Layout & Design
When you are working on your latest project, there are many tools that can improve the process to allow your creativity to flow. From simple graphic conversion utilities and image viewers to commercial software packages, our list of design software is a good starting place for helping you create a masterpiece.
Windows
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A highly functional shareware image viewer and editor with support for all common image formats, including JPEG, GIF, BMP, TIFF and PNG; with a streamlined interface, and can be used to retrieve images from scanners and digital cameras.
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A freeware utility that can capture an entire Windows screen, the active window or a specified area; use to print or save as a file in different graphic file formats.
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A freely distributed open source program for such tasks as photo editing, image composition and image authoring.
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A large directory of plugins used for Adobe® software (Photoshop®, Illustrator®, InDesign®, Acrobat®) and Apple® software (Aperture®, AfterEffect®, FinalCut®); includes reviews and user ratings.
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All the tools you'll need to create the perfect greeting card, stationary set, calendar, CD label and more; choose from more than 115,000 photos, graphics and web art; select from more than 8,000 professionally designed project templates.
Mac OS
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A tool for creating custom logos, icons, headings, and banners; use to modify text and vector shapes, and exporting the result in PDF, TIFF, JPEG, GIF or PNG format.
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A freely distributed open source program for such tasks as photo editing, image composition and image authoring.
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GraphicConverter can import 200 different graphic file types and export 80.
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A large download directory of plugins for Adobe® software (Photoshop®, Illustrator®, InDesign®, Acrobat®) and Apple® software (Aperture®, AfterEffect®, FinalCu®); includes reviews and user ratings.
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A shareware screen capture utility offering a multitude of options and rock-solid performance; save captures in a number of formats, such as PNG, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, and PSD.
Linux
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Take a photo from any digital camera and load it onto your computer and print, e-mail, or add to your website; save in popular graphics formats or just simply view it on your monitor.
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A font manager for Linux systems; control the availability of fonts in all of the supported applications from a central place; supports X-Window, Ghostscript and TeX, as well as PostScript® fonts.
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An open source program that brings professional page layout to Linux/Unix, Mac OS X and Windows with a combination of "press-ready" output and new approaches to page layout; supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, ICC color management and versatile PDF creation.
