Top 5 Disigning Tools

[reccakeys]

Hello Guys,
After Seeing the information, I am very impress. This really helps a lot. For those who love designing, Here are some tools for you...

1. Firebug is a free, open source in-browser web development tool for the Firefox web browser. It’s many features include: on-the-fly HTML and CSS editing for tweaking or debugging, a Console for logging, analyzing and debugging JavaScript, and an intuitive Document Object Model (DOM) inspection tool to help you quickly see how the elements of a web page relates to one another.

2. Adobe Photoshop is a very popular commercial graphics editor available for the Mac and Windows operating system. Created for professional photographers and designers, it is the ideal application for manipulating images and creating web graphics. Photoshop has all the necessary tools and options you need such as: Filters – which automatically adds effects to your image or a selected section of your image, extensibility and automation with Brushes, Actions and Scripting, and workflow enhancement features like Layer Comps and the Revert option.

3. Panic Coda is a shareware web development application for the Mac OS X operating system. It seeks to reduce the amount of applications (such as an FTP client, CSS editor, a version control system, etc.) you need to develop websites and to improve your team’s workflow. Coda’s one-window web development philosophy uses a tabbed interface for text editing, file transfers, SVN, CSS, and even "Books" which embeds web books that are searchable (it comes with The Web Programmer’s Desk Reference but you can add your own).

4. Adobe Dreamweaver is a commercial application for web development that’s available for the Mac and Windows operating systems. Its featured-packed suite of tools and options include: syntax highlighting and very smart Code Hinting, a built-in FTP client, project management and workflow options that make team work effortless, and Live View – which shows you a preview of your source code. Dreamweaver tightly integrates with other popular Adobe products such as Photoshop, allowing you to share Smart Objects for quick and easy updating and editing of graphics components.

5. Adobe Fireworks is a commercial raster and vector graphics editor hybrid from Adobe that’s available for the Mac and Windows operating systems. Designed specifically for web designers (unlike Photoshop), Fireworks brings you a plethora of tools and options that make full web layout prototyping a breeze.

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[Stevica]

And I wanted to design in Paint

[cartebleu]

thanks for the information! however, i'm a big fan the adobe illustrator!

[Chung Dha]

How can you not have placed Illustrator of all the programs in the list.

My top 5 would been

1.Illustrator draw everything the easyway
2.Photoshop editing photos to anything
3.Indesign making layouts for magazines
4.Lightroom fast color correction and cleaning Photos
5.Bridge ( for batch processing pictures.

[GabeCasalett]

Illustrator is a great tool that should never be omitted from a list like this one... that said, I have found a surprising amount of people who use Fireworks for ALL their design needs. Anyone like that here?

[Mr.50]

what about corelDRAW

[GabeCasalett]

what about corelDRAW

I've never used it, but doesn't it automatically create vector images? That could come in handy!

[dimwood]

Illustrator does need to be in the list. I know people using fireworks for a ton of things as well but I don't know anyone that is using it 100% of the time.

[Chung Dha]

what about corelDRAW

Coreldraw is horrible especially CDR files are horrible cause you can't open it with any other programs. I rather use illustrator and able be compatible with other programs.

[Ualz]

Aha..
Big mistakes dude,
I still prefer coreldraw than illustrator,
In coreldraw we can create any designs format,maybe it will need a bit more work if you need to export to ai format,or another format..but for me coreldraw still big heroes in graphic designs..
Oh one more thing,coreldraw have easier drawing tool than ai.
Just my 2 cents though

[Abdussalam]

Well....I started out with Photoshop but I am starting to love Illustrator now!

[GorillaGmo]

well i guess i have never used the other programs besides photoshop but im glad its on there. so far its my favorite design program. Its just a lot of these programs cost a lot of money to buy is there any cheaper way to buy them?

[Chung Dha]

Aha..
Big mistakes dude,
I still prefer coreldraw than illustrator,
In coreldraw we can create any designs format,maybe it will need a bit more work if you need to export to ai format,or another format..but for me coreldraw still big heroes in graphic designs..
Oh one more thing,coreldraw have easier drawing tool than ai.
Just my 2 cents though

Nah I had problems with last minute works and one bastard on the otherside of the world sended a freaking CDR file, while nobody could open it cause nobody use Coreldraw. Luckly found a converter but only converted into a horrible pixelated image. Atleast if someone send in an AI I can still add it to the layout or even use Photoshop to make a 300dpi image.

[MaxAttack]

thanks for the information
I started out with Corel Draw but I am starting to love Illustrator now

[jen128twist]

First time I tried using illustator, everyting seemed so hard and complicated but once I got used to them, I use illustrator for almost everything.

[underfifty]

Aha..
Big mistakes dude,
I still prefer coreldraw than illustrator,
In coreldraw we can create any designs format,maybe it will need a bit more work if you need to export to ai format,or another format..but for me coreldraw still big heroes in graphic designs..
Oh one more thing,coreldraw have easier drawing tool than ai.
Just my 2 cents though

Yaps, Agree with Ualz... I use Corel too.
*Toss.. podo2 wong Jogja ki? salam

[SAFA]

photoshop first, and illustator the next

[muzzha]

illustrator is my first choice!!!

[aik]

I think it's depends with what we are making, and the background of our skills.
A good cooks would use a sets of cooking knife, while a good fighter choose their swords, as sculpture artists would hold their sculpting knife like a best friend.
Me, I used to use Corel too, I think it's main advantage is easy learning and user friendly. While I've try AI occasionally and have to say that it has lots of capabilities, now I'm using Inkscape now. At first it's a bit difficult, but after some time, I can feel the true power of it. And for the companion, I use GIMP which quite awesome too. And the best of all, they are open source

[stpatt87]

I used to only use photoshop but illustrator is growing on me!