Software

This is the stuff I use to help me in my daily work:

Everything

https://www.voidtools.com/

Replaces Windows' absolutely crappy© search tool which is just fucking annoying. How did they break it so badly since Win7. Anyways, it is:

• Blazing fast
• Works with wildcards like you expect it to
• Can use remote folder drives (and only index at low frequency as though not to spam your servers)

The only gotcha I've found so far is that if you give it a _really_ big network drive (like alot of folder and TBytes), it crashes/freezes. Anyways it's not recommended to do so.

Bulk Rename Utility

https://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/

Aka the Space Shuttle Controls renaming tool. The interface looks like a 90s badly designed UI, I love it. It does everything you would want out of a renaming tool, because we often screw up padding, naming, you name it.

ffmpeg

Seriously though, it is a real life saver.

I have added right-click contexts in windows: https://berniebernie.fr/wiki/Windows_batch#Parse_folder_with_image_sequence(s)_to_mp4_videos_with_ffmpeg_(tested_on_windows) to automate the creation of MP4s from file sequences or vice-versa

screentogif

https://www.screentogif.com/

Fast and simple tool to create animated gifs, nice for videos. I tried Gyazo back in the day but this feels more complete. GIFski can be used for smooth Gifs.

the rest tbd