Useful Resources - Website Programs

Here are some free programs that are recommended.

	Firefox Web Browser - a great alternative to internet explorer		Adobe Flash Player - used to view website flash animations
	Adobe Shockwave Player - used to view interactive web content		AVG Antivirus - one of the best free antivirus software
	Adobe PDF Reader - used to view PDF documents		Cute PDF Creator - Free PDF creator
	Ad-Aware - free software to protect against ad and spyware		Resize.co.nz - free easy to use image resizer
	Photoscape - Free photo editing software that enables you to crop and enhance photos		Winrar Archiver - used to create and open RAR or ZIP files
	Open Office - A Great free alternative to Microsoft Office		Skype - Free calls to other Skype users anywhere in the world.

 

Type Tester A great tool for comparing three screen fonts side by side. It’s great for picking between fonts for a project, etc.

Colour Lovers GREAT resource for color and patterns. All types of stuff here. I’m sure allot of people have been here, but if you haven’t, go now!

Kuler A site about color by Adobe. Very cool.

Colorzilla Cool FireFox extension that allows you to get the color code for anything in your web browser. Has an eye drop feature like photoshop.

Da Font Good place for free fonts. Though it’s like every place with free fonts, you have to do some searching to find quality stuff.

Ink Scape An open source vector graphics editor.

Design Resource Search Engine A custom google search engine that searches design related sites. Great for finding freebies, textures, etc. Sacha, who create it, was nice enough to add this site as well.

FontStruct A really cool FREE online font builder.

BG Patterns A tiling background generator. Very cool tool, and there are tons of options and stuff to choose from. Very customizable.

Superscreen Shots Take full-size screen shot of any website. Just type in the address, and it’s brings you the screen shot pretty quick.

Icon Buffet Cool resources for free icons.

Stock Vault Free stock photography. The site says "11175 free stock photos online."

Texture King Has a bunch of free textures. Really cool stuff.

SquidFingers Patterns Some really cool patterns. Free to use and everything! There are 158 patterns and the styles vary.