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    Following on from the "Where are you from" and "Favourite Effects" "Pointing Devices" etc etc it may seem overkill to survey "Software Tools" but feel free.

    What do you use / prefer?

    FTP
    Html Editors
    Sound Editors
    Image Editors
    SWF effects
    Anything else you care to mention.

    Jofta


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    Hoi Jofta, what do you like the most?

    Ftp: Windows Commander, I can really reccomend this tool it does alot more than just ftp, ea; zip, unzip, filecommander,
    almost everything what win explorer can do and a lot more, works real fast.
    Sound editor: Sonic Foundry Sound Forge
    Graphic: Adobe Photoshop, Jasc Paintshop Pro
    Swf effects: The transform effect

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    Essential tools I use in conjunction with SWiSH:

    Photoshop 6
    Dreamweaver 4
    Word 2000
    WS_FTP PRO
    Flix 1.52
    Cool Edit Pro
    Fruity Loops 3

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    FTP: CoffeeCup FTP though I preferred Voyager (lost in reformat & couldn't be bothered lookin' for it)

    HTML: Just started using Dreamweaver 4

    Graphics: PaintShop Pro 7 (been using PSP since v4 and very comfortable with it)

    Sound: SoundForge 5 (but a novice user)

    SWF: Swish (of course!)... still can't drive Flash 5.

    Would like to try Swift 3d too but they don't offer a demo version (tried a friend's Xara 3d, but wasn't amazed or astounded by it)

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    Originally posted by jofta
    Following on from the "Where are you from" and "Favourite Effects" "Pointing Devices" etc etc it may seem overkill to survey "Software Tools" but feel free.

    What do you use / prefer?

    FTP
    Html Editors
    Sound Editors
    Image Editors
    SWF effects
    Anything else you care to mention.

    Jofta

    FTP = WS_FTP
    Html = Notepad
    Sound = Goldwave/Acid
    Image = Adobe/PSP
    SWF = well, is there a choice?
    SnagIt, System Mechanic, Recycle Bin

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    As the instigator heres mine

    Pixie colour picker
    PSPro
    Zpaint
    SoundForge..Cool edit..Cakewalk..Music Match (love Sound Forge)
    Coffee Cup html-ftp
    Windows Paint..for the quickies.
    MP3 to Wav
    Gozilla,,Makes life easier
    Lap Link..for the Toshiba

    Oh almost forgot World Time

    And various brands of coffee.
    and a lovely old Martin guitar

    Jofta



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    Paint Shop Pro 7
    WS_FTP
    Goldwave
    Quicktime Pro 5
    Frontpage 2k
    ColorPad for the color picker

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    my stuff

    FTP=WS_FTP
    Html Editors=Hotdog Pro 6 (another Aussie program!)
    Sound Editors=CoolEdit Pro / Sound Forge XP / ACID
    Image Editors=PhotoShop 5 / Xara X / Illustrator 7 / CorelDraw 7 / PhotoPaint 7 / Xara 3D v4
    SWF effects=Swish / playing with Flash...but finding it
    hard to deal with. Swish is definitely the fav

    Anything else you care to mention: also have WorldTime,
    have an Image Graphics ColorPad (mousepad with a spot color grid on it), Eudora Pro 5.02 for email, IE 5.5, Free Agent (for news groups), ICQ & mIRC for chat (very seldom used)
    and a Logitech QuickCam webcam.

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    Ooooh, interesting!

    Ok, Serrrrrrrrrrwish (of course!)
    MVD WebExpress
    Cute FTP
    Pixie
    Z Paint
    Banner Maker Pro
    Both Gif and Jpeg Cruncher
    Gif Animator
    Cool 3D
    HTML Shrinker
    Web Painter
    And finally...
    'The Joshua Tree' on permanent repeat

    Paul.

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    Editor: Dreamweaver / FP2000

    CSS: SytleMaster

    graphics: Fireworks / Freehand / Xara X / Image Composer / Adobe Streamline / MediaChance Compact Draw / Mediachance Photo Slicer / Cool3d 3 / Amorphium Pro

    DHTML: IMS Webengine / Likno AllWebMenus

    Java menus: Auscomp E-navigator

    Audio: Steinberg Cubase VST5 / Cool Edit 2000 / Propellorhead Rebirth / MOTU midi control / Roland D50

    FTP: WSFTP

    CD-ROM: MediaChance MMB / Illuminatus 4.5 / Macomedia Authorware (still learning how to use that beast) / DVdirect


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    Heh!

    FTP: CuteFTP 4.2

    HTML Editors: Notepad!

    Graphics: Fireworks 4

    Winzip(Crucial!!)

    Sound: Winamp

    SWF: SWiSH!

    Download Accelerator Plus(because I'm a slow connection so this speeds up my downloads, plus it has the resume function incase I get disconnected during a download, Deltawolf told me about this program).


    That's about it...I really don't use much.

    Peace
    -Jon

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    Ok here we go


    SWISH OF COURSE
    WS FTP
    photoshop 6
    paintshop pro
    bryce 4
    flash 5
    fireworks
    adobe ill.
    mm freehand
    frontpage.
    notepad
    cgi script pad

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    P.S.

    If anyone is interested By the way, 'Web Painter' that I use is a totally free, fully functioning drawing tool. It's a bit long in the tooth, but nevertheless - FREE!

    A full description and FREE download is here:

    http://www.netmag.co.uk/fp_details.a...20536&ch=FD001

    See what you think

    Paul.

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    http://www.textpad.com


    Learn it. Live it. Love it.

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    Originally posted by Agent_Coop


    http://www.textpad.com


    Learn it. Live it. Love it.
    That's a freebie..didn't clarify..

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    Let me see

    pencil
    paper
    typewriter
    calculator

    oops, 2001 huh? Sometimes I forget.

    Wsftp
    PSP 7, Microsoft PhotoDraw (stop laughing, much underated)
    Nothing for sound yet
    Notepad
    Frontpage 2000
    Swish
    Office 2000 Developer
    Interdev

    Don't seem to need much else at present, but always looking.
    Dreamweaver, Fireworks on my list. Of course so is a new puter.

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    swish
    cute ftp
    ns and ie
    dreamweaver
    photoshop
    freehand
    fireworks
    flash
    the whole coffeecup series (highly recommended)
    zpaint
    codelifter (especially good at looking at protected code)
    quarkexpress (i do a couple of ezines from real paper mags)

    oh and yes i do use pen and paper a lot.

    sad but true.

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    my tools

    SWISH
    Paint Shop Pro 7
    (plug-ins)
    Eyecandy 4000
    Xenofex
    Photo Shop 6
    Ulead Cool 3D 3.0
    JPEG Opimizer
    Frontpage 2000
    Flash 5
    Dreamweaver 4


    SWISHING 4EVER!!!!
    L8R


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    Visual layout - Netscape Composer
    Tweaking html - Edit Pad

    Other html editors:
    First Page 2000
    Front Page 2000
    Hot Dog Pro

    Graphics:
    Photoshop 6 (Use 99 percent of the time)
    Paint Shop Pro 7
    Ulead Photo Imapct 5

    Filters:
    Too many to list

    Testing:
    HTML Validator Lite
    Netscape 4.76
    Netscape 6
    IE 5
    Opera 5

    Uploading:
    WS_FTP

    Swish

    Anfy Software for Java Applets

    Other tools:
    HP Scanjet Scanner
    HP Photosmart C200 Digital Ca,era
    Intel Video Cam
    Hemera PhotoObjetcs
    Fonts up the whazoo

    Just now doing a trial of Top Style

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