If you were looking for batch image processing software, there is an amazing add-on for #GIMP, called BIMP:

It allows you to use a lot of GIMP tools on multiple images. Unfortunately, it's limited to 32-bits somewhy, so the performance isn't perfect. But results are amazing!

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https://alessandrofrancesconi.it/projects/bimp/

Just in case you were looking for video editing software, DaVinci Resolve 20 got actually usable, even the free version — it's now fast, mostly reliable, and simplified enough to be good for YouTube edits.

And no, I could not recommend 18 and previous versions, since they were not accelerated well, created huge proxy files, and so on. Now the paid tier is a must for several extra features, like denoiser and collaborative workflows.

But even free version now can run almost any reasonable codec without proxies, can do tons of effects on a consumer-grade card without any lags, and so on. I still hate hotkeys, there are obvious usability bugs, but overall, it's a huge step forward (at least on Windows).

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A useful batch-processing plugin for GIMP 3 (since BIMP is limited to GIMP 2.x): it can do tons of stuff on folders and file queues and runs very fast, since it's relying on GIMP acceleration.

The script can be as complex as you dare to make it, like running certain actions on certain layers, like "blur on current layer".

https://kamilburda.github.io/batcher/
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Remember I suggested that using Resolve is now actually kinda good? Let's also share this one: absolutely fair criticism, IMO!

(Some is more about getting used to)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9f1-L1faUw
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So, a fella turned the NTFS compression into GUI (free and open source): you can "safely" compress games and files. They will be uncompressed in RAM on the fly. Seamless with minimal performance drop.

- The games will not notice the change, I've tried a few online games with anticheats and there was no warning.

- Will not affect the performance unless you're very low on RAM or drive space anyway

- Will most of the time shrink the folder by 5-10%, the highest I've seen was about 40%.

- The compression will take time on HDD, but de-compression will anyway go in RAM so it should speed up the boot time on HDD a little.

https://github.com/IridiumIO/CompactGUI
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A curious solution mostly for laptops without proper sound tuning panel. Makes a virtual device to pass-through the sound and manage it:

https://github.com/fxsound2/fxsound-app
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Free home motion capture
https://freemocap.org/

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