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What free/open source image design programs can you recommend?
Are there any free/ open source image designing programs that you can recommend?
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How to visualize data? Which software should I use?
I'm interested to know what sort of software - beyond basic standard graphics out of Excel - people use to generate data visualisations.
Do you craft things by hand and then build them in something ...
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How can I effectively manage all my design assets?
I'm looking for a way to manage all of my design assets on my Mac. I've been accumulating stuff like templates, graphics, vectors, textures, stock images etc for a while, and the amount of stuff that ...
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Version Control for Designers / Alternative to Version Cue
I've just been searching around the net for version control that has some support for graphic/Photoshop files. We're currently using BitBucket which is free and unlimited when it comes to file size ...
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How to find open source alternatives to commercial fonts?
What is the best way to find an open source alternative to a commercial font? I was thinking as some service as alternativeto.net or a whatthefont.com that would spit out fonts that are similar to the ...
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Lower-cost alternative to Photoshop
Maybe once a month I need Photoshop. Since it is rare, the cost seems like a disproportionate amount of money to spend by my startup.
I think the tasks I need to achieve when I'm converting a ...
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How to draw isometric vectors?
I am looking for "built in" software solutions for Illustrator CS2-5 preferably.
I am trying to create these isometric illustrations for a web app. Right now I've manually set up a grid in Adobe ...
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Typesetting tools other than LaTeX
I come from a Computer Science background and i'm used to write my reports/documents in LaTeX.
They look great and things like Hyphenation and kerning (using microspace package) are automatically ...
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What programs can be used to make animations?
I am specifically interested in software that can be used to combine existing sets of images (frames in the animation) into an animation. Having the ability to add transitions/effects between the ...
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data visualization over time
I have a decent sized set of data - 500,000 records, each representing an event.
The fields are:
date
time
who did the event
what the event was (there will be say 5-10 type of events)
where the ...
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Is DreamWeaver more efficient rather than coding manually
I have a client who want's me to use Dreamweaver for a project. I've always used Photoshop and Illustrator for mockups and coded the CSS manually (Actually I use SASS/SCSS). Does using a program like ...
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Tools for making infographics
What are the best tools for producing infographics - attractive displays that combine graphs, diagrams and text to convey a lot of information succinctly. I'm interested in both web-viewable content ...
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Recommendations on how to synchronize Photoshop actions, swatches, etc. across computers
Is there any convenient way to synchronize Photoshop settings like keyboard shortcuts, actions, swatches, custom layer sytles, etc.. across several computers, preferably in an automated way?
So far, ...
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Graphics program easy to learn for kids
I am looking for 'kids friendly' graphic program that has quite nice UI, not scary for kids.
They are playing Counter Strike all time. I think that repaint CS models texture can learn them something ...
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Solutions for a comic production workflow?
I am looking for suggestions on a convenient solution for the following workflow.
Scan a hand-drawn panel
Fix and retouch drawing errors (using a small set of simple brushes)
Separate elements ...
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Good and Cheap alternatives to Photoshop for CMYK
I have been using GIMP for many years and do not want to go through the expense and learning curve issues of Creative Suite/Photoshop but occasionally I may need a CMYK file. Other than the ...
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Digital asset management software recommendations?
I'm looking for recommendations for software to help manage my large collection of purchased icons and other image assets. I'm sure there must be software of the sort I'm looking for, but I haven't ...
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Ticketing/Project Management/Collaborative Software for Graphic Design
I manage our company's in-house graphic design. We have a lot of requests that are very simple (ie, ad-resizing, simple web banners, logo-adjustments, etc) and a number of requests that are complex ...
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How do I configure Photoshop to reference a central common object store?
In web design we often have a number of elements in a design that are the same across multiple pages and designs. Typically this might be the website navigation menu and some side bar elements. In ...
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What tools can I use to create Fractal Art?
There are many fractal generation softwares such as the free Xaos and Fractal Architect 2. I normally use Mathematica to generate fractals and process them later with editing tool but this time have ...
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Software recommendations for magazine layout?
I use Word now but I would like to find a better software for laying out a magazine.
In this magazine, I would like to create columns (2 or 3 depending on the page), insert image on 1, 2 or 3 columns ...
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What is an appropriate software for furniture design?
I want to master a software for furniture design but I don't know what's an appropriate and powerful solution.
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Photoshop Alternatives for G5 Macs
I'm in the market for an alternative to Photoshop for my G5 tower. I tried GIMP and I'm a bit blah about it; are there any other options that you can recommend?
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Command line interface-based way to desaturate and posterize an image?
This is by far my most common task, and I'd say I've wasted about 1000 mouse clicks on it in my raster-based program.
Because it's so common for me to start off desaturating an image and then ...
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Which graphic design application should I learn after Photoshop and Illustrator?
I have used Photoshop and Illustrator a little bit and am about to spend time learning more about Graphic Design.
I would like advice on what one (Windows 7 compatible) application to purchase when ...
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Scriptable Image Editing Desktop Applications
PhotoShop and (IIRC) FireWorks both allow for batch processing of images following a recorded script. Are there other desktop image editing applications I could look at that also have that same ...
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Recommend a good font management software for Windows 7
I am looking for a good Font Mangement Software for Windows 7.
Can you guys please recommend a good professional one, something that has options like:
install/uninstall a font at the touch of a ...
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How to make a cartoon promotional video
How would you make a cartoon promotional video like google or Wufoo?
It could be done in a photoshop-like program but there are many transitions and effects required to make a video interesting. It ...
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What is a good free font management tool for linux?
I've been trying to find a font management tool that is free, but all solutions are comercial.
Is there a good font management tool that is free?
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Software for creating fonts
What consumer-usable tools exist for font creation?
Ideally I'd like an OSS solution, but inexpensive commercial offerings are viable, too.
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Simplest way to create a product box image
Would like to present our products as pictures of 3D product boxes like this:
I think Adobe Illustrator with the persepctive tool could to it, but I wondered if there is maybe something even ...
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Wireframing tool to design a website idea
I have nothing to do with design, because I don't know how to mix two colors. Some time ago, I've read about some tools which are used in the creation of interfaces for application and web pages.
In ...
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Is there a free software to split a PNG image into some smaller images?
I have a large image. It will be better if I can split it into m columns by n rows of smaller images.
Is there a free software to split a PNG image into some smaller images?
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How can I create an animation of an image being drawn/painted, automatically?
Im looking for some software that will allow me to create an animation of a given image being drawn in real time. for example, I have a jpeg, its a picture of my pet dog, i want some software that ...
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Apps for free-hand graphic design
I have always drawn with pencils and paper. I like drawing things that are just plain creepy. But I want them on my computer, but I don't want to just scan them on, so I've decided to draw them on the ...
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Video tool options
It seems I may be exploring video editing sooner than later.
While my skill level with video would certainly classify me as a novice, I like to invest in tools which allow me to grow. I know about ...
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A good tool to visually design graphical user interfaces for iOS devices?
I'm developing an iOS apps and I need to find an easy design tool, something that would allow me to drag widgets into my GUI, and visually build it.
I'm currently using Adobe Illustrator with this ...
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Markup-based graphic design
What are some graphic design environments that are fundamentally markup-code-based?
In other words, an environment where you do graphic design not with a WYSIWYG-style drag-and-drop interface, but ...
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Which software should i use for poster designing
Current i have to use two softwares for poster designing.
The text i have to write in corel draw and then i export it in eps and then use Photoshop to give some text effects like bevel shadow etc.
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Free Windows software for animations
Can anyone suggest a good (and easy to use) freeware for creating animations in Windows? I was looking at the Pencil mentioned in a similar question, but it seems its development has stopped. In ...
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What are the best online collaborative tools? [closed]
What are the best on-line tools, software or web-apps that you can use to collaborate with your team and clients?
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software similar to unbounce's WYSIWYG Editor
Im not too good with html and graphics and usually just need to make fairly simple static pages. I was wondering if anyone knew of software that is similar to unbounce.com's WYSIWYG editor in terms of ...
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What's a good way to get into Concept Art?
I'm a game programmer, and so yeah, you could call me creative, but I've only created code-generated visuals.
I want to get into Concept Art. Where are good places to start?
I am looking for both ...
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What are the biggest software pains for graphic designers?
What are your biggest software grips as a graphic designer? Some examples might be software that:
is unnecessarily complicated
doesn't allow you to accomplish what you really want to do
doesn't have ...
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Adobe Fireworks Alternative? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Need an Image Manipulation Program
I am looking for a good alternative of adobe fireworks for windows. I want Raster+Vector editing tools. Which server the logo design, ...
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Software for simple 2D technical drawings?
This may be a very newbie question, but I need to draw many profiles/diagrams that would be something like this:
I images I need to make would usually be simpler than that, but I need to have a 45° ...
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Tools for Drawing Isometric Software Architectures
What tools are available for (easily) managing drawings similar to the software architectures published by Amazon, such as this one. I'm looking for something like OmniGraffle or Visio, but suitable ...
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What are some free software packages for producing attractive scientific plots?
The plotting capabilities of MATLAB leave much to be desired. Right now the python matplotlib library has my attention, but I wanted to ask those of you on Graphic Design if you had any other ...
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Drawing symmetrical images
Does anyone know of any programs or plugins for photoshop (or gimp, even) to make drawing symmetrical images easier? I am especially looking for the ability to make multiple views, as in a ...
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Any program to create/edit Adobe Illustrator xml easily?
I've been using Illustrator's Data-Driven Graphics, for one of my projects. But dread using command-line programing to populate all the fields. Is there a GUI app to manage, edit and save Adobe ...
