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Graphics Tools
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These tools will be particularly useful for web developers.
Some are online and can be used by filling in a form;
they either create images from scratch or manipulate existing
images.
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Tutorials
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An Introduction to Photoshop
by Selena Sol and Kenji Tachibana
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A three half day course for the novice to intermediate Photoshop user. Day one and
two cover tools and definitions with the focus changing from definitions to the actual
process by day three. Instructions are given for creating a 3D logo, shape with shadows,
cast and drop shadow, buttons, relief arrows and beveled frame using such tools as
Layers, Channels, Masks, Filters, Gradients and more.
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An Introduction to Paint Shop Pro 5
by Linda Cole
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Designed to initiate the newcomer to the program as well as orient the seasoned
Paint Shop Pro user with the new interface and features. This tutorial follows a
similar plan to the Photoshop tutorial.
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Additional Graphics Tools
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3D Graphics Tools
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3D Graphics Tools..
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Lighthouse on the Web -
Graphics Tools
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Reviews of Web graphics tools from Microsoft, Corel and others, plus a
unique collection of links to other on-line reviews. The Lighthouse on
the Web site also includes design discussion and advice,
especially on the creation of text-intensive pages.
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The WWW Signboard Factory
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"Have you ever wondered how you could make a beautiful CG signboard for
your WWW pages?The WWW signboard factory can help you. The WWW
signboard factory is the first online Easy-Order CG design system in
cyber space. Just fill in the order form below and click the order
button. You will get the preview image in minutes."
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Amazing Instant Online Animated Banner Maker
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"Create your own custom animated banners right here.
No fancy plug-ins or hard thinking required."
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The Banner Generator
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You can use The Banner Generator to create title banners for web pages,
hyperlinked buttons, or banner ads. Simply fill out and submit The
Banner Generator Form. After you submit the form, it will take about
five to ten seconds for your banner to be generated.
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Imaging Machine
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Manipulates your image with these functions:
Identify: Get information about your image.
Histogram: See a color histogram of an image.
Combine: Merge two images together with a twist.
Animate: Create an animated gif file.
Filters: Continuously change your image.
Index: Combine your images into one index image.
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GIF Wizard
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Shrink your GIF file size up to 90% with GIF Wizard:
This online utility will help you reduce the file size of your
GIF files so that they load faster and take up less space in your
homepage directory.
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ImageMagick
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ImageMagick also has command line programs that
perform these functions:
Convert an image from one format to another;
Resize, rotate, sharpen, color reduce, or add special effects to an image;
Create a framed thumbnail of an image;
Create a transparent image suitable for use on the Web;
Turn a group of images into a GIF animation sequence;
Create a composite image by combining several separate images;
Segment an image based on the color histogram;
Describe the format and characteristics of an image;
Retrieve, list, or print files from a remote network site.
You can try these and many more functions over the Internet from
the Imaging Machine .
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Adobe Photoshop
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Already an indispensable tool for print graphics,
Photoshop bridges the gap between traditional print and Web publishing,
providing the most robust features for the creation of high-quality
graphics for both environments.
The Actions feature in Photoshop 4.0 not only streamlines graphic
artists' design process,
but it also allows users involved in Web image processing to easily
perform batch file conversions and downsampling, saving valuable time.
Version 4.0 includes support for transparent, interlaced GIF files,
and adds support for the following new Web file formats:
Portable Network Graphics (PNG);
Progressive JPEG;
Portable Document Format (PDF).
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Fractal Design
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Fractal Design is famous for providing cutting-edge creative tools.
Express your vision in ways you never believed possible, from 2D to 3D,
from paint to draw, from animation to VRML.
Fractal Design Painter 4 is the world's leading paint program.
With more than 150 unique brushes, Painter's rich set of painting
tools and special effects empowers your creativity.
Painter 4 now mixes raster and vector artwork,
offers exciting web features and supports collaborative
painting across a network.
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 Paint Shop Pro
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is a great shareware program; it's one of the easiest and most powerful
image viewing, editing and converting programs you may ever use.
With support for over 30 image formats,
and several drawing and painting tools,
this may be the only graphics program you will ever need!
Now, Paint Shop Pro version 5.0 is available for Windows 95 and
Windows NT 4.0. The new version has an all new Windows 95 look and
many new features and enhancements.
The new enhancements and features include dockable tool bars,
enhanced selection options, built in special effects filters,
RGB color separation, support for new image formats
(Progressive JPG, Mac PICT and PNG with transparency),
enhanced resampling, enhanced masking options and much more!
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Macromedia Fireworks
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is the first production tool to provide a unified
environment for creating, optimizing and producing high-quality graphics
for the Web. Engineered from the ground up to address the needs of
professional Web designers, the new tool incorporates such advanced
features as a visual export preview, complete control over compression
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color palettes, automatic generation of button states and JavaScript
rollovers, as well as text and effects which are editable all the time.
Fireworks allows designers to create the most compact graphics and GIF
animations in the fewest steps.
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