This web site is devoted to the freeware programming projects of Evan Olds (me). I make these projects for fun in my spare time and offer them for free under the condition that you use them at your own risk. There is a list of projects on the left and a brief explanation of each project is below.

Unless there is a specific requirements list on the project’s page, the programs require Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7. Most require version 2.0 or later of the .NET framework installed. This is available through the Windows Update for Windows XP users and I believe it comes preinstalled on Windows Vista and Windows 7. If you are running Mac OS X or Linux you may be able to run some of the programs using Mono.

A few of these programs require the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86), which from what I've seen so far comes with Windows 7 but not XP or Vista.

Win7 Audio to Wave Converter A very simple utility to convert unprotected (meaning DRM-free) files to wave files. Supports formats that are supported by the Windows 7 Media Foundation. This includes MP3, AVI, MP4, WMV, and a few others. Released: March 3, 2012 Download: AudioToWave.zip (19 kB)

Hex Editor A simple hex editor that allows you to view and edit raw file data. Last Update: October 1, 2011 Source code released: August 2, 2012

Image Editor (discontinued) A hardware-accelerated image editor with the ability to work in frames mode for animations or layers for for building composite images. Uses pixel-shaders and multiple-CPU capabilities for fast image processing. (larger screenshot) Image in screenshot from: here Last Update: March 11, 2011

Movie to Animated GIF Converter A simple utility that allows you to convert a portion of (or an entire) MPEG, AVI or WMV movie to an animated GIF. There is also a version available for Windows 7 that supports MP4 files. Last Update: April 27, 2010

Geometry Sandbox This application allows you to place several simple geometry objects (points, lines, circles, etc.) in a workspace, graph them, and see relationships between them. Released: September 20, 2009

GIF Frame Extractor A simple utility to extract frames from an animated GIF and save them as a JPEG or PNG. Last Update: July 5, 2009 Download: GIFFrame.exe (35 kB)

WMV Screen Capture v0.5 A utility that captures the activity on your screen to a WMV video file. Last Update: February 5, 2009

Animated Cursor Maker A simple utility to build an animated cursor from a series of still images (JPEG, PNG, etc.). Download: AnimCur.exe (52.0 kB)

Calculator A simple equation based calculator with support for user variables. Last Update: April 5, 2008 Source code added June 19, 2012

AVI Screen Capture A utility to capture the activity of the full screen, a specific window, a rectangular region within a specific window (new with this release), or a rectangular area that follows the mouse cursor, to an AVI video file. Last Update: January 18, 2007