biggest bottleneck in your system, so it pays to make sure it’s defragged regularly to give it the best possible chance of performing at a half-decent level. And even though Windows 7 and Vista do attempt to run on a weekly basis, the default timing isn’t great and the results are barely adequate. ![]() XP’s Defrag tool doesn’t even run automatically, so it’s essential you find another solution. Net result: files are slower to access, so computer slows down, but another side-effect is that the drive’s temperature increases and its moving parts wear out that much quicker. Defragging your hard drive is an essential part of PC maintenance as otherwise files get scattered in multiple segments (or fragments) all over your drive, forcing the disk’s mechanical parts to work harder to piece them back together when they’re needed. Let us be frank: the Windows Defragmentation tool is best described as functional.
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![]() If ever you really do want to contribute something, think about the people working hard to maintain the filter lists you are using, which were made available to use by all for free. More lists are available for you to select if you wish:Īdditionally, you can point-and-click to block JavaScript locally or globally, create your own global or local rules to override entries from filter lists, and many more advanced features. Peter Lowe’s Ad server list (ads and tracking) through the following lists of filters, enabled by default: ![]() Out of the box, uBO blocks ads, trackers, coin miners, popups, etc. The uBlock Origin is a free and open-source, cross-platform browser extension for content filteringprimarily aimed at neutralizing privacy invasion in an efficient, user-friendly method. UBlock Origin is not an "ad blocker", it's a wide-spectrum content blocker with CPU and memory efficiency as a primary feature. ![]() Hey, FXhome has to make money off its powerful software somehow. If you want to really make the most of Hitfilm Express, you have to pay - and we don’t mean by upgrading to Hitfilm Pro. ![]() (Image credit: FXHome) Hitfilm Express 2021: a vast paid library Lots of these effects say ‘’ at the end though, because Hitfilm Express isn’t 100% free… ![]() There are footage effects like distortions, filters and stylization tools, and some ones which might prove vital to keen film-makers, like a day-for-night colour grade (which didn’t look horrible, and could be useful for those unfamiliar with grading). When you’re happy with how your footage on Hitfilm Express looks, it’s easy to apply effects - you don’t have to jump between different windows on the program, and you don’t have to download and learn loads of other programs (looking at you, Adobe), to make the most of it. Hitfilm Express 2021: easy-to-apply effects ![]() Other effects are easy to apply from this tab too, making it a one-stop-shop for any changes you might make to the footage - no jumping between different tabs like in many other editing programs. We can picture new editors starting with the former method, but gradually learning to appreciate the latter. In this way, it makes for a good stop-gap between the basic video editors that you might use for a home movie, and more sophisticated professional-tier software. When you’re looking to edit your footage itself, Hitfilm Express gives you both the easy option (simply resizing your clips with your mouse, by dragging at the corners or scrolling with your mouse wheel) or the complicated way (a transform tab with the position, scale and other metrics all viewable). |