Graphics Tools

 

Below we have listed some great graphics tools that you will want to add to your web development arsenal.

Our recommendations:

Paint Shop Pro 7 by Jasc Software "offers the easiest, most affordable way to achieve professional results!" We at MMO have used Paint Shop Pro for years and find the above statement to be true. The big advantages of Paint Shop Pro 7 are the low price tag, ease of use and a small learning curve.
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XnView is a image viewer and multimedia player. It supports more than 360 file formats (ping, jpeg, targa, tiff, gif, bmp and more). XnView also supports animated gif, multipage tiff, multi-image icon and mpeg, avi, wav, aiff and Quicktime files. XnView also features browser, slideshow, screen capture, thumbnail creation, batch conversion, hexadecimal view, drag and drop, contact sheet, twain and more. It offers the possiblity to apply filters (blur, average, emboss) and effects (lens, waves). Download it here. (1.8Kb)

Animated Graphics:

Macromedia Flash 5 "Flash is the key to designing and delivering low-bandwidth animations, presentations, and Web sites. It offers scripting capabilities and server-side connectivity for creating engaging applications, Web interfaces, and training courses." Get a free, fully-functional, 30-day trial version of Macromedia Flash 5.
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More Web Development Graphics Sites & Tools:

Adobe Illustrator 10	Adobe® Illustrator® 10 software defines the future of vector graphics with groundbreaking creative options and powerful tools for efficiently publishing artwork on the Web, in print, everywhere.
Crystal 3D Impact! Pro	Create Titles and Logos That Sizzle and Spin in 3D! Once you try Crystal 3D IMPACT! Pro, you'll agree that this is the world's easiest-to-use 3D animation program. Within minutes you can enhance your web pages, presentations and videos with extraordinary 3D titles, logos, objects and buttons.
Free Graphics	FreeGraphics.com is a searchable database of the best free graphics sites on the web. Sites are reviewed, rated, and divided into categories. Lots of links to free and nominal fee graphics.
Gif Construction Set	GIF Construction Set Professional represents the state of the art in GIF animation software. It will assemble your original animations effortlessly through its Animation Wizard, squeeze them down to as close to nothing as possible with its Supercompressor; create eyecatching banners and animated transitions; manage your GIF files; add transparency to existing graphics and a lot more.
Macromedia Fireworks 4	Create, edit, and animate Web graphics using a complete set of bitmap and vector tools. Use export controls to optimize your images, give them advanced interactivity, and export them into Macromedia Dreamweaver and other HTML editors. Launch and edit Fireworks graphics from inside Dreamweaver or Macromedia Flash.
NetStudio	A breakthrough for making stunning Web sites. NetStudio Easy Web Graphics is the only program with the Change Anytime engine, which lets you change sophisticated effects on the fly without redoing any work.

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