Design Softare - Free Versions...

[DomainBELL]

Hi there...

I'd like to find out what free design software exists out there - and your thoughts good or bad about those various software programs...

and

What design software did YOU start with ??

and

What desgin software do you most often - currently use ??

thanks...

~DomainBELL (Patricia)





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[Epic]

Three good free programs to get you started in web design are:
www.nvu.com - NVU WYSIWYG editor
http://www.newsgator.com/NGOLProduct.aspx?ProdId=TopStyle&ProdView=lite - Topstyle lite CSS editor
http://www.gimp.org/ - Free photo editor

 

[DomainBELL]

Three good free programs to get you started in web design are:
www.nvu.com - NVU WYSIWYG editor
http://www.newsgator.com/NGOLProduct.aspx?ProdId=TopStyle&ProdView=lite - Topstyle lite CSS editor
http://www.gimp.org/ - Free photo editor

hey co.... (smile)
thank you very much for sharing the information AND links...
much appreciated...

~DomainBELL (Patricia)



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[selim06]

ok,then I've searched for it and collected these links:
3D Graphics:
Anim8or - http://www.anim8or.com/
Blender - http://www.blender3d.org/
gmax - http://www.discreet.com/products/gmax/
Maya Personal Learning Ed. - http://www.alias.com/eng/products-s...ple/index.shtml
Now3D - http://digilander.libero.it/giulios/Eng/homepage.htm
SOFTIMAGE|XSI EXP - http://www.softimage.com/products/exp/v3/
HTML Editors:
1st page 2000 - http://www.evrsoft.com/download.shtml
AceHTML - http://freeware.acehtml.com/download.html
Aracnophilia - http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/
HTML-Kit - http://www.chami.com/html-kit/
Selida - http://www.amaryllis.8m.com/
Trellian webPAGE - http://webpage.vendercom.com/
TSW WebCoder - http://www.tsware.net/
Photo manipulation and image design:
ColorPic - http://www.iconico.com/colorpic/
Pixia - http://www.ab.wakwak.com/~knight/
Sodiodi - http://www.sodipodi.com/
The Gimp - http://www.gimp.org/
Tuxpaint - http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint
Paint.NET - http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/
With regards..

 

[JYM]

Wow nice job Selim! Gimp is by far the most popular free design program (for graphics design, I mean). For coding, I suppose you could use Notepad (doesn't come with WYSIWYG). I started out using photoshop and nvu, then switched to frontpage, then now I use dreamweaver (pure code view only, I use DW because of its nice colors and the line count on the left).

 

[DomainBELL]

ok,then I've searched for it and collected these links:
3D Graphics:
Anim8or - http://www.anim8or.com/
Blender - http://www.blender3d.org/
gmax - http://www.discreet.com/products/gmax/
Maya Personal Learning Ed. - http://www.alias.com/eng/products-s...ple/index.shtml
Now3D - http://digilander.libero.it/giulios/Eng/homepage.htm
SOFTIMAGE|XSI EXP - http://www.softimage.com/products/exp/v3/
HTML Editors:
1st page 2000 - http://www.evrsoft.com/download.shtml
AceHTML - http://freeware.acehtml.com/download.html
Aracnophilia - http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/
HTML-Kit - http://www.chami.com/html-kit/
Selida - http://www.amaryllis.8m.com/
Trellian webPAGE - http://webpage.vendercom.com/
TSW WebCoder - http://www.tsware.net/
Photo manipulation and image design:
ColorPic - http://www.iconico.com/colorpic/
Pixia - http://www.ab.wakwak.com/~knight/
Sodiodi - http://www.sodipodi.com/
The Gimp - http://www.gimp.org/
Tuxpaint - http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint
Paint.NET - http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/
With regards..

- - - - WOW !!!!!
that was very generous of you to share all those links...
much appreciated...

thank you...

~DomainBELL (Patricia)





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[Omnishare]

I started with 1stPage. It is an excellent program for being free. If you like javascript it comes with dozens of scripts to use for free.

 

[bluearrow]

that's great set of free tools Selim! thx . i wonder is there any alternative for photoshop ? there isnt i guess

 

[DomainBELL]

I started with 1stPage. It is an excellent program for being free. If you like javascript it comes with dozens of scripts to use for free.

Do you also do design work for others or just for your own projects ??

Thanks for your feedback...

~DomainBELL (Patricia)





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[selim06]

that's great set of free tools Selim! thx . i wonder is there any alternative for photoshop ? there isnt i guess

Actually there isn't any "real" alternative yet but GDI development and Open Source wave may create alternatives in future like GIMP..But still Photoshop is the best I think!

 

[whitebark]

http://www.notetab.com/ - Notetab lite is free and is a decent text editor for all your html, php etc needs.

 

[aaronfalloon]

I highly recommend HTML-KIT, as mentioned above. It is a great editor, the only thing I don't like about it is that every new document is in it's own window so it's difficult to switch between them, basically there are no tabs.

 

[DomainBELL]

DESIGN software....

do you all consider html and text editing software - to be in the classification of DESIGN software.... ??

that's a serious question...

I don't know how other people classify it...

I personally - don't consider html or text editing software to be the same thing as DESIGN software...

although the information shared thus far has been interesting....
(smile)

~DomainBELL (Patricia)




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[Omnishare]

I would say that it's still designing. I would define any activity that produces a design as 'desiging'. Whether everything is entirely graphical (wysiwyg) or through html coding your working to create an end result which is a design (your site). So, in my book, any software which aid's in the creation of a site could be considered design software.

 

[DomainBELL]

I would say that it's still designing. I would define any activity that produces a design as 'desiging'. Whether everything is entirely graphical (wysiwyg) or through html coding your working to create an end result which is a design (your site). So, in my book, any software which aid's in the creation of a site could be considered design software.

I disagree....


and...
I am interested in a discussion on graphical design - FREE software...

~DomainBELL (Patricia)




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[angele803]

1) I too have heard great things about GIMP, but have never personally used it.

2) I started out using the educational version of Macromedia Fireworks. It was great to learn on.

3) Now I mostly use Adobe Illustrator. It wasnt to difficult to transition from Fireworks to Illustrator either.

 

[ablaye]

If you sign up with hosting with lunarpages, you can download for free CoffeeCup web design software.

 

[alanpaladka]

I like NVU. It's a good WYSIWYG open-source editor.

 

[Charley]

But still Photoshop is the best I think!

I need to learn that but dont wanna got to some tutor for that .... Is there an ebook or some stuff where I can learn on my own and become a Pro?

I have the software with me.

 

[DomainBELL]

I need to learn that but dont wanna got to some tutor for that .... Is there an ebook or some stuff where I can learn on my own and become a Pro?

I have the software with me.

you'll have fun learning...
I've not ever used it...
but I hear that it can be addictive...

smile...


~DomainBELL (Patricia)