iGO 8

Infinite Possibilities
iGO 8 remains at the forefront of GPS navigation engines. First introduced in 2008, iGO 8 has undergone continuous refinement and remains the gold standard in 3D navigation that does not require expensive hardware to achieve peak performance.

Main features
The fastest map rendering
Online map update services
Low hardware requirements
Support of various platforms
Customizable user interface
Wide range of features
Extensive content portfolio.

Detailed features
The fastest map rendering
iGO 8 offers the fastest map rendering on any platform with eye catching 3D map view
 Online map update services
Online map update services available - easy updating and extra content downloading at www.naviextras.com
 Customizable user interface
Transparent, user-friendly, customizable user interface
 Wide range of features
Wide range of features implemented for advanced navigation products
 Low hardware requirements
Low hardware requirements, optimized performance
 Extensive content portfolio
An extensive content portfolio is available from providers, together with numerous connected services
 Support of various platforms
Support of various platforms and compatibility with wide range of GPS devices (PNDs, smartphones, automotive, even for non-touch (iDrive type) remote controlled products)

Download iGO 8 Map Updates and Extras

How it works
Connect your device or the SD card to your computer
Go to www.naviextras.com
Create a free user account
Download Naviextras Toolbox, a free PC-tool, that connects your device to the PC and automatically scans for installed software and maps
Pick your map or content package and proceed to payment
Follow the prompts to install your latest maps… and you’re ready to hit the road!

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iGO amigo

Navigation made easy
iGO amigo is an easy to use, simple to learn navigation software. The software contains all essential navigation functions on a fresh, user-friendly interface. All this is built on a rock solid foundation.


Main features
Rapid device porting
Customized content sets
Differentiated skins
Economical memory usage
Latest Map Guarantee
Supporting all major operating systems.

Detailed features
Rapid device porting
Turnkey or customized software solutions, experienced in rapid device porting which reduces the time-to-market period significantly.
 Economical memory usage
Economical memory usage provides high performance even on low-end navigation devices.
 Customized content sets
Customized content sets and transparent licensing policy make content integration extremely fast and simple.
 Differentiated skins
A number of innovative and differentiated skins are available on an exclusive basis
 Supporting all major operating systems
Supporting all major operating systems such as Windows CE, Android, iPhone and more
 Latest Map Guarantee
Latest Map Guarantee eliminates any worries about out-of-date stock by guaranteeing a one-time free map update from Naviextras.com after purchasing the device
 Global map coverage
We offer maps for 70 countries, including full Europe, North America, and certain countries of South America; and we are continuously expanding our map portfolio.
 Local language support
iGO amigo voice guidance is available in 43 languages, which also means that if you want to keep your eyes firmly on the road, you can rely entirely on the voice guidance while driving.
 Proven Engine
Built on our iGO Navigation engine which has already proven its abilities and reliability in iGO primo and iGO Classic navigation software platforms, iGO amigo differs from these in its construction and appearance.
 Route overview
The overview presents the route variants (fast, short, economical, and easy-to-follow) and their most important properties on a top-down map, and gives users freedom of choice.
 Smart Keyboard
The smart keyboard speeds up the process of entering city and street names by offering the most likely matching choices based on previously used destinations and on city population sizes. The smart history 'learns' the user's behavior and habits: It offers a ranked list with the most likely destinations based on the current GPS position and previous routes.
 Further sophisticated route calculation
iGO amigo calculates not only fast, short, and economical route variants, but also easy-to-follow routes, which include fewer and simpler maneuvers, using main roads where possible.
 'Where am I?'
iGO amigo's 'Where am I?' function helps users in emergency situations: This function specifies the current GPS position, and helps in locating nearby assistance, such as a police station, ambulance, break-down service, etc.
 Integrated tutorial
iGO amigo comes with a brief integrated tutorial slide-show which explains all the important features to first time users who have never tried GPS navigation before.
 Vehimarkers
With iGO amigo, users can select different images for their position markers, so the traditional arrow may be changed to a variety of realistic 3D symbols, including pedestrian, bicycle and numerous models of cars.

Download iGO Amigo Map Updates and Extras

How it works
Connect your device or the SD card to your computer
Go to www.naviextras.com
Create a free user account
Download Naviextras Toolbox, a free PC-tool, that connects your device to the PC and automatically scans for installed software and maps
Pick your map or content package and proceed to payment
Follow the prompts to install your latest maps… and you’re ready to hit the road!

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IcoFX

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IcoFX is an award winning professional icon and cursor editor. It is an all-in-one solution for icon creation, extraction and editing. It is designed to work with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Macintosh icons supporting transparency. Create Windows icons up to 256x256 for Windows Vista/7 and Macintosh icons up to 1024x1024 for Macintosh OSX 10.7 Lion.

Create icons and cursors
Create icons for Windows and Macintosh. Support for Windows Vista icons with PNG compression. Convert your Macintosh icons to Windows icons and vice versa. Support for static and animated cursors. Create a favicon for your website or blog.

Batch process files
You can easily work with multiple files using the batch processing capability of IcoFX. Create, convert, extract or export all your icons or cursors with just a few clicks.

Adjustments and effects
With more than 40 effects at your fingertips, there’s virtually no limit to the icons you can create. IcoFX features a collection of intuitive color correction tools. Using these tools you can fine-tune hue, saturation, and luminance, adjust color levels, brightness and contrast.

Images with layers
You can quickly create layer based images using IcoFX. It allows you to rearrange, blend layers and change their opacity. This gives you more control, and you can more easily change the image in the future.  Import, export and extract
You can easily convert your favorite images into icons or cursors, or icons into images. Supported image formats BMP, PNG, JPG, JPG2000, TIF and GIF. With IcoFX you can extract icons from other files, including Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Macintosh files.

Resource editor
IcoFX gives you the possibility to create icon libraries or change icons inside exe files. You can also create cursor libraries.

Full assortment of tools
IcoFX features a full blown image editor with many useful tools. You can use different brush sizes, shapes, hardness, even blending modes when painting.

Soft selections
With IcoFX’s collection of selection tools you can quickly and easily select any part of your images. You can then edit and apply special effects to portions of your image, remove unwanted objects or cut out objects from one image and paste into another. Using the QuickMask you can use the painting tools to refine your selections.


Technical Specifications
Supported File Formats
•Import and export: PNG, JPEG, TIFF, GIF, JPEG2000, BMP
•Open and save: ICO, CUR, ANI, ICNS, ICL, CUL, IFX
•Extract from: EXE, DLL, OCX, Mac Binary, AppleSingle, AppleDouble
•Capture: Ability to capture images from your desktop
Image Processing
•Layers-based image editing (IFX images)
•Over 20 tools for selection, crop, painting, retouching, typing, measuring and navigation
•Use over 40 filters
•Adjust image size and resolution
•Scale, Rotate, Flip (vertical or horizontal)
•Fill images, layers or selections
•Batch process
◦Extract icons or cursors from files
◦Export icons or cursors to image
◦Create icons or cursors from images
•Resource editor
◦Create/modify icon libraries (ICL) and cursor libraries (CUL)
◦Modify icons/cursors inside 32 bit EXE files
•Advanced brush settings
◦Size, angle, spacing, width, height
◦Dynamic parameters: size jitter, angle jitter, width jitter, height jitter, opacity jitter, hue jitter, saturation jitter, brightness jitter, x/y position jitter
•Powerful multicolor gradients
◦Many predefined gradients
◦Gradient editor to create custom gradients
Tools
•Selection
◦Tools: Rectangular, Elliptical, Lasso, Magic Wand, Move selected pixels
◦Move/Modify selection
◦Smooth selection
◦Inverse selection
◦Edit selection in Quick Mask mode
•Crop tool
•Painting
◦Tools: Brush, Pencil, Gradient, Fill, Line, Curves
◦Specify blend mode, opacity, brush for painting tool
•Shapes
◦Tools: Rectangle, Ellipse, Rounded Rectangle, Shape
◦Specify blend mode, fill of shapes
•Retouching
◦Tools: Eraser, Color Eraser, Blur, Sharpen, Brighten, Darken
◦Specify brush and strength
•Text tool
•Measuring and navigation
◦Color Picker, Hand, Zoom, Ruler
Image Adjustments
•Color Balance
•Brightness and Contrast
•Hue/Saturation
•Opacity
•Fade Out
•Transparent Color
•Shadow
•Rotate
Effects
•Use over 40 predefined effects or create your own filter
◦Invert, Grayscale, RGB Channel Mixer
◦Emboss Color, Emboss Dark, Emboss, Emboss Light
◦Average, Blur, Blur Soft, Blur More, Motion Blur
◦Sharpen, Sharpen Less, Sharpen More, Directional Sharpen
◦Find Edges (vertical), Find Edges (horizontal), Enhance Edges, Detect Edges, Edges Strong, Edges Weak, Contour
◦Glow, Waggle, Pattern, Paint Dark, Paint Bright, Shake, Shake Less, Pale, Scene, Drop Shadow
◦Add Noise
•Ability to create custom filter
Layers
•Layers-based image editing (only for images)
•Create new, duplicate, delete, rename, import or hide layers
•Change blending mode for layer
◦Normal, Multiply, Additive, Color Burn, Color Dodge, Reflect, Glow, Overlay, Difference, Negation, Lighten, Darken, Screen, Exclusion, Hue, Saturation, Color, Brightness, Soft Light, Hard Light, Pin Light, Freeze, Heat, Subtractive.
•Adjust layer opacity
•Merge layers
•Flatten image
•Arrange layers
User Interface
•Interface designed to work with small images
•Dockable panels
◦Tools, Tool Options, Layers, Brushes, Swatches, Palette, Gradients, Colors, History, Explorer, Preview, Info panels
•Quick Mask mode
•Use grid and zoom up to 10000% to edit small images
•Customizable shortcuts
•Explorer panel to easily import images
•Save/Load work spaces
•Sidebar to view all the images in the icon
•Create Win/Mac icon from image
•Snapshot
•Many customizable preferences
Colors
•RGB, HSB, Gray color modes
•Transparent color
•Access to the palette of palette base images
•Add, remove and pick colors from Swatches panel
•Eyedropper allows picking colors from images
Customization
•Customize folder icons
Languages
•Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Spanish

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